Summer is a time for travel, isn’t it? Looking around, finding new places to visit. Here is a quilt made with the Corn and Beans block, hence the name Bean There! This is a sew-along project designed to show you little tricks for easy quilt construction. Since you are likely to finish it by fall,…
The theme for this month’s #QuiltBlockMania is “drink”. Since today is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, I wanted to represent a popular Mardi Gras drink, the Hurricane. You would normally drink that out of a curvy glass, but I decided to simplify the design and show a goblet. To visit the other designers in this…
This question was posed to members of the Facebook Group last July. Here are some of their answers.
This month’s blog hop theme is Market or Shop. What do you always need to bring to a shop? A reusable bag, of course! So I am not offering a block this month. I am showing you a cute bag you can use at a market (with handles) or for gifts. I am showing a…
Something Wicked This Way Comes Blog Hop While I was looking through my collection of old quilt block patterns, I found this one. I researched the superstition a little and redrew the pattern. Be sure to visit the other designers who created a Wicked block, too. They are at the bottom of the page. Ever…
When I first heard about this blog hop, all I could think of was the Randy Newman theme song for Monk “It’s a Jungle Out There”. I wanted to make some sort of urban block, so I looked through my collection of old blocks for inspiration. I came up with City Streets by Nancy Page….
OK, I know you can’t sew an adventure. But there are two recipes and an appropriate quilt block after the adventure. To visit the others, see the list at the bottom of the page. Here is a cranberry bread recipe: Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Mix together flour,…
The Rail Fence Quilt Block is a great block for beginner piecers and quilters. Here is a tutorial on how to make one with just two rails. The rails I demonstrate with are 2″ x 3-1/2″ but that is not a hard and fast rule. Use the size that you need for your project. If…
I have always associated Mardi Gras with New Orleans, assuming it to be one of their traditions. Turns out, I was wrong:-)) It actually started in Mobile, Alabama and the entire season is heavily celebrated in the area. Though Mardi Gras technically refers only to Fat Tuesday, the Mardi Gras season actually begins on Epiphany,…
Mardi Gras is a spectacular celebration that lasts from the 12th day after Christmas to the day before Ash Wednesday. It is a purple, green and gold carnival filled with parties, interesting parades and best of all, King Cake! Here are my experiences with Mardi Gras in Galveston. When is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is…
Oh, no! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow! That means 6 more weeks of winter. Can it be true? The tradition is that if a groundhog sees his shadow while looking around in February, he will get scared and go back into his burrow, not to come out until March. Thus, the idea of six more…
Boo!-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging An original pattern by Christine Schnaufer © Traditionally Yours, 1991 Chris Schnaufer offered this pattern to me when she retired back in 2003. I had it on the Quiltbus site until 2010 when I moved it to Scrapdash. This is a quick and easy wall hanging. Based on the Log Cabin…
