Top was made by me, adapted from round 4 of the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt Along.
March 3, 2010
February 15, 2010
Hexy idea #1: Supersize it!
Happy Presidents’ Day! Are you still in your pajamas, too?
All hexagons quilts look cheerful to me, but this one from ReannaLily Designs seems to have a little extra sunshine. I think it’s the size of the hexes, combined with the wonderful use of white space. The springtime palette certainly isn’t hurting, either 
The quilter used a half-hex method of piecing, which can be done on the machine – great if you’re feeling gun-shy about attempting English paper piecing.
If you’re feeling gun-shy about making this quilt altogether, but absolutely have to have one, Handmade by Alissa has a queen-sized one for sale here.
And, finally, half-hexing doesn’t always involve lots of white space. Check out the photos from ComfortStitching’s Half-Hex Quilt-along!
February 6, 2010
Row, Row, Row
Check out this really cool idea I saw in Quiltlady50’s photostream:
This is the first row of a round-robin type quilt swap. The idea is, you make one row, send background fabrics to another person, and they use their stash to make a different row.
Fun, right?
I’m a huge fan of row quilts. (Is that even a term?) One of my favorite quilts I’ve made to date it this one, a baby quilt for my friend’s son:
The mathematical possibilities offered by quilts like this kind of fascinate me, for some reason. This is 36″ wide, and made up of blocks that are 3″, 4″, 9″, and 12″ wide. I could have also included some 6-inchers in there. If it had been 60″, I could have included almost all of the above, plus 10″- and 15-blocks. Which is crazy, but it works, and it gives great visual variety.
As far as construction goes, row quilts offer a nice happy medium. I like to assembly-line block production, so I love that row quilts include a few of the same block, for ease and speed of piecing. BUT! You get to stop after making a smallish number of one kind of block, and start on something else. So it’s easy to keep interest.
I don’t really have time just at the moment to organize a row round-robin, but one may be in the cards for later this year. Please leave a comment if you might be interested in participating at some point. It would definitely be a long-ish term project, but I think it would be so (sew!) worth it.
January 1, 2010
Resolutions
It might prove a bit of a drag to type them out, so here’s a bit of the to-do list, in photo form:
Would it be dreadful of me to teach my husband how to sash, so I can get some things done?
Happy 2010, everybody!
December 4, 2009
An idea
One of these days, I’ll make a Christmas quilt.
The thought crosses my mind from time to time, but I’m never sure where to begin. So here’s an idea: the next time I’m tempted to get involved in some huge project, like a quilt-a-long, I have to at least consider using holiday fabrics.
Who doesn’t remember the nine patch quilt-a-long? Well, bisongirl was a total genius about the whole thing, and did all her blocks up in green and red.
Isn’t that inspired?
November 24, 2009
Tutorial Tuesday: Speaking of snowballs…
…did you know the current round of the Old Red Barn Quilt Along includes a snowball option? Find instructions here.
Or, treat yourself to the cute sixpack shown above, by littlelegwarmers.