Break a Leg Quilt

Meet the Break a Leg quilt. When my nieces were younger, I promised them a trip out to see me for their first teenaged birthday. When the oldest niece had her trip, we went through patterns and books and fabrics so she could help pick out a more grown up quilt. (Her...

Navigation: My Perfect HST Quilt and Mini

I finally finished piecing, basting, quilting, binding, and photographing Navigation: my Perfect HST quilt and its mini! I started this at the beginning of last year when the amazing Lee Heinrich came out with the Perfect Half-Square Triangle templates and hosted a...

How to Trim Half-Square Triangles Perfectly

When I first started quilting nearly 20 years ago, the method for making half-square triangles was pretty straightforward and limiting. Cut your squares 7/8-inch larger than the finished block, stack them together, sew a 1/4-inch seam on both sides of a center line,...