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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…

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…

Tula Pink City Sampler Quilt – FIN.

Mar 22, 2015Carmit5 CommentsQuilt shows, Tula Pink City Sampler Sew-Alongfinished quilt, quilt, Rainbow, sampler quilt, Tula Pink, Tula Pink City Sampler

Reading through my previous posts about the Tula Pink City Sampler I can see that I was just brimming with optimism about the whole process. It’s like I knew right from the start that I would absolutely hate making this quilt. But the thing is, even though I often wanted to stab myself in the eye with…

Totem’s blue squares

Feb 22, 2015Carmit6 CommentsQuilty gifts4" square quilt, blue, Family, gift, gradient, quilt

Remember the blue squares baby quilt? I knew as soon as I finished it that I wanted to make a full-sized version at some point, and that point came sooner than later when my brother Totem (not his real name)(but close enough) laid it on THICK that he was due a quilt. He was less…

Sherry’s Colour Block Quilt

Dec 4, 2014Carmit1 CommentQuilty giftspantograph, quilt, quilting, Tula Pink Color Blocks

I’ve known my friend Sherry since about 2002. She and I used to post on the Television Without Pity (RIP) forums and I’m not entirely sure when she and I started communicating directly, but for the past few years we have chatted online almost daily (sadly not the case since I moved to Munich as…

MQG Michael Miller Fabric Challenge

Aug 23, 2014Carmit2 CommentsQuilted projectschallenge, Craftsy, Michael Miller Fabrics, MQG, Pinwheel Petals, quilt, table runner

Back in.. April? May? I received an envelope with six Michael Miller Petal Pinwheels fat eighths courtesy of the Modern Quilt Guild. I had loads of time to think of something to do with them, so I mulled it over as I watched challenge projects pop up in my blog reader and on Instagram. The…

Work-in-Progress Wednesday

Aug 28, 2013CarmitQuilted projects, Quilty gifts, Work-in-Progress WednesdayAurifil, Loulouthi Tiles, quilt, quilting, Work-in-Progress Wendesday

Huh, is it Wednesday already? I’ve got a few irons in the fire at the moment, but the most pressing one (pressing! harhar!) is getting Rachel’s quilt finished. On Saturday I put together the quilt back (of which I took no photos because… I don’t know). It is, as requested, mostly black, but I added…

Half-Square Triangle Chevron Quilt

Aug 26, 2013Carmit1 CommentQuilted projects, Quilty giftsbatik, chevron, quilt, Rainbow

When you’re new to quilting everything looks daunting. You start out making lots of mistakes and doing a lot more work than you need to because you’re guessing how to do things that others have figured out long before you. I’ve not done a tremendous amount of angled sewing. It’s pretty much been straight lines…

City Sampler Sew-Along

Aug 12, 2013Carmit4 CommentsBooks, Quilted projects, Tula Pink City Sampler Sew-Alongquilt, quilting, sew-along, Tula Pink, Tula Pink City Sampler

I’ve never been good at long-term projects. I am easily bored and even more easily distracted, which is why I’ve resisted joining any sew-alongs making the rounds in the quilting community. Until, that is, Tula Pink published her City Sampler book. I should probably mention I don’t especially care for sampler quilts, but I was…