Quilt Shops and COVID-19
Tourmaline & Thyme For those of you looking for materials to complete your projects or start a new one, there is no need to venture outside. I receive emails and blogs from dozens of quilt shops – large and small. Needless to say, I like supporting local...Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Wild Irish Rose – Copyright 2020 – Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts An Irish Blessing May there always be work for your hands to do.May your purse always hold a coin or two.May the sun always shine upon your window pane.May a rainbow be certain to follow each...
Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend – Sometimes
Working on a diamond background for a wall hanging, I discovered a few tricks that make these diamonds a bit easier to cut and piece so the points match beautifully. First, I sewed either two or four strips together in the order needed. When sewing them together, I...
Quilters, Quarantine and Covid-19
Fellow quilters, this is an uncertain time. With the corona virus spreading rapidly around the globe, people are emptying grocery shelves, schools are closing, travel is slowing, and people are shutting themselves up in their homes. I would suspect that most quilters...
Over the Rainbow – Final day
Gradations Quilt – design by Sue Pelland Today was quite rewarding! I sewed the nine squares together and added the border according to the instructions. I was pretty happy with the results. Now, I just need to start quilting it! I learned so much on this quilt....
Over the Rainbow – Day 5
Today, the Leaves Galore ruler was used to cut smaller melons or petals. Again, eight of each color. These were fused together on a Goddess Sheet. Then, I matched the flower color to the ring color. The flowers were fused to the background on top of the lemon leaves....
Over the Rainbow – Day 4
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade – or put lemon leaves on your quilt. Today, I learned that the Leaves Galore can be used to make more than melons. It can be used to make lemon leaves. I cut 36 leaves and then chopped about an inch off one end of the...
Over the Rainbow – Day 3
So what do you do with 72 melons? You put them in a patch, or nine. The melons were sorted into nine piles of eight similar colors. Who says you don’t need math to quilt. Given the fabric was a gradation (thus the name of the pattern), it was a bit subjective as...
