I’ve had this quilt done for a bit now…but the weather had been pretty crumby out for so long and this quilt really needed an outdoor picture to do it any sort of justice. And then FINALLY the weather was perfect for a photo shoot – nice light, not too windy, and no rain. Perfect. […]
Parfrey’s Glen
To be honest, it’s fairly rare that we leave the farm to go on adventure’s with our kiddo’s. They do experience a lot on the farm…but still…this summer is going to be the summer of adventures. We had delayed my mother’s day celebration a week (I’m not a huge fan of sharing it with my […]
Dresden Neighborhood Block Tutorial: 52 Twisted Tradition Block Quilt Along
I twisted the traditional Dresden plates for our next block. My tutorial is using a Dresden Plate Ruler. I’ve done a few dresden plate blocks in the past. I’ve enjoyed them but they’ve never turned out perfectly since I was using paper templates I printed off the web. The paper templates are just fine…I’m just […]
All Shirts…no shoes SWAP Progress
I’m making progress on my ‘All Shirts no shoes” shirts for the Shirts 2.0 Swap. My friend and I also decided to do a mini swap of our own. We each made 5 shirt blocks for each other.These are the blocks Kristina made for me – so love the black and white background! It’s always […]
Viewer’s Choice–Nomination now Open
Hi everyone! I’ll have a more interesting post up later but just wanted to let you know that the Viewer’s Choice Linky is now open for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival. If you just LOVE either my ‘Novitiate Nebula’ Quilt : http://kimlapacek.com/2014/05/novitiate-nebula-scrappy-quilt-entry.html OR the ‘Amazing Technicolor Dream Quilt’ : http://kimlapacek.com/2014/05/the-amazing-technicolor-dream.html please grab the links above and […]
Giveaway Winners Announced and a few Dance Pictures
I was excited to be hosting two giveaway’s last week! It was definitely a fun week for my email and all the comments! To be honest, I tried to reply to all the comments but was very quickly overwhelmed by the response! Thanks to all the new visitors and followers! I hope you enjoy watching […]
The Amazing Technicolor Dream Heart–ROYGBIV Entry
I’ve been debating which quilt I would use for my second entry into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival. (I chose my newest quilt ‘Novitiate Nebula’ for my first one). This year has been a year of FINISHES for me. With a quick tally in my mind I’ve FINISHED 16 quilts (4 were mug rugs…) so far […]
Novitiate Nebula: Scrappy Quilt Entry
The first quilt I have decided to enter into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival is my latest finish – the ‘Novitiate Nebula’ Quilt. I made the blocks for this quilt in 2012 out of fabric 100% from my scrap bins. This quilt is made out of 80 different blocks from a variety of block of the […]
Blogger’s Quilt Festival Starts Tomorrow
One of my favorite online events is starting Friday! The Blogger’s Quilt Festival run by Amy’s Creative Side! I just love this! Friday, May 16th through Friday, May 23rd we can link up to two quilts – each have to be in a separate category. Here is a summary of the categories: Categories Mini Quilt […]
Grandmother’s Love Block Tutorial: 52 Twisted Tradition Block Quilt Along
It will be two years ago on Friday that my Grandma Landwehr passed away. She was an amazing woman and I still miss her every day. When I saw the ‘hearts’ reach out to me from the traditional block ‘Grandmother’s Choice’ I knew this was the block I would twist this week. Grandmother’s Love Block […]