A few years ago I decided to make a quilt for my son. I didn’t really have any resources to buy material but I did have a whole stack of plaid boxers that had outlived their days of use and a great quilt idea. I started looking through the scrap pieces and realized I had…
A few weeks ago my Mom brought me a box and showed me something she has been working on but never finished. I had no idea she had even started this. 18 years ago, I got married in my parent’s backyard under some huge pecan trees beside a little creek. The birds were singing and…
My husband’s great grandmother hand pieced this quilt using scrap material left over from house dresses, work clothes and play clothes. His Dad can point out pieces of fabric he remembers his Mom or the kids wearing. My husband received this as a Christmas present when he was a child. We don’t use this quilt….
Here is a wedding gift to Chris & Tim B made by Patty B. It is called Cathedral Window. It took tons of time. Each one is sewed to reveal the pattern. Here is a step by step tutorial to creating this exquisite Cathedral Window design. Online Quilt Show [table id=3 /]
This is Jacey’s baby quilt made by her grandmother. The alphabet is quilted into the yellow sides, with her name Jacey along the top and hearts along the bottom yellow. There are quilted hearts along the white border, Plus all the other white border and in the squares. All hand quilted!! Just Gorgeous! Online Quilt…
When I was pregnant with my daughter I wanted to make her a quilt out of pastel fabric. I was on a pretty tight budget but I knew it needed to be special. I went to my Grandma’s house and dug through her stash of fabric pieces and found some really pretty pieces of peach,…
A proper patchwork quilt can take months if not years to complete depending on how detailed you want it to be and how much detail is going into the appliqué. It’s not just the time though, whenever you’re using fabrics it can get expensive especially if you’re purchasing from fabric shops. Below are my top…
My Grandmother is 91 and has quilted and croched many afghans and quilts. Several years ago she started to teach me. I love listening to her tell stories about her many creations – the inspiration for the colors, where she got the fabric, and how she decided on the pattern. I was afraid all this…
I know there are probably products you can buy to use as your template when you start cutting your fabric to make a quilt, but I don’t own those products…..and I’m not interested in spending money to buy something today. So I grabbed a piece of plastic canvas out of my closet and cut it…