Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, friends! I'm leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to visit the Quilter's Guild of Parker County in Weatherford, Texas. And by bright and early, I mean that I have to be at the airport at 4:00 am! But before I go, I am happy to share a new finished quilt top with you.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
A Cozy Quilt Top and NTT
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Funky Frames and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, my friends! This week, I've been moving right along with my stash sewing and I'm happy I can share another finish with you today. I'm calling this one Funky Frames, and it's such a fun quilt.
I quilted this one with an allover stipple for lots of great texture, and I had a big chunk of these aqua color gradient chevrons that I used for the binding.
I sewed the leftover partial squares into blocks, then just started building around them with my chunky scraps, and I just love it! Somehow the maroon, that I ordinarily never would have put with these other fabrics, adds just the right amount of contrast and depth.
Okay, y'all! It's time to check out some of the eye-candy from last week. Let's get to it. This sweet quilt was shared by Quilting Gail-
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Silly Me and NTT
Hey there, friends. Happy Needle and Thread Thursday! As you can see, I've been sewing like crazy around here, so crazy that I completely forgot to take a picture of my latest quilt top before it was all basted. Whoops! So, let's just pretend you don't see all of those basting pins, okay? Cool.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Seedlings Finish and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, friends! My seedlings quilt is all finished up and I'm so excited to share it with you today.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Seedlings and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, y'all! If you've been following for awhile, you know that I am on a mission to bust through my fabric stash. I'm doing a little creative exercise to see just how many quilts I can make without purchasing a single bit of fabric. NO fabric purchases at all- not for background, backing, binding- none. Ideally, I want to have zero fabric left in my cabinet when I'm done. And so far, I've been rocking this thing. I hit a groove working though color ways, and you might remember my Emerald Coast quilt used up a ton of blue-greens.
Well, when all of the blue-greens are gone, what's left are the true greens and yellow-greens, and they're up next!
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tumbling Hearts and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, friends! My heart quilt is all finished, along with all of my pinks and most of my red stash, and I'm so excited to share it with you today.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
All the Reds and Pinks and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, friends! It's a new month, and that means that crisp autumn air is on its way, hopefully sooner rather than later. With all of the pumpkins and earthy colors I've been seeing around lately, it seemed like the perfect time to work on a quilt that would look beautiful for....Valentine's Day? haha!
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
The Misfits and NTT
Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, y'all! My latest quilt is all finished, and I really love it!
As I worked on it, I couldn't help feeling like my process was very similar to quilts made in generations past. This quilt was made with misfit fabrics- prints and solids that I couldn't seem to work in anywhere else. There are leftover pieces from the backs from other quilts, and prints I loved when I bought, but never found their way into a quilt. There are solids that straddle the line between two colors, making them hard to use (for me anyway), and solids that aren't my favorite shade, but were part of a color bundle. And there are prints and solids that were hand-me-downs from a friend who destashed several years ago, and they've been sitting in my cabinet ever since.
It's a little of this and a little of that, and all of this is to say that this quilt was an exercise in "making do," which is one of the oldest ideas of quilting. Throw in the fact that this is basic patchwork, and to me, this quilt feel very vintage.