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As many of you know, I’ve written and shared my projects for @todaysquilter since it’s very first issue! Issue 77 will be no exception 🥳. The Kaleidoscope quilt has been an all time favourite in classes , so it’s lovely to share it with a wider audience in these unprecedented times! And if you’ve not picked up a copy of the magazine lately, have a look at the offer below from Today’s Quilter!
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So some of you might remember that I’m having a sort out.
This quilt top is part of that. Until this last weekend it had no border. Or rather it had, but I’d not liked it and taken it off a while back. So it was the centre, where the sashing and posts end, with no border. Then it struck me that the spare squares from the QST that I’d kept with it could be the border, rather like a lot of old English frame or medallion quilts. I also still had some of the post fabric in my stash (only about 16yrs old 😊) so I could use it in the border corners .
This is actually the third version of the quilt I’d made. It was inspired by a quilt in a book on old quilts, and this one is in my comfort zone blues with my husband’s shirts used for the sashing . Swipe for more close ups and the obligatory dog shot 🐶.
Still to be quilted, but moving in the right direction 🤓.
#quiltinprogress #scrapquilt #sewyourstash #blue #patchwork #quilttop #quiltsinthewild #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
In my sorting out I unearthed this quilt in progress😉. I’d put it away as I’d felt there was too much still to sew for it to be viable at that time. And yet now when I look at it, really, most of the work has been done 🤦🏽♀️. So hand piecing it is then !
Quilt inspiration from one owned by @lu_flux 😍. #handpiecing #handpieced #handstitched #quiltinprogress #quilttop #slowstitch #patchwork #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
#favouritefabricfriday celebrates a sashing fabric in a wonderful scrap fabric vintage quilt top today. This print is wonderful and it’s obvious (well to me 🤷♀️), that it was possibly brought after the blocks were sewn, to be used as the sashing 🧐. (Or perhaps she just had a lot of this one fabric ? ) If you swipe through you can see a hint of more sashing in a different fabric, so she ran out again and substituted? These quilt tops really tell a story 😍🧵.
And if you like the idea of celebrating fabric on a Friday pop over to @sewingspace where Angie shows us new fabrics in a her shop each week and I think she’s done to fun how-tos in the past too! Go and have a look!
#favouritefabric #vintagequilt #vintagefabric #fabricfriday #patchwork #quilttop #scrapquilt #bowtieblock #bowtiequilt #vintage #scrapfabrics #makersgonnamake #quiltsofinstagram
Nothing like tying a quilt and then Big Stitching the binding for getting a quilt to the finish line 🤓. Swipe for some more detail shots of the quilt I was working on last weekend. #handtiedquilt #tiedquilt #tiedquilts #bigstitch #bigstitchbinding #handstitching #handstitched #quilt #quilting #utilityquilting #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #utilityquilting #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Here’s a block I stitched to brighten my day. Swipe to see the pressing for even more stitched satisfaction. I needed this, my computer died, and it might be four weeks to get my spec on a new one 🤦♀️.
Here’s 🤞to typing on an iPad!
#patchwork #quiltblock #handpieced #handstitched #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #scrapquilt
Moving some projects on today with some quilt tying 🤓.
Using cotton perle no.3 and Chenille needle no. 18. And going with the Surgeons Knot as my knot of choice today , all whilst watching the tennis ! I’m doing this on the table , so I clamp it as though I was table top basting, but then tie instead of basting. I love how this makes it such a quick process.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon! #tyingaquilt #utilityquilting #quilttying #tabletopbasting #handtiedquilt #tiedquilt #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Joining @charmaboutyou Lucy for #saturdaynightcraftalong with a bit more of the Big Stitch quilting that I was working on today whilst doing my book signing in @pincushion_pantiles !
It was great to see and chat with so many quilters today, thanks for coming out everyone 🙏. And for all the good wishes from those who couldn’t get there! 🙏
#bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #pincushionpantiles #handquilting #handquilted #quilting #quilted #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #patchwork #quiltinprogress
Just a heads up, but the next few #favouritefabricfriday posts will probably be vintage fabrics. I have quite a few old quilts and one of the reasons that I buy them is that I often love the fabrics, and really just want yardage to use in my own quilt 🤷♀️.
So today I’m choosing a lovely blue print from a signature quilt. All the blocks used just one print in each, so you get to see a good chunk of those fabrics 😃. This blue is pretty much my comfort zone palette, and I think almost all of the books I’ve written have had a quilt in it made from these blues 💙.
If you swipe I’ve zoomed out so you can see the block this fabric was used in, and the great quilting that there is in this quilt.
#vintagefabric #vintage #vintagequilt #patchwork #quiltblock #handquilting #handquilted #handstitched #quiltsofinstagram #favouritefabric #blue
Just a little shout out, that if you’re in and around Tunbridge Wells this Saturday, we are doing a Big Stitch book day in @pincushion_pantiles 🥳.
So if you fancy chatting about big stitch hand quilting and seeing all of the quilts and projects from my new book from @searchpress , then do pop by 😃. #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #searchpress #pincushionpantiles #handquilting #handquilted #localquiltshop #tunbridgewellslife #pantilestunbridgewells #patchwork #quilting #quilted
A close up of my string quilt project in @todaysquilter , and on its cover 😊. I love looking at all the different fabrics that always go so well together in a String block, but I’d never dream of putting together in a regular patchwork block. It’s a great quilt to power through the scrap bag and then make space for new fabrics😉. #stringquilt #scrapquilt #todaysquilter #usewhatyouhave #wastenotwantnot #patchworkquilt #createandsustain #patchwork #quiltblock #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #quiltersofinstagram
June. #monthlymarker . I’m liking these bookends to the months.Nice to think about all that’s happened and been made in May and excited about what’s to come 😃. #alphabetquilt #scrapquilt #alphabetquiltblocks #vintage #quiltinprogress
Finished another Kawandi quilt last night. I’m completely amazed at how making these is so addictive. Reading about the women who make these just seems to generate more ideas. These are only tea towel size, so mini quilts really , but I’m loving the process 🤓. I’m numbering them, swipe to see, as I’m enjoying seeing the process develop🧐. #siddiquilts #kawandiquilts #handstitched #handstitching #runningstitch #enjoytheprocess #makersgonnamake #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster
A combination of colours, textures and prints that always makes me happy 😃. Bag pattern is from my book, Sew Layercakes Quilts and Gifts, @searchpress. I’ve also done a how to on here a while back, and adapted the pattern for my BOM series for Today’s Quilter Magazine, 2018 ish! You can tell I love making these 😊. The Paisley was gifted to me from @theoldhaberdashery , and similar velvet ribbon you can find in @pincushion_pantiles . Must admit to buying more colours there this week inspiring more bags ! Can’t have too many project bags! Enjoy stitching in the sunshine 🌞. #makersgonnamake #bigstitch #searchpress #theoldhaberdashery #vintagefabric #texture #happycolours #projectbag
Today’s #favouritefabricfriday is featured in a quilt, as I’ve used up all that I have 🤷♀️. But that’s what’s meant to happen isn’t it? I mean are we meant to buy it , use it then buy some more so that it’s also in our stash for evermore 🤣.
This fabric is by @nathalie_lete for the @annamariahorner Conservatory collections.
For me it is a perfect fabric as there is so much going on and the colours work so well in a string scrap quilt. I used it as the stars in my string quilt on the cover of the current edition of @todaysquilter magazine. I love when a fabric brings all of the scraps together 😊. #patchwork #stringquilt #todaysquilter #todaysquiltermagazine #nathalielete #perfectfabric #makersgonnamake #stringquilts #scrapquilt
Giddy with excitement that so many of you have a copy of my new book Big Stitch Quilting 😊 @searchpress .
If you’d like to see all of the quilts in person they will be in @pincushion_pantiles for the time being, and on Saturday 5th June I will be in the shop too!
I’ll have all of the smaller projects then too! If you can pop along to say hi! We would love that! I’ll have a little gift for the first of you to visit 😉🧵. Bring your books if you’d like them signed, or buy your copy when you visit! We will be thrilled to see you! #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #quiltingbook #searchpress #handquilting #handquilted #utilityquilting #quiltinginspiration #quiltersofinstagram #quiltsofinstagram #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife #pincushionpantiles
And the sorting and tidying goes on. This is a block from a sampler appliqué quilt I taught N years ago (where N =many. This is an in Family phrase, I’m sure many of you have them 🤪 and it’s appropriate here for many reasons! )
The quilt has never been finished, and consists of some blocks quilted and others not. Mainly because I disliked the batting. I’d used something different to try it out , but on a whole quilt, that was a mistake 🤦🏽♀️. It is always a wonder to me how the materials you use can make such a difference to your sewing enjoyment.
I won’t even speculate here on what will become of this quilt, my thoughts are transitioning each day, but let me say that scissors will be involved 🤓. #appliqué #applique #handapplique #quiltinprogress #handquilting #handquilted #quiltersofinstagram #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife
Having a huge tidy up and came across this boat block. Always a favourite as I love the sea! This was made way back when, at least 30 years ago 🤭. It’s proper patchwork, as two of the fabrics were from my husband’s shirts and the others from a skirt and dress that I’d made. I love the way I got all the stripes lined up , as I wouldn’t do that now🤓. If you swipe you can see that I made it with good old EPP, and the skimpiest of SA 🤣. #patchwork #epp #quiltblock #properpatchwork #scrapfabric #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
So I’m getting ready for #saturdaynightcraftalong , (👋 @charmaboutyou ) and I’ll be working on the appliqués on my two Bee Blocks that I started yesterday . To aid and assist in this process I’m using Clover appliqué pins 😍, and their new Macaron . Swipe to see close up, and then the box. It has a magnet in the top, and the soft middle works to sharpen your needles or pins. I was given two by @clovermfg to try out and review. Some of you saw them in my stories a while back. It’s a very cute addition to any sewing box, and I’m liking the idea of the needles sharpening in the Pincushion.
If you think you would like to try one yourself, comment below by this time tomorrow, and I’ll pick a person to send one to! UK post only, and you need to be following me. I will DM the winner! 🥳 #patchwork#quiltblock #beeblock #applique #handstitching #freezerpaperapplique #clovernotions #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
#favouritefabricfriday is featuring more than one today! I was inspired by @sewkirstie and her wonderful bee block 😍🐝. She’s used a tape measure print (mine, at the bottom of the picture is Sandy Klopp aka American Jane , for @modafabrics ). But I got looking and I can see yet more prints in my stash which could make a hive of bees! Are you making Bee blocks for #nomowmay ? I’m going old school Ruby McKim style. The pattern I’m using is in my stories today 🐝. #makersgonnamake #fabrics #sewyourstash #usewhatyouhave #beeblock
So if it’s not a sunny as you’d want it to be today, here’s a little sunny patchwork block to help brighten your day ☀️. #patchwork #quiltblock #scrapquilt #usewhatyouhave #quiltinprogress #handpieced #handstitched #slowstitch #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife
Pop over to @searchpress to have a chance to win a signed copy of my new book Big Stitch Quilting!
And just saying, book launch day in @pincushion_pantiles is in the planning, more details soon 😃🧵🪡 #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #handquilting #quiltingbook #utilityquilting #pincushionpantiles #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster #quiltersofinstagram
Organising my orphan blocks by size incase that makes it easier to put them together into a quilt. 🤓 🤷♀️ #patchwork #quiltblocks #scrapquilt #quiltblock #organised #makersgonnamake #quiltinprogress #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife
So if you’d like to see all of the projects and quilts from my new book Big Stitch Quilting @searchpress then I’ll be on @createandcrafttv tomorrow (Sunday) chatting about the book and the quilts 😃.
And if you’re free on Saturday 5th June we’re doing an in person book launch with @pincushion_pantiles , more on that later! #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #utilityquilting #handquilted #handquilting #runningstitch #quilting #patchwork #patchworkquilt #carolynforsterquilts #carolynforster #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #quiltsofinstagram #quiltersofinstagram
Kicking off #favouritefabricfriday with this one 😍. It’s actually an old top (from @whitestuff ) that when I brought it, I sort of knew I would end up putting it in a quilt 🤷♀️.
There have been lots of great chats on Instagram about sewing sustainably. Check out @sherrilynnwood , @zakfoster.quilts , @heidi.parkes and @amandanadigart and @create.and.sustain for lots to think about!
I know we all have stories like mine , be great to hear them and show the fabric. Use the # and we can all have a look 🤓. #reuse #reusereducerecycle #suatainablesewing #favouritefabricfriday #favouritefabric #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
Look out for the new edition, 75, of @todaysquilter . As well as all of the usual quilt goodness, my scrappy string quilt is on the cover, with full instructions inside. Can’t wait to see you all getting started on your own versions 🤓. #scrapquilt #stringquilt #usewhatyouhave #patchworkquilt #patchwork #todaysquilter #quilt #quiltsofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Very proud of my pressing here, so swipe if you’d like to see the front 🤪.
And I’ve been mulling over ideas for classes to ease us back into some social sewing again at my local quilt shop.
As much as I might have ideas of my own, do any of you want to suggest what you might like me to offer, techniques, projects, quilts, bindings..... I’m not promising anything, but felt like picking some brains 🧐. #handpiecing #handstitched #handstitching #patchwork #quiltblock #slowstitch #runningstitch #pressingmatters #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife
When you put your phone down and wonder why you can’t find it. Current projects shown , binding a quilt (secret sewing 😉),whole cloth Kawandi (yes that is more of my favourite fabric from @catheholden 🤷♀️), and new knitting in my project pouch (from @carollesleyquilts 😍). It’s all keeping me busy in the evenings! #handwork #slowstitch #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #stitchtopiauk
And the days get closer for my book to be out there in your hands🥳. @searchpress have a free project using my favourite things, Big Stitch Quilting and Japanese Knot Bags! Hop over to their site to download 👍. This bag is great for keeping all those lovely threads in that you’ll be using on the book projects and quilts! #bigstitchquilting #bigstitch #handquilting #handstitched #gandstitching #freeproject #searchpress #bag #japaneseknotbag #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #tunbridgewellslife
There is so much happening in the next few weeks and so much to tell you 😁.
Today I’ll start by saying how excited I am about classes starting next week at @madeandmaking 🤓. We will be exploring Manx Logcabin Patchwork, and I’m getting more samples prepped, as after making my first quilt, I have so many more ideas for stitching these blocks. (I’ll even be looking at sewing them on the machine, if hand sewing isn’t your thing!) It’s a great technique for portable stitching, so if you’re planning a Staycation , this is the perfect hand stitching to take. Sarah has a lovely classroom, and for those of us lucky enough to have been there before, it’s a very safe and friendly, with good SD practices. So if you’re looking to ease yourself in to getting out then this would be a lovely one to start you off ! #manxlogcabin #handstitched #handstitching #madeandmaking #manxquilt #makersgonnamake #patchwork #quiltinprogress #logcabinpatchwork #shortquilt #sustainablesewing #quiltersofinstagram #enjoytheprocess #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #scrapquilt #reusereducerecycle #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Joining @charmaboutyou Lucy and #saturdaynightcraftalong 🥳🥳. Finishing up on the Big Stitch Quilting on this scrap quilt. I honestly thought the quilting would get lost in this busy print on the border, but no, there it is, standing proud.😍. One more good reason to get going on Big Stitch! If I’m good,I’ll be taking the tacking out later tonight, party , party 🤣🤣. #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #handquilting #handquilted #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #runningstitch #quilting #quilted
At odd times this week I thought about what my #favouritefabricfriday share would be today. I even took a picture of a hot contender. But this morning it seemed obvious that it had to be this Flea Market Moxie print by @catheholden for @modafabrics . I’ve been stitching it into projects on and off since I brought it, but this week it’s been a feature fabric in my current quilt making, and I’m even going Big by stitching a panel into a Kawandi style whole cloth mini quilt. So those are my plans with this favourite fabric, what are your plans for yours ? #catheholden #showmethemoda #favouritefabric #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #sewyourstash
I know it’s not stitched together yet, but it’s always worth testing it in the early stages for ‘lay ability’ 🐶. #quiltinprogress #spanishwaterdogsofinstagram #quilttester #scrapquilt #designfloor #carolynforsterquilts
One of my favourite unfinished quilts from a favourite class I teach! Sorting through my bags of teaching and all the samples and felt this deserved an airing. This Perkiomen Valley quilt is in a classic layout for the split ninepatch block that it incorporates. Many of you know that the history behind the patchwork fascinates me and this niche of patchwork is no exception 🤓. Google or look in books if you’re interested! #scrapquilt #stashbuster #sewyourstash #splitninepatch #perkiomenvalleyquilt #patchwork #quiltinprogress #quiltsofinstagram #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Does your head feel like this? So many ideas and things to juggle to fit in a day, a week or this month 🤪. Make your Monday a good one ! #patchwork #quiltblock #scrapquilt #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Joining Lucy @charmaboutyou for #saturdaynightcraftalong and everyone else out there! There’s a lot of hand quilting going on, and it might look chaotic, but I know what I’m doing 🤣🤣 #doingwhatilove #handquilting #bigstitchquilting
I’ve been toying with the idea of a #monthlymarker for a while now, and honestly thought that this month I would have made the alphabet block for May. But seemingly not, so I’m using the block from a quilt I made last year (but haven’t quilted yet 🤷♀️). I’ve even, rather pessimistically photographed the J for Next month incase I still haven’t got my act together 🤔. #may #patchwork #alphabet #quiltinprogress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #quiltersofinstagram
Today on #favouritefabricfriday I’m choosing this print by @karenlewistextiles 😍. I treasure this price printed by her on a cotton linen mix, but I’ve used the same print in a neutral in lots of wonderful sewing projects from @robertkaufman . This print was from the Bloomsbury range, and it’s so happy isn’t it? Which fabrics are making you happy today? Share using the # and we can all enjoy! #karenlewistextiles #fabric #favouritefabric #patchworkpotential
Goals for the week, get this quilted, pressed first obvs 🙄 . All the blocks from my book Twenty to Stitch, 5in quilt blocks @searchpress_na @searchpress #quiltinprogress #patchwork #samplerquilt #twentytostitch #searchpress #quiltbook #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #quiltersofinstagram #pincushionpantiles 😉
Sharing before I forget 🙄. This is the finished top from the BOM I did for @pincushion_pantiles over the last year. It’s got a plain border, as opposed to the pieced border on the finished quilt that many of you saw in the shop. I know some of you have finished your quilt tops, don’t be shy, let us see them! #littlegemsquilt #handpieced #handpiecing #handstitched #patchwork #quilttop #quiltinprogress #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #pincushionpantiles #blockofthemonth #tunbridgewellslife
Joining @charmaboutyou Lucy for #saturdaynightcraftalong 👋👋. I’ve had a lovely day in the sunshine and at my LQS, and really haven’t talked so much in ages ☺️. So I’m resting my voice and sitting back with some hand piecing. It actually makes feel that holiday feeling of sun and wind and sunscreen 😎. Hope you have all had a good one ! #patchwork #handpieced #handpiecing #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts #quiltinprogress
#postcardquilt @zakfoster.quilts
This is my #postcardquiltwip block for the challenge set by @zakfoster.quilts with @amandanadigart and inspired by the wonderful postcard from @the_virtual_thread 😍. I’ve put the post card in at the end so you can see where the inspiration for the block came from, incase you’ve missed it in previous posts or stories. I’ve taken elements from the postcard, ric rac, pleats, circles and the stitches, as well as using nearly all vintage or recycled fabrics. The theme was newness, and I think I’ve kept with that. It was really interesting to see where this took me as it was a bit outside my usual working practice, and I don’t often do much appliqué 🤷♀️. Thanks for that challenge and to my postcard partner 🙏. #challenge #newness #applique #usewhatyouhave #sewyourstash #vintagetextiles #vintagefabrics #vintagefabric #repurposed #handstitching #carolynforster #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess
And on this #favouritefabricfriday I’m sharing a new addition to my stash. This is California Bloom, a @libertylondon Tana Lawn. 😍 This was the one that caught my eye when up in the shop this week. I was asked what I might make with it when I purchased it. You often get asked that in a fabric shop, and my lame reply is that I’m not sure yet, but possibly destined for a quilt. I don’t tell them that it could be in a few years time, but that is often the reality. I’m not great at buying fabric and knowing where it will end up, and that also means that when folks see a lot of my quilts, the fabric in them has been collected over many years, and that’s just how I sew, from my stash. So this lovely piece has been added to my stash, and may or may not be seen with soon. Any new additions to your stash this week? #libertyfabric #libertytanalawn #stashenhancement #favouritefabric
Took some time yesterday to photograph some quilts , or in this case a quilt top, yet to be quilted🤷♀️🧵. Too big for the washing line and at least it didn’t flap about. But when I see them on the grass, I’m thinking picnics 🥪🧁😋. #quiltersofinstagram #quilttop #patchwork #scrapquilt #quiltsofinstagram #sewwhatyouhave #sewyourstash #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #quiltsinthewild #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
Favourite quilting design. Realising that I’ve finished a lot of quilts lately, but have taken very few pictures 🙄. So sharing these shots of one of my quilts from the Big Stitch Quilting book out in May from @searchpress @searchpress_na . Elbow quilting, Baptist Fan, Waves, no matter what you call it, it’s just the most satisfying quilt design for me! And aiming to rectify the the photo thing today! Might also do a little book flick through video, anyone want to see what’s in the book? #bigstitch #bigstitchquilting #searchpress #quilting #handquilting #handquilted #amishwaves #baptistfan #elbowquilting #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
I’ve been lapping up all of the posts about the Gees Bend Quilter’s exhibition that is on at @alisonjacquesgallery in London, and was very pleased that I made the decision to visit. The quilts are very bold, and I was surprised that given the boldness it was the details I was drawn too. Amongst other things, it was the bindings.🤓. So in no particular order you can swipe through. I loved the idea in the red corduroy House Top by Qunnie Pettway, that the binding top and bottom has more colours in than the quilt. And on the Two Sided Quilt by Essie Bendolph Pettway that the patches on the front quilt are the binding for the back quilt. 😌. #geesbendquilts #alisonjacquesgallery #patchwork #quilts #quiltbinding #makersgonnamake #deliabennet #lorettaPettwaybennett #Essiebendolphpettway #ethalyoung #qunniepettway
Another one of these posts where I say I’ve stitched one block, and used the tech to see what more would look like. That’s the problem when I stitch sampler quilt blocks, I’m like, I could make a whole quilt just from these 🤣🤣. And it’s a scrap quilt, but really, this block barely used anything 🤦🏽♀️. #Patchwork #quiltblock #quiltinprogress #scrapquilt #sewyourstash #usewhatyouhave #makersgonnamake #enjoytheprocess #handpieced #handstitched #handsewing #handpiecedpatchwork #carolynforster #carolynforsterquilts
