December | 2017 | Lori Miller Designs

I have been published again, this time it is a fun quilt project, paper pieced eyeglass cases with the title Viewfinders.

These fun eyeglass cases are published in the 2018 Winter Quilts and More magazine issue.

It features a great beginner paper pieced flap of little flying geese. I used Electric Quilt to design it. Then I used linen for the body, scraps of batting for the inside and a color coordinated binding.

Just the flap is paper pieced so it would make a great beginner project to learn paper piecing. It also makes a great eyeglass case for a gift.

You can easily use your scraps to make these adorable cases. Happy Stitching!

I am so excited to be published again. This large block quilt in beach glass hues captures the feel of sand and surf while the snowflakes swirl outside.

And I was surprised to find that I am a cover girl too. Beach glass was featured on the cover of the 2017 International Quilt Festival Magazine.

I designed this large 18″ block with Electric Quilt Software. I wanted to show off the turquoise and sea green colors of the fabric with larger pieces. And I wanted a pretty simple block to put together.

Here is an assembled block. It really shows all of the low volume grey fabric scraps I was using. They just had to be a lighter grey and I used both cream and white tones.

I started out with this large quilt design but ultimately decided to downsize it to a throw that was 3 x 4 blocks.

I hand marked the quilt with ideas I had for quilting. I just use a water soluble marker to put the designs on the fabric. If I am going to quilt right away, I sometime use the disappearing ink one.