I reached my goal and have finished piecing the little red and white blocks. All that’s left is to add a small sashing and border and get the little red and white top quilted, which I think I can possibly … Continue reading
Over the weekend I got all the little triangle units pieced for the red and white mini quilt and one of the four-patch units made. It won’t take long now to get the three additional red and white blocks made. … Continue reading
Wednesday night I was so happy as I’d finished sewing the last group of triangles into arcs for the final six black and white New York Beauty blocks and could see the end coming of working with just black and … Continue reading
I’m back to piecing the border blocks for the Pickled Ladies top, but I had to take some time on the weekend to go through and pick out all my pink and green batiks, so I can dream about making … Continue reading
The New York Beauty top is now finished. It finishes at 36″ x 42″. Just after I had finished stitching the last row on, I held it up with light behind it and it was like looking at a stained … Continue reading
A couple more of the New York Beauty blocks were made and pressed and yesterday morning the temporary design wall was taped back up. Then the fun began. This was the first layout. The lime corner of the 3rd block … Continue reading
Quite a few more of the New York Beauty blocks were made over the past few weeks. Yesterday I put them all up on the design wall. With two more blocks, this would finish at 36″ x 42″. Then just … Continue reading
It felt like an awfully long time since a Tiffany Lamp block had been added to the New York Beauty blocks and curved piecing with spiky bits seemed very appealing last night, so I decided to stitch this one. Which … Continue reading
This one is definitely for the Monet NYB group of blocks. I love the little touch of pink in this block. When I grade the seams on blocks that contain metallics and batiks, I tend to grade the metallic fabric … Continue reading
I couldn’t resist and so made another of the Monet New York Beauty blocks on the weekend. This one definitely goes in the Monet group. Seams graded and block pressed. These are such fun blocks to put together – lots … Continue reading
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