Oh, hello there! Nice to see someone’s still checking in here occasionally. This Christmas we had three special quilts to make. Although we planned to make quilt gifts for a couple of months be...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2014/12/23/we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas/
On a whim, I entered my Flying by the Seat of My Pants mini quilt in this week’s Quilting Gallery contest. Here’s the back: You can read about the quilt in this earlier post. There are 22 bea...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2013/09/28/quilting-gallery-vote-flying-geese/
Surprise! I’m alive! I’m going to write about something completely unrelated to the Test Your Skills Sampler. Yes, I’ll get back to it. It will be finished, eventually. I just don’t lov...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2013/02/01/insert-rude-elton-john-song-title-here/
Yes, it’s the design I showed in the recent post. Yes, I know it looks like an asterisk. But someone’s already done an asterisk quilt along, so it’s the Ironwork* Quilt Along (asterisk incl...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2012/03/07/ironwork-quilt-along/
And I am so proud. Mom bound it in 8 hours and 15 minutes. I’m pleased with how the quilting looks now that I’ve stepped back from it. The quilting is essentially invisible since I only quilt...
The quilting is done. The Birds in the Air quilt, to be known as “Liftoff” from now on (thanks P.!) is quilted. I am finished with it. Mom takes over from here to trim and bind it. She doesn�...
I really must go to bed (it’s after midnight and I have to work tomorrow), but I wanted to quickly share a couple of versions of an EQ7 quilt I just drew up. I can’t take credit for the desig...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2012/02/23/quilts-are-everywhere/
The next filler block is the Shoofly. There are several of this block, in two different sizes and colors (if you’re using the White & Bright layout). The Shoofly is a great way to practice both...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2011/10/10/tyss-shoofly-fillers/
I’m working on a new quilt – very simple, nothing fancy, just something to put on my bed because, would you believe, I don’t actually have a quilt for my bed? Oh, I throw the Sister’s Cho...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2011/02/06/coin-toss-in-progress/
I’ve been in a bit of a dither about the Christmas Cactus pattern. On the one hand, I’d like to sell it at the local shops (two did express interest two YEARS ago when I first showed them ill...
https://piecemealquilts.com/2010/11/02/christmas-cactus-quilt-along/