Crossroads quilt

Emma Di Stefano on Instagram: “My ‘Crossroads’ quilt has been a star performer this year - something about the mix of fabrics, the red centres and the quick machine sew I…”

Need I say more… 19 Crossroad blocks! I’m sure missing my Adobe Photoshop software… I have 33 of the 49 blocks finished! Th quilt-top will be 49″ x 63″. A nice size fo…

Last week I had a welcome diversion by taking part in a Summer workshop at my LQS. We are going to make the Birds on a Wire quilt, a quilt designed by Wendy Williams (Australia). I have something t…

There's a vintage vibe happening in my sewing room - checking my values out and I'm thinking I need to add a few darker prints into the next batch. - adding in a few lights - down on the design floor Yes, it's growing! 20 outta 56 blocks made now … not quite on the home stretch yet though! I'm enjoying piecing this. Loving all the florals mixed up with a few spots & checks, and I think the teal/green centers on the blocks are a great way to pull my fabrics together. Until next time, Linda

Two weeks ago at Sewn and Quilted……. Morning Sue E and I worked on a new project – more coming in a few weeks and she had started putting her stars together as had Jo Jennifer put…

- progress collage - a little binding collage showing fabric detail, use & scale And, we’re done! My ‘Crossroads’ quilt, {pattern from Treehouse Textiles} is a delightfully scrappy quilt, with a real vintage vibe. I've included some of my favourite fabrics from several years of stash building in this quilt! For my backing I chose a wide quilt back, Ruby Star 'shell' in cotton sateen. It's so soft & silky, and makes for a super light weight quilt. Home quilting every quilt I make is proving…

There's a vintage vibe happening in my sewing room - checking my values outand I'm thinking I need to add a few darker prints into the next batch. - adding in a few lights - down on the desi

Choose your battles means to be selective of the problems and issues you get involved in. Instead of fighting every problem, save your time for the things that matter - letting go of the rest. This is my motto for quilting. I quilt for fun in my garage, not for profit or competition - which means I can choose my battle of what is important to me. Over the years what matters to me is a consistent size of a square or block ... even if it distorts the perfection of the pattern. While not all…

Today I spent an hour or so sewing some deliciously simple blocks for the Comfort circle of do. Good Stitches . Eva-Marie @ZusJeb , our queen bee this month, has asked for simple cross blocks in clear, summery colors. Though such colors aren’t my forte, I did find some good candidates in my scrap