Putting It Together

I’ve finally reached that point in the “Hunter’s String Star” pattern where things are coming together. Joined units and string squares combine, from their various stacks… And turn into the building blocks for the whole quilt: It’s happening! It’s happening! 😉 You can see the pattern emerging!  (This won’t be the final layout, but it’s […]

One Step at a Time…

Sometimes my craft projects seem to creep along at a snail’s pace, but they (usually) get there eventually, one step at a time.  Today’s “one step” is on the Hunter’s String Star quilt.  I’m very nearly finished with joining HSTs to chevron units.  There are only a handful left to do, and then it’s on […]

FO: “Scrappy Arkansas Crossroads”

After seeing scrappy versions of quilts made of “Arkansas Crossroads” blocks, I wanted to make one of my own.  It’s been in the works for a while. I’m not really even sure how long ago I started… Maybe a couple of years back? There are a couple of ways to make this quilt.  Slightly different […]

FO: “Lotus Moon Tiles”

There’s one more finished afghan to share– “Lotus Moon Tiles”, a crochet design by Polly Plum. I started this afghan in September 2019 and finished it in February 2020.  It’s not a large afghan, so I could have finished it much more quickly, but every time I came to a point where I needed to […]

FO: “Scrappy Granny Squares”

During a recent reorganizing, I came across an afghan that I had completely forgotten crocheting and (as far as I can recall) never photographed or blogged. It’s a scrappy granny square afghan using my favorite version of the granny square.  That is, clusters of 3 dc, 2 chains for the corners, and one chain between […]