Autumn Leaves and Spring Flowers

I’ve spent some time this weekend putting together the cream/beige-background leaf blocks… This is a tentative layout, minus the sashing and border.   The border will probably take a while to pull together.  I believe I have enough HSTs ready, but I need to arrange them pleasingly and join them.  We’ve been having unpleasantly warm and […]

Slow Progress is Still Progress

ARGH!  *@^$!# Blogger just ate my nearly-completed blog post!!  I give up.  I’m not writing all that over again, so here’s the abbreviated version: Finally started working on a quilt again.  I pieced the eight grey-background leaves that have been waiting on the design wall for literally months.  Now the eight cream/beige-background leaves are arranged […]

FO: “Flora”

I finally edited the photos of my latest completed doily! The pattern is named “Flora”, designed by Julia Hart.  I’ve crocheted a few other patterns from this designer before, but compared to “Flora”, they’ve all been smaller and relatively simple– a couple of snowflakes and a doily called “Wispweave”.  “Flora” is more complex.  What with […]