Starfish Blues
by lsmith | Jan 11, 2022 | Quilting Tips
This month, the EQ8 block spotlight is on Birds and Star. In this block, an eight-pointed star is bordered with Birds in the Air units, which consist of three triangles for the birds and six triangles for the sky. My sister and my niece are visiting me this week. They...
Block Spotlight – Stripes Bordered Inside 4
This month, Jenny from EQ8 picked a sashing block for the spotlight. That was a new challenge. I play with sashing blocks quite a bit, but making this one special was my challenge this month. The first debate between me, myself and I was whether to use it as a sash...
Ice Flowers
Several years ago, when I visited my Aunt in Southern California, I noticed these amazing little flowers growing all along the roadside. I asked her what they were. She replied they were really a weed that was invading the area. Apparently, they had been planted years...
Etude 19
by lsmith | Jul 13, 2021 | Quilting Tips
According to Merriam-Webster, an etude is a piece of music for the practice of a point of technique. I think we can apply the term to quilting as well! This month for the EQ8 Block Spotlight, Mosaic 19, I decided to practice the art of framing blocks. First, let me...