Category: Sew Along
Have you heard about the Sew Along that is going on over at Primitive Gatherings? Lisa Bongean has organized a fun Christmas sew along that can be made with traditional or modern fabrics. Her concept is that we will make a red and white quilt, 25 blocks before Christmas. The patterns are free, so do […]
What a happy finish for me. I started this as a scrap buster project and tried to follow along with Barbara Brackman's Civil War Stars in a Time Warp sew along. Barbara has had frequent blog posts on different types of fabrics that were prevalent in the 1800s, and had lots of examples of current […]
I promised to show you the block construction for the Viola flower and vase units. As you can see, the four units are all different sizes, but with the right positioning, you can sew them together in simple steps. I sewed the top left and bottom left units together, then did the same with […]
My first vase of Violas! I toyed with the idea of paper piecing the stems for about five minutes. Have you ever done paper piecing? Well, I am late to that party, without a doubt. I experimented for a little while and you have never seen such a mess. I kept either sewing […]
I am just so proud of these little block units! It is just the look I was going for in my mind, with the scrappy fabrics, and each basket/vase having flowers all in one color range. I will get to making the basket/vase units eventually. Those will go where you see empty spaces on the […]
What a fun project to work on after being on hiatus for over a month! That project is Viola, a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern, designed by Carrie Nelson of course. I am participating in a sew along with two friends, Thelma and Sinta. I was so worried that my recently sprained hand would prevent […]
I am still fiddling around with fabrics for the Viola project. I want those flowers to be really colorful and happy, and wasn't embracing my red/yellow/orange palette so much. I remembered that I had purchased these fat quarters of a collection called Mimosa by Robert Kaufman from Fat Quarter Shop some months back, and when […]
I am excited about a new project I plan to embark upon soon. The pattern is Viola, a recent release by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. (Carrie Nelson design). Carrie's patterns are now being published by Moda, and have a slightly different format. Same chatty instructions a la Carrie, but the patterns are now in a […]
Crop Circles blocks are now sewn into rows. I probably should have spent more time stewing over how to arrange the blocks, as I see I have some same color center circles next to each other. I just kept it random and that is how it ended up. Next up are the borders, the side […]
Woo Hoo! Happy dance going on here. I finished 31 Crop Circles blocks. Love every single one of them, and only need 30, so one will have to go on the back I guess. Aren't they cute? Love that Gardenvale fabric by Jen Kingwell. I think it worked out so well for this pattern. Next […]
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Hello, I’m Nicole, an enthusiastic quilter and fabric lover. This blog is mainly about my quilting journey, but I share some of my other interests as well, which include reading, cooking, decorating, lifestyle, and my family. When I am not quilting, I am reading, and will share monthly book reviews in this space. I love to hear back from my followers and enjoy getting to know you.
