My New Book Crazy Quilting for Beginners Handy Pocket Guide is out!

I have a huge surprise for everyone — drum roll….. I have another book out! Crazy Quilting for Beginners Handy Pocket Guide: All the Basics to Get You Started is a condensed version of my other book. It’s a beginner’s guide that covers all the basics – but just the …

Hexagon Quilt block 27

As you can see I am still stitching my 2020 quilt blocks. Not sure I am going to continue calling it that as 2020 was such a pain of a year. So at the moment I am calling them my Hexagon blocks but I might just start calling them 2021 …

Hexagon Quilt block 26

Yes I have started to call my 2020 blocks my Hexagon blocks. No matter the name above is the next in the series. If you click on the photo you will see a larger version. As regular readers know I proposed a 2020 challenge. The idea was to use 2,020 different items …

2020 quilt block 25

The 2020 challenge is to use 2,020 different items on a quilt originally it was to be completed  by the end of the year 2020 but I did not manage to make the deadline. A countable item can be material, lace, braid etc or bead, do-dad, charm etc technique or stitch. Items …

2020 quilt block 24

It has been a while since I have shared the progress for my 2020 project which is well overdue. I am still stitching it and probably it will become a 2021 quilt. I had trouble with my hands and a few other things happened which  stalled the project. I am …

2020 Quilt block 23

Here I am with my next block in the challenge. Sitting in my twirly chair waving it all about as my 2020 quilt block 23 has 39 different items on it! Why is that exciting? As regular readers know the challenge is to use 2,020 different items on a quilt made …

2020 quilt block 22

My 2020 quilt block 22 has 34 different items on it! As regular readers know the idea behind the 2020 challenge is to use 2,020 different items on a quilt by the end of the year 2020. This block brings my total to 705 items. But before I get into that …