A Quilting Journey

Archives 2017 February

Work In Progress Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! I’ve been going through my plastic container of UFO’s trying to decide should I keep or should I toss? ? A few of my UFO projects needed binding only so I was able to…

Classic Quilt Blocks

Happy Thursday! I finished piecing a small wall hanging using the Jacob’s Ladder quilt block. Jacob’s ladder quilt block is beginner friendly. Below is the layout for the quilt block. Easy to assemble with 5 four patches…

Work In Process – Wednesday

Hello – I hope everyone is having a good week! One of my new year’s resolutions was to include quilting projects on my daily planner. The goal is to spend at least 10 minutes a day…

Pieceful Weekend

Happy Monday! I had this past weekend entirely free – no catching up on orders – no rush requests. Believe me it doesn’t happen often. The cold and windy forecast made it easy to stay…

Works In Progress

Happy Wednesday, I’ve spent the past couple of days going through my closet packing up clothes to give away. I  worked as an accountant in large manufacturing company for 22 years, and taught accounting classes…

Friday Finishes

Happy Friday! The last couple of day I’ve been  able to finish up a few small projects. The free motion quilting instructors from my Craftsy classes all stress the importance of practicing. I love making mug…

Fast Easy Layer Cake Quilt

One of the quilt patterns on my to do list was the Layer Cake Lemonade; this quilt pattern is also from the Fat Quarter Shop short cut quilt series. A friend asked if I could…

Learning to FMQ

For a few weeks I’ve been taking several free motion quilting classes on Craftsy. Stippling is one of the most popular free motion quilting designs. In Leah Day’s class Free Motion Quilting A Sampler, she…