This week has been the week of baby quilts. In one of my last posts I talked about pin-basting the Breadcrumbs quilt. After I settled on a quilting motif it didn't take much time to get the center quilted. I decided on a basic clamshell pattern, using the blocks as my size guide. You can …
Author: The Quilt Police
I am an avid scrap quilter living in northern Wisconsin. I am married and my family is made of my husband and I, two dogs and a cat. While quilting is my main hobby, I do work full time as well as keep a garden and preserve food for my family.
Blocks 23 and 24!
Welcome back for another double block week! For these blocks you will use: (12) Red/Neutral Half Square Triangles (20) Blue/Neutral Half Square Triangles If you already have your Half Square Triangles finished, you can move on to block assembly. If you need directions for the half square triangles, you can find them HERE. Lets get started! …
Basting the Breadcrumbs Quilt
Baby #4 for my older sister is going to be here soon, so I figured it's time to get his/her quilt finished. I settled on giving this baby the Breadcrumbs quilt, (which is available under the Free Patterns tab.) With small quilts I am comfortable basting them on my kitchen table. It only took a …
Block Twenty-Two
Welcome back for another fun and simple block project! Block Twenty Two will use: (8) Red/Neutral Half Square Triangles (8) Blue/Neutral Half Square Triangles If you already have your Half Square Triangles finished, you can move on to block assembly. If you need directions for the half square triangles, you can find them HERE. Lets get …
Retreat Success!
Good morning everyone! I just wanted to fill everyone in on the retreat from this past weekend. Laura and I got there Friday afternoon and met up with some friends. All of the quilters were in one corner of the room and man did we have a blast! We also got a ton of sewing …
Block Twenty-One
Welcome back for Block Twenty-One! Block Twenty One will use: (8) Red/Neutral Half Square Triangles (8) Blue/Neutral Half Square Triangles If you already have your Half Square Triangles finished, you can move on to block assembly. If you need directions for the half square triangles, you can find them HERE. Lets get started! Block Twenty-One: Block …
Retreat Weekend!
Welcome back everyone! Tomorrow I am heading to a weekend craft retreat with some friends and am looking forward to making some serious headway on a few projects, and to spending some quality time with quilty people. This week has been spent in a rush! Aside from working my regular job, I have been helping …
Block Twenty!
This block marks our "two thirds" point in the project. I hope you are having fun with it! Block Twenty will use: (8) Red/Neutral Half Square Triangles (8) Blue/Neutral Half Square Triangles If you already have your Half Square Triangles finished, you can move on to block assembly. If you need directions for the half …
Blocks Eighteen and Nineteen
How about another doubles week? Blocks Eighteen and Nineteen will go together very quick. For these blocks you will need: (20) Blue/Neutral Half Square Triangles (12) Red/Neutral Half Square Triangles If you already have your triangles done, great! If not you can find the directions HERE. Lets get started! Block Eighteen: Lay out your half square …
Another Day of Block Progress
This week I have been busy at work and at home. There has been some switching around at work and I've had to change to a different shift. We are also just kicking off garden season in northern Wisconsin, and I have been getting things ready outside. I had one afternoon to sew, and was …
