Author Archives: Quilting is in my Blood

My favorite February finish is my Starry Signs quilt. I got it back from Cara at Sew Colorado Quilting earlier this month after it decided to go on an unauthorized trip to Indiana and then after it arrived in Albuquerque, … Continue reading →

I can’t believe that we are 1/12 of the way through 2026! Life just zooms by these days. I worked on a few different projects this past month. My favorite finish is a puffin pillow that I made for my … Continue reading →

Over the past few years, I have come to really look forward to seeing the new quilting challenges dreamt up by Project Quilting starting in January of each year. Last year I participated in two of their challenges, and the … Continue reading →

Yvonne with Quilting Jetgirl has hosted quarterly/yearly quilting goal-related linky parties for many years, and I have participated in many of them. It’s been so useful to me to reflect back on the quarter/year and see what I had hoped … Continue reading →

During the last two months I worked on some Christmas ornaments, three Christmas pillows, six FPP trees for a swap, and on my Starry Signs quilt top. I also made a couple blocks for my Alison Glass monthly color challenges. … Continue reading →

When I signed up for the free Wonderland FPP QAL hosted by Kristy Lea earlier this month, I fell in love with the snowflake block by Ingrid Alteneder with Joe, June, and Mae. She offered the block in several sizes, … Continue reading →

I am joining the quarterly check-in hosted by Quilting JetGirl. See my second quarter check-in Here. I had hoped to experiment with some ruler quilting this past quarter but didn’t progress beyond a bit of practice. My quilting go-to is … Continue reading →

I have quite the history of signing up for sew-alongs and Block-of-the-Month (BOM) programs and either losing interest or wanting to spend my time on projects that are more joy-producing for me. But I never lost interest in the Halloween … Continue reading →