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17 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Quilter’s Alphabet 20 – Jumping Jelly Roll

Here is the next installment in our Quilter’s Alphabet Series… The Jumping Jelly Roll!  Much easier than it looks, the block represents that wonderful moment when you slip the ribbon from your “Jelly Roll*” of fabric to show all the wonderful prints revealed within…

13 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day

Wishing everyone a lovely day. Looks like it’s going to be gorgeous here in North Orange County. Looking forward to seeing all my class members this week (I’m feeling better). We are gonna do something a little different this week and we will return to the Spring Medallion next week…

12 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Quilt A Fish Pattern Available On Etsy

Still a bit under the weather, but getting better. I am delaying the next installment in the Spring Medallion quilt, but offering this post instead! Check out the free alternate applique PDF… This pattern really provides Instant Gratification! It comes with the piecing pattern for the super easy background blocks and the fish applique (These [...]

11 May 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Quilter’s Alphabet: The Letter J

Sorry this is late. Been under the weather. Will probably be late with the next installment of the Spring Medallion as well. My apologies. But here is our J block.

07 May 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Modern Framed Quilt

  I am really falling for the look of modern quilts. So much so, I have done just a bit of research on the modern trend. Recently, I visited the Joan Irvine Museum here in Orange County, California to view their Women Artists of California exhibit (through June 7, 2012) which was just wonderful! As [...]

06 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

You’ve Been “Framed!”

  This week we are swapping Purple 8″ squares in our NOCCCD classes. These swaps are always fun and the fabric variety wonderful. And each swap brings a new quilt design (or two!) AND all the swap quilt patterns work with all the 2012 swaps!

05 May 2012 ~ 2 Comments

Spring Medallion Seminole Border Part 1

So far for this Spring Medallion Quilt, we have looked at Appliqué, multiple ways of making Flying Geese, the intricate piecing of the Twisted Ribbon border and some strip piecing for the Pieced Scallop border. Now we look at Seminole Piecing.

03 May 2012 ~ 2 Comments

Quilters Alphabet: Ingenious, Incredible Irons

I was at a local antique store recently and came across this collection of aged irons. The iron is an iconic symbol, for better or worse, closely linked to women’s work. Quilters, too, are closely linked to our irons. They perk up our seams, fuse our appliqué and steam our blocks til they lie flat.

29 April 2012 ~ 2 Comments

Miniature Black Pinwheels Quilt

This beautiful little quilt (about 25″ X 32″) was made by Gwen in our Tuesday afternoon class. She used our swap of 2″ print squares (for the Postage Stamp Doll Quilt) and added in 2″ black squares. If you wanted to make a similar quilt, get a friendship  swap group together or cut into your [...]

28 April 2012 ~ Comments Off

Spring Medallion Quilt: Adding The Pieced Scallop Blocks To The Quilt

Last week we made 36 Pieced Scallop blocks. Now it is time to add these blocks as the next border of our Spring Medallion quilt.

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