July 2016

The Truth About Longarming: Part 1

Jul 25, 2016Carmit5 CommentsLongarm, Making plansLongarm

The truth about longarming is that I’m scared of it. It’s been nearly a year since I got my longarm and so far I’ve longarmed one large quilt (badly), no more than half a dozen practice pieces (middlingly), and one mini-quilt (not too badly, actually). I’m struggling to remember when I even turned the machine on last.…

July Quilt Block for Stash Bee

Jul 21, 2016Carmitquilting bees, Stash Bee, Toolshalf-square triangle, HST, quilt block, solids, stash bee

This was a fun one! Although I’m loathe to admit it, this solids thing isn’t the absolute worst. To put this block together, you cut seventeen 4.5″ squares in a range of white-grey-black and one 4.5″ square in a bright colour. Toss them all in a paper bag and randomly pull a pair and make…

Bookshelf Mini Quilt

Jul 11, 2016Carmit2 CommentsLongarm, Quilted projects, Quilty giftsbookshelf, bookshelf quilt, finished quilt, Longarm, mini quilt, quilt, quilting, Rainbow, selvage

My friend Cathy, mother of Rachel and Louise, turned fifty recently and I had to commemorate the occasion. Cathy is an incredible writer, so I decided to make her a bookshelf mini, which hopefully she can hang in her writing shed. I loosely followed the tutorial by Don’t Call Me Betsy and was fortunate to…

Catching Up With Stash Bee Quilt Blocks

Jul 5, 2016Carmit1 Commentquilting bees, Stash Beequilting bee, star block, stash bee, Union Jack

I’ve been enjoying the stash bee and am looking forward to being Queen Bee next month. I have my block picked out and I’m happy to report it’s not one that’s been done by anyone this year. Yay! Here’s a quick catch-up on what I’ve done so far. In February I made this “low volume”…