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
Machine Piecing
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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
Am I Going to Get Caught Up …
Follow my blog with Bloglovin … and finish Clue 6 before Monday when Clue 7 in the Case of the Secret Garden mystery quilt comes out? I don’t know! There was no printing this week. Just lots of stitching of … 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
Hidden Treasures
When we got a flat panel television a few years ago, we had to rearrange furniture as it wouldn’t fit in the wall unit and ended up blocking three drawers. Three drawers in which I have quilt-related items. Some of … Continue reading
Lots and Lots of Scraps
My fascination with the tiny LeMoyne Stars seems endless. Ever since I started making the octagon stars doll bed quilt, the ideas for other quilts using the tiny stars have been taking over. I’ve had these two containers full of … Continue reading
The Case of the Secret Garden, Clue 5
On Monday, clue 5 in the Case of the Secret Garden came out and we are now starting to stitch the pieces into blocks. Of course, I had to put the first 8 I had stitched up on the design … Continue reading
Octagon Stars Doll Bed Quilt is Growing
I just can’t resist these little beauties so a couple more were added to the doll bed quilt. The next set of connecting red diamonds and octagon have been added as well so that another pair of stars can be … Continue reading
Clue 4 of the Mystery Quilt Finished
Last week was a challenge when it came to keeping up with the mystery quilt. I got the cutting done, thanks to the video on cutting curves with a rotary cutter but, as I was working on two other projects, … Continue reading
Half a Dozen Little Stars
These little stars for the Octagon Stars doll bed quilt are impossible for me to resist. I can’t make just one. Or two. Or three, four or five. No, I have to make an even half-dozen of them. It’s such … Continue reading
Quilt Obsession 