Color Girl Quilts by Sharon McConnell

09 Apr

Finished Quilts, Patchwork, Summer Quilt Blockbuster 2013

Lemoyne Star Blockbuster Quilt Finished!

August 7, 2023
Posted by Sharon
8 comments

Sometimes you have to hit "pause" and get some things FINISHED. I am spending my quilty time this month to get some of my unfinished projects finished. I have (finally) finished my Summer Blockbuster quilt...

07 Apr

Book Club 2013-14

April Book Club: “Scrap Basket Beauties”

January 6, 2015
Posted by Sharon
quilt book club, Scrap quilts
5 comments

It's April! It's beginning to look like spring, and it's time for a new book club selection. If you are just tuning in, each month I choose a book to feature and chat a bit...

03 Apr

Polka Dot Bikini, Polka Dot Bikini QAL

Bikini Quilt Along Progress

July 10, 2014
Posted by Sharon
bikini quilt, black and white quilt, curved piecing, how to make a quilt, modern quilt, patchwork, quilting
7 comments

Happy April! For our Polka Dot Bikini quilt along schedule, you should have four more border blocks and the last of the center blocks sewn up. How did you do? Today I want to share some...

31 Mar

Travel

Taking it on the road: Salt Lake City

June 29, 2014
Posted by Sharon
2 comments

I love visiting Utah.My boys get to go skiing, which they love.It is beautiful: snowy mountains, spring trees in bloom in the valley (it still looks like the dead of winter back home)My family...

27 Mar

Fabric

For the Love of Fabric

June 30, 2014
Posted by Sharon
7 comments

Every once in a while (okay, really often) a fabric design just grabs me. Two of my past favorites include Terrain, by Kate Spain and Reunion, by Sweetwater (both Moda, roughly two years ago)....

26 Mar

Announcements, Giveaway

Winner!

June 30, 2014
Posted by Sharon
4 comments

Just dropping in to announce a winner for the Bikini Quilt Along giveaway last week, and it is Kris, of Sew Sunshine fame. She will be treated to a $25 gift certificate at Pink Castle...

24 Mar

Marcelle Medallion QAL, Work in progress

Weekend Work in Progress: Mini Marcelle

June 30, 2014
Posted by Sharon
6 comments

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was scheduled to teach a class on the Marcelle Medallion at my local quilt shop. I didn't want to make another full size quilt, so...

21 Mar

Polka Dot Bikini, Polka Dot Bikini QAL

Polka Dot Bikini Quilt Along: Giveaway Day!

July 10, 2014
Posted by Sharon
bikini quilt, curved piecing, how to make a quilt, modern quilt, patchwork
34 comments

Ok. I know I am a day late. I am also a few pounds lighter. I was completely wiped out of commission yesterday by a stomach bug. I will spare you the gory details...

17 Mar

Circle Applique (by machine)

No Sweat Circles, an Applique Tutorial

November 6, 2015
Posted by Sharon
applique a circle on a quilt, easy quilt applique, quilt applique tutorial
10 comments

Tonight is a bit of show and tell with a tutorial, on a quilt I made based on the pattern "Pivot" from our current Book Club book, Scrap Republic. Now before you get too impressed,...

14 Mar

Quilting Interest

Make a Joyful Noise!

July 1, 2014
Posted by Sharon
4 comments

Joy is... ...taking my sewing machine to pre-school to sew sails for homemade sailboats! …going for a ride with the window down after a long, cold winter. Canton Village Quilt Works…Quilt Day Sale! ….a bit of crafty shopping...

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