Throwback Thursday!
My niece Olive turned 10 last month, and this popped up as a memory. I made this fun square quilt as a baby/toddler quilt for her with...
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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 16
Today’s block is called Indians Puzzles and is a 9-patch made up of four half-square triangles and four 4-patches, all at 3 1/2” square. ...
Garden update!
We moved our Greenstalks this weekend and got our container garden set up. Tonight, the sky looked pretty evil, but the garden was...
Updating My Ironing Board!
A few years ago, I made an ironing board to fit atop my Ikea rolling cart. I used a 2' x 4' piece of plywood, and wrapped it with...
Year of Potholders: Blocks 5 & 6
I realized today, as I was posting block 7, that I missed posting the last two. So here they are: Block 5: Doubles To the left is the...
Recipe: Crunchy Pesto Chicken
It's that time of the year when the basil is growing strong, and here's a fun recipe to make with all that herby goodness: Crunchy Pesto...
A Year of Potholders: Block 7 (Bailey's Block)
Time for the next installation in my "Year of Potholders" (volume 2) sewing project! This week's version used two 4.5" squares and 2 HSTs....
Pahl's CSA - Box #1 (2022)
This year, I'm splitting a teaser share with a friend, as neither of our households can get through a box in a week! This past Wednesday...
Garden Update: Basil is coming in hard!
It's now early July, and the garden harvests are starting! I did a huge harvest/pruning of the basil growing in the green stalk this...
A Late-June Garden Update
This weekend, we finally got the remaining pavers removed from the front "patio" that we want to convert to a garden over the next few...
Reconfiguring a Pattern: Desert Blooms
I've seen this great quilt top sample at the Wildflower Quilt Co. in Lakeville for months, and decided to purchase the kit tonight. I...
The North Shore... of Fog?!
This past week, we took a brief trip up to Duluth, to the North Shore of Lake Superior, and inland to Voyageurs National Park, near...
From the Archive: All Hallows Table Toppers
I found this fun six pointed star design for table toppers that I thought would look amazing with graduated colors on a black background,...
A Year of Potholders: Week 4 (Cypress)
This week, I used the quilt block as inspiration, but completely ignored the instructions. I'm just not finding her instructions to be...
From the Archives: a HST Table Topper
I am a fan, a huge fan, of Minnesota's state flower, the Showy Ladyslipper! It was one of the things on my photography "bucket list" and...
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...
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)....
Waterfall Chasing on the North Shore
The thundering mists of Gooseberry Falls' middle falls (photo above) announce the arrival of spring snow melt and April/May rain showers....
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...
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