A Prairie Home Quilts

Machine quilting done. Miles of binding being prepared and pressed. Also eating many homemade oatmeal butterscotch chip cookies.

The basket of machine quilting was overflowing so I decided it was time to tackle some of it.  The basket is now half empty and I’m in need of a shoulder massage and some dark chocolate.

Let your mind wander and dream Forget the rules and follow your instinct Embrace life More advice found while eating Dove Extra Dark Chocolate Promises.

Quite some time ago, I was on The Quilt Index and saw a quilt that was named moon in 4 phases or seasons or something like that.  The name sparked a connection to the Drunkard’s Path pieces that  I’ve been playing with a lot lately.  It got me thinking about using Drunkard’s Path pieces in [...]

I’ve been working on my Crooked Path [aka Drunkard's Path] Rose Basket.  It didn’t turn out as I’d envisioned.  The roses came out smaller than I’d imagined and the basket came out larger. This just wasn’t going to work.  The flower arrangement is suppose to overshadow the container not the other way around.  These roses [...]

I didn’t do this week’s Inklingo Sampler block and chose instead to do the bonus block that is posted twice a month.  I have Inklingo Collection #3 which is what is needed for the 6 pointed Star Hexagon. Because I wanted this block to play nice with my others, I added the bits around the [...]

The top is done.  It’s quite bright.  Probably because that’s what I’m drawn to.  I was able to add in some fabrics from Sonia’s scrap basket.  When I’m house sitting there, I can go through the scrap basket and take what I want.  She’s a long armer so she has scraps from her own quilts [...]