My Own Design! A Sawtooth Tabletopper
I was playing around with some new foundation papers for tiny flying geese, and ended up making five of those 4" finished sawtooth...
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A Quilty Cannery
Bringing the best of the past into today
Welcome! It’s a pleasure to welcome you to this passion project of mine... chronicling a quarantine spent growing and preserving food and making quilts to keep the people I love warm and cozy up. Whether you’re a beginner looking to learn, or a seasoned professional exploring new ideas, A Quilty Cannery is here to inspire. Check out the latest posts below.
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Moda Blockheads 4: Week 11
This week's design is Moda Block-berry by Jackie MacDonald for Sweetfire Road. I must admit, not my favorite block. I don't like the...
A Year of Potholders: Week 3
Today's potholder was a series of half square triangles... that used slightly "off" sized squares (just over a charm or mini charm size)....
From the Archives: Quilter's Patch
In 2016, I joined in on a Block of the Month sew along, with a pattern by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. This one included some...
Year of Potholders: Weeks 1 & 2
As I previously shared, I've started a new quilty project, a yearlong "Year of Potholders". I realized, though that i didn't give the...
Blockheads! An Update (Week 10)
This week, Chelsi Stratton (from the A Quilting Life podcast) posted her first Blockheads block. She called it "Autumnal" and it's a a...
From the Archives: Earthy Batik Blocks
This quilt often hangs in our front hallway, greeting visitors and providing a bit of texture to the space. It was a quilt kit that I...
A Year of Potholders: Week #1 (The Anvil)
Yesterday, the statewide quilt hop brought me to Quilted Treasures in Rogers, MN, where I found a fun new project. It's a book with 52...
Table runners: How big is too big?
I was working off a pattern that recommended a table runner with 8" blocks, interspaced with 4" dividers... and a row of 10 of the star...
Additions to the smaller blocks
This week, I picked up a few different sizes of flying geese foundation papers, and decided to try making some tiny sawtooth starts, with...
Moda Blockheads 4 Block 9
This week's block is a plus sign themed block. It's fairly simple, especially in the 9" size, so it takes some interesting color choices...
A Me and a Mini-me! (from the Archive)
I found a fun and simple design from Me and My Sister's Designs, and their fun and bright fabric (a favorite, that was always worth the...
Moda's Blockhead 4: Block 7
Just in time for a new block release tomorrow, I share with you my Block # 7 interpretation, in both the 9" and the 4.5" versions....
A Quilting Life's Block of the Month: May
Sherri from A Quilting Life just posted the pattern for her May quilt along, and this is my interpretation: I am enjoying the sew-along,...
Laurel's Butterflies (for Heidi)
My mom loved butterflies, so much that her camp nickname was "Fly" and it was the name Dad always used for her in the little notes he'd...
Hoppy Easter -- A Table Topper
Wildflower Quilt co had the cutest pattern and fabric quilts for a quick Easter Table Topper... using really cute spring-themed fabric...
An Irish Chain (From the Archives)
I absolutely love March, with St. Patrick's day and all the fun and green. I long for those days when the weather (in a warmer growing...
Blockheads 4 - Block 6
This week, the Moda Blockheads 6 pattern is "Spinning into Spring" By Lynne McCray. It's a relatively simple block with 8 Half Square...
A Mermaid's Tale - Table Topper
A quick wrap-up: I finally finished the 10-block foundation paper piecing table topper I started with fabric and foundation papers from...
2022: The Year of the Temperature Quilt
In January, I decided to do a temperature quilt. There were lots of examples online, but I decided to completely make up my own design. ...
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