Quilt-achusetts

Merry Christmas!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season full of joy, family traditions and the remembrance of the greatest gift of all, the Son of God, Jesus.   I wrapped homeschooling on Friday and spent the last few days working on a Christmas design for the December Aurifil Artisan challenge.  I wanted to do some experimental curve piecing, my favorite, so I grabbed my Papper Sax Sten double drunkards path templates, some green, red and cream linen fabrics and started cutting.   I didn't have a purpose in mind when I designed this, it was more about testing my piecing problem solving skills, so I really had several options of how to style this quilt, 18'' x 24 1/2''.  I've done several wall hangings this year, two of which are up and on display in my home, so I didn't want another on of those but thought it made a great table topper.     I initially wanted to quilt this on my longarm but something odd happened today, while trying ...

If you follow me on Instagram, @quiltachusetts , you've seen that I've been posting a series of quilts made with my first fabric line , Sketchbook .  I've recently finished my Sketchbook Sampler, Topsy-Turvy and Office Daydreams quilts.  This took longer than I anticipated, for many reasons both in and out of my control, but I'm happy they are all done now and I can finally share them all together.  Keep reading until the end for a couple of surprises. SKETCHBOOK SAMPLER Sketchbook Sampler is a free pattern on Paintbrush Studios' website, pbsfabrics.com , and is fat quarter friendly.   This quilt has 6 different large scale blocks with varying prints, orientation and layout.  This quilt came together quickly but I stalled on how to quilt it.  I wanted to try an all over or edge to edge design since I'm not very good at them and thought this would be a great quilt to get some practice in. I chose two inch circles to tie together all the blocks and even thoug...