Archives for the ‘Quilting’ Category

Spring Quilt Progress

Here’s what the Spring quilt looks like these days.  I am halfway through piecing the top.  Did I mention that it is going to be king size?  The thing is huge already. I had to take a little break from it because I started getting really sick of it.  I always get to that point […]

The First of Four

I have always wanted to make a quilt for each of the four seasons.  I was just chatting with The Snail the other day and happened to mention this and she most enthusiastically replied, “that’s a great idea!” So of course that got me thinking. I’ve been buying these vintage sheets and pillowcases lately and the […]

The Boy’s Quilt

Here’s the quilt I made for The Boy’s big boy bed.  It took me a year to make.  I finished it just in time for his third birthday, a year after he moved into the bed.  It is a rail fence pattern done in light, medium, and dark shades of green, blue, and purple.  I […]

My First Community Quilt

Recently, my dear friend and midwife, The Swede, decided to come home for a visit from Sweden to prepare for the birth of her second child.  After my New Moon Sisters and I made plans for a motherblessing, I had a crazy, harebrained idea.  And who loves harebrained ideas late at night more than I […]