May 29, 2015

Every Last Piece, Needle and Thread

String Pieced Blocks

May 29, 2015

Every Last Piece, Needle and Thread

This week I finished a stack of 140 string pieced blocks - enough for a quilt! I worked on these on and off for a couple of years.It's a good thing I'm not in a hurry for this quilt; it will probably take a long time for me to decide on a setting plan.

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I had a sew day with friends in my studio this week and made a new little mini quilt.

I plan to drop a few more of these framed mini’s in my website shop later this spring so stay tuned!

#tinypiecing #ridiculouslytinyquilts #sewtiny #sewsoli

Ten years ago this was my design wall.

The La Passacaglia quilt is in about the same state.
The Red and White appliqué is a finished top waiting to be quilted.
The smaller pieces wee the beginning on my Domestic Abuse Quilt Series.
#daquilt

I finished the Dala Sweater and couldn’t be happier with it!
The pattern is #dalasweater by @elenormortensen.
More details on my ravelry page.

#knitter #strandedknitting #operationsweaterchest #handknitsweater #makersvillage #makersgonnamake

I started this sweater on our car trip last week. I had chosen a different yarn for the horses but it was thinner and didn’t work well with the blue. I frogged the few rows I had knit and subbed in some yarn from my stash when I got home. The y