And I love it! I usually like to use a background that offers more contrast ( like white) but this gray fabric worked good as well. Some rules of quilting can be safely broken but there is one that I will ever follow from now on - starting  quilting from the center to the outside. Especially for circular designs. I was too confident -  in me, in the cotton batting, in my sewing machine. … [Read more...]

This is such a quick and easy quilt. The pattern can be made with half square triangles (a lot of work!), but I used this tutorial  - piecing strips, cutting squares and piecing blocks on point. I would have liked more a quilting done with perfectly straight stitching  (and walking foot).  But rotating the quilt under the needle every few inches is not for me. Not now, at least. I … [Read more...]