I finally finished the quilt. It took a long time but it is done. I worked all day and into the late afternoon but got it done. My sister’s A/C broke this weekend so I didn’t work on it until Sunday afternoon and finished up today. Don’t ask what my [...]

I have procrastinated. I kept telling myself not to start something new until I finish the quilt. But because I am not very confident with free hand machine quilting, I have avoided the quilt. I have started new projects and been cooking some delicious dishes but haven’t been working on blog [...]

With all the printed blocks cut and sewn to one sashing, I had to lay out the entire quilt to make sure I got everything in the right place. I then numbered each square and laid out the coordinating small square that joins the sashing to border the printed blocks. The whole quilt [...]

I fell in love with the most beautiful patriotic red and blue star quilt at Pottery Barn. But over three hundred dollars was more than out of my price range. So I got it in my head that I could make my own quilt. I went in search of red [...]