Month: November 2021

When you’ve set a ridiculous quilting goal for yourself, there are no days off from quilting. There are no vacations from your sewing machine. If you are driving (riding) 8 hours to visit your parents in Michigan for an early Thanksgiving long weekend, you pack your sewing machine, quilt top, batting, backing fabric, embroidery floss […]

Oh yeah, it’s the middle of November and the Holiday Party quilt top is complete! I think that this is probably my best-executed quilt top to date. The blocks? Trimmed! The points? Sharp! The seam allowance? Fairly consistently 1/4 inch! The pressing? I didn’t skip any of it (except I suppose I should have pressed […]

I spent a lot of time this week thinking about fabric choices, my own quilt aesthetic, and why my brain cannot handle color. I got excited about Amy Smart’s Gratitude Quilt and she generously offered a free pattern. The pattern is a simple, fast sew that uses pre-cuts. After making a few quilts that made […]

Amanda: Hi! Louie: Hi! A: What is your name? L: Louie. A: How old are you? L: Five. A: How long have you been designing quilts? L: For four years. A: ??? . . . What were you thinking when you designed this quilt? L: I was thinking Fall colors. And there is a maze. […]

Happy Halloween! Louie and Walter decided to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Halloween, which was odd because neither of them have ever seen the show or movies. Nonetheless, Rachel and I found a way to turn this costume into a quilt, of course! Luckily, the remnants section at Jo-Ann’s had some very inexpensive vinyl […]