This one is destined to be a little quilt on its own, I think. It’s a very pale sunflower that will be lost in the sea of brighter batiks I’ve been using to make the batik sunflowers, but I think … Continue reading
Sunflowers in Yellow and Blue
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Fabric Spaghetti
Well, that’s what I think this looks like — a huge pile of fabric spaghetti. What on earth possessed me? I watched this video from Gene Black’s blog post “Cutting Bias Binding“. Actually, I had watched it quite a while … Continue reading
Sunflowers Prepped
I love having a little stack of pieces all ready to stitch. They will be part of the next group of batik sunflowers. The glassine envelopes I have are too small for these, so I think I’ll start using regular … Continue reading
A Big Distraction – Machine Piecing Adventures, Part III
Seems I couldn’t resist the new 2.25″ Inklingo hexagons either. Look at the difference in size between the 2.25″ and .375″ ones — talk about going from one extreme to the other. I’ve often thought I’d like to make a … Continue reading
Tiny Distraction
It was inevitable – the minute I said I was going to dedicate stitching time to those three quilt tops, a tiny distraction came along. And I do mean tiny. This little hexagon flower was made with the Inklingo .375″ … Continue reading
Spool Blocks Quilt Top and Machine Piecing Adventures
The little top is finished. Finished size 27.5″ x 35″. A better picture will be taken out on the roof garden in the next day or two. This shot was taken late last night. The big news for me? That … Continue reading
A Pair of Batik Sunflowers
We’re experimenting with some possible solutions to the camera distortion issue. And two more batik sunflowers were the subject of the experiment. First up, one that Mr. Q.O. is calling pomegranate. And this one, which I’m calling grape. Seems these … Continue reading
My Big Find
One of our stops yesterday was our favourite art shop. Mr. Q.O. picked up some things for the ‘toons and I found this fabulous 18″ x 24″ self-healing rotary cutting mat for $17. No, it doesn’t have all the lines … Continue reading
Adventures with the Sewing Machine
Making the little quilt of spool blocks is something I want to get done quickly. Yesterday I sat down and pieced one. By machine. I’m still astounded. Not once did I have to rip out a line of stitching. Everything … Continue reading
Batik Sunflower No. 3
Couldn’t resist and did one more. Mr. Q.O. calls this one the Creamsicle sunflower. Seams graded and block pressed. So far it seems I’m sticking mostly with sunflower colours. That’s about to change as I have the pieces printed on … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 