What are PIBs? Project in Boxes. These are only a few of the projects currently inhabiting project boxes. Two small boxes. One contains the shapes I need for the little LeMoyne Stars for the doll’s bed runner and more. I … Continue reading
PIBs
Category Archives: printing on fabric
Small Things
That’s what I worked on the weekend – small things. First of all, the five remaining klosjes/spool blocks I needed for the top last shown here. Now I can start playing with these on the design wall and get the … Continue reading
Small Hunter’s Star Beginning
Once I started playing with the diamonds in the 6″ Hunter’s Star collection, I knew I had to make a small Hunter’s Star quilt using that size. There was a French General layer cake in my stash that I had … Continue reading
Blogathon Canada and A Tiny LeMoyne Star
Sew Sisters, a fabulous Canadian online and brick-and-mortar quilt store, is sponsoring a week-long event “Canadian Quilters Connect Blogathon Canada” from November 19 to 24, 2012 to highlight Canadian quilting bloggers’ creativity and talent and give us all a chance … Continue reading
Jelly Beans and Klosjes
That almost sounds like a song title, doesn’t it? To me it sounds like a very cheerful and fun song. I’ve added another block to the Jelly Beans quilt beginning. I love how happy this quilt is going to be. … Continue reading
Colourful 9-Patches Done
The last nine are stitched. Now that they’re finished I know it’s going to take a while to add the triangles, but not as long as it took to make the little 3″ 9-patch blocks. I put just a few … Continue reading
Colourful Hunter’s Star
Crazy workload notwithstanding, I couldn’t resist stitching the beginning of my very colourful Hunter’s Star quilt. There are some other design elements I have planned for this that will make it even more fun and colourful. I haven’t stitched it … Continue reading
Memories of Smudge Progress
Since the playoffs began Friday, I’ve been stitching nothing but Memories of Smudge blocks. By Sunday night, there were six more done, pressed and seams graded. The first one. The second. The third. The fourth. The fifth. The sixth. And … Continue reading
Stormy Seas Block 24
This block was a bit of a challenge. Why? Because the darker of the two batiks has a metallic element to it and is harder than most to needle. I definitely switched needles after stitching this one. Now there are … Continue reading
Tiffany and Monet Blocks
While I had the temporary design wall up on the weekend, I decided to see how the Tiffany Lamp blocks looked. Clearly I need to make more, probably another 7 of them. I was surprised that there are so few … Continue reading
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