Rainbow Mosaics

**Be sure to read to the end to find out how you can win this quilt.** This is a UFO that has been waiting to be finished off for a year or so.  The pattern was originally published as a quilt along at Stitched in Color.  Rachel made a great html button for her quilt … Continue reading Rainbow Mosaics

Welcome to the North Pole!

Or, The Never-Ending Christmas Quilt I saw this quilt when it aired on an Episode of Simply Quilts, which used to be on HGTV, way back when they had crafty content, not just home renovations.  I was enthralled, but intimidated.  This was right after I started quilting, so maybe 2000 or so.  I was a serious machine … Continue reading Welcome to the North Pole!

That's No Moon…

Learn how to make a your own space station quilt with my tutorial.

I recently made a 3-d hexagon appliqué quilt, using Geta Grama's fantastic "My Secret Flower Garden" pattern.  My husband, the lifelong Star Wars fan, constantly referred to it as a Death Star.  It really annoyed me.  Clearly, there are no hexagons on the Death Star, and the Death Star is not blue.  I decided to … Continue reading That's No Moon…

My Blue Hexies

In October of 2014 I discovered Geta Grama, a fantastic quilter from Romania.  (Thank you, Al Gore, for inventing the internet so I can discover all these European quilters.)  On her blog she has a quilt called "Together in a Friendship World".  It is amazing.  Hand pieced hexagons, but she has changed their dimensions, to … Continue reading My Blue Hexies