Does anyone else have this problem? You make a quilt as a gift for a friend or family member and then fall in love with it SO much that it is almost painful to give away? Well, this was my experience with the Huckleberry Modern Baby Quilt. Luckily I was strong and was able to give it to it’s intended …
Measured Improv: “Up In the Air” Quilt
So, I’m still exploring what I call Measured Improv. If you’ve read some of my earlier blog entries, you will remember that this is what I termed my approach to Improvisational Piecing. I now introduce you to “Up In the Air”, my most current exploration: The inspiration for this quilt was a block created by Kelli for my month in …
House Softies and a Quilt to Match
What do you do when you find awesome Ikea House Fabric? You make little houses of course! As soon as I saw this “Britten Hus” fabric I was inspired to make little houses and after I sewed these little guys up – I was in love! They are the cutest squishiest little houses. I wanted to select a fabric for …
Measured Improv: Lavender Big Log Baby Quilt
Before I even finished The Big Log in the original colors of Black and White, I started to think about what variations could be made to make the look and feel of the quilt completely different. Though I love black and white quilts for babies I thought that in this case the Black and White was too stark of a …
June Theme: “Measured Improv”
Each month on The Quilt Engineer blog we’ll explore quilt designs within a certain theme. I so often get overwhelmed with the designs that float around in my head that I figured if I picked a theme for the month that I could stay more focused. I know I’ll still keep wanting to skip ahead a month or so but, …
Log Cabin Revisited: “The Big Log”
I saw a picture of a rug online awhile ago and was inspired to make this quilt. I wish I could find a picture of the inspiration rug. When I first looked at it I fell in love with the new take on the basic log cabin. I love log cabin blocks in modern quilts but, I look at them …
Welcome to My New Blog – The Quilt Engineer!
Hey Bloggie Friends, I have a new blog! Yay! I’m so excited! For better or worse, I will still “dream of quilts” :-), but, I will no longer blog at www.idreamofquilts.wordpress.com. Frankly, when I put up my blog at the end of last year, I knew I Dream of Quilts wasn’t the perfect name for me but, sometimes you just …
The Madelyn: A Girly Modern Baby Quilt Gift Set
So, I just completed a quilt gift set for a coworker. He and his wife were the first friends that I had in the last couple years that have had a baby girl. I love baby gifts and I love little boys but, it’s just something about being able to create a truly girly baby gift. So, I saw the …
A Really Awesome Giveaway: Congrats R0ssie!
So, if any of you are into modern quilting and DON’T know about the flickr group Fresh Modern Quilts, then you don’t know what you’re missing. But, I suspect it’s not that many of you because the group has just surpassed 2,000 members! In celebration of this R0ssie is having an amazing giveaway with 29 – yes, that’s right 29 …
Bee Blocks for March
This weekend I got caught up on all of my Bee Blocks! The first two are for the amazing Jenny from Home Ec for the Bricolage and Butter Bee. They were a lot of fun to make! The great thing about bees is that you get to play with fabric that you never would use yourself. I love the linens …