Color Girl Quilts by Sharon McConnell

12 Jan

A Work in Progress and Updated Tutorial

June 21, 2014
Posted by Sharon
5 comments

Many readers have seen bits of my Twirling Fans quilt in progress, but the weather was finally decent (and dry!) enough to get some pictures outside. Still not great lighting….blast the winter sun!I machine...

11 Jan

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Free to a Good Home

June 20, 2014
Posted by Sharon
8 comments

Tabatha at Quilty Box is organizing an orphan block drive to make quilts for donating to Quilts for Kids.I figured this was a great time to root through my drawer of orphan blocks as...

08 Jan

Beach Comber

Beach Comber Quilt

November 6, 2015
Posted by Sharon
low volume fabric quilt, modern patchwork, scrappy patchwork quilt
4 comments

I have a "new" pattern in my Craftsy pattern shop: Beach Comber. This is not a completely new pattern as I released it before I rebranded to Color Girl and made improvements on all my...

06 Jan

Book Club 2013-14, Recommended Reading

January Book Club: Hand Quilted with Love

January 6, 2015
Posted by Sharon
basic sampler blocks, best quilt books, quilt book club
9 comments

I don't know about you, but I have so many quilting books, and I will likely keep buying my favorites. The problem is, I hardly ever actually make something from my books. So this...

03 Jan

Midnight at the Oasis QAL, Patchwork

Midnight at the Oasis: a finished top!

June 30, 2014
Posted by Sharon
17 comments

wow! has it really been three months? this is the last link up before our final quilt finish party later this month. I just added the last border to my Midnight at the Oasis Quilt,...

02 Jan

Finished Quilts, Quilting Interest

Lucky Number ’13

June 30, 2014
Posted by Sharon
10 comments

I know I am a bit late, but, "Happy New Year" to all. What a great year was 2013! I had lots of fun chronicling my quilting projects here. Just want to remember a...

29 Dec

Curved PIecing, Curved Piecing, Polka Dot Bikini, Polka Dot Bikini QAL, Tutorials

Curved Piecing Tutorial; plus help with steps 13-14

April 14, 2023
Posted by Sharon
9 comments

I had a request from the audience to publish a tutorial on curved piecing to go along with the Polka Dot Bikini pattern. I plan to do lots of tutorials related to skills, along...

27 Dec

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After Christmas: Time to shop?

June 20, 2014
Posted by Sharon
2 comments

How many are after-Christmas shoppers? I totally am. I start my Christmas shopping for next year at the after-Christmas sales. How about fabric for quilting? oh, there are some great sales at online shops...

25 Dec

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All is Bright

June 20, 2014
Posted by Sharon
3 comments

Christmas Mini "polka dot bikini" quiltChristmas Eve. The children are nestled…Santa is on his way…I have dreams of a blessed year dancing in my mind.What a bright and exciting year it has been! So...

23 Dec

Binding, For Beginners, Modern Mini QAL

Binding Your Quilt (by machine, or by hand)

July 1, 2014
Posted by Sharon
9 comments

Welcome to the last installment of my basic "make a mini quilt" series! This is when we bind our mini quilt. For this tutorial, I am showing how I do all-machine applied binding as...

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