Antique patchwork quilt

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a piece of quilt sitting on top of a wooden floor

It’s finally done! It’s true, a project you don’t work on takes forever to finish. And I didn’t work on this much at all last winter. Willy gave his approval. I kept the backing plain as I usually …

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a close up of a patchwork quilt

The inspiration for this quilt came from a small picture of part of an antique quilt, made with the nine patch block. I think what inspired me was the use of colour and of course the wonderful use of the flying geese blocks in the border.I hope you enjoy my pictures of this quilt.

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a quilt is hanging on the side of a fence in the snow with trees behind it

My Lincoln quilt is on the road to the quilters! The pattern came from Barbara Brackman and so did some of the fabric. Please read about the quilt on her blog here. It has only been a little over a year since I won the pattern and fabric so I am right on my normal schedule! I opted to make my blocks 8" instead of 12, so I made a few more. My finished quilt size is approx 64x 72. I had some of this awesome Lincoln fabric from my friend Jill and couldn't think of a more appropriate quilt to…

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an old piece of cloth with some stitching on it

The traditional way of piecing patchwork by hand can be relaxing and enjoyable, but is also an excellent way of getting good results on blocks or projects which would be too tricky to stitch by machine. Carolyn Gibbs takes inspiration from historical designs, and shows how these techniques can be used to make lovely projects today.

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a close up of a patchwork quilt with red thread on the center and bottom

QuiltConButtonSwap -one of two designs I've been in a sewing and blogging drought all year - I know it's only January but it feels like a big deal. QuiltCon is on the horizon and to be honest, instead of being excited I was stressing out. All my big plans to make travel handmade and arrange meet ups have not materialized. I haven't even printed my class supply list or thought about what to pack! Yesterday I fine tuned my Super Volunteer hours, chatted with my sis about hanging out there and…

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an old quilt with many different colored squares on it

On this week's new episode of Sewing With Nancy, we continue a look back in time to admire the work of quiltmaking pioneers who certainly didn’t have the

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