I decided to get all the red diamonds pieced into pairs for the remaining 21 blocks of the Christmas Fireworks top. There were stacks and stacks of the diamonds like this one. Each group in the stacks contained 16 of … Continue reading
Christmas Fireworks, that is – my take on Willyne Hammerstein’s Midnight Fireworks quilt in Millefiori Quilts. Which, of course, I’m making with the Inklingo Midnight Fireworks collection. First up an off-centre fireworks. Then a centred one. And finally another off-centre … Continue reading
So far I’m still sticking with the Christmas Fireworks and two more blocks are done. First one with the star pointing straight. Then an off-centre one. The back of the straight star after grading of the seams and pressing it. … Continue reading
My Christmas Fireworks, that is, which is what I decided to call my version of Willyne Hammerstein’s Midnight Fireworks in Millefiori Quilts. Notice anything? I realized after I had put together a few more of these blocks that I have … Continue reading
There’s another project box that got opened. Upon opening it, I found this – everything for Christmas Fireworks (Midnight Fireworks from Millefiori Quilts 1) with all the centre stars done. Beneath the stars? All the pieces to finish each of … Continue reading
I know, I know — it has been an extremely long time since I blogged. I am going to give it yet another try and hope to post twice a week — at least at first. I’ve missed blogging and, … Continue reading
I love the effect I got from fussy cutting/printing the little kites that surround the centre star but can’t even begin to imagine how difficult it would be to do this were it not for using Inklingo to print the … Continue reading
Where have I been? Stitching. Stitching lots and lots and lots of these little half blocks, to be exact. With the chain piecing by hand method, these are going together much faster than I had anticipated. So much faster that … Continue reading
You’ve seen these before. But it has been a very long time. January of 2013, to be exact, was the last time I posted about these. And that was the last time any work got done on them. On the … Continue reading
A little more fussy cutting of kitties in an octagon and I was on my way to making another Castle Wall block. The hardest part of making this block was choosing the fabrics once I’d picked out the kitties to … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 