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New York Beauty Quilt is Finished! from Grandma's Red Needle

When the weather calls for 'no venture out', what do you do?!

SEW! EAT! Drink COFFEE! SLEEP! REPEAT!

Well, this apply to all rainy days, not only last week when 'Garance' passed close by.

My February goal was to finish the NYB quilt, and I did!

It has 48 blocks + 4 corner blocks.

It measures 74 x 58 inches / 188 x 147 cm

All batik from my stash, except the backing (batik too) I had to purchase.

Once again thank you to those of you who suggested thread color and design! (here). Much appreciated!

You may remember I'm on ...

added by Astrid 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , finished ufos 2025 , flimsy , keep the home fires burning , new york beauty , nyb , quilt , scrap quilts

Country Charm is a Flimsy from Grandma's Red Needle

I'm thrilled to have 'Country Charm' as a Flimsy!

What is a flimsy, you may ask? A completed quilt top that is not quilted, nor does it have batting or batting, just the top.

I finished the top in January, but never got around taking photos, until some days ago.

I did not intend finishing the top this quick, but I got totally obsessed by all those 2" squares collected from swaps. The 2.5" (HST) are from my own cut squares.

Look at all those yummy squares!

Who does not go dizzy or cross-eyed working with all those ...

added by Astrid 6 months ago. under apq ufo challenge 2025 , country charm , flimsy , scrap quilts , scraps , ufo

What Are You Working On? from From the Strawberry Patch...

Mom's been gone for over two months now. The new normal has settled around me. I miss her daily phone calls; she would always lead off our chats with "what are you working on?" I find myself talking to her sometimes, reporting on my latest projects. After her eyesight failed through advancing macular degeneration she couldn't sew anymore and, I believe, that she enjoyed just thinking about, and

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 6 months ago. under cross stitch , current projects , fabric scraps , flimsy , mom , scraps

What Are You Working On? from From the Strawberry Patch...

Mom's been gone for over two months now. The new normal has settled around me. I miss her daily phone calls; she would always lead off our chats with "what are you working on?" I find myself talking to her sometimes, reporting on my latest projects. After her eyesight failed through advancing macular degeneration she couldn't sew anymore and, I believe, that she enjoyed just thinking about, and

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 6 months ago. under cross stitch , current projects , fabric scraps , flimsy , mom , scraps

Star Streams has become a Flimsy from Grandma's Red Needle

After getting two flimsies and scrappy backings done, I decided to continue getting some blocks into flimsies, and later on pieced backing too.

Do you remember Star Streams? It was supposed to be a RSC project, but I decided on blue and white instead. The first blocks were made January 2023. Step Blocks were made June this year. I ran out of background fabric when I had 7 blocks left to do. Argh! I didn't have anything matching, so had to order more. It was delivered after some weeks, but then I had other projects to work on. Now ...

added by Astrid 8 months, 1 week ago. under flimsy , pieced backing , star streams

RSC Week #14 - Yellow for April from Grandma's Red Needle

HAPPY APRIL!

Easter came and went, I hope you all had some relaxing and nice days. For us, it was all normal days. In Norway, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday are all public holidays. None public holidays for Easter in Mauritius. I never get the feeling of Easter here, except seeing the odd chocolate Easter bunnies and Easter eggs in the supermarkets.

New month and new color!

Angela at SoScrappy has chosen YELLOW for April's RSC - Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

I don't know about you, but I prefer doing the RSC blocks the first week(s) in ...

added by Astrid 1 year, 4 months ago. under bom2024 , flimsy , keep the home fires burning , quilt blocks , rsc2024 , rscyellow , wips

scrappy pinwheels is a top from Making A Lather

I am surprised that this quilt is larger than expected. I thought it would be a small lap quilt, but, it is a good size lap quilt. Scrappy pinwheels is a top. I really like the pattern and revisiting older scraps. Hopefully, it will get a turn on the long arm soon.

I started it in 2018 cutting the pieces and sewing some flippy corners. It went into the ufo closet for a vacation.

I made it a goal here in February as part of the 5 quilts project. It has been a delight to work with it.

My version ...

added by maggie fellow 2 years, 5 months ago. under 5 quilts , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , scrappy pinwheels , ufo , use a jelly roll

twisted braid finish from Making A Lather

I have a finish. Twisted braid is ready to gift. I drew this ufo number for my 5 quilts earlier this year, just about the time, I learned my new Grandbaby will be a boy. perfect timing

64 x 64 = 14 yards

I used a lovely, sheet for the back and free motion bubbles for the quilting.

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added by maggie fellow 2 years, 5 months ago. under 5 quilts , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , twisted braid , ufo , use a jelly roll

twisted braid top from Making A Lather

I auditioned neutral, red, and light blue for the sashing. But, I decided to use dark blue. The top is ready for quilting as soon as there is time on the longarm.

I found this pattern in this book. I have had it for awhile. I cut and put the pattern together as a kit in 2018. I drew it as a random number for part of my 5 quilts early this year. I took it as a portable project to piece and when all the other quilts on the list were waiting to be quilted, I finished it here ...

added by maggie fellow 2 years, 6 months ago. under 5 quilts , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , twisted braid , ufo , use a jelly roll

baskets ufo top from Making A Lather

This is One of the 5 quilts I am working to finish

It was a buck a block from a store in Indy in 2014. I loved the colors and fabrics so much so that I bought the finishing kit, too. So, the monthly blocks were just the baskets. I am not sure why it has been an Ufo for so long, but, it needs finishing. I pressed and trimmed, and added the inner borders, and the outer border.

It is officially a top with a back and binding ready for the "to be quilted" closet. I need to change ...

added by maggie fellow 3 years, 5 months ago. under 5 quilts , basket blocks , basket buck a block quilt , civil war , civil war fabric , flimsy , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , scrappy , ufo 2022

finished top dart from Making A Lather

I decided to add a border to dart. I was able to use leftover pieces of jelly roll strips and I wish I could say there were no scraps left, but, there are. I am using a brown backing and black binding strips

dart -a free pattern.

Time for this quilt to go into the "to be quilted" closet

pressed, back and binding

As part of a new month, I did a check on my Ufo count for the year so far. I link up with Quilting Gail and PHD for the February report.

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added by maggie fellow 3 years, 5 months ago. under dart , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , scrappy

Woven Palette Charm from Appalachian Quilts

I was going to name this blog post "Lesson Learned". When I first opened the shop in 2003, Jinny Beyer fabrics were a 'big thing'. I ordered the entire fabric line. The shop was smaller and the only wall space I had to hang samples was the distance between the top of the fabric racks and the ceiling. I was scrambling to get samples made and found this pattern that showcased all of the fabrics in the line. It was perfect and I was excited to get it made up and hung.

A group of ladies came in to scope ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 8 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , ufo finish

Fancy Baskets from Appalachian Quilts

Hello friends and beautiful people! I pray you had a Merry Christmas! Ours was full of faith, family and friends. Thursday night we had our large family dinner with the kids and grands. Friday night we had friends over for dinner before we all headed to church for our Christmas Eve service. It was quite relaxing.

I did finish quilting and binding this quilt called "Fancy Baskets". It is another older Thimbleberries pattern with Thimbleberries fabrics. The fabric line was called Cottagewood and I really loved it - especially the plaids. (We do have one pattern left on our website, and ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 8 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , thimbleberries , ufo finish

Star Table Square from Appalachian Quilts

This one was waiting to be custom quilted. I've always known how I wanted to quilt it. So, I waited....I finished quilting it last week and got it bound last night. I was originally going to bind it in the green. After I quilted it, I felt like it needed a *pop* of color, so I grabbed a red!

It is called Star Table Square from the book Calendar Table Toppers by Thimbleberries. (We do have this book in stock!) This is why I get side-tracked and we made so many quilts in several colorways. I can see ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 8 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , thimbleberries , ufo finish

Fall Cover Story from Appalachian Quilts

Believe it or not, I am all caught up on my Christmas longarming. All of my customer quilts that were needed for Christmas have either been picked up or mailed and business usually dies down for the rest of the year. It's a time to get caught up and catch my breath before the first of the year.

I loaded more of our allover designs on the Facebook page and am getting ready to load some more fabric and patterns on the website. Then, it will be time to start paperwork for the accountant. I love year-end! Truly I ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 8 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , thimbleberries , ufo finish

Pumpkin Divas from Appalachian Quilts

Remember the Quilt Diva UFO I got quilted earlier this year? This quilt was designed by the same designer. It's called Pumpkin Divas. This was another quilt that we had just as much fun picking out the fabrics as we did making it. (Look at the 'stars in their eyes' fabric in the glasses.) Adding the buttons and turning a couple of them into spiders - well that just added to the whimsy of the quilt. It's been hanging in the shop as a flimsy for quite a while. I pulled it down off the wall to get it ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 8 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , holiday decorating , pumpkins , ufo

Straddlin from Appalachian Quilts

In my quest to finish up more of the UFOs, I grabbed this little guy off the hanger. He's been hanging out and beckoned to be ready for the holidays. The name of this pattern is Straddlin Santa by The Wooden Bear.

I quilted him with stitch-in-the-ditch and added some snowflakes to the background. He's already hanging up in the shop and ready for the holidays. Sadly, we are now out of this pattern, but we do have his friend Straddlin Witch in stock. Here is what she looks like:

They are whimsical patterns and also make great ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 9 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , ufo finish

Eureka! from Appalachian Quilts

There are a lot of quilts hanging in the que that hang there for a long time. I have it in my head that I want to custom quilt them. I don't want to tie up the machine for that long because of customer quilts, so they just sit there. I've always had it in my head that I wanted to custom quilt Eureka. It told me it wanted lots of feathers. Momma was in the shop about a month ago and was looking at it. She thought it would look great in her lake house. (That's ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 10 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , eureka , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , ufo finish

Quilt the Seasons from Appalachian Quilts

If you Google "Quilt the Seasons", you will see that a LOT of designers have coined a book with this name. (I know it is hard to come up with something unique, and I get it.) By far our most popular book was the Quilt the Seasons book by Pat Sloan. We whipped up samples of a few of the projects to sell the books and sold out of books long before we even thought about getting them quilted. Sadly, the book is no longer available. I regret not grabbing one for myself. :(

I've mentioned this before...we keep ...

added by Appalachian Mercantile 3 years, 10 months ago. under appalachian mercantile , appalachian quilts , flimsie , flimsy , longarm , longarm quilting , longarming , ufo , ufo finish

scraps in the barnyard from Making A Lather

I pulled this old ufo out of deep storage to see if I could get the top done in September.

I have the borders pieced and added to the quilt. I used mostly shirts and strips waiting to be trimmed. It will wait it's turn for quilting. I found a back and made the binding as well. I really like the barn raising setting for quilts. It adds a fun twist to ordinary blocks.

Bricks in the barnyard is found in Bonnie Hunter's Book- scraps and shirt tails 2

In an effort to get more of my quilts ...

added by maggie fellow 3 years, 10 months ago. under bonnie hunter , bricks in the barnyard , flimsy , longarm , quilt , quilt top , quiltville , scrappy , scraps and shirttails 2

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