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Very Belated Look at Finished Quilts From 2022 from Quilty Folk

It's way late to do a end of the year wrap up post so if this isn't your thing, please feel free to move along. It's mostly for my own records anyway, since quilts tend to get lost in the shuffle if I don't keep track. Last year ended with a respectable 15 quilts totally finished up. Not my best number, but definitely nothing to sneeze at. If I wouldn't have gotten so sick, there would possibly have been another to add to the list. Apparently it wasn't meant to be!

2022 Finishes (1 ...

added by audrey 1 year, 2 months ago. under 2022 finish , 9-patch , big kiss , christmas , coins , geesetracks , haha , improv. , love apples , seedpod , spring flowers , tulips

A Whole Lotta Yellow from Quilty Folk

It's been a struggle to make time for this post. The days have finally started getting cooler around here and it feels like I've just sorta collapsed into an end-of-summer fugue state. Don't wanna do much of anything!

Looking very cozy

We had dinner with some friends the other night and during conversation, I complimented Jessica on her beautiful, intensely detailed tapestry type print she had hanging on the wall. She is a wonderful, successful artist with many followers on social media. Super talented! Anyway, long story short, she said that the tapestry was one of her ...

added by audrey 1 year, 7 months ago. under 2022 finish , finished quilt tops are the bomb , freehand baptist fans , lillabelle , love apples , personal quilt history , so-tired fabrics

Flower Power is a Completed Quilt Top! from Quilty Folk

One of the things that I was determined to accomplish in the past week, was to get to completed quilt top stage with 'Flower Power'. There was an idea or two from the initial scribblings, but in the end, as usual, the quilt made all the decisions.

Improv. strip sets

First up, there needed to be some space between at least some of the applique blocks. It was easy to decide on some easy, breezy improv. strip rows. As you can see, I made short little stacks of sewn together, free cut strips. Not too off kilter, but just enough ...

added by audrey 1 year, 8 months ago. under chrysalis , finished quilt tops are the bomb , flower power , house blocks , improv. , in the hoop , love apples , roman stripe quilt , tulip series

It's That Time of Year! Quilty Folk Applique Template Giveaway! from Quilty Folk

I cannot believe we are this close to Christmas again! Where did the year go? Fed-Ex finally delivered our tree today, so maybe we can get into the proper holiday spirits after the tree lights start twinkling. Last year I gifted an applique template during this time of year and it seemed to be well received. Well over a hundred 'Yes, please! I want that!' comments plus emails, which really, is the best sort of compliment. Cozy quilts seem to be the thing we most want to work on during the holidays.

The older {Happy Flowers} Love Apple blocks

So ...

added by audrey 2 years, 4 months ago. under christmas , freehand applique , giveaway , happy flowers , love apples

Moving Love Apples To the Finished Quilt Top Drawers from Quilty Folk

So Love Apples is a finished quilt top now! It was a bit difficult to photograph because the peachy pinks keep reflecting back a dingy vibe that isn't nearly as apparent in person. Overall, I'm quite relieved and happy to see this one come about as well as it did. This is a block that I always thought should have another go-round after I finished with my first effort back in 2015. Just took awhile to get back to the idea!

Love Apples is a finished quilt top!

This time around I made the love apples a little ...

added by audrey 3 years, 3 months ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. , love apples , rhi's quilt

Checking A Couple Things Off the List from Quilty Folk

The first thing that I wanted to check off the list of in-the-progress projects this year was the Christmas Bearpaw. I had cut it out in December of 2019 but didn't actually sew on it until December 2020.

Christmas Bearpaw quilt top

It was a project where using up more of the tired old green fabrics was priority. Also, I had decided it was past time to focus on gathering more Christmas-look quilts together. Why not have a whole stack to enjoy?

Completed quilt top

The quilt blocks went together very well. Tedious work, but not especially difficult or ...

added by audrey 3 years, 3 months ago. under christmas bearpaw , coronacrazy , love apples , so-tired fabrics

Gonna Bore You With Too Many Pictures of a Baby Quilt from Quilty Folk

Time just keeps slipping away! It took me forever to get down to business with the baby quilt. Mostly because I just couldn't decide on a design/pattern/idea. Baby quilts can occasionally be so easy to throw together, we often wonder why we don't make more? Other times, it's like pulling teeth to simply bring anything into proper focus just to get started!

The baby Bear Paw quilt

I finally settled on a very easy-peasy block called the 'Bear Paw'. Sewn up in 6" blocks, it allows for a nice little chunk of fabric to shine ...

added by audrey 3 years, 5 months ago. under applique , baby quilts , fabric love , love apples , so-tired fabrics

The Applique Ideas That Never Seem to End from Quilty Folk

I've been home for a few days now and have thoroughly enjoyed some quality time to sit and quilt. Quietly. Peacefully. Getting to go to the Oregon coast for a couple days apparently reinvigorated something deep within me. We don't always realize how badly a little 'time out of time' vacation is needed until the moment that we're breathing it in. Until the moment we walk back through the door of our home and are so very glad to be HOME.

Love Apples progress

The main project that I worked on while away from home was the ...

added by audrey 3 years, 6 months ago. under a new project , coronacrazy , crazy daisy , freehand applique , love apples

Still Playing With Fabric from Quilty Folk

Here I am with another finished quilt top. This one went together very easily after the details were sorted out.

Spring Flowers

I don't have a lot of time for writing this post, so will try to be brief.

Looking across...

Part of me is unhappy with the harshness of the finished look, but the other part of me is pleased to see something semi-coherent looking. You know how it is when the original idea drifts away on moonbeams. Finished is better than perfect!

Lots of energy in that border...

The bright, chrome yellow inner border is really interesting ...

added by audrey 3 years, 7 months ago. under applique , finished quilt tops are the bomb , love apples , spring flowers , t-blocks

The Applique Queue is Growing from Quilty Folk

If it takes two months for new habits to form, I might be in trouble. Lots of new starts, especially with applique, but little to no interest in follow-through. Out of curiosity, I decided to post an applique update, or current status? on the ongoing. Lots of hand work taking place at the start of our Stay At Home order, but lately it's been much more fun to chain piece or just sort and stack fabric. So moody.

4-block Tulip Medallion quilt blocks

The Four Block Tulip Medallion quilt has gained a teeny tiny bit of traction {all the ...

added by audrey 3 years, 11 months ago. under 4-block tulip medallion , applique , chunky tulips , coronacrazy , freehand applique , love apples , melon patch , simple applique , spring flowers

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