Broken Dishes is Done!

CIMG1760, originally uploaded by Indie House.
I finally finished the binding this week while everyone else was helping to cook Thanskgiving dinner I’m glad to finally get this one done and in it’s receipients hands. It went home with her to Colorado and will most likely be claimed by her cats as she as [...]

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Bee Modern Quilt Front and Back

If you aren’t in my bee you may feel a bit like this about all my quilt posts

And I’m truly sorry but I’ve been very inspired to work on this quilt recently and I couldn’t resist (despite a number of birthday projects that NEED to get done!)
The “front” of the quilt is officially done.

The [...]

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Quilting with Painter’s Tape

Bento Box Quilted, originally uploaded by Indie House.

Quilting is done! I decided to take photos of each step of the quilting process for you. I always wonder when I see a finished quilt how they did it. Was it done by hand or machine, on a standard home machine or on a long arm?
This [...]

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Modern Quilting

canonjune09 138, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

I can’t believe I got the back pieced and the quilt sandwich pinned together! To be completely honest I wanted to stop about half way through pinning but I had the quilt taped to my kitchen floor and I couldn’t really leave it there overnight. My husband to decided [...]

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Bento Box Top Complete

Bento Box Top Complete, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

The top is done! I’m really glad that I went ahead and made four boxes to put together. Although it’s a rather large “playmat” now you appreciate the green element of the quilt and how it moves around. I got the idea from Amanda Jean when she [...]

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Can you “biggie size” that bento box, please?

Beginning of the Bento Box, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

Bento box quilts seem to be quite popular lately and I’m hardly immune to the hype. But I wanted mine to be a little different. I prefer large scale prints that wouldn’t work with the normal dimensions of this pattern. So I doubled the size of [...]

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Playing Hooky From Work

Mixtape Quilt Top, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

I travel quite frequently for work and occasionally I have to travel over weekends. Officially my company has no policy to give me back that time but since I work from home when I’m not traveling I just take it when my schedule will allow it. Sunday I’ll [...]

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Zig Zag Quilt

Orange Woodgrain Binding, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

This was the second quilt I started but the fourth that I finished… I got stalled on the binding because I had two birthday quilts to finish. I was able to finish the binding this weekend so I can get going on my next birthday quilt and my [...]

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Inked Quilt Completed!

IMG_3629, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

I finished this in the car on the way to my sister’s birthday! She is always making quilts for family and friends so I thought it was high time she had one of her own. You can’t see in the pictures but my sister has a fair bit of ink [...]

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Blogger’s Quilt Festival

IMG_3371, originally uploaded by Shear Delight.

Have you heard about the 1st Annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival yet? In case you haven’t I thought I should let you know it’s kind of a big deal
I wasn’t going to enter at first thinking that the quilt I did for my husband was my favorite (of [...]

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