April 2011

In the new bee I have joined, Bee Unique…Bee Knotty, Vickie provided a variety of fabric and asked that we make her a block using the bird fabric as the focus. The bird was to be off center in half the block, and the other half of the block was to be traditionally pieced. This […]

Swap packages are being delivered by the postman this week and there are smiles all over the world!  I participated in the first swap last fall, but sat out round two during the Holidays because I knew it would be too stressful. The gifts exchanged in this swap are wonderfully creative so this isn’t a

This is my block for this month’s Electric Quilt challenge. The block is an original design by Andrea Bishop at EQ. I am using Alice Kennedy’s “Newspaper” as my focus fabric and I am really liking the retro look of these blocks. I have been trying to upload a collage of my first four blocks together,

I was invited to design a block for the current Layer Cake Quiltalong at Moose Quilts and it’s my turn this week to present Block 12, our last block. This is the block I designed: And this is the block I made, using Moda’s “It’s a Hoot,” the line I used for the entire project.?

I am always on the lookout for inspiration or free tools on the web that will make quilting fun. Today I would like to introduce you to Kuler (pronounced “cooler”). This is a tool developed by Adobe primarily for use in their Creative Suite software but it is a powerful free color tool that you