Here is my contribution to the quilt blocks being made to show support for the people of Ukraine. My quilt guild is making a sampler quilt and I decided to make my own block. This block is all pieced and finishes at 12 1/2″ inches. I partly decided to design my own block because…
Today is my day on the Citified Blog Tour Our host is Sherry Shish of Powered by Quilting. This is the third time I have taken part in a blog tour showcasing a signature line of fabric for Sherry. I have been inspired each time by the beautiful colours of the fabrics. For this blog…
Welcome to Week 34 of the Sew Much Fun Tour Each week a designer will be presenting a 6″ (6 1/2″ unfinished) block on the theme of sewing. This week’s designer is Kathryn of Click on the image above or here to get to Kathryn’s block Last week’s block was from Sunflower Stitcheries and Quilting –…
I never used to make quilts with hearts on them – apparently that was years ago! Traditionally hearts on quilts were reserved for brides or babies. Not anymore! Heart quilts are more popular than those heart candies with sayings on them:) I went through my projects and tutorials to put them all in one…
Welcome to Quiltblockmania release day for February 2022! This month’s theme is wedding and I went with modifying a traditional pieced block – Courthouse Steps. This traditional block takes a modern look by varying the width of the steps. Whether you prefer piecing or applique, the Courthouse step block offers quilters many setting options. See the…
There’s a new blog tour showcasing some beautiful Island Batik fabric. Citified is Sherry Shish’s of Powered by Quilting‘s fourth signature line where she gets to design the patterns released to go with the fabric. What fun! Sherry invited several designers to join her with a blog tour to showcase the beautiful possibilities of…
This tip will help you if you are more of a quilt-topper than quilt-finisher! I have a lot of quilt tops – I counted 20 in This shoe box started out with binding for a couple of quilts – it’s actually cut into strips too! I simply added an index card on the end and…
This year I had a lot of fun being creative with my posts for QUILTsocial. Of course, using the PFAFF performance icon made it easy to have fun 🙂 Here’s a quick recap with links to my blog posts that include all the links for each project. I started my projects with this runner made…
Just because it’s the start of a new calendar year doesn’t mean you have to organize. In fact if you do it because you feel you should do it, the organizing you do will probably feel overwhelming and really hard to keep up. I ended up finally organizing my quilt bins because I couldn’t find…
My last project for the year over at QUILTsocial is a heart wall hanging. I really enjoyed using some new fabric for the inspiration of this piece. I finally played in my selvages again too! Use your selvage strips to make an adorable heart wall quilt It’s all about the embellishments It was a joy…
