Binding a quilt seems hard but it’s actually pretty easy. My method requires some hand sewing but I think it creates a more finished look. These instructions assume that you have already quilted together your layers of quilt top, quilt back and batting. I also assume that your quilt top is squared and that you’ve […]
Guilty admission – I did not finish this project in time for Christmas! I’m on a sewing binge to catch up on all my unfinished projects. I’ll be caught up by February, I swear! Now back to the story of my December project…. —– Now that I have my fabrics it’s time to decide on […]
I know, I’m not meeting my goal of creating a new table runner every month. I feel so guilty. But I am proud to have finished my November project (almost) on time. I kept it simple this month. I really love this gold and black fabric and I wanted a pattern that would show off […]
Of course October’s quilt will have a Halloween theme. To start, I gathered together all of my orange and black fabrics. I decided to keep it simple and stick with just two colors this month. It turns out that I have a lot of orange fabric. Who knew? I am cutting out triangles with my […]
New Year’s Resolution part 1 accomplished! Just 11 to go…. My September table runner is finished. I laid out the log cabin blocks so the warm fabrics formed diamonds. Although the log cabin blocks were more time consuming than I expected I’m really happy with the results. I had a lot of short 1.5″ strips left […]
For September’s table runner I started with an inspiration fabric: I love the retro colors in the fabric. They feel like fall but are a bit unexpected. I decided to make log cabin blocks. My blocks will be 7″ square and my finished quilt will be 14″ x 70″. Once the squares are finished I’ll […]
This year I made a resolution to use up some of the fabric in my stash. Now that September is here I thought I should get started. As you can see, I have a lot of fabric! I took a 10 year break from quilting so my fabrics are a wee bit dated. What to […]