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
More Little HSTs
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Chaining by Hand – Lots of Photos
How’s that for a blog post title? Made me laugh out loud! But this is all about my method of chain piecing HSTs by hand. I know, I know — chain piecing is what machine piecers do. But I’ve found … 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
80 More Stars
That’s what the little stacks here represent – all the pieces needed for 80 more of the little black and white stars. Baxter was very interested in those little stacks of shapes so we had to take the photo quickly … Continue reading
Tiny Stars
It seems like it’s been ages since I worked on something really tiny. So out came the .50″ black and white diamonds and I made a few of the miniature stars. I printed these shapes a few years ago and … 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
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