Perspective
A few weeks ago, when I posted about “Binding Odd Angles”, Barb commented with a question, and it’s a great segue into this week’s post: “Hi Chris, On the Christmas Hexie you made, did you use 2 1/2 inch strips and how big did it end up when finished. Were you able to get all…
My New Arrival
At the last quilt retreat my older sewing machine was giving me some trouble. It’s been having issues for a while and I keep struggling along. My friend Cathy told me I really needed a new machine and that thought started to percolate. A while later I told Mike about my machine issues and he…
Binding Odd Angles
I few weeks ago Lynn emailed me and asked: “Do you have a favorite way of binding an hexie quilt?” As usual – I do 🤣. In reading over her question I realized there are at least two things that come to mind when I think of a hexie quilt. One would be a quilt…
Quilt Float Revisited
Before I jump into this week’s “topic”, I just have to share an email I received from Peg:”This is a great post. I do have a question. Can’t you simply measure the diagonal of the raw edge blocks, average them, and cut your squares that size plus 1 1/2?” My response? – I wish I’d thought…
Setting Triangles
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you probably are aware of my “seat of the pants” style of measuring. When other teachers are coming up with the perfect mathematical formulas for getting things to fit – I’m trying to come up with an easier way. Most times accurately cutting and…
W.O.W. – A Live Quilt Show!
I have been missing real live quilt shows terribly. Virtual shows are ok, but I think a great majority of the fun of a show is sharing it with others. That’s why I was so excited when I received a “call for entries” from Mary Beth at the Walls of Wittenberg in central Wisconsin. The…
Ricochet Quilting
In November I posted about the fun I had using rulers to quilt our new, king size bed quilt. After finishing it I wanted to machine quilt some more – can you believe it!?! We have a friend who is going through a particularly difficult time right now. He recently showed quite a bit of…
Pins, Pins, Pins
Last week I told the story of our granddaughter’s comforter and this week you’ll get “the rest of the story” 🤣. My husband retired six years ago. I have recently been pushed into what I hope is temporary early retirement, from teaching quilting and grandchild daycare, by the pandemic. So Mike and I are spending…
