Quilts in Progress

My friend Darlene at Quilting Daze has a lot of good ideas.  One day not too long ago, she emailed me to say she had a thought….no, she wouldn’t tell me….well OK, she would…. This is more or less what she said:  "Since we have such incredibly similar taste in quilt projects, how would it…

I spent five hours on Sunday working on my Raise the Roof quilt blocks, using the In the Pink fabric line.  I think this one could be a real winner, provided I can get through the challenges I am experiencing with the star blocks.  The quilt top is made up of two different quilt blocks,…

Yesterday I picked up two more finished quilts from my long arm quilter.  Now I have a total of six quilts that need the binding made and sewn on.  Since one quilt is for Halloween and another for Christmas, I am feeling quite un-guilty about leaving those for another day.  The other four quilts are…

My new project involves a new Miss Rosie pattern called "Raise the Roof" and a yummy brown and pink fabric collection called "In the Pink" by Buggy Barn.  It also involves a gazillion flying geese units.  What I would like to share with you today is a method for flying geese that is accurate, effective…

One of my blogging friends, Darlene, has referred on her blog to our mutual quilting buddy Lisa, as an evil temptress.  Lisa has a way of discovering a gorgeous new fabric group and extolling its virtues to Darlene and I, and despite our vows of abstinence, luring us into purchasing the fabric collections for ourselves. …

My talented blogging friend Darlene has a recent post on a Spring Snowballs quilt she has completed.  It has been extremely warm where she lives, and she wanted a cool reminder of Spring.  Please check out her site for a photo and description of her project; it is just beautiful.  Her post jogged my memory,…

I have pieced two sections of my Six Degrees quilt, the center panel and one corner section.  There are 68 six inch blocks that surround the center panel, and the layout and stitching of the sections making up the quilt top is a bit of a production.  Somewhat tedious, in fact.  I think this is…

A few months ago, while at the Pacific International Quilt Festival, I saw an unusual quilt at the Honey Run booth.  They had made up a gorgeous quilt that was a different version of the typical Irish Chain.  Instead of using the standard light colored background squares to set off the chain pattern, they used…

This Six Degrees quilt is one I started about a year ago and have recently been working on as part of my Banish the UFO’s promise made in February.  I have completed all the blocks, in pink, lime green and burgundy.  I apologize for the picture quality.  My flash gets away from me every now…

My color palette is usually more subdued than the quilt in progress shown above.  So, to say that this project is a bit out of my comfort zone, would be accurate.  Reminiscent of a hot summer day in Provence, it is exuberant and cheerful and colorful.  And LOUD.  I struggled to come to terms with…