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My Queen Block for Stash Bee

Aug 1, 2016Carmit2 Commentsquilting bees, Stash Bee, Tutorialshalf-square triangle, HST, quilting, quilting bee, stash bee, stash bee hive 4, tutorial

Hi, all! This post was also posted over at the stash bee blog, but I’m posting it here in case any of you (hi, mom and Kate!) are reading and feel like sending me a block too! *** Hey there, Hive 4! I know I promised a no-measurement block in one of my Stash Bee…

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”…

Louise’s Quilt

Jun 11, 2016Carmit3 CommentsQuilted projects, Thomas Knauergrid, quilt, Thomas Knauer

Remember the Loulouthi Tiles quilt that I made for Rachel’s 18th birthday? You’ll recall that my idea for the quilt and my friend’s idea were… not quite the same. But she promised me that I could make the happy rainbow quilt I had envisioned for her second daughter, who was a wee lass of 14 back then, and…

January Quilt Block For Stash Bee

Jan 26, 2016Carmitquilting bees, Stash Beequilt block, quilting bee, red, star block, stash bee

Just a drive by to let you know I’ve joined my first quilting bee – Stash Bee. You can read about my first bee block, a definite adventure, here.

Tula Pink Saltwater Quilt

Jan 24, 2016Carmit1 CommentQuilted projects, Tula Pinkfinished quilt, HST, Saltwater, Tula Pink

Back in 2012, in the early days of my (decidedly one-sided) love affair with Tula Pink, I bought a fat-quarter set of the Saltwater fabric collection, which I promptly left to marinate for three years because it was too stressful to cut into. But when I got a half-square triangle die for my Accuquilt a few months…

My New Custom Sewing Table

Jan 11, 2016Carmit1 CommentToolscustomized table, sewing space, sewing studio, sewing table, sewing tools

So posting in these parts has been sporadic at best, but don’t you think I’ve been sitting on my laurels. Stuff has been getting done here, you hear?! Have I ever mentioned that I have a carpenter? I do. He’s done a lot of work on a house we have up north and has become a…

My Submission For Blogger’s Quilt Festival

Oct 26, 2015Carmit4 CommentsBlogger's Quilt Festival, Quilty giftsBlogger's Quilt Festival

I know there hasn’t been an awful lot happening here on the blog in terms of quilting. This is not to say there isn’t much quilting going on – au contraire, my friends – just that there hasn’t been much photographing going on, which I intend to address in short order. In the meantime, here’s…