Patchwork Times by Judy Laquidara

A Hole in the Sky

JudyL — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:18:41 +0000

It wasn’t really a hole in the sky but it kinda looked like it. We were coming home from eating dinner last night and the sky was so blue but it looked like a big white hole in the blue sky. There’s so much beauty around us and I’m so thankful for digital cameras and [...]

February QOV Pattern

JudyL — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:35:02 +0000

This is the pattern I’m offering for the February QOV. The pattern will be called “Pick A Pinwheel”. The quilt will finish at about 62″ x 75″. According to EQ, the fabric requirements, are: Background – 2 yards Medium Blue – 7/8 yard Dark Blue – 1-7/8 yards Red – 1-1/8 yards Gold – 1-1/4 [...]

Sprouting

JudyL — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:33:46 +0000

It’s been a while since I sprouted anything but the pieces of our lives are starting to fall back into place and more and more things are returning to “normal”. Yesterday I started some lentils and mung beans to sprout. Here’s a post I did about making sprouts. They’re very inexpensive and so fresh and [...]

February Palette Challenge Fabrics

JudyL — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:05 +0000

When I got back to the sewing room yesterday morning, I knew there was no way I could use the big floral and crazy prints so I went back to the fabric closet with the printed palette Vicki had chosen for February. This is what I came up with. Then I took Vicki’s advice and [...]

Importing Fabric Into EQ

JudyL — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:57:36 +0000

My quilts are always designed in EQ and mostly I use fabrics already in the EQ libraries that are similar to the fabrics I intend to use. Since so much of what I use is tone on tone, it’s real easy to get a close red or a close blue but for the Palette Challenge, [...]