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Border Quilt QAL – Sawtooth Stars!

Posted on by Tara Miller

This is the third installment of the Border Quilt Quilt Along hosted by Jen Shaffer of Patterns by Jen.

I’m a little behind on my star border because last week I was out of town at the American Quilt Study Group Seminar in Bethesda, and the week prior to that we had family in town and my oldest step daughter got married! It was a beautiful wedding. I’m so proud of how she pulled it all together–she even made her own centerpieces! We really love our new son-in-law, and are excited to watch them grow together.

Now for the Border Quilt update!

I have two stars constructed, and all the bits ready to go for the rest of them.

Border Quilt Star Blocks

 

Border Quilt Star Bits

I have a ton of work to do for Quilt Market, on The Liberty Quilt, and on the inscription quilt for the Just Wanna Quilt booth at Quilt Festival, so I may stay behind a little on my Border Quilt. I’ll do what I can to keep up, even if only by a hair. 

Remember to check out the other ladies making The Border Quilt!

Nancy – Masterpiece Quilting
Vicki – My Creative Corner3
Becca – Pretty Piney
Kate – Seams Like A Dream
Terri – Lizard Creek Quilting
Joanne – Quilts By Joanne 
Marija – Mara Quilt Designs
Alison – Little Bunny Quilts
Stephanie – Quilt’n’ Party
Daphne – Daphne Greig

In other news…

  • You can still join the sew along for my for my Churned Up pattern happening over at the Facebook group Quilting on a Budget. Members of that group have access to a 40% off coupon code for the pattern. You’ll find it pinned in the announcements in the group.
  • The American Quilt Study Group Seminar was pivotal for me, and I look forward to writing about it soon!
  • I’ve had to put the pattern for Prescott Road on a back seat for now. I’m looking to potentially release it in December.

Upcoming Events

  • Find me at the Just Wanna Quilt booth (#254 in Hall C) at Quilt Festival Houston on November 8th, 9th, and 10th!
  • I’m speaking at the 7:00 pm Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild meeting at Sutton Hall in Douglasville, Georgia on Thursday, November 15th. I’d love to see you there! The theme of my trunk show and talk is Quilting with the Fire of My Foremothers. Doors open at 6:30.

xoxo,
~ Tara

Border Quilt QAL – A Checkered Tale (borders 1-4)

Posted on by Tara Miller

Here we are on the second installment of the Border Quilt Quilt Along hosted by Jen Shaffer of Patterns by Jen: the checkered borders and first few background borders.

I like to prove you can screw something up and make something beautiful out of it anyway. Let’s be honest: that’s half the battle of winning at life in general.

I made my applique center too large, so my 1st border on my Border Quilt is really a half border (top and bottom only). And I am totally fine with it. In fact, I love it.

Border Quilt - Checkered Borders
Border Quilt – Checkered Borders

I can already tell I’m going to be madly in love with this quilt when it’s finished. I have visions of hand quilting it… making it my slow project for next year while all the rest of the crazy spins around me. Some winter movie watching and a needle. Oh, can I go there now, please?

Be sure to pop over to visit the other bloggers sewing along with us. It’s really fun to see how different this quilt can look!

Becca – Pretty Piney
Joanne – Quilts By Joanne
 Marija – Mara Quilt Designs
Stephanie – Quilt’n’ Party
Daphne – Daphne Greig

In other news…

  • Seth Hackler, fearless leader of the Facebook group Quilting on a Budget has kicked off the sew along for my Churned Up pattern! Members of that group have access to a 40% off coupon code for the pattern. You’ll find it pinned in the announcements in the group.
  • I’ll be in Bethesda, Maryland next week attending my first American Quilt Study Group Seminar. I am BEYOND excited to be in the same rooms with some of our finest quilt scholars and historians. My whole life has led me to this. You know when you find that thing? This is mine.

Upcoming Events

  • I’m speaking at the 7:00 pm Cherokee Rose Quilters Guild meeting at Sutton Hall in Douglasville, Georgia on Thursday, November 15th. I’d love to see you there! The theme of my trunk show and talk is Quilting with the Fire of My Foremothers. Doors open at 6:30.
  • Catch me hanging out in the Just Wanna Quilt booth at Quilt Festival Houston in November! If you’re attending Festival, tap me on the shoulder and say hello!

xoxo,
~ Tara