lap quilt

Yesterday on QUILTsocial we used 2 different methods to add a pop of white to our quilt top made with the beautiful Full Bloom line of fabrics from Northcott. Today is our last day working with these fabrics, so we’re going to add the outer border! I’ve decided to use …

Yesterday on QUILTsocial I shared with you my 2 favorite tips for sewing with directional fabrics and we made two rows of pieced blocks for our Artisan Spirit City Scene lap quilt. Today, I’m going to be cutting up that beautiful City Scene panel and we’re going to sew everything …

Putting the pieces together Last night I finished sewing the 24 flying geese units for my Mountain View quilt and I’ve sewn them onto the fabric sections that I cut on Monday. I measured each of these rows and cut the sashing strips accordingly. The quilt will be a bit …

Picking an inner border Before adding borders to a quilt it’s important to decide which fabric to use for the first inner border. Initially I thought I would use the white fabric with the colored triangles as the inner border, but after I auditioned it with the quilt center, I …

I’m really enjoying working with the ColorWorks Concepts fabric line from Northcott! Yesterday we cut all of the strips of fabric and assembled our strip sets. Today we’re going to spend our time cutting the strip sets and assembling the quilt center. Cutting the strip sets Now that all of …