Thanks to the Craftsy Block of the Month class, I learned how to quilt this year. Thursday night I finished my very first quilt! I am so very proud of myself! I’ve always wanted to learn how to quilt like my Mema and now I have. I blogged about each block as I got them […]
Block of the Month
October block of the month
I’ve finished my October blocks of the month…which means I’m finished with all the blocks for my very first quilt! I’m so proud! This month we learned how to do paper piecing. Once I’d done one section and got the hang of it, it turned out to be so easy! I loved it! Paper piecing […]
September blocks of the month
Another month, another set of quilt blocks. This month in my Craftsy Block of the Month class we learned how to do curved piecing using the Drunkard’s Path templates. When I first started trying to pin and sew these pieces together, I got super frustrated. In fact, after I botched the first one, I had […]
August block of the month
After a weekend full of canning tomatoes, tomato sauce, and green beans, I had a bit of a break yesterday and got to spend my Sunday afternoon working on my quilt. I completed my August quilt blocks and, as with every month, I’m already wishing I knew what September’s would be so I could get […]
July block of the month
The July blocks were so fun and so easy to do! I love how they turned out. This month we learned how to do Dresden blocks and made a traditional block and a modern block (although I think the traditional one looked more modern and the modern one looked more traditional…) This was pretty fun […]
June block of the month
After the super fun Wonky Log Cabin block from last month, the June blocks just weren’t quite as exciting. However, they were easy and pretty cute. This month’s “theme” was to learn 9-patch blocks…which are basically just 9 squares sewn together to make the quilt block. We really didn’t learn anything new, though, we just […]
May block of the month
Another month, another two quilt blocks. I am LOVING this block of the month class! The only problem is that each month when we learn a new technique, I want to make a whole quilt just out of that type of block…and now I have several quilts floating around in my mind that I want […]
April block of the month
The two blocks we did for April were totally different from any of the others we have learned. The main difference was that these were done almost entirely by hand. To make the hexagons we used a method called English paper piecing where we cut hexagons out of card stock, wrapped the fabric around them […]
March block of the month
I finished up my two quilt blocks for March last night – check them out! I know I said the chevron block from last month was my favorite (and I still really love it) but I think this is my new favorite! I love the color combination and I just think it looks very traditional […]
February block of the month
Since Michael has been out of town this week (he gets back tonight – yay!) I’ve been keeping myself occupied at night working on my quilt blocks. I showed you the two for January already (see here). I had so much fun making them that I went out the next day after work to buy […]