Created for Project Quilting 15.6 Irish Chain challenge.
Diane's Diversions
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Royal Irish Chain
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Wear No More
Created for Project Quilting 15.5 Wearables challenge.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Disappearing Hourglass
Created for Project Quilting 15.4 Hourglass challenge.
Saturday, February 10, 2024
New Life on the Outside
Created for Project Quilting 15.3 Inside Out challenge.
When I saw this challenge my first thought was a simple rag quilt. After all, I had a stack of flannel squares already cut and I'm trying to use up all that random stuff. And it fit the challenge. I even started it, but after a couple of hours I was bored. I reminded myself that Project Quilting was created to inspire all of us to do something special we wouldn't have done. So I dumped the rag quilt and decided to honor the challenge.
I have lots of things INSIDE baskets and boxes and drawers that I thought I might take OUT someday to be part of a quilt that would make me happy. Things that were too cool to just throw out, because, hey, I've made some pretty special quilts in the past using things any normal person would have thrown away long ago.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Sky Colors
Created for Project Quilting 15.2 Sky Color challenge.
I started with a quick pull of fabrics I thought fit the Sky Color theme.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
For the Love of Birds
Created for Project Quilting 15.1 Bird House challenge.
For this challenge, I decided to create some little birdhouses hanging from a branch. I started by making a background, then layered and quilted it.
Friday, March 17, 2023
Disappearing Broken Dishes
Created for Project Quilting 14.6 – Conquer a Fear challenge.
Trish, our PQ challenge mistress, says your project for this final challenge of season 14 must involve conquering something that scares you.
HMMMMM...... I'm no longer a young lady. As a matter of fact, I turned 71 in January. And my life is in a good place. I've got great kids who found wonderful life partners. And I have 6 grandchildren who are all PERFECT and the greatest joy of my life.
I've been quilting a long time and haven't met a technique I haven't tried. Curved piecing, set in circles, hand stitched hexies. All comfortably in my wheel house. So I went looking for a block for inspiration. Broken Dishes. Maybe. After all, I've been famous for dropping things for a long time. Not sure how to conquer that fear, but here goes.
So I made 3 oversized broken dish blocks. Since only 2 fabrics bores me to tears, I string pieced everything using a color scheme of blue green and white.