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. I have a...Read More
Border Quilt QAL – A Checkered Tale (borders 1-4)
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. [caption id="attachment_1036" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Border Quilt - Checkered Borders[/caption] I can already tell I'm going to be madly in love with this quilt...Read More