Karen's Quilting Blog
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Karen displays her skill and beautiful artwork including hand-woven quilt, handpiece, and machine piece, and love needle turn applique. Quilting is the main craft that she enjoys although she can handle other needlecrafts and has worked in stain glass. Follow her tutorials, special designs, family stories, and much more here.
Karen's Quilting Blog
11h ago
Finally I am moving along on English Ivy, two blocks finished yesterday and I hope to get another one or two of the three left to do today. I mentioned that that quilt is forming several different blocks with the layouts but when I said 2 or 3 most didn’t recognize the 3rd so I ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
1d ago
Well it rained and although it wasn’t all day and I was in and out I made a little progress on English Ivy The next block ready to stitch today – all of the rest of the blocks in that stack have their sew lines penciled on and ready to stitch when this block is ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
2d ago
In the sewing room that is – I was out of town for a part of the day yesterday. We had went to Conway to Success Vision to get some new eye glasses for Mike and while there went to Sam’s to stock up. I had gotten glasses there a couple months ago and although ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
4d ago
Yesterday I just didn’t get around to a lot, I have been in such a reading mode this past month or so that my sewing mojo has slowed down a bit and now when the weather is nice I like to enjoy the mornings outside. But I did get a little done. Next of the ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
5d ago
I’m glad I have waited to sew rows together as I have been shifting blocks constantly as I finish them. I got one more done yesterday and I now have the quilt 6×6 rows. I have enough layer cake 10” pieces left to make 6 more blocks and they are all green!! Which means more ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
6d ago
Yesterday was kind of hot I did have to run to the grocery store in the morning but it was pleasantly not too busy because of the holiday weekend so I was able to pick up my things rather quickly and be done. At home I read a bit like usual and worked on a ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
6d ago
I don’t know about you all but I have a hard time drawing a straight line so I use rulers a lot. For the Carpenter’s Wheel I was asked how do I mark this design. I use Fons and Porter white chalk mechanical pencil and any wash out blue ink pen that I have ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
1w ago
Saturday was a nice day after all, I thought it was going to be humid but it wasn’t until afternoon and even then it wasn’t bad. I spent some time outside and got one row of the hexies stitched and some book reading too. Top row is stitched I will start on the second row ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
1w ago
Amazing to think I got done with as much as I did today because I was sitting outside on the porch off and on with my kindle enjoying the mild weather after all the stormy weather we have had – the humidity was low and the high 80 – had to sit out and enjoy ..read more
Karen's Quilting Blog
1w ago
The last time I showed this quilt it looked like this – Noriko’s Star – I don’t remember who it was but someone asked a short while ago where could they get the pattern. There is no pattern available I saw it on Pinterest and I’m copying the photo. I do not claim the pattern ..read more