Year: 2017
Claude the French Poodle
For our June Bee block, Karen of Tu-Na Quilts picked a really fun block. She had a fun trip to Paris a few years ago, and used that trip as inspiration for these blocks. Black and white french poodles, to which she will add setting pieces in shades of pink and wine for contrast. Should …
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Red, White and Black Coin Quilt
Ever have a quilt fight back? Man, this guy was just a battle. But he’s done, and I’m happy with the result. This is the last of my vertical line, use-up-the-random-single-charm-pack quilts. I started all of these some time ago, and used the opportunity to finish them as long arm practice quilts. I am glad …
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Quilt
I bought this fabric bundle some time ago, and I’ve made another quilt using the Caterpillar fabric line. I loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar book, and I think this fabric is awesome and so much fun. I made a tumbler quilt before and I thought it was a good pattern for showing off all the different …
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April and May Bee Blocks
Here we are into June, and I haven’t yet posted about my Bee’s April and May blocks. Both were fun to do, and I’m happy with how they came out. This was April – fun birds for Velda from GrannyCanQuilt. My first block is this one: I’m also making my own set of blocks from …
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Green Coins
This was another single charm pack that I bought and then had no idea what to do with. I saw all these ‘coin quilts’ online and thought they looked like a good way to show off the charms. I cut the 5″ squares into a few different sizes to make the coin rows, and then …
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Circa Squares Finish…Finally!
This quilt top was made a few years ago. I bought a charm pack of the fabric line Circa 1934, by Cosmo Cricket for Moda, because I just loved the typewriter keys and the big numbers. However I only bought 1 charm pack, so I spent some time trying to figure out how to make a quilt …
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