Over five years in the making, stitches from quilters around the world, and cataloguing joys and losses, my Kindred Crosses quilt is a gift.
All the Christmas Quilt is a medallion-style sampler quilt featuring hybrid construction of English paper piecing (EPP) and machine piecing.
It took hand sewing to learn something about the value of slowing down. But, I was surprised when that lesson carried over to crochet, too.
This was probably the laziest Me Made May in history, but I’m choosing to appreciate that I have created these things with my own two hands.
To every stitch there is a season, and maybe to every season there is a stitch? According to Ecc. 3:11, “To everything there is a season…”
Grief is such a strangely empty, yet overwhelmingly present thing. Whatever it is, it is achingly universal.
Have you ever just needed a hug? I have. And, what better way to hug a quilter than by making them a quilt? This is that quilt’s story.
Do you ever feel like you need a minute? I hope this quilt offers you a kind pace that cultivates the joy and healing that creativity brings.
This post about the “Strawberry Parade” pattern is a part of the “In the Garden” mini quilt series. Pattern now available in the shop!
This post about the “Dew Drops” pattern is a part of the “In the Garden” mini quilt series. Pattern now available in the shop!
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