Poppies

Poppies Originally uploaded by PioneerValleyGirl A new job and a trip to Vermont got in the way of blogging lately. I promise, lots of quilting pictures from the Vermont Quilt Show, coming soon. For now, though, some pretty flowers (yes, I’m buying you off) I do love poppies. These lovelies are from my CSA. Flowers [...]

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Weekend Project

My weekend project a couple of weekends ago: A piece of scrap wood and  –inspired by this project — those thread spools that accumulate so quickly. Now it holds the constant accumulation of canvas grocery bags by my back door

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A simple post, with a simple pillow…

This pillow is a variation on the block I used for my wall quilt (It’s available in my shop) In red, the block reminds me a bit of a gift bow/ribbon… Or is that just me?    

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Half Square Triangle Variations

I do love the versatility of half-square triangles… Same colors, same blocks, three different arrangements. (These aqua items are all in my shop) And look at the pretty colors I get to work with next: I’m making a custom HST quilt for someone and she picked these beautiful, warm colors.

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Redecorating…

A week of ridiculously hot weather (way too hot for a quilt) and an urge to re-decorate something (whether or not it needed it) set me to making a light summer coverlet for my room. It’s just a simple nine-patch pattern with a apple green fabric from my stash – it’s not quilted (no batting) [...]

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Cathedral Windows: Follow Up

I’ve had a few questions about my cathedral windows quilt…. There are lots of tutorials online. I hunted for the one I used, and learned I have way too many bookmarks in my “quilting” folder. Here are two: Hyena in Petticoats has a nicely written tutorial  for a technique I ended up not using, where [...]

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How to Actually Finish a Cathedral Windows Quilt

Big blocks, small quilt. These are the biggest cathedral windows ever – the inset squares started as 6 inch squares. The background ones were 18 or 20 before folding. A darn good excuse to sit on the couch and watch Glee episodes – the windows are handstitched. I started this last summer when I needed [...]

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Placemat tutorial

Someone asked for a tutorial for how I finish my placemats. This is basically the birthing method – so it’s definitely not original, or new, but it does make a nice placemat. 1) Make the fronts of your placemats – you can use a single solid fabric, or use patchwork or applique, whatever you like. [...]

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I [heart] my farm

I love my farm share – I tend to gush about community and kids running through veggie patches  and real, fresh, local food and….. Well, I’ll try not to gush too much. Moving on:  I picked up my first share of the season this week, and already I’m putting up some of it for the [...]

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Tangent

I had two (and a half) projects in the works: one quilt that just needs a binding, one on the design wall (and the scraps from that quilt half-pieced into a matching pillow) So, what project to work on? A totally unrelated pillow, of course. But, I do like these Watercolors blocks. This one’s in [...]

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