Have you ever made a quilt that you enjoyed making so much that It's almost criminal? This quilt is that, for me. Custom-made for a friend, I designed this quilt based on interviewing the recipient's husband and best friend-slash-sister-in-law. I thought I knew Karen before I made this quilt for her, but after spending three months making it, I sure do know her well. This quilt has everything plus the kitchen sink in it. Some blocks are pieced, some are paper-pieced, some are just fabric. One block is from a cloth bag of paprika from Hungary. Some blocks are fussy-cut from Spoonflower fabrics I ordered.  There's a story behind every block and I won't go into every last detail, but I represented her husband (Groundhog Day), her sister-in-law-slash-best friend (a mountain lion), her hobbies (gardening gloves, a shovel and a No Trespassing sign, and dominos), her favorite places (Disney and Hawaii), her daughters (two hearts), her sisters (a five-part heart), her fur ba...

  Hollow Diamonds is one of those quilt patterns that is just meant for  Tula Pink 's striking fabrics.   Free Spirit , the company that creates these beautiful fabrics, offers free quilt atterns with their designers in mind.   And that's where I found Hollow Diamonds, the perfect design for Tula's black and white fabric line  Linework , as well as slim pops of her bright colors. Who was it that said, "It takes a lot of work and planning to make a quilt look random." Maybe me. This time, I tried to let it just happen and I'm pretty happy with the results.  Lil' Stinker is a favorite Tula Pink critter.  This was my first bias striped binding and I absolutely fell in love with it. I see more Tent Stripe fabric in my stash's future. I love this backing fabric so much. It's Tula's Sketchyer , which represents her drawings, notes and plans for the whole line of Linework fabrics. The 108" wide backing fabric is done on a larger scale than the s...