I think I stared at this blog post for much longer than can be normal. I’ve been left disappointed with the lack of commitment to the bee I was participating in and have been dying for a new project like this that has that sense of community. I opened and closed it and hemmed and [...]
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Tue, November 2 2010 » Quilting » 1 Comment
Allison at Cluck. Cluck. Sew. now has my undying devotion for this genius post. I HATE marking those stinking triangles. Thank you Allison!!!!
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Mon, October 25 2010 » Quilting » 1 Comment
I am so excited! A modern quilting guild has come to Denver and the Front range! The only one I had heard about before was in Fort Collins, which is quite a drive for me, so this is fantastic news!
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Mon, October 25 2010 » Quilting, Uncategorized » No Comments
Another fascinating and fun to sew block! This one is constructed much like the string quilt block, only using triangles. I think they are called spiderweb blocks. In any case, I have been having so much fun sewing these different blocks. Only problem is, it makes me want to do a quilt with every type [...]
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Sun, September 5 2010 » Quilting, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
I finally decided to get in gear and take pictures of my Quilting 103 project. I call it that, but the class was actually called, “From Blocks to Tops”. In this class, we learned to take the blocks that we made in a previous class, “Fast, Fun and Easy Blocks” and square them up, and [...]
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Sun, August 22 2010 » Quilting » No Comments
it is my first, fully finished quilt!!! I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I was pretty nervous because a friend was going to make this quilt for her daughter, but then she got awfully tired and unmotivated, (as women in their few weeks before delivery tend to do) and so I offered to [...]
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Sat, July 10 2010 » Quilting » 2 Comments