For Christmas, I got it in my head that it would be perfectly reasonable to give my sister and her kids quilts for Christmas. While they turned out to be lovely presents, it was a labor of love. Kona Solids Quilt This quilt is for my niece. I made it with four Kona charms packs in bright and white and charcoal yardage. The charcoal reads as black, but it isn’t so severe. Each block is [...]

On Friday night, I carved out a bit of time to spray baste a quilt, not just any quilt. It’s my Kona challenge quilt. The challenge actually ended a few months ago, but I only had a portion of the top done. The quilt has grown to a twin size quilt. It has taken me a couple of weeks to get to this point. Spray basting is so much easier than pin basting . I [...]

Late Saturday night, I sewed the last stitch in the binding. From start to end it took four hours to attach the binding. I sewed both sides by machine starting my sewing it to the front first. This method worked out better for me than sewing the binding on the back first. Does that make sense? And here it is on my bed: I had zero luck in getting a picture without cats. I was [...]