Recently, I discovered Red Pepper Quilts and Half-hexagon Quilts on flickr. As a girl with a lot of left over scraps, I saw a lot of potential with this pattern. So putting my brain to work, I drew up a template to work with my scraps (2.5″ wide). I decided to just use my own template (versus the one on the flickr group) to make sure it worked with my scraps. After watching a few [...]

I’ve put the Colored Bar Code quilt on our bed. It’s a temporary solution. Our bed quilt was falling apart and really needed be washed. I’m pretty sure washing it would bringing it to its final death. I made a new quilt top at the beginning of the year. It’s just needs to be quilted. Unfortunately, I’ve been paying for things like car repairs and property taxes instead of getting it quilted. I’m hoping that [...]

Amy’s (from Park City Girl) Blogger Quilt Festival is the perfect opportunity to blog about my puzzle quilt that I finished several years ago. My picture really doesn’t do it justice. It I had a bit more energy I’d take another picture, but I don’t. Please enjoy I started this quilt in Fall of 2004 in a class. First I should explain the name. Each block in the quilt has a matching block with the [...]

Yep, that’s right. I have a quilt to add to the done pile. Side A: Side B: I’m really pleased with this quilt. I enjoyed working with all the scraps, sorting by color, and deciding how to arrange them. I did the quilting by myself on my home machine. It’s a simple cross-hatch design. I used my walking foot and guide to space the lines about 2″ apart. If you look closely, you’ll see that [...]