A completed UFO!

Hi everyone, 

I have a finished quilt to share. 

My Summer blues quilt is done. 

I made the top in 2011. 

It is not very well pieced, but that’s okay. 

I wanted it done. 

So I did some simple quilting and made a scrappy binding and backing.

I need to wash it now. 

Yes, it’s off my UFO list!!!

So happy!!

I also made this small modern table topper with left over scraps from a current quilt I’m working on.  

That’s another finish, 

Makes me happy!!

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 small finished table topper and some blocks

Hi everyone, 

I’ve had such a busy month. 

I helped my parents pack their things to move back to their home town. 

They we living in a house that we owned. 

When they decided to move, we stepped into action to put it up for sale. 

Carrying two houses wasn’t for us and we didn’t want to continue renting it. 

It was a lot of work to prep it for sale. 

But it sold very quickly. It was a relief. 

I hardly had any time to sew this month.

I had planned to make a table runner out of the blocks that I used for the my quilt guilds BOM. 

I had it all designed, but I was too tired to make all the blocks it required.

So, I made a mini version. A small 20 inch square table topper.

I really like how it turned out. 

I may still make the full table runner, but this one will do for now.

I also worked on trying to catch up on my Arkansas crossroads blocks that I’m making for the Rainbow Scrap challenge 2017. I just finished my blue blocks. 

I have to make the orange, pink, and cream/white coloured blocks still to be caught up. 

Here are the blocks I’ve made so far.

I’m really loving these blocks together. 

I hope you like my blocks.

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.

Linking with:

Moving it forward
Oh Scrap!
Main Crush Monday!

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!! 

Linking with

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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.

Millefiori rosette #1 finished table top quilt

Hi everyone, 

I hope you are all doing well.

Today I finished my Millefiori Rosette #1 table top quilt.

Here it is.

 

I had fun doing the quilting on this one. 

 

I really love how this table topper turned out.

 

All the fabric for this quilt came from older stash. The fabric for the top is all Art Gallery Fabrics from early collections that I've had in my stash for years. I used a dark grey fabric for the binding. And for the backing, I used a Tanya Whelan fabric from the Grand revival collection called Darla. This is also an older collection. 

 

I really like this backing!

 

I hope you like it! 

Now this project is off my UFO list.

Yeah!!

I'm linking with

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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!

I'm linking with: 

Monday Making

Oh Scrap!

Main Crush Monday

  

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!!

 Linking to:
Can I get a Whoop Whoop!
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Finish it up Friday!

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 Sun Down quilt is done.

I'm excited to finally have this quilt done. This quilt is for my second oldest son Brad. He chose the name of the pattern. 

 

I'm not able to take outdoor pictures as it's very wet and muddy out. It's been raining here for several days. 

I had this quilt professionally quilted by Tammy Spencer. She did an amazing job. I love it. I will be washing this quilt today. I will share pics of it after it's washed. 
 

My finished Buttermilk Basin Mystery 2016 BOM quilt

Hi everyone, 

I did it! I have a finish. 

I didn't know if I would get any of my projects done this month with a new puppy. But I managed to squeeze some time here and there to get it done! Yeah!!!

 Here's a photo outside on the snow. 

Here's a photo taken indoors. 

I hope you like it! 

Thanks so much Stacey @ Buttermilk Basin for sharing such a beautiful pattern with us. 
 

 

Puppy quilt for Zeus

Hi everyone, 

We are getting a new puppy on Dec. 9th. 

He's a golden doodle. 

My husband really wanted a new dog. A male dog that could be his dog. 

We had to put down his last dog Ozzy because he had cancer. My husband really missed having another dog. 

We do still have a female labradoodle named Zoey. She is 10 years old. She's my dog. 

So, we found a little male puppy for him. He asked me to make a quilt for him. I told him we should wait until he's grown out of the chewing stage and we have him trained. But he was insisting. 

So, I made a simple quilt out of fabrics that I've had in my stash for many many years. These are not great quality. But there perfect for a little dog. 

I even put his name on it. 

I free motion quilted it. I had fun with this and used up thread from a bunch of spools that were really low on thread. I love emptying a spool of thread. 

Here's a picture of me with our little puppy. Zeus is only three weeks old in this photo. We go see him again tomorrow for a visit. I'll bring him his quilt. He will get a chance to try it out. 

 

 

The family cottage quilt

Hi everyone, 

I finished a quilt today. 

Many years ago my Mom embroidered some cottage blocks for a quilt. 

Each block has the name of one of my brothers or sisters and their spouse. Plus she named each cottage with something to represent the couple. 

You may notice that there are twelve blocks. Well I have 10 brothers and sisters. Eleven children are in my family. The twelfth block is my parents. 

 

It's not a very big quilt. 

But I think it's great!

I sashed the blocks, quilted it and bound it. This will be one of the gifts I give my parents for Christmas. 

Don't worry, they don't read my blog. So it will still be a surprise. 

I'm happy with this finish. 

Hope you like it! 

 

My Blackbirds quilt is finished!

Hi everyone!!

I have another finish!

Yep! I finished by Blackbird quilt designed by Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts. 

I took a workshop with her at the beginning of the month. It was a lot of fun. 

I'm so glad I got it done before the month  is over. It feels really great. 

I quilted it on my Gracie frame using my old kenmore machine. It was a challenge since it was my first time. But I kept the quilting simple with straight and curvy lines across the top. 

I used a soft polka dot flannel on the back, that I purchased at one of my local quilt shops. I pieced the batting from leftovers I had. The binding was made from two of the blacks that I used for the birds. 

All in all, I'm really happy with it. The quilting is not my best. But it's still super cute, I hope you like it!!

 Linking to:
Let's make a baby quilt 
Can I get a Whoop Whoop!
Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts
Finish or Not Friday

It's done!! Yeah!

My hexagon star quilt is done and on my bed.

I'm so excited. I started this project in February 2009. I took many long breaks from it because life got complicated at times, especially when my husband had his motorcycle accident. 

This quilt was hand pieced the old fashion way. I used a cardboard template and traced it on my material and cut it out with a sizzor. The original pattern was too small for our big mattress so I had to make a lot more stars and add a border. The original pattern didn't have a border. 

When the top was done, I noticed it was not flat. There was no way I was taking it apart. So, I just basted it the best I could and quilted it. The quilting really helped flatten it. There are puckers and I went off my lines here and there. I did quilt it on my kenmore machine that's about 50 yrs old. It was not easy to quilt as it's 92 inches by 115 inches.

I love it! 

It's totally my style. 

Scrappy!! 

Imperfectly perfect! 

I hope you like it too!

Hey, I finally have a quilt for my own bed!! Yeah!!