Good Afternoon everyone! I hope you are enjoying April 3rd. Today is my dad’s 70th birthday! I was a little distracted from the virtual quilt show as I was putting together a last minute video for my dad. Anyway – if you’ve been to my Instagram feed you can see that I posted a fun […]
April 2020 Scrappy House Block Challenge
Welcome once again to the resuscitated Scrap Quilt Challenge! All the specific rules of the challenge can be found by clicking HERE. This month (April 2020), I’m challenging you to be inspired by Houses! There are SO MANY tutorials out there for making house blocks! Feel free use to any and/or all of them! The scrappier the better! […]
Project QUILTING Virtual Quilt Show – Round 2
Good Afternoon everyone! I got a little slower start on my day today. Well – not really. I did some sewing first today instead of being on my computer first. Anyway – if you’ve been to my Instagram feed you can see that I posted a fun slideshow showing off ten quilts made by ten […]
Project QUILTING Virtual Quilt Show – Round 1
Good Morning everyone! If you’ve been to my Instagram feed you can see that I posted a fun slideshow showing off ten quilts made by ten different Project QUILTING participants. In a previous post, I asked folks to send me a picture of their personal favorite quilt that they made for a Project QUILTING Challenge […]
Q.1 – BIG – Challenge 1 of Project QUILTING Quarantine 2020
Hey gang – it’s Trish. Thought you’d seen the last of me for a while? No way! We wouldn’t abandon you in this time of need. So let’s keep challenging. Now, since there are no prizes in PQQ2020, you can decide how “perfectly” you want to play by the rules. I mean, honestly, it’s just […]
Dresden Neighborhood Color Block Sew Along – Cactus March
I’m really glad I looked the calendar this afternoon! Happy March 28th! If my Grandma L was still alive she would have been 100 today. That’s just crazy to think about. She was such a wonderful woman. Anyway – the 28th of the month also means I have to reveal the Dresden Neighborhood Color Block […]
Project QUILTING Virtual Quilt Show
Hi everyone! Since I’m stuck and home like many of you (and I’m not complaining – just missing people!), I decided to host a Project QUILTING Virtual Quilt Show during our special Project QUILTING Quarantine 2020 season. I can’t do this without your help! Here’s what I’m asking from you: Please EMAIL me – lapaceksorchard@gmail.com […]
Project QUILTING Quarantine 2020 – Limited Edition
Does the title of this post have you excited!? I hope it does! So – Trish and I were chatting and since many of us need to stay at home, we thought it would be good to keep posting Project QUILTING Challenges. This is not an extension of Season 11. This is a whole different […]
Winner of the Project QUILTING Grand Prize Package TWO
This is a bittersweet moment. This is the last blog post I’ll be doing about Project QUILTING Season 11. And what a season it has been! We’ve had a record breaking number of quilts made – 776 (the previous high was in Season 8 with 711). When we add this number to the rest of […]
Winner of the Project QUILTING Grand Prize Package ONE
Throughout the eleventh season of Project QUILTING I experienced so many things. Excitement when the first challenge was posted on January 5th. Awe as I looked through the amazing quilts and projects made in just ONE WEEK! Companionship as we all struggled and inspired each other in the Challenge Quilt Group as we worked on our pieces each […]