Americana – Binding it Up and Giving it Away

After the hours of quilting, I was eager to get the binding on and put this baby to bed. In fact, blame it on my lack of sleep, or eyes that were still crossed from the hours hunched over my machine (let’s admit it, sometimes our quilting posture isn’t so great), but I was actually…

Americana – Quilting…and Quilting…and Quilting Some More

I’m not sure where the summer went, but suffice to say, it’s almost over. And, in the throws of 6 consecutive weeks of work travel and oppressive heat and humidity, I definitely let my blogging lapse. The good news is that I didn’t let my quilting lapse, so I have a lot to catch you…

Americana – Making the Quilt Sandwich

Isn’t this supposed to be the easy part? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the fun part, but it’s not usually difficult, with the exception of how my knees feel after crawling around on a wood floor basting the layers together. Note to self, be sure to include a gigantic table in my imaginary/dream quilting…

Americana – Putting the Pieces Together

Once the piecing was complete, I set about laying out the blocks. My goal here was to try and keep similar fabrics separated. Because each block had so many different fabrics, this proved to be a pretty tough task in itself. I enlisted the help of my husband, who has a better eye for detail…

Americana – In Pieces

I’ve found through my last few projects that I like to complete quilts in an assembly type process, in other words, I complete a step with all of the fabrics or blocks and then move to the next step. This seems to help me stay organized and find stopping places that don’t make it as…

Americana – An Origin Story

So, as you may have read on my inspiration page, I love Angela Walters. And she has a really cool story about how her family gives away a quilt (or several) at their annual family reunions – at least in part to help entice families to find the time to attend. Family reunions were a…