Growing up we had a quilt in my house. This quilt was used, loved, and washed. It would travel with me and my sisters on vacations and to summer camp. It certainly got a lot of use. Over the years it started to wear and tear. I never thought anything of it until I started … Continue reading Fixing my Great Grandmother’s Quilt
So we are now in mid Janaury and Bonnie has released all of the mystery quilt clues, but I am still catching up. Each year over the holidays my husband and I travel home to visit our families for about 10 days. This means that I made no progress on the mystery quilt for about … Continue reading Quiltville Week 4 & 5 – Triangles and More Flying Geese
As 2018 is starting I want to look back and see 2017 accomplishments. In the past year I was able to complete 10 quilts baby size or larger. I am so happy to be able to complete this amount and hope to complete more this year. The more quilting you do the better you get. … Continue reading Year in Review 2017
Last Christmas I made 3 identical-ish American flag quilts for my family. They are small wall hangings. The kicker is I really bought enough fabric to make 4. I just never finished the one I planned to make for myself. So I decided to get that fabric out last week and finish that quilt. Its … Continue reading December 2016 UFO => December 2017 Quilt
Week 3! This week we are making diamonds. Lots of them. You can find Bonnie's instruction here. I am not actually done with my flying geese from last week, but that is okay because they are all cut and I just knockout a few when I have ten minutes. Hopefully I will be able to … Continue reading Quiltville Mystery – Week 3 – Diamonds
We are in week two of Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Mystery Quilt! This week we had to make flying geese - lots and lots. She lists some great tutorials in her post here so you can choose your method. My personal favorite method though is paper piecing. I printed some templates the size I wanted, made … Continue reading Quiltville Mystery – Week 2 – Flying Geese
Bonnie Hunter hosts a mystery quilt every year on her blog Quiltville. I have heard about this fabulous challenge but this will be my first time participating. If you would like to participate then go to her website and follow along. http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/10/on-ringo-lake-quiltville-mystery.html The theme of this years challenge is On Ringo Lake. Right now there … Continue reading On Ringo Lake – Quiltville Mystery Quilt – Fabric Acquisition/Week 1
