I hope that spring us coming for many if you who went through a tough winter. For us here in Southern California, this winter was dry and warm and I have a feeling we’ve had summer temps since last August. Here is to warmer temps moving east and some fog and rain west…
I pass this tree very often on a hike I do three times a week, every week. And there is almost always at least one (sometimes two) ravens on that very branch. I like to think it’s the same bird every time.
Blooming cactus with drops of rain. Lovely!
Sunday afternoon I drew a pattern in illustrator, thought about how it could be pieced using a method similar to the one used for my Tolva quilt, but then realized it would be a pain to try to match up those kites and half hexagons. My next thought was… paper piecing. I have not tried … More Paper Piecing Play
Santa Monica this morning.
This is the fourth and the last of the quilts I finished over the last few months. This one is for my mom. And my favorite. I have a few more quilt tops finished, but they might have to wait. A bit. This is what the process looked like. I selected some fabrics I picked … More Panels
Yes, this quilt started as diamonds, but then turned into triangles. How, you might ask? A method similar to half square triangles, this would be half diamond triangles. To be more specific… Remember this quilt? Of course you don’t 🙂 I made this one over a year ago, using a method (similar to this) to … More Diamonds, really?
This is the second of the four quilts I finished recently. As always, I cannot come up with a clever name for it, so Herringbone Variation it is. It was inspired by this quilt I found on Pinterest: It seems that this quilt was pieced using rectangles, but it also seems that would be a … More Herringbone variation
This is not a second baby quilt I ever made. It is the second quilt I made cutting a bigger quilt top, into 2 baby quilts (take a look at the first one). I finished a bigger quilt top, set it aside waiting for an appropriate backing fabric to appear, when I realized I need … More Baby Quilt #2
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