Quilt-achusetts

While the first part of the year I spent much of the time working on projects, quilts and fabric (wink wink), that I couldn't share, I'm happy to finally show all of you two of those quilts both published!  First up, One Ways in Make Modern Magazine .   This quilt is inspired by my 16 year old self's fear of one way streets.  I was convinced that I would go the wrong way down a one way and as a new driver trying to act like a seasoned driver I couldn't imagine anything more embarrassing or terrifying.  Fortunately, I never turned the wrong way down and one way but the impression stuck with me and is now a quilt. One Ways is currently a pattern in Make Modern Magazine Issue No. 41.  It, appropriately, features my Road Trip fabric line and is available as a kit in my Quiltachusetts shop!   I decided the best option for quilting this design was to unify the rows with similar quilting.  The chevrons or arrows vary in size depending on the height of the row but they add a g

My friend Cheryl recently released a new book, Just One Charm Pack Quilts , and I was so happy that I was given the opportunity to make one make one of the quilts from the book using charm squares, Cat's Eye!   I love Cheryl's book because she offers so many great projects for charm packs, which I so frequently buy and don't know what to do with, making it a great way to finally put some of those charm packs to use.   Even if you don't have a charm packs laying around Cheryl also has a section on how to quickly and easily make your own charms from width of fabric cuts.  This is the option I chose, mainly because all my charm packs are pack up in a storage unit while my home is being built and I wanted to see how my Road Trip fabric would look cut into 5'' squares.     I decided to make the the Cat's Eye quilts.  I really needed to make something that would let me relax and enjoy the process of making a quilt after some pretty tight deadlines and I have to ad

Wow 2021 has been crazy!  I spent months getting my house ready to sell then selling my house and finally moving and setup my quilting studio.  It seemed like I'd never have time to get back to my regular quilt making but over halfway through the year I finally feel like life is getting back to normal.  I haven't meant to neglect my blog, I've had things to tell, but there just hasn't been time.  I finally decided this morning that it's just time to start up again and make time.  I have a back log of posts and couldn't be happier to share with you a book review for a friend's book, 99 Machine Quilting Designs by Christa Watson !   I love the variety of quilting motifs in Christa's book, 99!  Even though Christa uses her domestic machine for her designs, most will crossover for longarm application too.   Many of the quilting designs are very modern and I especially like the clean-geometric lines of the overlapping spirals.  This would make a great all ove