X plus quilt

You may or may not have seen this picture that I have posted previously. By now this photo has been around Flickr, Pinterest, etc. What may not be apparent though is that this is only a photo of blocks I have made that I scanned into my computer to make this mosaic. I'm still playing with the design and have all along planned to make this quilt much larger than the 9 x 9 layout shown here. My goal with this quilt was to make each block special and personal with a theme of its own. The theme…

Welcome to the ECMQG August 2014 Block Lottery! If you are new to the group, or our blog, you can read the general Block Lottery info...

In 2013, I had my International Stashes Bee make me X & + blocks, using Badskirt Amy’s tutorial. Her tutorial makes 8″ unfinished (7.5″ finished) blocks. The Bee members used …

I cropped off the extra two inches on the border so you can see it in proportion. The three borders equal the width of one block – 7.5″. This is the backing. With so much going on the f…

#ThankfulThursday #XPlusQuilt #NiceMoments Yesterday was a nice day. A really nice day. You know those types of days where everything is just (for lack of a better word) "nice"? Everyone and everything at home was as it should be. Nothing urgent requiring immediate attention. No plans and just the luxury of being able to spend the day in a relaxed fashion, doing as I pleased. My kids were happily enjoying time with their friends, making lots of great school holiday memories. I got to meet…

Justice Quilts & Crafts: x plus + anna maria horner + cotton and steel #quilts #modernquilts #patchwork

Giant X-Plus Made with blocks from my lovely bees, F+F2 and MoStash, I added the jumbo 24" size blocks (tutorial here). This was the flagship quilt at my very own show at our LQS in December/January and is now on MY bed - and such eye candy. I just love to look at all the scraps. So large, it wouldn't fit very well on my backyard fence so poor thing had to drag in the dirt a bit (and even got stepped on by my dogs -oops!) Fussy cutting and choosing what fabric would be in the jumbo blocks…

A free quilt block pattern that will positively have you using your scraps in a fast, easy and fun way.

I feel like I'm finally getting close to finishing up a few of my WIPs, and it feels great! I am determined to get the stacks of half-finis...