Look at this! A FINISHED QUILT TOP! I am so excited and proud of my first quilt top. The blocks are aligned, the corners are sharp, and nothing is unraveling. I'm sure as time goes on, and as I create more quilts, I will notice the imperfections and flaws. But for now I am just so pleased. Finishing the second half of pi[...]
This past weekend, I began piecing my quilt! Here's a high-level overview: For the most part, my seams are all 1/4" (thanks to the masking tape trick*).I did get a few birds nests with tangled thread but I learned I was going too quickly at the top of the fabric.I did backstitch the first squares before I realized there was[...]
Boy, oh boy! I was so nervous to jump into cutting the fabric yardage down into 8.5" squares, but I did it! It only took me two weekends to cut 121 squares... because I seem to like to start things very late in the evening. I used an 18"x24" OLFA cutting mat, a 4"x24" Omnigrid ruler, and an 8.5" square Omnigrid template, wi[...]
I wish I had taken up quilting sooner, for a few reasons. I would have had such a cool hobby for the stay-at-home lockdown (which my boyfriend and I are still adhering to).I would not have had to go through so much internal anguish about venturing out to purchase fabric (I live in Houston, and Texas is already on phase 3 of[...]
When I finally decided to 100% jump in and make my first quilt, the pattern had been pretty much already decided on. Months ago, my Grandma sent me a photo of a quilt top her friend had just pieced together with a note that it's a simple pattern I might like. Long story short, I did like it! But to be honest, I had no real comm[...]
Hello! My name is Ashley and I'm a brand new quilter. That's right - I'm just beginning! I would describe myself as curious, whimsical, and style driven... all aspects that I hope to bring into my quilting. I have been around quilts my entire life. Growing up, I watched my Grandma, Carol (but I'll call her Grandma from here[...]