These are what I was talking about yesterday – another tiny block. The lure of the 3″ baskets was too much for me. I grabbed some ’30s scraps and a white muslin and got started. I love piecing the handles. … Continue reading
Tiny Baskets
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More Chaining by Hand
That’s what I’ve been doing – more chaining by hand. But this time of four-patch blocks. And they’re going together really, really quickly. Yes, I know these would be easy as could be to piece by machine for most but they’re … Continue reading
A Stack of HSTs
I really learned a lesson last night. And that is that by chaining by hand, I can stitch a fairly large number of the HSTs in just a couple of hours. Just over 50 of them are in that nice … Continue reading
More Little HSTs
I had to give my chaining by hand process a good workout and I’m impressed. In just slightly over two hours, I had 36 of the HSTs stitched and ready to be pressed. The picture shows the ones that were … Continue reading
Perfect Little HSTs
I’m working on a tutorial about chain piecing these little beauties by hand, but I got hit with two work assignments yesterday that didn’t give me enough time to even think about finishing it off. So this is a teaser. … Continue reading
Celtic Solstice, Clue 3
I didn’t get many of the Clue 3 pinwheels done, but there are a few in the stack. Along with the stacks of the units I’ve got finished from Clues 1 and 2. Initially I thought I’d do the pinwheels … Continue reading
Kaleidoscope Stars – Small and Big
There are very few of the brown and blue paisley kaleidoscope stars left to make so I decided to make one to add to the stack of finished ones. These ones are made using the 2″ diamonds. Then another. A … Continue reading
Chevron Units
Putting these little 3″ chevron units together is one of those things in quilting that makes me smile. They’re just fun to put together and they turn out so perfectly every time! As soon as Clue 2 to the Celtic … Continue reading
Parallelogram Stars
There’s a new star quilt in my future. And it will be made up of stars just like these. In a whole variety of colours. Aren’t these fun? Can you imagine what will happen at the intersections when four blocks are … Continue reading
Little Units
I thought that perhaps I’d do a few more of these little units before the next clue comes out Friday for the Celtic Solstice quilt. I may do a few more of them tonight. These units are fun to stitch … Continue reading
