Author Archives: Quilting is in my Blood

I originally wrote this post on 2/21/24, the day before I left for QuiltCon. It’s now 2/2724, and I will write a post soon about my QuiltCon experience, but I’ve also decided to share this post as my Favorite February … Continue reading →

Gail with Quilting Gail gave us our fifth border assignment. Gail gave us a lot of leeway with this border. She wrote: “My choice for this round is “4.” You can do whatever you want – but it needs to have an … Continue reading →

Brenda with Songbird Designs gave us the fourth border assignment which was a square-in-a-square. I drafted a 5″ finished economy block in EQ8 to paper piece that had a 2.5″ finished center that could accommodate the 3″ fussy cut larger snowflakes … Continue reading →

When I read the Project Quilting 15.3 Inside Out Challenge I thought it would be a good opportunity to play with raw edge applique. I’ve paid for and have wanted to start the Seaglass Quilting Class by Allie of Exhausted Octopus, … Continue reading →

Emily with The Darling Dogwood gave us the third border assignment which was to use any kind of triangle we wanted to use. I chose to make isosceles triangles (2 sides of equal length) drafting a 2.5″ finished block in EQ8 … Continue reading →

I’ve had a busy January working on several quilting projects. My favorite finish of January (and my ONLY finish!) was the Kite in Purple Sky mini that I made for the Project Quilting 15.2 Sky Color challenge. I also made … Continue reading →

Anja with Anja Quilts gave us the second border prompt. We can do whatever we want, but we were limited to just using two colors. I chose to fussy cut some snowflakes on green background and framed them using Kona Chinese … Continue reading →

Wendy with  Pieceful Thoughts gave us our first border assignment for our Stay at Home Round Robin 2024 which was to make signature blocks. I decided to just make four of these blocks and will use these signature blocks for the … Continue reading →

A few of my online quilting friends have participated in Project Quilting challenges (hosted by Kim Lapacek) over the last several years. I’ve never participated before either from being too busy with other projects or not being confident enough in my … Continue reading →

I have participated in the Stay at Home Round Robin organized by Quilting Gail for the last two years. See my Blue Dog quilt here made in 2022 and a similar one I made for my stepson, Drew, here. And … Continue reading →