Yesterday’s task: complete!

05 Feb 2013 | Other RSS posts by

irish-chain-11Yesterday I was given the gift of practically a whole day to sew, and I was determined to stay focused. Other than a bit of time on Pinterest during lunch, and a few scattered moments to check email, I spent a good seven hours enjoying the process of putting together a simple quilt. And the good news is: the last row was sewn on just in time to make dinner!

(You can see by the picture that it doesn’t even come close to fitting on my design wall. Somehow, I’ve got to come



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Category: blue things, completed!, Irish chain, product review

Today’s task

04 Feb 2013 | Other RSS posts by

I had the opportunity to sneak in a couple hours of sewing Saturday night so that I finished piecing all of the blocks. Sunday morning before church, and then again in the afternoon, I finished cutting the 6-1/2″ alternate blocks. In the evening our church gathered to watch “The Big Game,” so I set up my machine in a back corner and sewed one alternate block to each pieced block.

A couple of appointments for today were cancelled so now I have today mostly free to sew! I spent some time crawling around on the floor laying the blocks out.



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Category: blue things, Irish chain, Work in Progress

Just one hour

02 Feb 2013 | Other RSS posts by

irish-chain-06This weekend is a very busy one for our church, and since sweet hubby is the pastor, that means I am very involved, too. Today, I had just one hour of free time between two of those activities. Normally, I bemoan the fact that I don’t have all day to quilt, and so I don’t do anything at all. Today, I decided to see what I could get done in just one hour.

irish-chain-07Yesterday, as I cut the sewn jelly roll strips into 2-1/2″ units,



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Category: blue things, Irish chain, Work in Progress

Working through it

01 Feb 2013 | Other RSS posts by

nc2-proj1part3-01I’ve been telling myself that I need to finish the various quilt tops that I started in the Nancy Crow workshops last year. The problem is, something is holding me back. Most likely fear. So, I’ve been procrastinating instead. The problem is that I’ve procrastinated so much (in the form of organizing obsessively) that now my studio is all clean and orderly and there is nothing else fun to organize. Now I don’t have any more excuses. And still, the fear is there. I hung the partially completed



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Category: blue things, Cabin Window, Irish chain, Work in Progress

1000 scrappy squares

30 May 2012 | Other RSS posts by
Well, the swap was hilariously chaotic. At the end, we 1300 sheets, for over 20,000 squares. If you sewed them end to end, you'd have a 2 in wide strip that is 1 kilometer long.
Here are my squares. Doesn't look like a thousand, but it is.
I plan on just sewing squares together in rows of 5, and eventually 5x5 squares. That way I can be sure that the 5x5 has unique fabrics. Later I can add the outer strips, after I decide what color I want to use as a background.
I'm looking forward to sewing this quilt



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Category: Irish chain

Green, green: Arizona Quilt Show 2012

16 Mar 2012 | Other RSS posts by
Céad míle fáilte (in Gaelic: a hundred thousand welcomes)! This is Day 4 of The Best of the 2012 Arizona Quilt Show, and we've assembled a collection of some beautiful green quilts.  We always love your comments - so let us know your favorites!

Irish Spring by Carol Miller


Carol Miller says: "The quilt began with the monogram…. followed by 'I want to make it for Spring'. Then green swapped Churn Dash blocks came to mind and finally the



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Category: applique, Arizona Quilters Guild, celtic knot, dresden plate, embroidery, Folk art, Gretchen Gibbons, Irish chain, Kaleidoscope, quilt, quilt show, St. Patricks Day, tumbling blocks