Don't Look Back

So, I'm a bad blogger.  At least I used to be.  I would create a blog, post a bunch of random things, then trail off into oblivion.  I think the problem was that I didn't have a focus.  So I'm going to move forward - not looking back to my past mistakes in blogging.
This blog will focus on my love of quilting, specifically patchwork and paper piecing (bet you could guess that from the blog name!)
My favorite quilting technique is paper piecing.  This is because it's so precise and very hard to mess up once you get the hang of it.  Lately, I've been dipping my feet into patchwork projects beyond using squares like my Mom taught me at a very young age.
Keep in mind, this is a learning process for me, even thought I grew up in a quilting and sewing home with my Mom and my Nanny holding quilting bees in the living room.  They would literally set up a huge quilt frame in our living room for a weekend and completely hand quilt a quilt in two days.  I wish we had pictures of this, it was a great experience and my siblings and I were always encouraged to help out.  Even when our stitches were huge and we didn't always make it through all three layers, every stitch we did stayed in the finished quilt.
I hope you will stick around and come back to visit often.  I plan on having tutorials and give aways and (crossing my fingers here) guest bloggers.

Stay tuned for my first quilty post!

A beautiful hand pieced & hand quilted hexi quilt by my mom, Lucy