A finished quilt: Arkansas Crossroads

Hi everyone, 

I finally finished my Arkansas Crossroads quilt. 

I started making the blocks for this quilt in January 2017, as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

Every month I made 4 blocks in the monthly colour. 

I made 5 blocks in December for a total of 49 blocks. 

I added a 9 patch border. 

The quilt finished at approximately 96” square. 

I really love how it turned out. 

I had it long arm quilted by Tammy Spencer with an all over swirl design. 

It looks perfect. 

It’s a really big quilt. 

It’s almost too big for a queen. 

I love it though! It really brightens up a room! 

I hope you like it!!

A small finish and some progress....

Hi everyone,

It's been a while. I've had a slow beginning to 2018.

Oh well.

I have a little finish to share with you.

It's a small fidget quilt that I made for a work friends mother.

Her mother has Alzheimer's and lives in a home.

My work friend wanted hers and her kids names on it.

She wanted lady bugs.

She wanted some yellow and a cheerful quilt.

Other than that I had not direction.

I came up with this little quilt made from charm squares.

I added vintage trims, laces and buttons.

I made three dimensional flowers, and pennants with the names embroidered.

I did a lot of hand embroidery on this little quilt.

But it was a fun little project.

I hope you like it.

I've also been working on this quilt top designed by Diane from the Butterfly Threads blog.

I haven't been sewing regularly, so it's taking longer than it should to get this top done.

I have finished the center portion since this photo was taken.

I'm now working on the border blocks.

I hope to have this quilt top done in the next few weeks so that I can send it to my longarm quilter.

A finished table runner, a finished quilt top and progress on Leo's Mane

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all doing well. 

It's been a crazy week for me. But, I did manage to do some sewing.

Yesterday, I finished my red and black table runner that I made using the first two blocks of my Sampler BOM quilt. It turned out really nice. It's a keeper.

I free motion quilted it on my Janome 1600p-db.

This was all from fabrics in my stash, including the backing.

On the weekend, I also finished my Idaho square dance flimsy. 

I really love how this quilt top turned out. 

It's all done from fabrics from my stash also. I busted a lot of tiny scraps with this one. 

I need to find backing fabric for it still and buy some batting to finish it. 

I also continue to work on my Leo's Mane quilt. 

I almost have part two completed. 

This is my current hand piecing project. This one is English paper pieced and I bought the papers from 

Eagles' Wings quilts. This quilt is Cathy's original design. 

I hope you like my projects!! 

A finished scrappy table runner!

Hi everyone, 

I did some quilting and hand stitching binding today.

It allowed me to finish this scrappy table runner.

I started piecing this table runner in June.

It is all hand pieced from a kite shape. 

I did not use English paper pieces. 

Just old fashion tracing of a template, cut it out the pieces with scissors and used a quarter inch seam to piece the shapes together. 

Here's a picture below of some of the piecing I did in Cuba on my holiday. 

I decided to use a large floral print for the backing.

I free motion quilted in on my Janome 1600p-db sewing machine. 

I really love how this table runner turned out. 

This one is mine and I'm keeping it. 

I hope you like it too.

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My Scrappy Sampler quilt is done!!

Hi everyone, 

I have another finished quilt to share with you. 

It's my Scrappy Sampler quilt.

I'm really happy with this quilt. 

This is my original design. I used all fabrics from my stash for the front and the binding.

The backing fabric is a wide backing that I purchased at a local quilt store. 

I quilted it on my Janome 1600p-db sewing machine with an all over swirl design. 

This quilt is a large twin size finishing at 76"x92". 

I'm excited to have it done and to be able to catch-up on some other projects that I've started. 

I hope you like it!! 

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Scrappy Medallion Quilt Completed

Hi everyone,

I'm so glad to have finally finished this quilt. 

I even got the hanging sleeve done. 

I love how this quilt turned out. 

This quilt is my original design. I started it in October of 2016. When I started making it I didn't have a plan. I just kept adding rounds and designing them as I went. At some point I made myself a drawing of it on graph paper and continued on with my design as I had drawn it. I'm really proud of how the colours worked together and that I used my fabric scraps to make it.

I quilted it with a swirl design on my Janome 1600p. 

I had some tension issues while quilting. I didn't notice it right away and ended having to remove a lot of the quilting and redo it. That was a pain. But, I got it done.

I used a large scale print on the back. I got the backing for $3.88/meter. 

It was a steal. 

I hope you like it. I'm pretty proud of this quilt.

Idaho Square Dance quilt progress

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all having a great weekend. 

I had a chance last night after work to lay out all my blocks for my Idaho Square Dance quilt designed by Bonnie K. Hunter.

I still have the corner units to make and the border.

But, I will be able to start sewing these blocks together as soon as I get the chance.

This is going to be a beautiful lap quilt.

I wanted to make it bigger, but I decided against it as I have other quilts I really want to make too. So, a lap quilt it will remain. This pattern is from Bonnie's latest book Addicted to Scraps. I love all of Bonnie's patterns and I really want to make several of the quilts from this book. I just love her scrappy style. 

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My plus baby quilt is done!

Hi everyone, 

I hope you are all well. 

I finished my plus quilt. 

It's a baby quilt.

It measures 42x48 inches before being washed. 

 

I made the blocks in a rainbow of colours!

 

I started making these blocks as part of RSC 2017. 

Then a friend took in a young girl who was pregnant, so I decided to make this into a quilt right away. 

I'm still going to continue making these blocks for RSC 2017 though. 

The binding is scrappy in dark blues. 

 

I used really old stash for the backing. 

The quilting is a large loopy pattern. 

It turned out really well. 

I'm really happy with it. 

Hope you like it!

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A plus quilt for baby.... in progress

Hi everyone,

I designed a little baby quilt to use some of the RSC2017 plus blocks I've been making. 

This baby quilt I'm donating to a young woman who is expecting her first child. This girl is 17 years old and was kicked out of her home when her parents found out she was pregnant. None of her family would take her in. One of my coworkers has a daughter in the same class, and offered to take her in. She's been with my coworkers family for six months now and is doing really well. When I heard this story it saddened me so much. I'm glad she is in a safe place now, with a good family to take care of her. I wanted to do my part and make a quilt for her baby. I had a teen pregnancy too. I ended up getting married at 18 years old. I had met the most amazing man, and I'm still married to him today, 21 years later. But it was hard, and a lot of people judged me harshly. I remember all those things that happened. I was fortunate to have family support. Even though they were not impressed with me, they still stood by me. 

 

I could not imagine being abandoned by my family. It would be devastating for this girl, at a time when she must feel like her life is falling apart. Making a quilt for her is my gift to help her in these challenging times. Many of my coworkers have donated items like cribs, clothing, strollers, and diapers. I'm always so impressed with the generosity of the people I work with. 

I would have gotten this quilt top done today, but my iron died. Ughhhhh! I'll have to go buy a new one tomorrow. 

My Scrappy Sampler Quilt is a flimsy!

I'm so glad to finally share this finished quilt top. Considering I designed this in March of this year and I have a top done is pretty good for me. I have about 20 quilt designs that I've never made into quilts yet. 

This quilt is bigger than I have thought it would be. I really like the size. I love big quilts. It's definitely a bed quilt and will make a great twin size quilt with lots of overhang for today's thick mattresses. 

Here's a photo that I took in the morning with more daylight. 

 

I've been working night shifts this week. I don't work nights very often as I'm usually able to find someone to switch with. But not this week. It a lot more effort for me to get it done, since I was so tired. I was in a time crunch to finish this for Wednesday's guild meeting. I'm introducing this quilt as next years BOM. I won't have it quilted by Wednesday, but that's okay. 

I hope you like it. 

I've put in a lot of hours on this one, from making the design to writing instructions. Wow it's a lot of work! 

 

Sampler quilt progress

Hi everyone, 

I managed to get two borders on my Sampler quilt the last few days. 

There are a lot of pieces. But I love the look of it. 

I'm working on the side borders now too. It's going to be a nice twin size quilt when it's done. I can't wait to have it finished. 

I have so many projects and other things going on right now. I've been busy.  

I decided not to do two versions for our guild BOM. It's just too much. I think this pattern is very nice and will do the trick. I'm excited to have made that decision. I know that it's the right one. 

 

My Canada's Big Bee quilt is done

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well! 

I worked a lot last week. 

I was off work yesterday and managed to finish this donation quilt. 

I quilted it with a simple meander. The binding is scrappy. 

The backing came from my old stash. It's a super soft robot print. Perfect for a little boy. 

I really loved making this quilt. It's going to a Ronald McDonald House for a child who is going through treatment at one of the Sick Kids Hospital in Canada. 

I think this is such a worthy cause. I've had two family members use these services. So it's very close to my heart. I hope the child that receives this quilt loves it. 
 
 

 

A Blackbird Gathering, a finished quilt

I finally finished this quilt. 

I free motion quilted it with my Janome 1600p-db. It worked like a charm. I also made a matching mini table topper quilt with the leftover strips. It's super cute. 

Here they are together!

I'm glad to have this off my list of UFO's.

Again, this was all made from cotton and wool from my stash. Yeah!!!

 I hope you like it!!

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Canada's Big Quilt Bee

Hi everyone, 

I've finally finish the quilt top that I made for Canada's Big Quilt Bee. They are collecting 1000 quilts to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. It will be given to a sick child that is at one of the Sick Kids hospitals in Canada. 

They had wanted slab block quilts. But you know me, I can't just follow instructions. Lol!  

Lorna from  Sew Fresh Quilts had come to our guild and given a trunk show. Well, I bought six of her patterns. I pulled these out and chose three blocks that I thought would work well. 

As you can see they are super cute. The beaver, the bird and the raccoon are all patterns by Sew Fresh Quilts. 

Then I wanted to add the bounding bunny block by Sally Trude from the blog, The objects of design. This is also such a cute block.  

I had to cut one of my slab blocks to make space for the beaver block. But I think the quilt top turned out super cute. 

I need to make a backing for it now and quilt it. 

I hope you like it!

My Scrappy Sampler quilt progress

Hi everyone, 

I've got the centre of my sampler quilt done. Woohoo!

I'm really loving how it looks. 

What do you think?

 

Sampler quilt....

Hi everyone, 

I've been working on a sampler quilt the last few weeks. This quilt is my own design. It uses traditional blocks, done scrappy. 

Why am I making it?

Well, I volunteered to do my quilt guilds BOM for next year. I wanted to make a sampler that could be done out of scraps.  My style is scrappy. I thought I'd share my techniques for making all kinds of fabrics work together in one quilt. So this quilt is being made ahead to encourage members to want to join in. 

The funny thing is that I second guessed myself on this design. So, I submitted a second layout that was more symmetrical, thinking that we could chose one to make. But it was a split decision, and I couldn't chose so I'm doing two options using the same blocks. 
 I'm a sucker for punishment. Lol!

Not only is this the first time I'm doing a BOM, it's my first time writing a pattern for others to make. And now I'm doing two!!!! What did I get myself into. Lol! 

So this is version #1. 

Hope you like it so far. 

A mini quilt finish

Hi everyone,

I decided to finish a mini quilt that I started in January. 

This is a cute little table topper quilt. It is 16"x20". I used fabric from my crumb box to make the 4 inch finished quarter log cabin blocks. I did some straight line quilting which kind of distorted the shape a bit. But oh well, I still think it's cute.  

Yesterday, I also made a pincushion and needle keeper for a swap. I used up my red crumbs to make these too.

I really like these little projects. It's really satisfying to get something done in a short amount of time. 

 I hope you like my finished projects! 

 

En Provence quilt is finished

Hi everyone, 

I have a finish for February, just in time. Haha! 

I very simply quilted my En Provence quilt below. 

This quilt is for my daughter. She loves a soft quilt and didn't want it densely quilted. So I kept it simple. I used the Philip Jacobs picotte poppies print and the lavina print separated by a solid purple strip for the backing. I used the same solid purple for the binding. 

Haha! Had to add a puppy pic in there. 

My En Provence quilt is a finished flimsy!!!

Yeah! I did it! 

I got my En Provence quilt top completed. I'm so excited! 

 This is a big quilt, with a lot of pieces. 

This is going to be for my daughter. She picked the colours I used. All the fabric came from my stash! Yeah! For stash busting!! 

I'm not sure if I will quilt it myself yet. If I do, it will be simple quilting. 

I'm so thankful to Bonnie K. Hunter for the amazing pattern. If you want to make this quilt, she sells the PDF pattern on her website http://quiltville.com/shop.html

 

More En Provence progress.....

Hi all, 

I have the centre of my En Provence quilt done. Now I'm working on the borders.

I love it so far. 

My dogs love it too! 

Hope you like it!!