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amish hourglass baby quilt
After making this mini Amish hourglass quilt, I was itching to make another, larger, one---so I did!
This version features a combination of an American Made Brand navy solid and scraps of solid white, and slightly larger hourglasses. I really love the simple and graphic look of this particular design, and I enjoyed revisiting it (and I foresee more in my future!).
The back is a Dear Stella ikat...
oversized log cabin baby quilt
Lately, I've been playing around with the log cabin block, experimenting with scale, color placement, and improvisational piecing. This quilt is the first result of my efforts: an oversized log cabin baby quilt. I selected a simple color palette of navy, cream, and peach for the quilt, using American-made solids for the top.
Wanting to maintain the quilt's simplicity, I quilted it with a grid,...
modern sampler quilt along: block B link-up
The Modern Sampler Quilt Along is an informal and virtual quilt along where we make a block from Yoshiko Jinzenji's Modern Sampler Quilt pattern each month. You can follow the hashtag #modernsamplerquiltalongon Instagram to get a peek at everyone's blocks, fabrics, and progress, as we work our way through the pattern together. On the last Tuesday of each month, we gather here to share the blocks...
three pineapple rind scrap quilts
Have you seen Vanessa Christenson's Simply Color books for Lucky Spool? Each one is dedicated to a color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) and contains a bit of color theory about that color, as well as a handful of sewing projects made from the featured hue.
Being a fan of yellow quilts (as seen here, here, and here) I grabbed a copy of the yellow volumea few months ago, and loved...
do. good stitches: birds in the air quilt
