I finished the Kitschy BOM, it’s a radio on the kitschy blog, she talks about how BETTY is the perfect housewife and loves cooking etc. So when I saw this block I started thinking about WHAT songs BETTY would be listening to and I think she’s dancing around the kitchen listening to “Frankie Valli” –Can’t …
I finished another swoon block. A low volume back (I used white and grey) with red “houses” and black dotted diamonds and star I also finished another 2 Women of the bible Blocks This is “Abigail” bread basket and Woman of endor (I know the center is a little off, but it’s a 3 1/2” …
I can’t believe it’s July 1st already! Here’s my June review of completed items/blocks A dress for Sonja Women of the bible block Kitschy BOM 2 portfolios for my kids teachers pin cushion for swap another Women of the bible BOW Red and white quilt challenge quilt Swoon block Women of the bible BOW Tote …
The “ugly” Irish chain quilt is finally done! It doesn’t look too bad from a distance, but up close it’s UGLY! I wrote about this before, how it’s all about the contrast! lesson learned. On each block I quilted curves from corner to corner, it was pretty easy. I made a scrappy binding from my …
Tutorial Tuesday – designing Free motion quilting in EQ7! Layer 3(or 2) is rarely a layer I work with much. The same goes for any of the Quiltmaker CD’s but I have one and try to use it I knew there was a way to design my own quilting designs in EQ as well. Here’s …
I was “planning” fabrics for the Swoon block swap. I was surprised to see that the colors are very close…. lots of us picked a reddish color and white or beige backgrounds. I do want to say SORRY to those of you who have emailed me about joining now or that you commented earlier about …
This tutorial is for those of you who have joined the swoon block swap I’m hosting this summer (sorry it’s closed now)- but you can always just make your own I’m not listing fabric requirements, as you’ll make all your blocks different, but a FQ of the 3 colors is plenty. Or just cut into …
Who wants to join a Swoon block swap? This sample is 16 1/2” and SUPER easy to make (I’ll post directions later) I’d like 12 participants for a 3 x 4 quilt layout. Each person picks their 3 favorite colors they’d like the swoon block to be made in. 1 background color and 2 more …
I’ve been working on blocks for my local quilt guild for BOM’s for next year, I just get one month as my block and the other ladies will vote on which block to use…. anyways, as I was making these blocks to show them I thought of a block swap here? What do you think? …