Remember that time I joined a quilt along in 2013 with the intention of finishing the quilt before that Christmas? Well a year and month later I can finally say: She done! I gotta say Lil Miss Penny (as I call her) is an absolute disaster. I know I’m my own toughest critic but between…
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Website Update – QuiltAlong.net
So far everyone I’ve emailed/talked to about my project QuiltAlong.net has been really supportive and excited about it and I wanted to post an in-progress update on it! Last weekend I released an update so that now the weekly link parties are availiable on the site: I’ve been excitedly working on the quilt along and…
Quilt Along.net
Haven’t gotten much quilting done this week for a few reasons: I got frustrated that the paper piecing pattern I created had two blocks that came out the wrong size. I’ve yet to fix the pattern and have been kind of a grump about it I had an awesome idea for an ironing board cover…
Printed Quilt Label
As a young quilter (young in both quilt years and age I suppose) I’ve more than once finished a quilt and not included a label. I know, amateur stuff. I went to a quilt guild meeting where the presenter embroidered beautiful labels but I have little experience with embroidery so that’s probably not right for…
Farmer’s Wife, meet Penny Patch
I mentioned in my penny patch post the other day that I had two Farmer’s Wife blocks in my quilt, well I added a 3rd and am so pleased with how it adds to the quilt’s layout. I think I might actually be ready to commit and get to sewing this top together. I used…
Penny Patch in Progress
Tuesday night and last night I went home and did some sewing for the Penny Patch QAL. I think this quilt’s name is going to be Lil Miss Penny. I’m not terribly clever when naming things… I made some decisions last night too, I am only going to do 10×10 rows, this will yield 60×60…
Catching up to the Penny Patch Quilt Along
I’ll preface this with saying I’m just ecstatic to have come across this quilt along before it started and be in a position to actually participate in it! I’ve kept up so far and hope to keep it that way even with other projects happening simultaneously. Picking Fabric This is the first quilt in which I’ve done…
Evening Star
The final star for my sampler! I picked this one from lemons quilt other sampler. I though it was just so lovely with how different it is compared to the other stars and that it could tie together all the fabrics so nicely. If this sampler was more traditional with more defined blocks I may…
Star of Mystery
This star proved to be a bit trickier than I had expected. There was some unsewing because my base inside square didn’t line up just right and I was also smart enough to read through ALL her instructions and didn’t trim the last edges of the setting triangles until the block was 100% complete. In…
Whirling Star
So here it is, my very first foundation paper pieced quilt block. It was much easier than I thought it was going to be and I did it with a regular ruler not an “add a quarter” ruler like most of the blogs recommend. I definitely see more paper piecing in my future so I’ll…