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My mother-in-law taught me to crochet the first year I was married. I quickly grew to love it particularly afghans. I discovered afghan crochet a couple of years later and haven’t looked back.
Sampler Afghan is Finished!
Well here it is…finally! I fringed the top and bottom sides of the afghan using the three colors in the afghan. I’ve not yet started quilting the matching quilt…that will begin shortly.
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Quilt to Crochet: Borders
I’m still plugging away and thought I’d generate an image so you can see what’s been accomplished so far. I’ve finished the top border and am now working on the bottom. It’s a slow process at this point because of the arthritis in my hands and the weight of the afghan on the flexible hook. The final round will be in dark blue to mirror the binding I’ll be putting on the quilt. I’m still leaning towards fringe for the top and bottom ends of the afghan.
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Sampler Afghan: Panel 4
Panel 4 is completed and the right sashing strip has been added. In addition to the sashing pattern I used between the other panels, I’ve added a 10-stitch cream border. I will duplicate this process in reverse for the left side. I’m sweating it out at the moment as I’m getting rather low on my light blue and the dye lot is an old one. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
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Quilt to Crochet: Framed Nine Patch
Final block for the final panel!
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Leisure Arts Quilts to Crochet
I’ve had several requests for pattern information related to the quilt afghan featured in my afghan video. Leisure Arts Quilts to Crochet leaflet #3542 served as my inspiration. All the patterns in this leaflet are done using the half double crochet stitch but can easily be converted to the tunisian crochet stitch, which I did with my afghan. Other common quilt patterns featured in the leaflet include Log Cabin, Double Irish Chain, and Flocks of Geese.
Unfortunately Leisure Arts no longer prints this little gem. But I found it available through Amazon’s third-party sellers. You might also check out eBay.
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Quilt to Crochet: Hour Glass
Fourth block of the final panel…
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Quilt to Crochet: Sarah’s Choice
Third block of the final panel…
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Quilt to Crochet: Bear’s Claw
Second block in last panel…
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Weaving Color change ends on the back
As you may have noticed, I enjoy designing afghans that incorporate color changes in Tunisian crochet. The downs side is the extensive weaving required on the back side to hide the ends. Here’s what I do…
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Quilt to Crochet: Basket Block
This is the first of five blocks for the final panel of my Quilt to Crochet afghan. It’s patterned after the classic basket quilt pattern.
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