March 2013 – The Off-Kilter Quilt

First things first–I’ve pieced the green and white quilt top:

Here’s the practice quilting I’ve been done for my practice quilt:

And here’s the practice quilting I’m doing for the Irish Chain quilt:

And here’s the beginning of the back for the Irish Chain:

Have a great week!

March 14, 2013November 22, 2015

Episode 115: Got a Lot on My Plate

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Above: my first attempt at the Dove block. Can you see all the pleats? If not, look below

But after much practice, I got better:

No pleats!

Here’s the initial layout of the Green & White blocks. Feedback, please!

Hope you have a great week!

March 7, 2013November 22, 2015

Episode 114: In the Green

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I’ve got a few of Carolyn’s Green & White quilt blocks done and on the boards. Here’s what one block looks like:

And here’s how they’re starting to come together:

I just slapped these blocks up. Once I’ve got them all done, I’ll play around with color placement. It’s interesting to look at this picture and see how yellow that one print is. There’s actually not a lot of it, so it may work as a nice little accent once I have it dispersed throughout the whole quilt. I don’t like it all in one place the way it is now. What do you think about it? All wrong? Okay?

Here are my mosaic blocks up on the wall–all twenty-five of them. Only seventy-five more to go! Thanks to everyone who has sent fabric for this project: