Circle quilts

After making what I'm calling an Improv Layered Circle for my Bee Sewcial bee-mate, Leanne/ she can quilt , there were several requests ...

how to stitch a circle into a block with no applique

I love using colorful thread. There is a good chance that you have gathered that if you have seen much of my work. I also have a tendency to use it the most in matchstick quilting. In the last f…

What you need: -2 sheets of freezer paper cut to size or near finished block. Mine is 10.5" -compass to draw circle or...

Today on QUILTsocial Christine Baker explores 3 ways to machine applique circles onto a quilt and demonstrates the method using fusible interfacing.

Thanks so much for all the kind comments on my running in circles quilt. I had so much fun making it! It was great to start and finish a quilt in one fell swoop. It's been quite awhile since I did that. I took photos along the way so I could share a tutorial. This is June's free stash buster quilt pattern. I hope you enjoy it! Materials Needed: 40 pieces of fabric at least 9" x 19"-a total of 5 yards (I used 36 different fabrics) 60" x 74" batting 3 1/2 yards backing fabric 1/2 yard binding…

As I started typing this post, I realized that I had not named this quilt I've made for my daughter and son-in-law. It's the colors of the ocean and looks like waves, so it will be called "Ocean Waves". Ocean Waves is finished! This pattern is "Canyon Dance" and this is the fourth or fifth quilt I've made with this pattern. I love it! (It is square... the photo is wonky!) My daughter loves these colors, as do I. It was fun playing with all of these batiks. I started not to use this photo…

sewing, crafts, and parties

My days feel all messed up this Summer! Today feels like a Friday, and yesterday felt like Monday. Anyone else have this problem or is it just me? I have a fun quilt pattern to share with you today! This is the Simple Circles quilt, made with the Coming Up Roses fabric line designed by Jill Finley for Penny Rose Fabrics. I fell in love with the bright reds, purples, and greens -- and together they just felt like a party -- so bright and cheery! Aren't they pretty together? I used this 6"…

Recently I shared one of my favorite, lesser-known, and all-too-often-forgotten-about quilting techniques. If you were to ask me, I would tell you without a doubt, that reverse applique should get more recognition than it does. Don't stop reading there, or snub your nose, just because it has the word "applique" in it... I promise, it's not a dirty word like some might like to label it with quick judgments. But I've actually noticed something a lot recently - I don't have enough fingers and…