It's Friday. That means that Part 3 of the Kaffe Fassett Field Notes is here. But I also want to share a quilt I designed and finally finished this last Saturday. My Card Trick blocks are simplified from the vintage/traditional version. I've shared about this before. I also wanted to use two different background prints. It is a real scrap buster! No Tricky Card Trick There are 4 fabrics in each of the 9 blocks (plus the background solids). It was fun to select all sorts of prints and my only criteria was that there be strong contrast. Check it out in my Etsy shop . Now here is the designer himself. This first appeared in February 2009! An Upscale Quilt An Upscale Quilt Field Notes: Kaffe Fassett Having made a name of sorts in many different mediums, I’m often asked by audience members around the world what I’d like to try next. “Scale” is always my answer: I envision covering a large building in tiles, mosaic, or fabric. Last November I fo...

Yes, it's true. Most of us are under what I call House Arrest. And because we are quilters and are sitting on quite a stash, we are making quilts, right? I've been home for 2-1/2 weeks with 5 teaching contracts cancelled. Am I twiddling my thumbs? No! I've been sewing and quilting and finishing quite a few quilts. I created a Facebook Page called House Arrest Quilts . It's open to the public (until someone misbehaves). It's for YOU to also share any quilts you're working on. Here is my Minton Elephant that I haven't seen in about a year. I tore my sewing room apart last week looking for her. And then I heard a little whisper from my desk: "In here, Miss Debby. Look in this folder." And there she was in the plastic sleeve I placed her in to keep her safe. Minton Elephant in the protective binder sleeve I cut this out a few years ago and auditioned it on a lovely cream background: Minton Elephant from 2016 Since the elephant left th...