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Too Hot to Think • Blockchain Quiltblock Freebie
It’s too hot to think, but here’s a fun sketch from a traditional block, originally called Boise (Brackman 2306). The periodical, Hearth and Home, which published this block, was in operation from 1885 to…
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Jack’s Chain Variations & AI Musings
Decided to pick this one up again. I don’t know why my mind will flit to an once-begun-left-unfinished quilt, but at least I am well ahead of Christmas. I chose the red Sassaman print…
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A Change of Place(mat)
So as I served up the bibimbap with bolgigi the other day, placing the bowl on the impossibly old placemats, I thought: it’s time for new placemats. When I went out looking, they either…
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Age of Subtraction
Many years ago, bricks used to be completely solid. Houses and buildings went up with solid bricks. But in 1927, Anna Wagner Keichline patented a brick known as the K-brick, which was hollow and…
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This and That • (July) & August 2022
Yes, I skipped July, but here we are for August! My fabric forest as Queen Bee: What a leafy wonderland! The small leaves at the top are their signature blocks. I’m leaving Gridster Bee,…
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Secret Garden • Quilt Finish
What is it about Kaffe Fassett fabrics that pulls us in? The rich hues and full range of shades? The interesting patterns, many from old wallpapers and fabrics? I have a couple of stacks…
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Sunflower Block & Other Flowers!
This block, also known as Rolling Star (Brackman 3795) has several variations that are well-known. I’ve seen this block used in multiple quilts including mine, but what amazes me is how versatile it is…
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The 2022 Springville Art Museum Quilt Show
I was a judge this year for the Springville Art Museum Quilt Show, and while I can’t include all the quilts that were hung, I thought I would post up a few that were…
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Judging a Quilt Show • July 2022
It starts like this. Or this. Or really, it started with an email from the Quilt Show Committee asking me if I would consider judging one of my favorite small shows: the Springville Art…
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Elizabeth is away
I’m visiting Mom, among others I love. But I finished up Blooming, and my husband scouted out this fun mural for photographs (and held the quilt top). Whatever did we do without murals for…
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Blooming Scrap Quilt & Progress
But first, some fun photos arrived in my mailbox this week! Susan, of PatchworknPlay blog, and also found on Instagram posted this in her Instagram feed this week. I have always loved her colors…
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Queen Bee for Gridsters • July 2022
I’m Queen Bee! I’m Queen Bee! My month for choosing a block for the Gridster Bee is July 2022. I’ve been in love with this block for ages, even way back to the Flickr…
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New York Beauties, Block 4: Ocean Gleam
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE MAKING OF THIS BLOCK. JUMP BELOW TO THE FOUR SQUARES TOGETHER FOR THE EARLIER POST. The original post was published just about exactly two years ago, and I…
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Ruangrupa: Parallels to Quiltland
First this: And then this: Ruangrupa is an Indonesian Collective that “turns social experiences into art,” as Samantha Subramanian noted in a recent article in the New York Times. The name comes from two…
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New York Beauties Block 3: Radiate
Third Wednesday of June means the third block of New York Beauties, and since I love that orange band out there and it reminded me of the glory days of being a teenager and…
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Looking Out the Window
So often I spend days cramming it all in. I read Instagram, blogs, news, newspapers, and the sides of cereal boxes if there’s nothing else. I store up lists of patterns, of quilts to…
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New York Beauties Block 2: Cool Rays
Second Wednesday in June means the second block of my New York Beauties and since it has a lot of green in it, I went with Cool Rays. I used variegated greens from dark…
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This and That • June 2022
Solved! Remember this block? The one I did for our GridsterBee this year? And how I couldn’t remember where I’d seen it, nor could anyone I talked to, nor did Bren, the Queen Bee?…
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June Fun • Why not?
This is the final pillow of the series of twelve from Riley Blake and I was supposed to make it for June. Except I got sidetracked: I decided to make this instead. Much more…
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Heart’s Garden • Quilt Finish
This weighty world needs a tender, light touch this week, so I thought I’d finish up my Heart’s Garden with you today. Heart’s Garden in my garden, with the flowers of the silk oak…
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Eris • Quilt Finish
While this quilt is a representation of order, grace and creativity, it also borrows from the Greek Goddess, Eris. Read on.
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Heart’s Garden Mystery QAL • Part 5
Heart’s Garden57″ square• Quilt #264 Gardens can be mysterious. In our case we planted the melons and the round cucumbers and some nocturnal visitor came and dug it all up. Will those seeds pop…
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Happy Mother’s Day 2022
Well, Happy Mother’s Day a bit early, actually, as tomorrow we are headed to Los Angeles to celebrate my sister’s newest grandchild. We’ll probably wear masks. Our luncheon is outside. Life goes on. Mother’s…
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This and That • May 2022
I so appreciate you all: thank you, thank you! I was able to pass on the info to WordPress, my blog software company, a reliable source for writing these past fifteen years and three…
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Polish Pavilion: Something fun for a Wednesday
The Venice Biennale, the art or architecture exhibit in Italy, is shown every other year and it just opened. So all the art world has pictures everywhere about what is being shown and who…
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Evergreen, EverLife • Quilt Finish 2022
Evergreen, EverLife • Quilt #26387″ wide x 98″ high Center Tree: Made from a kit. I started this in December 2019, sewing with friends. I changed up the background to something lighter. Three outer…
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Heart’s Garden Mystery • Part 4
The Heart’s Garden has been planted.It is filled with flowers of all colors, and in many sizes. The birds are nestled in, the outer border acting as a fence for the blossoms to climb.…
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