I managed to get 36 different items on my 2020 quilt block 19. Sorry I missed last week – I am having fun with this challenge, but have slowed a bit due to sore hand. Nothing serious. This was my starting point for the 2020 quilt block 19. As I …
My 2020 challenge Block 18 is complete. As usual click on the image to see a larger version. The block has an item tally of 41. Why is the tally important? The 2020 challenge is to use 2,020 different items on a quilt by the end of the year 2020. Items …
I had fun with my 2020 quilt block 16 as I tried another new technique on it. Can you spot it? I will tell you about it in a minute. An unembellished block and finished block looks totally different. As you work a block it changes and many beginners get …
In 1884 Mary Haehnlen wrote A Book of Fancy Designs for Ornamenting Oriental Work. It’s a little gem because it is full of vintage Crazy Quilt embroidery patterns. I bet she never thought that over a century later, women from all over the globe would be interested in it. To …
As you can probably see, I really enjoyed working my 2020 crazy quilt block 14. I think you will probably sense that I am getting back into the swing of things! This is how the block started out. As I have said before, I evolve each block as I work …
You have to imagine me sitting in my twirly chair, big silly grin on my face, hand in the air waving to all North, South, East, and West as 2020 crazy quilt block 13 is finished. I have worked out that in order to do this challenge and meet the …
2020 crazy quilt block 12 is done! After a long break with this project I am back to it. To be honest I was very busy last year doing a number of things. One of them was writing another book which is at the publishers. It will come out towards …
