Posted on November 14, 2008 by Sandi
So I saw this gorgeous quilt on Flickr, then read about it on filminthefridge’s blog, then showed a friend, then HAD to write up instructions on the quilt. It has several names because I’m calling the quilt Criss Cross, filminthefridge is calling it Windmill Whimsy, and the “official” name of the block is Mosaic #10 [...]
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Posted on November 5, 2008 by Sandi
I’ve read a couple of blogs recently (crazy mom quilts and Quilt Dad) about an incredible flying geese quilt. There’s a Flickr group for those who would like to participate, and I’ve joined. I’m going to do it using the one seam dimensional flying geese method (tutorial here), but I recreated a couple of the [...]
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Posted on October 12, 2008 by Sandi
I mentioned the incredible one seam dimensional flying geese demonstrated in the sample video over at The Quilt Show (with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims). I gave it a try today, and was amazed at how quick and easy it was to make a flying geese unit. This creates a dimensional unit, with little pockets [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2008 by Sandi
Once a month, members of my mom’s side of the family (plus a few guests) get together to quilt, eat and chat. Yesterday we had a small group, just Mom, Aunt Pat, Aunt Karen, and me. We always have a pastry of some sort, usually purchased, but I desperately wanted to bake so I made [...]
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