Old Dog #2

Adding another quilt today in the Old Dog: New Tricks Series. The original block, from my now de-constructed quilt, ended at the edge of the blue background and the bottom of the dog. I added a busy floral border and a simple cross-grain applied binding. To clarify, to make the binding I fold my fabric … Continue reading Old Dog #2

Old Dog #1

Here's the first quilt created in the "Old Dogs, New Tricks" series. Pretty basic stuff. I'm just getting my feet wet. I added a blue border and bound it with a 1/4" binding. It measures about 14" square. New Tricks 1. Believe it or not, I don't ever recall making a bias binding using striped … Continue reading Old Dog #1

Old Dogs, New Tricks

I'm developing a new workshop called Beautiful Basic Binding for Beginners. I know; that's a lot of B's. Apparently I'm into alliteration. In preparation for my "guinea pig" class this spring I needed samples. I had originally thought of putting some really nice bindings on pre-quilted muslin squares (ick) but I just couldn't bear to … Continue reading Old Dogs, New Tricks