Lessons 5 & 6: Monkey Wrench and Jacob's Ladder
Having conquered squares and a bit of triangles, the next few lessons are to practice these new skills. So we have more triangles and squares. Most of the time is…
Lesson 4 – Shoo Fly
The Shoo Fly Block – the block in which we ask: Who names these things? This one wasn’t really too tough. Introduces triangles. I made the template a couple weeks…
Lesson 3 – Double Nine Patch
Squares. Who doesn’t love squares? They have 4 equal sides and all those equal sides fit nicely together. Right? Double Nine Patch is 9 squares. And, 5 of those squares…
Lesson 2 – The Rail Fence Block
I’d made a version of this in the past, so easy-peasy, right? Well, the previous one I made was stand-alone, so it didn’t have to fit in with other blocks.…
Summer of the Quilt – Lesson 1
Lesson 1 begins with the realization that you don’t get to sew yet, much less actually quilt. The quilting is way at the end. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to…
Summer of the Quilt – Getting Started
Upon deciding I would take on the challenge of the sampler quilt, fabric was to be purchased. Picking a color – There are entire classes and tutorials around the color…
Summer of the Quilt 2014
It started this past Christmas. I’d been dabbling in learning to sew a few things and seeing the things my Mom had quilted. I wanted to give it a try.…