I did reasonably well during Q3 and finished 3 of my 7 planned goals. Not bad! I also started A LOT of projects, so hopefully the cooler weather will give me lots of time to work on all this stuff. 1. Big Blue Plus: This guy is mostly done, just binding left (this was the …
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My international quilting bee group took on a different format this year where we focused more on making blocks for charity quilts. I found the greatest Chicken Quilt Block Tutorial by Sew Inspired online and asked my mates to make them. The block pattern/tutorial was a bit unclear as to which way the big block was oriented …
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I’ve seen a few artists online who work with ‘Generative’ Designs – using computer code to generate quilt designs – and I wanted to give it a shot. Lots of people do very complicated and complex things (and I don’t understand how they do those things!), but we decided to start simple. I roped my …
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I actually did a lot of sewing in Q2’19, but I got amazing little actually finished. Of 7 planned projects I only completed one. One!! In fairness that one consisted of making 6 tote bags, and I made a lot of progress on the other projects. Here we go: Generative HSTs: This one is nearly …
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I’m going to QuiltCon! This will be my first trip to QuiltCon and I am very excited. I kind of stepped my way into it…I saw the hotel blocks were announced so I made a reservation, then the catalog came out and I started choosing classes. I was really nervous about the registration process because …
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I’m a sucker for polka dots. I just love them. When I saw this jelly roll of polka dots somehow it just wound up coming home with me. I’ve had that jelly roll for awhile now, trying to figure out what to do with it. Last year when I took a class from Bill Kerr …
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