I have big news to share today! My latest quilt to be published is out in the wild. I am very proud to introduce you to my Laundry Day quilt, which you can find in "Let's Get Scrappy" by Annie's Publishing. This is my first time being included in an Annie's publication (but it won't … Continue reading Laundry Day Quilt!
This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to create a modern project based on a vintage inspiration. We could use anything - architecture, antiques, or quilts. The materials I used in this project were given to me by Island Batik as part of the Ambassador program. Thank you to Island Batik, Hobbs Batting, and … Continue reading Vintage Reimagined with Island Batik
I thought I would share my progress on my Kingfisher quilt. According to the stitch along calendar I should be ready to join my diamonds. I'm not quite there yet, but I'm very close. Hand stitching hexagons is one of my favorite things, and these big ones are so easy. I have kept my little … Continue reading Kingfisher Quilt – Update
That means it is time for the Hexagonquilt "La Passion" Facebook group to post updates on the progress of their La Passion quilts. For me, most Wednesdays are usually a bit of a let down. Everyone else is making such fast progress, and here I am, still plodding along, more than two years after starting. … Continue reading It's Wednesday!
I've decided to start a new handwork project in the new year. I have things to finish, but I've been flipping through my copy of "The New Hexagon" by Katja Marek since last Christmas. I've been lurking on Katja's Millefiori quilt along page, but I haven't started anything. That particular quilt doesn't call to me. … Continue reading Katja Marek's "Quilt with Me"
Thursday is my day to wash the floors. So, like a good little quilter, I went into my studio to make seasonal pillow covers for my sofa pillows. This year we have decked the heck out of the halls. I don't know what has come over us, but there are Christmas decorations all over the place. … Continue reading Wreath and Tree Pillows
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
