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Over a year ago, I put out a call for quilts on Facebook.  I enjoy making quilts for people, so it's nice to make one for people that want one.  Today's quilt goes to someone from my church.  We were in a small group together for a short time, before COVID hit, and we have two sons the same age.  Well, two of her children were diagnosed with Diabetes I within a year.  So to say that is a huge part of her life lately is an understatement.

And so when it was her turn for a quilt ...

Black to purple and green.  That's not a great name, but a good description.  In any case, the quilt is finished!

 I was asked to quilt another quilt without batting!  It was a beautiful quilt, but since I had had some problems with the last one we stuck with the large loops for the quilting motif.

This month someone asked me to quilt a quilt for them.  Of course!  

She lives in a hot state, and so we decided to try quilting it without batting.  I'm always up for experiments.  I've quilted a few things without batting when I'm just working on test patterns, but that's been mainly to get the motion down and not caring too much about how it turns out.

Overall, I'd say it was a successful experiment.  There were a few hiccups along the way, and I just wanted to document them for future reference.

1.  It ...

I finished this quilt a bit ago, but am having a hard time keeping up on the blog.  I still have a list of everything though, so I expect it'll happen eventually.  Anyway, here's the finished ombre HST.

I got the idea from The Flemings 9.  Shannon used an ombre fabric though, while I used a Kona charm pack + a few extra colors.  (They ended up being Baby Blue, Robin Egg, Bahama Blue, Azure, Capri, Jamaica, Peacock, Lagoon, Turquoise, Cyan, Oasis, Mediterranean, and Celestial.)  I tried to interweave them a bit so that the color segregation didn't ...

Have you ever noticed that your mood can actually change based on the colors you look at? There is actually a field of study called Color Psychology that looks into this exact thing. With all the gloom and craziness that this year has been, let’s look at some high energy, happy and colorful quilts to take us into fall. You’ll probably notice that no one is wearing a mask, even though we are all wearing masks. Don’t worry, these ladies came in to quilt before Covid.

Kaffe Fabric with Kathy

This is a great quilt to start ...

When frustration abounds, what’s a girl to do? Buy yarn! Forget the yarn diet! I was thinking of a title for this post and I thought about Friday Failure!

My mother-in-law finished this quilt for a friend.  I really like how it turned out.

My mother-in-law "needed" a quick turn around on this quilt.  She had made a girl's quilt, not knowing the gender, and then the baby ended up being a boy.