Life in Color โ€” a scrappy Log Cabin quilt block pieced in pink and green prints.

Category: quilting

  • I have mentioned this again and again, the way I go into spurts of different crafting/hobby obsessions. Right now I’m in full on sewing mode. I even made Tuesday a swimsuit! I mean it turned out horrible and totally showed her nipples so there is no way she can wear it, but come on! So yes, a little fun foray into knits and then I heard that pull of the cotton. The relative easiness of straight lines. I couldn’t help myself. The last week or so has been a blur of pins (real and the Pinterest kind), broken needles, not…

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  • Oh this quilt. Oh those triangles. I’m not going to lie, this quilt has just been a pain in ass since I started it. Seriously. I can’t find any post about when I started it (because I still need to go back and organize 2005-2009), but I did find this one about pre-washing all my fabric from 2006. In it I talk about starting a new green quilt. This is that green quilt, started soon after. Ironically I also talk about paying attention to seam allowances. Which I did not do, as I mentioned the next time I brought up…

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  • Anyone want to finish that line? ๐Ÿ™‚ I had my mom hold up a newly completed quilt, but I need a little bit taller someone to try again because I couldn’t quite get the whole thing just right. And since I started this thing untold many years ago I figure I should take some proper pictures of it finished. Anyone remember when I started it? I’m hoping it wasn’t pre-blog, but I know it was a looooong time ago.

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