The Octagon Stars doll bed quilt is growing. Now it’s approximately 10″ x 23″. I thought it would start to grow faster once I got those first two rows done and I was right. Now I’ll add another row of … Continue reading
Octagon Stars and More
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An Early Birthday Gift
Late Monday, a box arrived. A box full of absolutely wonderful very early birthday gifts from an incredibly generous friend. The first thing out of the box was this wonderful wool batt. It’s the perfect size for my Drunkard’s Path … Continue reading
Apple Cores
For some reason, I don’t like using the sewing machine at night. It may have something to do with the lighting where my sewing machine is but, whatever the reason, I do try to avoid it in the evenings. So … Continue reading
Case of the Secret Garden – A Finish!
What does a picture of an empty box have to do with a finish? Well, Saturday morning this box was full of the finished blocks from the mystery. By Saturday night, this is what the box looked like – empty. … Continue reading
Clue 6 Finished
I know I don’t normally blog on weekends but I am so excited that I got all 24 of the remaining arcs for the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt sewn together by machine that I just had to … Continue reading
Colour, Lovely Colour
Aren’t these delicious? Beautiful batiks from a wonderful friend. Once I get the mystery quilt top finished, the octagon stars doll quilt and one other doll quilt done, I have an idea for a quilt that will be made with … Continue reading
Machine Piecing
I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I’m going to fall far, far behind on the Case of the Secret Garden if I insist on hand piecing the entire thing. And I don’t want to let this one languish … Continue reading
And the Answer Is …
… no, I didn’t get the piecing for Clue 6 of the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt finished. Not even close! And Clue 7 comes out today. I made 96 of these pieced spokes for the arcs last … Continue reading
A Little Diversion
I knew those apple cores I found in the treasure drawer last night were going to be hard to resist. Really, really hard to resist. At first I thought I could limit myself to sorting them into dark and medium/light … Continue reading
Case of the Secret Garden, Clue 5 Done
After printing the shapes on fabric from last week’s clue in the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt, I then stitched the blocks from that clue. Once they were all done, I couldn’t resist putting them up on the … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 