Wordless Wednesday

Projects

It's a very grey and dreary day today. We had

some light snow which turned to rain last night.

Now everything is slushy. At least it's above freezing.

I'm working on a baby quilt for a gift and I love this

pattern that me and my local quilt group have decided

to make. 

Tumbling blocks! I've always wanted to make one 

of these but because of the diamond shapes - didn't.

But there's a pattern by Bethany Reynolds called

"Talking Blocks" which is so easy and uses half square

triangles!  Here's the 

pattern http://www.bethanyreynolds.com/talkingblocks.html


Super easy!  I'm in the process of hand quilting it now

with "big stitch".  My mistake with this quilt is that I 

should have had deeper purples so that the blocks are

more distinct looking.  

You can have so much fun with colors and prints with

this pattern!  

I'm also playing with making more hand dyed fabrics

and have added more to my Etsy shop.

https://www.etsy.com/people/MaterialisticVisions

Some Heliographic print sets

And some shibori

Sold

Happy Quilting!

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Progress

Having the flu right after the holidays really

set me back. Now I'm trying to catch up on

all that I have to do.

In one of my quilt groups; we decided to make

a Stained Glass quilt. We had 2 pattern choices.

I chose the one that I had made back in 2004 -

About one year after I had moved here to

Lancaster;  I enrolled in a Adult Ed class to

learn how to quilt. 

This was my third class - learning how to

make a stained glass quilt.

We also learned how to make our own bias

tape. 

A couple of years later I took a class with Carol

Blevins (Lancaster Rose Buds) and she showed

us how to use pre-made bias tape by clover and

using a double needle to sew it down. 

It's so much easier and faster to use.

So I had decided to use the Pansy stained glass

quilt to try the pre-made bias tape on.

This is what I had completed  before Christmas.

And this is what I have completed so far.

Almost done!

I still have to sew down some but it's almost

finished. I still haven't decided how I'm going

to quilt it.

The challenge also on this quilt was to use

only fabrics that I had in my stash.

I still haven't put away my Christmas decorations!

Happy Quilting!

Wordless Wednesday

Too many projects

Although the temperature has been

in the single digits 

The birds are happy. 

I think that I committed myself to

too many projects! I'm sure most

quilters do this also!

I'm going to do a Tumbler block quilt

with my Hempfield group and I've 


also committed to a challenge to finish

2 UFOs (due in a couple of weeks - help!)

One I love - I found it on Pinterest

and made a pattern for it -

I am now in the process of hand quilting

it in a big stitch kinda way. 

The other is a Stained Glass

I am now working on the corners.

This small wall quilt is from a class

that I took when I first started to

learn how to quilt. Only, our instructor

had us make our own bias and hand stitch

it. This one that I'm working on I'm

using pre-made and glued bias tape

from clover. You iron it down and then

use a double needle to sew it on. 

    I also have a pile of eco dyed fabric

that I want to photograph and put on

my other blog. 

Yikes!

Happy Quilting and Dyeing!