I’m making good progress on the twin-size quilt I’m making for Elise. The quilt top is complete! I’m trying to keep close track of the time I’m spending on it. (You know, just for fun.) It’s easy to say quilting is time consuming, and it is, but I wouldn’t want that statement alone to be […]

I finally started on the twin size quilt I’m making for Elise. I’m still very much a beginner, but I thought it might be fun to document the progress here, breaking it all down for anyone interested in the quilt-making process. It took me a long time to figure out what sort of design I […]

When I saw this striped fabric, I knew it would be perfect for a baby quilt for my friend Katie. (Visit her blog, Charmed Earth!) She’s having a girl, and I couldn’t resist making something girly and colorful. The quilted lines are every 1.5 to 2 inches, following the stripey print on the back side. […]

It was only a matter of time before I ventured into the world of quilting. I could only resist the allure of combining multitudes of printed fabrics for so long. But for a long time, I viewed quilting as sort of a secret club, filled with tradition and history. But you know what? It’s not. […]