Quilting Linda: A Quilting Blog by Linda West

Jan

28

Another Cold Winter Day…

Posted Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 in Quilting | Read More

The snow drift is a high as the dog house and the top of the bottom post on the deck steps. You can see the temperature is below zero. I am SO READY for spring!

When it snows, I stay inside and sew. I made a tractor block from the Bee In My Bonnet blog. The tutorial is no longer on the site but I had copied the cutting directions before it was removed. I didn’t save a  picture so I had to use my puzzle solving skills to put it together. It still needs a steering wheel embroidered on it.

This will go with the barn blocks I made last year. I am going to make a few more barns with a silo to add the the other blocks..

Jan

24

Quilty Barn Along – 10, 11, 12

Posted Friday, January 24th, 2014 in QAL, Quilting | Read More

Yipee! I finished my barn blocks! I am still deciding how I will set them together but all twelve blocks are finished. I do want to make a silo barn and a tractor but they may be in another quilt. With the birth of our grand daughter and then Christmas in Columbus, I am just now finishing my BOMs. I was lured into a new BOM for 2014 and have my first row almost finished. More on that later…

By the time I was ready to sew these blocks, the tutorial had been removed. By looking at the pictures on Flicker, I was able to draw them in EQ7 and finish them.  And here they are….!!!

Jul

15

Quilty Barn Along – 9

Posted Monday, July 15th, 2013 in QAL, Quilt Blocks | Read More

The name of the block inside the barn is Country Crossroads. You can find the tutorial for this block here.

Jul

13

Barn Quilt Along – 8

Posted Saturday, July 13th, 2013 in QAL, Quilt Blocks | Read More

Sorry for the bad photography. The center points are a light blue against the white background.

We were given a pattern for a barn with a silo beside it and the pieced block in the barn door. I want to make a few of those in different colors.

May

25

Quilty Barn Along – 7

Posted Saturday, May 25th, 2013 in QAL, Quilting | Read More

I am still enjoying the barn quilt-along. This is the 7th block in the series.

May

10

Quilty Barn Along – 6

Posted Friday, May 10th, 2013 in QAL | Read More

Block 6 is Sunny Sunflower! It sounds happy, doesn’t it?

A tutorial for this block can be found here.

Apr

24

Quilty Barn Along – 5

Posted Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 in QAL | Read More

The block on the barn this week is called Maple Leaf.  Click here for the block five pattern.

Apr

11

Quilty Barn Along – 4

Posted Thursday, April 11th, 2013 in Quilting | Read More

I made the fourth barn today.  Sorry about the photography but it has been raining and gloomy all day. Again, the pattern can be found at Bee In My Bonnet. It’s not too late to join the Barn Along. A new barn is posted every other Wednesday. There will be a total of 12 blocks. I am waiting to add the sashing until I have all the blocks finished.

Mar

19

Quilty Barn Along

Posted Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 in My Projects, QAL, Quilting | Read More

My friend Kris told me about another QAL (quilt- along) that I could not resist. Lori Holt at Bee In My Bonnet is hosting the QAL with tutorials.

This is the first barn with a Weathervane block made from 1930s fabrics.

The block in this barn is “Farm Fresh Flower“.

I made the first block twice. I had used fabrics from my scrap basket the first time. When I made the second block, I decided to use 1930 reproduction fabrics for the inserted blocks. I took the first block apart and inserted a new “Weathervane” block made from the ’30s fabrics.