Cherry Crunch Top Completed

Crinched, Crunched, CRONCHED. The “Cherry Crunch” quilt top is done, done, done!   I don’t love the process of adding borders to quilts, but sometimes they do add a nice finishing touch. I’m happy with how this one looks.  There are a few places where points aren’t exactly where they ought to be, but most are […]

30-Day Watercolor Challenge & Beyond

Crunch-a-Bunch… Well, I really ought to have the finished quilt top ready to share today, but I still need to press it after adding the last border, and I just haven’t felt like doing it!  Next time! For now, this is the only pertinent photo… Some of the pieces of the final border before they were […]

Closer to Crunch Completion

Crunch Crunch Crunch… We’re getting there a bit at a time on my variation on the “Cherry Crunch” quilt.   I’ve written before that I didn’t think I would try to make a red string border for this quilt.  When I realized I had way (way) more neutral string units than I needed, that seemed like […]

Leaf Gel Prints

Gel Printing with Leaves I’d been wanting to play around with gel-printing leaves again, so one day recently I decided to do just that.   Apart from the gel plate and brayer, it doesn’t take much—just some acrylic paint and a handful of leaves gathered from outdoors.   Usually, you start with a darker color of paint.  […]