2024

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt from Becca's Crazy Projects

How can you have only one?

I discovered Mountain Creek Quilt Shop through the Brown Bag Mystery group on Facebook. I found their collection of classic book covers as color inspiration delightful. So much so, that I bought two more brown bag kits.

I bought The Raven and The Call of Cthulhu. I even added the extra coordinating fabric for borders and binding. I really like the mix of greens and blues in The Call of Cthulhu bag. The Raven will likely be stunning with the almost monochromatic palette.

I started with The Raven. So far I've only made ...

added by Becca 1 month, 1 week ago. under 2024 , brown bag , brown bag mystery , mystery , quilt , quilter , quilting , solids

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

How does your garden grow? The Square-in-Square block is great for using 2.5" strips to make easy 6" blocks. Alternating with simple squares for a fun effect. I pieced and quilted this one for Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

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added by Becca 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Holy Week Monday from Quilt in Piece

The echo of cheers still hangs in the air, a fading memory from yesterday’s celebration. Palm fronds, once vibrant symbols of hope, now lie scattered on the dusty ground, their green already tinged with brown. We walk beside Jesus, a heavy silence pressing down where excitement crackled just a day ago. The joy of Palm Sunday feels like a dream – a beautiful, fleeting dream that leaves you a little lost when you wake up. The bright Jerusalem sunshine that cast hope on the city walls seems to mock us now. We can still almost hear the cheers of the ...

added by Vanda 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , anglican , faithjourney , franciscan , holy week , holymonday , holyweek , hopeindarkness , lent , palmsundayreflections , reflection , reflectivemonday , solitude , vanda chittenden (Comments)

Charming: Phesant Hill from Becca's Crazy Projects

This is my second post about one of my charm pack quilts. Check out the first post from last week to see the cutting tools.

When I say I didn't plan this layout you will just have to believe me. I just grabbed contrasting colors and stitched them into pairs. Then stitched the pairs into sets of four, and so one until I had a row of 16 tumblers. Then I added one more to the end for a total of 17 per row.

I tried to get them to line up so there weren't too many of ...

added by Becca 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , charm , quilt , quilter , quilting , scrappy , scraps , sew my stash

Brown Bag Mystery Quilt from Becca's Crazy Projects

Last year I participated in a fun mystery quilt designed by Karen Montgomery. I decided to jump in and try another this year.

I chose my brown bag based on the floral print. I'm not entirely sure how I feel ab out the amount of pink fabric but I'm going to go with the flow. I bought this kit from The Crabby Quilter in Annapolis.

The kit comes with cutting instructions to get you started. I did the initial cutter and stacked everything in an project box so I will be ready each week.

The first clue came ...

added by Becca 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , brown bag , brown bag mystery , floral , mystery , quilt , quilter , quilting

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

I pieced and quilted this simple quilt. This is the Alternate Square pattern from Quilts for Kids. I love that this pattern works up quickly and works with a handful of different fabrics, or 30 different fabrics. It finishes at 38" by 44" so it fits onto a 1.5 yard cut of backing fabric with no piecing! It will be heading to Annapolis Quilts for Kids for binding in April.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking ...

added by Becca 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

30's Playtime from Becca's Crazy Projects

There was a time when I would pick up 30's reproduction prints. At some point, a quilting friend gave me some she had. So far, I've made at least three quilts using this fabric. Let this be a lesson about over-buying fabrics.

I cut the charm packs into half-square triangle units using the Accuquilt Go. You have to be careful when cutting 5" charms because there isn't much room for mistakes.

I made a bunch of 4-patch in 4-patch blocks.

In the end, I had enough blocks to make a fun, scrappy quilt. Now it just needs ...

added by Becca 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , accuquilt , charm , cutter , cutting , die cutting , moda , quilt , quilter , quilting , scrappy , sew my stash

Charming: Pheasant Hill from Becca's Crazy Projects

Continuing my series of quilts made with charm packs, I bring you Pheasant Hill. I have six charm backs and two one-yard cuts of coordinating fabric. This time we're going with tumblers cut using the Missouri Star template.

I also used my rotating 14" by 14" cutting mat. This is great if you don't want to have to reposition the template when cutting. You just rotate the mat. Easy! You can also get a smaller 8" by 8" cutting mat.

This tumbler lets you quickly cut your charm packs into the right shape.

Neatly cut and stacked!

I ...

added by Becca 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , charm , quilt , quilter , quilting , scrappy , scraps , sew my stash

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Scrappy bricks. Pieced by me.

Sparkle. Pieced by me.

Last Saturday I dropped off 19 quilts at Annapolis Quilts for Kids for binding. I also picked up some backing fabric and some more scraps to make more quilts.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you ...

added by Becca 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

I pieced this quilt. These square-in-square blocks are so much fun.

This one was pieced by Joan V.

Pieced by Julie and Janet.

These will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

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added by Becca 2 months ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Tumblers pieced by Julie and Janet.

Great Giraffe's pieced by me using leftover quilt backings.

Pieced by Janet.

These will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

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added by Becca 2 months ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Wonderful I-Spy made by Mary V.

Pieced by Joan V.

Pieced by Janice.

These will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items I recommend, or anything else, after using my links to reach Amazon I ...

added by Becca 2 months ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Bright batiks and solids. Pieced by Julie and Janet.

Pieced by Julie.

Pieced by Joan V.

These will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids next month.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items I recommend, or anything else, after using my ...

added by Becca 2 months, 1 week ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Fabric Diet Fail from Becca's Crazy Projects

This year I didn't make it very far without buying fabric. I tell myself every year that I won't buy fabric I don't need. Then, I go in search of backing fabric and come home with more than backing fabric. This time, it was a trip to Spring Water Designs. The four, 1-yard cuts in the foreground were fabrics on the discount shelf. I have no plan for these fabrics but they were just too good to leave behind. I also grabbed a cone of Omni for the long arm. Omni is a great thread and one ...

added by Becca 2 months, 1 week ago. under 2024 , charm , quilt , quilter , quilting , scrappy , scraps , sew my stash , shopping

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Wonderful string quilt pieced by Abby C.

Simple squares pieced by Janice.

Turning border prints into great quilts. Pieced by Abby C.

These will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids next month.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

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added by Becca 2 months, 1 week ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

This the stack of quilts I picked up last time I dropped off quilts with Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

Pieced by Mary V.

Both will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids next month.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you ...

added by Becca 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Pinwheels.

The simple quilt pieced by Janice.

Both will be heading the Annapolis Quilts for Kids next month.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

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added by Becca 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Fun half-square triangle quilt pieced by Joan V. I used a fan motif for the quilting.

Another scrappy bricks quilt. I had a pieced backing, so I added a border to make this one a little bigger. I used the fan motif to quilt this one, too.

Both quilts will be headed to Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support ...

added by Becca 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charity Quilting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Square-in-square blocks combined with some alternate blocks make an effective quilt.

Another scrappy bricks quilt. This time, I made 12.5" by 12.5" blocks.

Both quilts will be headed to Annapolis Quilts for Kids.

If you want to contribute but don't have the time or skills, you can support the national Quilts for Kids by going directly to their website and clicking DONATE. I don't earn anything from this link.

If you want to support me indirectly, I do include Amazon affiliate links to products I use on my other blog posts. If you purchase the items ...

added by Becca 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , annapolis , charity , community , long arm , maryland , md , quilts for kids , scrappy

Charming: Tapestry from Becca's Crazy Projects

I added the borders to my charming quilt. I really like how this one is turning out. Next, I need backing fabric so I can finish it up. Time to pick a new project.

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Creative Grid s 6.5" x 24.5" Rectangle Fiskars Rotary Cutter

Creative Grids 4.5" x 12.5" Rectangle Quilting Ruler

Fiskars Rotary Cutter replacement blades
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Fiskars 8-inch scissors

Juki TL-2010Q

Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion

Dritz Craft Pins, 1-3/4-Inch (250-Count)

Electric Quilt

Project box: IRIS 12" x ...

added by Becca 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under 2024 , accuquilt , charm , cutter , cutting , die cutting , moda , quilt , quilter , quilting , scrappy , sew my stash

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