Today I am sharing my lap size Looking Glass quilt. Last year I joined Cheryl at Meadow Mist Deisns (and a few hundred or so other people) in using up our stashes. I already owned this pattern, and I had a stack of charm squares (5″ squares) that needed a home. I added the putty […]
Tis a tale of two ideas colliding into a project. Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs proposed a stash busting sew along, and you know I love to get inspired by sew alongs. And the second? A young relative is turning 18 soon and applying to universities, so of course he needs a handmade quilt. I […]
I’m finally done with this quilt! Adding borders to get it to twin size took a bit. In the end I defaulted to my favourite border to add the needed extra length, flying geese, but spaced with rectangles to reduce the number I needed to make. I made some mistakes (or unconscious creative choices) during […]
I tend to stall out on the quilting step. The biggest reason is that my machine is on the cutting table, so I can’t be in the middle of cutting out a project, either a quilt or a bag. I’ve been cutting a lot of scraps up into usable sizes, but I got sick of […]
Year of the Horse was the prompt from Project Quilting, and when I think of the Lunar or Chinese New Year, I think of food–going to a Chinese restaurant with the red and gold decorations and all the yummy treats. Back when I was working, the Diversity committee would sponsor a fundraising lunch, so I […]
I have a Scottish last name, but as far as the family genealogist can tell, we were just unimportant peasants who worked for lords, perhaps MacDonald or Campbell. My great great grandfather came to Canada in 1867 with his wife and 3 kids…we believe the wife had relatives nearby. The farm property is still in […]
Yes, Project Quilting hosted by Trish Quilt Chicken and Kim Persimmon Dreams is 17 years old. The first challenge was clean slate, inspired by the Pantone color of the year. For me, as I mused on the prompts, I remembered that I was wanting another project bag (or 6, I may keep going). Because every […]
In addition to the Lupine and Laughter mystery from Quiltville (Bonnie Hunter), I’m also doing the Magnificent Mystery from Meadow Mist Desiigns (Cheryl Brickey). Therefore my ironing board looks like this. The teal/navy/aqua hourglasses are from MM, and the chartreuse/blue/white are from L&L. The mini Dritz iron is new to me from a weekend auction. […]
The blocks with my changed-up colours don’t portray fields of lupine, bit I think they’re pretty anyway. The hourglass blocks were supposed to be in sets but I’m not a fan of that, so mine are scrappy. I did keep the “wings” matching for the flying geese. I still have a lot of sewing to […]
My first Bonnie Hunter mystery was Easy Street, with a limited number of fabrics. As my stash has grown, the number of fabrics has too. This year’s picks are really pretty but on the other hand I have used a purple in a lot of other quilts so I decided to go in a different […]
Lisa in Port Hope 