I love Lori Holt and her Bee in My Bonnet blog! Her designs and fabrics are fresh and fun. About 2+ years ago I became obsessed with her barn quilt blocks (why do you suppose that happened???). She hosted a sew along that lasted many weeks. The tutorials taught me quilting terminology, demonstrated many basic blocks, and helped me increase my sewing skills through practice.
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Barn quilt. Blocks designed by Lori Holt from Bee in My Bonnet.
Finally it was off to Ms. G for quilting. Afterwards I eagerly added the binding and started the process of ‘bonding with my quilt’ (aka finishing the hand binding). I got to the last 10 inches and quit. For.a.year. I moved this quilt from place to place, taking note of my failure each time.
This week I could stand it no longer. I did it. I finally finished my barn quilt. I’ve decorated a guest room in farm girl chic and this quilt and a red chalk-painted dresser are the stars of the show. Whew!
Sandy,
This quilt is so cute and the red the bandana backing is perfect! Playing with colors, patterns and textures is a learning process—glad I could help! Another scrap package is heading your way soon!
Yeah! Scraps. Love them!
It’s beautiful! That’s part of why I like EPP so much – you can make blocks out of scraps and almost always have enough to be working on something.
I like paper piecing too — it helps my straight line stitching immensely!