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Raising the Roof a little higher
Posted by Claire on May 15 2013
I’m so glad I’m able to sew regularly again. My sanity suffers if I don’t! My winter term at college was a heavy one, teaching wise, and by the end of April, it seemed that marking and lectures and exam prep were a 24/7 job. I was lucky if I got to lather, rinse and […]
Raise the Roof: a new pieced quilt project
Posted by Claire on Apr 22 2013
You’d think after finishing Spring Bouquet, I’d be all quilted out, but apparently not. I hadn’t even finished appliqueing all those flowers down and I was already planning my next quilt, which I intended to be a pieced quilt. I borrowed Carrie Nelson’s “Another Bite of Schnibbles: 24 Quilts from 5 and 10″ Squares” from […]
Spring Bouquet Quilt Top Complete
Posted by Claire on Apr 07 2013
It’s done. After seven months, almost to the day, I’ve finished “Spring Bouquet”. You can see my progress over that time in my updates: #1, #2 and #3 It seems appropriate somehow that I reached the milestone in spring. It’s still chilly and not much has started sprouting in our neck of the woods but […]
Spring Bouquet Update #3
Posted by Claire on Mar 19 2013
I’m making a lot of progress on Spring Bouquet. On my last update, I was just starting the borders. I’m happy to report that not only have I finished cutting and prepping all four of the borders, I’ve actually got two of them machine appliqued in place! Here’s what one of the borders looks like: […]
Spring Bouquet Update #1
Posted by Claire on Oct 10 2012
I’ve started climbing Mount Everest. A quilted, appliqued Mount Everest better known as Laundry Basket Quilt’s “Spring Bouquet”. I didn’t buy the pre-cut shapes or the QOM option. Firstly, I don’t like the idea of doing raw edge fusible applique on anything but a ‘daily use’ quilt. I think it looks messy and not […]