It’s January in Montreal, which means it’s cold. Add to that Quebec’s pandemic restrictions, and there’s not much left to do other than chores, work, or fun things like binge-watching a series, reading, or quilt. I chose to sew together some quilt tops.

occurred to me the other day that I make one large project a year (at least). Last year, it was the Zoo Family Portrait. The year before that, it was my beautiful Half Square Triangle Trip Around the World. This year, I’m going to do a block of the month (BOM) from The Quilt Show, called Garden Party Down Under.

d how to machine quilt several years ago, it was because I knew I couldn’t make as many quilts that I wanted to with just hand quilting. I had so many ideas, so many designs. Machine quilting made quilting faster.