I decided to play with these free pieced curves.
There are so many things you can do with them. Piecing them is easier than you think. Maybe I’ll do a tutorial. Not that I’m an expert, but I’m getting better at it.
Just doing it 16 times, you learn a few things.
This is not the final layout….at least I don’t think so.
Back to the play room. Have a great day!
Sometimes, staring at a bin full of fabric can be about like looking at a blank piece of drawing paper. You suddenly freeze and can’t think of where to even start! So in looking through my hand dyed stash, I pulled out some bits and pieces that I had begun and abandoned for one reason or another.
I need to pick one and just start messing around and see where it leads.
Have a great day!
I am finally getting to the edge!
Still have a long way to go, but this feels like a milestone. I turned it over to revel in my progress and found this:
Ugh. It appears I’ve missed a few spots. This isn’t the only place either. 🙄
Oh, well. Moving along. Have a great day!
Way back when I started this blog, I used to do quite a bit of hand dyeing of fabric. I still have quite a stockpile.
I love dyeing fabrics, because you never really know what you will end up with. There is a huge element of surprise.
I want to get back into working with these again.
I can’t believe how long it has been since I dug through these bins.
It’s about time to play in these again. Have a good one!
Done! And I’m thrilled with this small quilt. 
I love the texture that Baptist fans give. It seems the one quilting design that works on everything from antique to modern quilts.
I kept with a plain backing, mostly because I was in a hurry and didn’t have to piece it.
I put scraps of some of my favorite fabrics in this quilt.
And I’m really happy with my faux border created by using a different fabric in the alternate blocks around the edge.
And most of all, I’m glad I had the self control to stop and not make this any bigger. It is the perfect size for hanging in my family room.
Have a great day!
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I had totally forgotten this quilt until I pulled it out of the closet. I remember piecing it while flying to and from Paris to look for housing in August of 1997, the very week that Princess Diana died. We did find a house to rent that week and we lived outside of Paris for a bit over two years.
The fabrics are all vintage and the border is from a feedsack.
The hexies finish at 1 1/4 inch per side.
I machine quilted it on my 1955 Singer 201.
It finished at about 30 by 38 inches.
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More happy mail! You may remember the quilt I made for an Instagram doll quilt swap. Last week, I received this wonderful little quilt from my swap partner all the way from Spain!
I’m smitten with it! I love the Provençal fabrics and the perfect machine stitching.
Didn’t she do a beautiful job? I’m so lucky!
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Diane from O’Quilts sent me these lovely vintage block! I love the secondary star pattern.
Some of it is hand pieced and some is by machine.
I found this tiny tape label on one edge. I can’t quite make out the name.
I think I will hand quilt this and turn it into a doll quilt for my little doll bed. Thanks, Diane!
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I have the new vase for my thistle quilt done. It is larger than Gwen’s vase, but very similar in shape. I had to make mine bigger because of how I placed my leaves.
I’m much happier with it now. It’s time to figure out where I’m going from here. HST borders are an option.
Gwen just finished hers with a white binding. I could do that, or maybe use this as a binding.
Or maybe a border.
Or maybe a big floral border. Let those flowers know that weeds can take center stage too now and again.
That space in the middle bothers me a bit. I may or may not do anything about it.
Have a great day!
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This little project was on my UFO list for the year. I finished the applique, but it has been sitting ever since. I’ve been asking myself why I don’t like it well enough to finish it. Aside from my shoddy applique skills, I think it is the vase I don’t like. 
The fabric was a poor choice. So I started digging through my stash and found this piece. I think I like this better.
As a reminder, this was Gwen Marston’s version.
I’m no Gwen, but I do think I can improve mine. By the end of the day, I hope to have a new vase for this.
Have a great day!
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