amish quilts
Quilt Barns — a Computer Chair Visit
You may be stuck at home, in front of the computer. It may be rainy or cold. Or you may have worked hard on the yard or house all day and are in need of a little vacation. Whatever the reason, I’m here to help with a little tour of a completely charming (and... »
Little Amish Quilt Freebie – Sneak Peek
I’m working on a little eProject book of six tiny Amish quilts which you self-finish and then use on various items like this bookmark. You can get this as a free project, including finishing instructions, on Whip Up, a delightful craft blog. The cool thing about the eProject book is that it will include not only... »
Stitch your Stash Around the World Update
Barbara has posted the eighth block on this sampler. It’s Interlocking Gobelin, one of my favorite stitches. If you want to see the entire series of posts together, check here. I’m also happy to report that even though I didn’t cut my canvas big enough to do her entire plan (it’s pictured in this post). With... »
Quilt Block Twinchies Gallery
This Twinchy Challenge was so much fun. The Twinchy pictured above is a block called “Black Beauty” It’s stitched in two shades of Watercolours, the dark one for the border and the lighter one for the main blocks. The center block is a coordinating metallic, and the background is a pastel thread (Watercolours... »
Stitch your Stash – Progress & Blocks 4 & 5
I’ve been working hard on my Stitch your Stash around the World Sampler, which has been posted on Create Needlepoint, Barbara Bergston’s wonderful blog. The picture above has Blocks 1 & 2 complete, Block 3 mostly complete and a start on Block 4. I’m having great fun working on it. Block 4 is one of... »