One stitch, one block , one row at a time!
If you listened to my last podcast you will know I said I wasn't going to piece quilts without intention until I caught up on my long arm quilting of my own quilts. Well, I must have impulsively said that. I had all morning yesterday before I needed to return to work after a good…
Welcome to the second week of the blog hop! You can go back and read week one here. I am joining Kristin and Hollyanne for a 5 week journey in exploring the book by Christa Watson Piece and Quilt with Precuts . Be sure to get your copy here or Amazon carries the book as…
My design wall has 2 projects on it. My hand pieced quilt along blocks and an arc quilt challenge mini. #designwall #quilt #handpiecedqal…
This week is the chapter called Cornered in the book “The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting” by Angela Walters and Christa Watson. HollyAnne, Kristin and Jen are joining me in this journey. The four of us are blogging our way through the book and each week that goes by we are practicing more and gaining…
https://www.facebook.com/vickihollowayquilting/photos/a.1583300675016002.1073741828.1581449745201095/1918461098166623/?type=3&theater This week I wanted to share a throwback to the beginning of the month. I spend an afternoon making these marbled fabric with my best quilty friends! I have never done anything like this before and I was so glad that all the supplies were in the class! I wanted to try this…
Welcome to the fourth week of the blog hop! I am joining Kristin and Hollyanne for a 5 week journey in exploring the book by Christa Watson Piece and Quilt with Precuts . Be sure to get your copy here or Amazon carries the book as well. I am journaling about making my version…
https://www.podbean.com/media/player/x5th3-69da78?from=site&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=0 Click on link for the podcast Here is the top of the quilt that is a Quilt for Cure quilt that I am straight line quilting. It will be going to a child who is fighting cancer and I hope it brings warmth and comfort to the child as well as the parents.…
Welcome to the third week of the blog hop! You can go back and read week one here. I am joining Kristin and Hollyanne for a 5 week journey in exploring the book by Christa Watson Piece and Quilt with Precuts . Be sure to get your copy here or Amazon carries the book as…
I did have a winner for the Machine Quilting blog hop and you can read about it here I want to thank all those who particpated in the blog hop and the giveway. It was really a great time and I learned so much. I plan to do another blog hop in the fall and…
It has been banner week for me. I took 3 quilts off the frame. I will show the backs of them and once they are delivered (ok one is the first row) , I will do another blog post with the front of them plus details. Just wanted you to know that I…
I have been working really hard on finishing two customer quilts by the end of May. I had this fabulous batik queen sized quilt. I tried some new things. I used a ruler! I made each frame like a facet and the colored center had some dense quilting in it. I tried to the desires…
I spent the weekend putting the kitchen and bathroom back together. The house renovation is finished. I am happy with the work and that it is done! The laundry wasn't moved but we will assess that next summer. Spring weather will mean we can do the painting we need to do in the house and…
How was your week ? I hope you had time to practice at your machine! I did and it never ceases to amaze me the more I invest in practice, the better I get. Why is it that we forget that simple truth?!? Join me and HollyAnne, Kristin and Jen as we blog each week.…
Click on each photo to view in more detail! Here is a quilt I made to give as a wedding gift. I used to test patterns for Quiltmaker's 100 block magazine and I made the blocks with fabrics in mind, as I completed each block, for the collection to play well together in a quilt…
This week is the chapter called U Turns in the book “The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting” by Angela Walters and Christa Watson. HollyAnne, Kristin and Jen are joining me in this journey. The four of us are blogging our way through the book and each week that goes by we are practicing more and…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ztk97-68ba67 Click on link above to listen to the podcast This podcast has updates about the challenges and BOM I am doing. The links to the challenges and BOM with pictures are here Challenges are a great way to keep inspired. Daily Prompt challenges are fun too you can go to mine here Here is…
When your sewing machine is broken, you have extra time if you are a quilter. I have no tops that are deadlined but I have a few things I could be working on. I want to remake a couple of quilts on a small scale for samples. Maybe, I may just go with the quilts…
I started 2 challenges and a BOM mystery to use up some fat quarter bundles I have. I like to piece some easy blocks, with the math already done, to keep me in practice. I have been doing Pat Sloan's Solstice challenge but exactly half the size listed in her patterns with a 1.25 inch…
What started out as making Pat Sloan's Children's Library quilt along and part of her Solstice Quilt a long (half sized) I made a quilt top mash up. And it turned out to be lovely with this fat eight bundle I was given for some work. It is by Moda and getting in touch with…