I have been pushing my quilting comfort zone by doing the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt for the last few years. The one 2022/23 is named “Chilhowie”. Almost a year since part 1 came out, I am seriously questioning exactly what I was thinking when I started this quilt. I am not thinking that another mystery quilt was a good idea at that point in my life. Then there were much more important things in my life that demanded concentration. This…
I had an idea for a simple wall hanging using yellow and blue triangles for several months. Sunshine & Shadow Triangles would use up more scraps cut into 5″ squares. I have been doing quilts from my scrap bins and stash since 2019, with few that were planned or not scraps in that time. It’s frugal but also makes sense when I already have so much fabric already. I sorted scraps to find the “perfect” blues and yellows for this…
Way back in the 1990’s my quilting buddy (SB) sent me this quilt pattern. I do not know where she got it, but we decided to make a charm quilt with it. We traded fabrics and challenged each other not to let this quilt become a UFO. I made 4 quilts with this pattern. I thought I would share the Picket Fence Quilts with you. The Picket Fence Charm Quilt: I pieced this Picket Fence Charm Quilt during 1995-97. There…
Small projects are fun to make and give as gifts. This Coke Table Topper & Coasters was started by another quilter, who did not finish it and gave it to me. I know a lady who collects all things Coke and I decided to finish this for her. This also marks the first time I actually bought anything off eBay. The center part of the table topper was complete and in a box of donations I received. I set it…
This quilt was made by me many years ago with much love for the recipient. My (step)dad was an avid fisherman, and we ate many wonderful trout and salmon meals over the years he was alive. Wishing I was Fishing describes this hard-working man’s hobby. The original post on my old blog gave the most basic of info on the quilt for this wonderful man. The back story: This widower came into our lives at church. He was a quiet…
Scraps, scraps and more scraps. I saw the pattern for this Prairie Meadow quilt in the Winter 2013 Primitive Quilt magazine and thought it would make a pretty wall hanging. I had a shoebox of 2.5″ squares left over from some previous project and thought this would make a simple and easy project to use them up. You will quickly notice that the directions were used as a guide, but my pieces were different sizes based on what I had…
I found three shoe boxes full of tumblers. They are from the scrap bins just from the different fabrics. Tumblers are easy to sew together, and it is nice to just sit and piece on the machine. I had no real plan how this quilt would evolve but Tumbling Along just called to me. In 2020 while in COVID lockdown, I decided to cut as much as possible from the scrap bin. I cut sizes and shapes I use frequently,…
Here is another project that started during the COVID lockdown. The scrap snowball pattern can be found here. I have been cleaning and reorganizing my sewing room during July and discovered several more plastic shoeboxes of quilt pieces that were cut during the 2020 lockdowns. I had 3 shoeboxes of pieces for making snowball blocks. It seemed like a good time to finish another UFO. There was no color scheme apparently, just a wide variety of scraps. And lots of…
This is time of year to bring out all those patriotic quilts – in any mix of red, white, and blue. It is the birthday of the USA so those of us who live in the US should celebrate our wonderful country (no, it is not perfect, but then neither are any of us). Show off your patriotism with quilts. Each of us have favorite holidays, and here in the US there are plenty to pick from and decorate for….
I think the UFOs were and are having babies while I am out of the room. I am drowning in quilt projects. It is no one’s fault but mine, but I would like to blame quilt gremlins, or gnomes, or fairy godmothers, or anything but me. But in my own defense, during the last 10 days I have bound and made tags (counted cross stitch) for two wall hangings. Yes, happy dance! Two projects completed! I know many of these…
