Now for Some Knitting!

I finished weaving in the ends on the Be of Good Cheer Samplerghan! ~streamers and confetti~ Some of them were problematic to hide, because there was no handy good spot, but they’re all tucked in there, somehow, and with any luck, they’ll stay relatively put. I’ll share some photos of the completed afghan soon. – […]

Joining & Edging

I finished joining all the blocks in the Be of Good Cheer sampler.  The flat braid join worked just fine, and despite the difference in stitch counts among the blocks, it seems to have evened out well enough.  I’d definitely use the flat braid join again.  In between joining blocks, I considered what to do […]

Piecing & Joining

Quilting first? I’ve pieced together a few more blocks– enough for one strip across the width of the quilt top. There are already one or two spots where my points definitely aren’t perfectly lined up.  From a distance, I don’t think it’ll be obvious.  Especially if I quilt the top.  (I’m not sure yet if […]

A Photo Here, A Photo There…

We’ve had a couple of days of perfect weather.  Dry (i.e. not humid) with highs in the 70s weather.  Open the windows and air out the house weather.  Sit back and watch the white, puffy clouds drift gently across that bluebird sky weather.  It’s felt like spring.  Winter is returning tonight, but that taste of […]

Assembly Line Sewing

I’ve cut out the neutral fabric for the half-square triangle quilt.  It’s just about equally split among three fabrics– slightly different shades of pale cream/ecru with unobtrusive white prints. Last night, I finished a few of the HSTs to see how they’ll look.  Here are the trimmed HSTs: Of course, when I lay out the […]

Cutting Fabric for a Quilt

I’ve started cutting fabric for my first-ever from-scratch no-kit-involved non-rag-quilt quilt top! I’m making a quilt of half-square triangles. This won’t be news to anyone who quilts, I’m sure, but gosh, there are a lot of neat things you can do with HSTs (as the cool people call them).  So many fun looks from one […]