2015 was a big year in quilting for me. I didn't finish all that many projects, but the ones I did finish have made me very happy, even if they were not all quilts. I entered my second ever quilt competition, and this time I won a ribbon with all three quilts I entered. I've … Continue reading Looking back, and moving forward
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!
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…
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
For the past two years I have been working on my version of Grit's wonderful La Passion. In November of 2013 I was trying to figure out how to finally finish off my grandmother's flower garden that had been sitting around for many years. I had picked it out of the UFO pile that spring, and started … Continue reading Hexagonquilt La Passion
I've seen Moravian Stars on my various Facebook groups for a while, and decided to give it a try. I found it to be a bit fussy, but very cool. The only tutorial I could find online was from Penny Rugs and More. She used wool, and also a layer of batting in her star. … Continue reading Moravian Star
