Well I finished adding the remaining rows to “Leftovers” tonight and I’m completely torn on whether it needs a border or not. I can see how it could benefit from one but I also think it would look nice without one with the right binding. Right now it measures 39″ x 53″ by itself. Please...

A rumor has been floating around the quilting boards regarding rotary blades and how cheaply you can replace them with carpet cutting blades from Harbor Freight.  HF sells the blades for about $2 for a 2 pack. I tried this along with a few other quilters and had a dreadful experience. The blades fit in...

It was finally dry enough today to hang the quilt up and take some photos.  This is a twin size quilt. Mitered borders. The back was pieced using doggie fabrics that I had on hand and some strip twist orphan blocks.

I’ve been working on the HST units leftover from the snowball block quilt (see tutorial here).   Each block was trimmed down to 4″ square. Since I’m going pretty scrappy with this and not planning based on value or color it’s coming together quickly. My progress as of last night: Three more rows on the...

We visited Yoder’s Restaurant, Alma Sue’s Quilts and the Ringling Museum. Here is that “special exhibition” I talked about with the vintage quilts that I didn’t care for. Photos from Yoder’s and Alma Sue’s quilt shop: My dinner