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A Winter Quilt & A Donation from caledonia quilter

This is a beautiful quilt made from a panel. As you know, Winter Is Coming.

I love this gal's work. She cut up the panel, did some math, made lots of patchwork, then put it all together.

Even the back is lovely.

Back in the spring my friend and I were horrified about what was happening in Ukraine, and we decided to put our stashes together and make a quilt for donation.

Here's the final product.

A closeup of the quilting - sunflowers.

I also made some placemats to go with the quilt.

I'm pleased to say that ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas , coco , cooking , donation , donation quilt , family , garden , guild , guild program , kale , longarm quilting , recipe

Fall & Winter Projects from caledonia quilter

I started this back in the summer, it became Part II of a wedding gift. Cute - a modern version of Christmas trees.

The pattern is a freebee from Art Gallery Fabrics, "Tepee Adventures". It's written as a lap quilt so I had to make more blocks and kind of re-jig things to get a queen size quilt. Most of the fabrics came from my stash, with the exception of the backgrounds and the border, and I think a couple of fat quarters.

This was made as a gift for an animal lover.

All fabrics from my stash, although the ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas , custom quilting , donation , donation quilt , gift , longarm quilting , quilt , solo

A comfort quilt from The Academic Quilter

Hi all! Long time no see. Yes, the family crisis continues. It weighs heavily on my heart, but a friend reminded me that art can be therapeutic. I've really had no interest in anything fun, but I took her advice and found a project to work on, and darned if I didn't feel better afterward. Let's take a look, shall we?

After searching through and rejecting every project I had in progress (isn't it odd how that works?) I settled on quilting the easy donation quilt that I made for this year's Hands2Help. I did ...

added by Mari 1 year, 7 months ago. under blue , donation , finished

Kicking 2021 To The Curb from caledonia quilter

One of the best memories from 2021 - Beach Day in Exeter. That car and I are approximately the same age. I think it's a '57, and I'm a '56.

Lovely scrappy one that I quilted in September.

Margaret's 150 Canadian Women Quilt. Mine is still only half way complete.

Wow, beautiful vintage blocks!

Ooh, so pretty. I had trouble figuring out the quilting for this one but I love how it turned out.

Ahem. How I spent December 16th. Lined up for 4 1/2 hours at Dundurn Castle's parking lot for a booster shot on ...

added by helen-mary 2 years, 3 months ago. under beach day , beach girls , challenge , covid-19 , custom quilting , donation , longarm quilting , new years day , quilt , scrappy , vintage

The art of gift giving. from QUilting By-You

I suppose it’s is starting to be on our minds more these days. The holidays are rapidly approaching and we are starting to gear up for holiday shopping. Some of us may be thinking about it a little earlier this year as shipping and finding items in stock has been an issue these days. Well okay, I am…or at least I’m trying to get everything organized.

However, there are quite a few of us who do homemade gifts. Afghans, quilts, scarves, or whatever our minds can conceive. Some take a lot of care and research favorite colors ...

added by quiltingbyyou 2 years, 6 months ago. under allergies , craft , donation , gifting , quilting , quilting by-you , sewing , yarn (Comments)

Sorry we missed you yesterday! from QUilting By-You

We are currently in the throes of our holiday rush, but there is light at the end of our tunnel! With the pandemic this year, it seems like many of us are having quality time sewing which means we need to get the quilting part done! It’s been nice to see so many different quilts come through the door.

Hopefully your holiday season is going well so far. I know that at this time of year we typically think about charitable donations or charitable acts since it is the season of giving. This year it feels like donations are ...

added by quiltingbyyou 3 years, 4 months ago. under charitable , charity , christmas , crafting , crochet , donation , holiday , knit , quilting , quilting by-you (Comments)

Catching Up, again from caledonia quilter

I seem to have put my blog posting on the same schedule as my house cleaning...pretty darned infrequently! My new system for cleaning is to keep an eye on a couple of the pictures hanging on the wall - if I notice gooey, stringy cobwebs hanging off them I make myself vacuum some time in the following week.

I'm just going to give you some pics of a few quilts that I've completed for customers over the last couple of months, ok? OK.

This quilt came with a special request to add a couple of hearts in the ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 5 months ago. under beach girls , bitchin' , christmas , covid-19 , custom quilting , donation , embroidery , garden , goodwill quilting , longarm quilting , marriage , rant , scrappy

Something about working on Group Quilts from Sew Sunshine

My local quilt guild took on a group project last year. We wanted to show a T.O.M. = technique of the month, to members and then have them try it. Most of the techniques were improv based giving some the opportunity to try them with no fear. We chose a color and size scheme. We used coral and cream and we were pretty free about the corals including shades of reds and violets. Same with the creams including some whites. Block options were 12.5, 6.5 squares or 12.5 x 6.5. The result of the blocks ...

added by Kris 3 years, 7 months ago. under community , donation , fund raising , group quilt , habitat for humanity , improv , lqg , new techniques , outreach

Half-Square Triangle Quilt, Yes I Have Flour, Covid Update #2 from caledonia quilter

I really enjoyed working on this quilt. There is so much depressing/horrifying/shocking (pick any one) news every day that this really cheered me up.

The whole thing is made from half-square triangles. If you are involved in a guild swap of half-squares, this is a great use for them.

Mmm, love the back.

YES, I HAVE FLOUR

Like many people I'm not sleeping very well some nights. Although I don't usually get UP at three in the morning, last Tuesday I was WIDE AWAKE. So I figured, what the hell. And since I have flour I ...

added by helen-mary 4 years ago. under business , commentary , cooking , covid-19 , custom quilting , donation , guild , longarm quilting , politics , quilting , recipe , sewing

Chequers from Heart Desire Creations

Happy Easter all. It’s been very quiet here and rainy, and gloomy. We are following the state “stay at home” directive and well….let’s just say I did a lot of sewing today!

Chequers

This week I finally finished my batik Chequers quilt. The pattern is from the “Modern Quilts Illustrated book. This baby took forever! When I went to put the completed blocks together, I wasn’t loving a few of my choices so I remade the blocks. Then – ta da! – I quilted it! If you know me, you know that other than small quilts like table toppers ...

added by heARTs Creations 4 years ago. under art , block pattern , color , donation , easter , fabric , modern quilting , patterns , projects , quilting , stash (Comments)

Well, January was a bust, sort of. . . . . from Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.

So, here goes, I did NOTHING on my January OMG project, you remember, the crocheted tote bag. . . .

BUT, I did get quite a bit of sewing done in January. As well as a bit of downsizing from my craft supplies.

I completed a pattern test quilt top. . . but I can't show that yet since the pattern has not yet been released. It is from Patterns by Jen and I hope to be able to show it shortly.

I am working on sewing up from my scrap basket. . . I am doing framed squares, Square Dance blocks, and another block that ...

added by Sherry 4 years, 2 months ago. under books , donation , goodwill , january 2020 one monthly goal , scraps

Jelly Roll Heart Quilt & New Year's Happenings (1 UFO down...) from caledonia quilter

This is a lovely, modern Jelly Roll quilt.

I really like the way the pantograph echoes the heart shape.

On New Years Day I stuck with my traditional activity - a friend came over, we stitched the afternoon away, then had Chinese Food for supper.
I started the year off by putting these UFO blocks together - this was a Block of the Month project at the Caledonia guild in 2016/2017. After I completed the blocks I decided I was tired of the colours - I think I have too much red/yellow/blue in my house these days.

I completed the ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 3 months ago. under challenge , donation , fitness , goodwill quilting , guild , guild program , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , resolution , sewing , ufo

Hong Kong Nights Quilt & Donation Quilts (2019 personal challenge) from caledonia quilter

This quilt is realllly big. I had to tip the tablet cattywampus to get a pic.

The maker used a beautiful collection of Asian prints for the blocks.

And I absolutely love the corner triangle she added. That provides such an interesting touch.

Oddly enough, those print blocks are all cut on the bias. I was really impressed that they were not stretched out of square when the 3-d flange was added to them, and then additional sashing too. She's a really, really good piecer. ⭐
The setting triangles were a design challenge for me. When you actually LOOK at ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 4 months ago. under backing , challenge , christmas , custom quilting , destash , donation , fabric , goodwill quilting , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , stash

Sawtooth Star Quilt: Colour and Inspiration Tuesday from Clever Chameleon

Preparing for a big 2020

I’m starting to sort and pack up my things ready to move house after Christmas….. all my batiks are already in boxes, so you can tell where my priorities lie…..

Clothes? Nope. Kitchenware? Nope. Laundry consumables…… does the iron count?! hahahaha nope, because it’s only used for quilting…. Schooling supplies and toys? Some. Batiks and favourite books? …. Ready to go!

Biased priorities aside, in starting to sort my sewing space I have had to have a good hard look at my quilting UFOs. Many are moving house with me, and will form the ...

added by Dione Gardner-Stephen 4 years, 4 months ago. under charity , donation , feathers , quilting , sawtooth star , uncategorized (Comments)

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