I decided to enter a quilt in the State Fair of Virginia this year and I picked my Snapshots quilt for the honor. 🙂 I packed it up and drove up to Richmond with my mom to drop it off. We successfully dropped the quilt at the fair and then decided to hit at least… Continue reading My State Fair Award!
So after having made almost 2500 hexies for my Ten Year Plan Quilt, I decided I’d better try sewing a few together to make sure that part wasn’t going to be a deal breaker. 😀 Last Friday, I made up 42 hexies from a mini charm pack of Kate Spain’s Jingle fabric and got to… Continue reading In Progress – Christmas Hexies
For Q3 of the 2016 Finish-A-Long, I proposed ten projects and I finished five of them! Yay me! For Q4, I’m proposing eight nine* projects and I’m really excited about all of them. 🙂 Here are the details: *Edited on October 12, 2016 to add one more project. This edit was done before the October… Continue reading In Progress – 2016 Finish-A-Long – Q4 Proposed Finishes
All twenty of my blocks are finished! I came over here to post number twenty and then realized I hadn’t posted the previous two either! Eek! So here they are: #18 – Holladay Star: #19 – Horsetail Falls: #20 – Tiled Stars: Here are all twenty of my blocks in the final (hopefully anyway) layout:… Continue reading In Progress – Summer Sampler 2016 – Block 18, 19, & 20
This past weekend at the Sew Virginia Beach 2016 retreat, I finally got my Hugs & Kisses on the Grand Canal quilt top finished! I’m so excited to get this one done, because it’s for our bed, but I have to wait until the line debuts in October so that I can get fabric for… Continue reading In Progress – Hugs & Kisses on the Grand Canal Quilt
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to get to go to the Sew Virginia Beach 2016 retreat! I had SO MUCH FUN!! In fact, I was having so much fun and getting so much sewing done that I only took a couple of pictures. Bad blogger, no cookie! 😀 On Friday, we had the… Continue reading Sew Virginia Beach 2016
I’m entering my Dr. Who Tardis Mini Quilt in the “Mini Quilts” category for the Bloggers Quilt Festival. This was one of my first foundation paper pieced quilts. I made it for one of the admins of a parenting Facebook group that I’m a member of as a thank you for all their hard work… Continue reading Bloggers Quilt Festival – Dr. Who Tardis Mini Quilt
I finished this quilt just about a year ago now! I can’t believe it’s been that long! This is one of my all-time favorite quilts. It was so fun to make and I learned so much while making it. I’m entering it in the “Large Quilts” category for the Bloggers Quilt Festival and it definitely… Continue reading Bloggers Quilt Festival – Farm Girl Vintage Quilt
Yay for a new beach quilt!! I fell in love with the Paradiso line by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics as soon as I saw the announcement all those months ago. I knew it would be perfect for a new beach quilt. I used six charm packs for the top and some of the leftovers… Continue reading FINISHED!! – Paradiso Beach Quilt
Yay! I just finished up the binding on my Stars & Stripes Quilt!! A cute little red and white gingham binding, of course!! The background is adorable too. It’s Cherries & Pears from the Vintage Picnic line by Bonnie & Camille for Moda. Here’s a closer view of the quilting by Robin at Ormond Beach… Continue reading FINISHED!! – Stars & Stripes Quilt
