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Peace and plenty of color from The Academic Quilter

Hi all! How has your week been? We have moved on from hot and dry to extremely hot and just about to storm like crazy. We broke temperature records four days in a row this week. Try to imagine college students in a classroom in a building built in the 1890s when it's 100 degrees outside. Zero fun, do not recommend.

I have a fun finsh to show off today, though-- I have finished the top of the Peace and Plenty quilt! Take a look and see if you think it's as gorgeous as I do:

Wow, that ...

added by Mari 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under blocks , quilt top , rsc23

fractured top finish from Making A Lather

I added more rows and now fractured squares is sewn together. I made it smaller than the free pattern. I like it, and, it was a good stash buster. I don't think I want to finish it right now. I have several higher priority quilts I am working to finish. I have more blocks that would easily make a cute baby quilt. But, that is for another day.

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added by maggie fellow 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under fractured squares , free pattern , friday finish , new project , quilt , quilt top , quilted twins , scrappy , ufo , wip

checkered past finish from Making A Lather

checkered past is finished. It is made using recycled shirt fabric from thrift store shirts. checkere d past is a free pattern from quilted twins. There are only 16 blocks which doesn't sound like very many, but there 48 squares around each center. that's 960 squares. The block is 16 1/2.

64 x 88 =18 yards

I used leftover pieces for the border

I used navy binding and free form swirls quilting

This will be a donation to our local veterans home

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added by maggie fellow 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under checkered past , friday quilt group , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , quilted twins , scrappy , shirts

A small riot of color from The Academic Quilter

Hello everyone! Guess what? It isn't raining, for the first time in days, literally. Holy cow, it has been gray here. But I'm looking out the window right now and it looks like the sun is out and nothing is falling from the sky. And wonder of wonders, the grass got cut yesterday. I'd say it was knee-high, which would be an exaggeration, but it certainly felt that way.

This is our last week of class, so I haven't had a lot of time, but I did put together a small quilt top from some leftover ...

added by Mari 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under blue , kids , pink , quilt top

Filling the borders from The Academic Quilter

[There is a small giveaway at the end of this post!]

Hello everyone, from a still-soggy Baltimore! It rained two inches today and is supposed to rain all weekend. I wouldn't mind since we planted grass seed and such, but it also got cold again. The heat is back on and the gutters are working overtime.

All of which made getting pictures of this week's project pretty difficult. Here is the best outdoor picture I got, on the covered back porch:

Not too terribly bad for a rainy day! At least you can see the borders pretty well ...

added by Mari 5 months ago. under green , purple , quilt top , rsc23

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 6 months, 2 weeks 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 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under 5 quilts , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , twisted braid , ufo , use a jelly roll

Scraps all around from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! I hope you have had a good week. I am starting to see some leaf buds on our trees, and I am happy dancing like crazy over that. Soon there will be leaves! That means there will be shade over the balcony and the deck again, and at some point it might get warm enough to have breakfast outside again. Won't that be glorious?

If you have been following along, you'll know that I started the Stay at Home Round Robin, a project hosted by Quilting Gail and featuring several of my favorite bloggers. (waving wildly ...

added by Mari 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under pinwheels , quilt top , sahrr

My SEWJO is back from Northern Deb Quilts

I finished a top! This is super thrilling for me since lately I just haven't felt like sewing. I lost my SEWJO in January and just couldn't get it back.

Well, this past weekend we met up with family. I met a niece for the first time and her two adorable little girls. I have tops made for the little ones but just haven't had the ambition to quilt them. But now I do!

First I figured I'd get this top off the floor and onto the "to be quilted" pile.

I woke up early, started ...

added by Northern Deb 7 months ago. under 1800s reproduction fabrics , back to sewing , civil war fabrics , decorating gray great room , finishing a ufo , friendship star block , lone star , quilt top , sewjo , star quilt

A taste of spring from The Academic Quilter

Hello quilty friends! How was your week? Mine was more of the same, except for that one day where it hit 80 degrees. Not joking! It was a taste of spring that didn't last very long, because although today has dawned nice and sunny, it may snow this afternoon. Again, not joking! It's going to be a good day to read and sew.

The weather was not the real taste of spring for this week, though. It was this happy and fun pink quilt top that I finished just yesterday:

A little washed out by morning light, but ...

added by Mari 7 months ago. under pink , quilt top , rsc23

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 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under 5 quilts , flimsy , jelly roll , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , twisted braid , ufo , use a jelly roll

boho top from Making A Lather

I have made great progress on boho heart. Another day at the library, and, I was able to assemble the right section of the heart. I have had the left section together for some time.

I was inspired to bring the left section with me, even if, I wasn't sure how much I could get done at open sew.

Now my heart is complete, warts and all. What a relief to get to this point. There were 5 of us working on this at the same time. I am the last one to get it to this point. I ...

added by maggie fellow 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under 5 quilts , boho heart , jen kingwell , progress , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , scrappy , wip , works in progress

Feeling kinda modern from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! How are you doing these days? Things have not been too snappy here at chez AQ, topped off with a root canal and then final exams. Talk about piling on! But we're not going to dwell on the negative and instead we're just going to look at a nice quilt top I finished off this week.It's a little modern and a little different for me, but it turned out quite well and I'm pretty happy with it.

Here is my finished Solstice Sampler quilt top:

Yahoo! I can't believe I kept up ...

added by Mari 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under blue , green , quilt top , solstice sampler

Sparkly stars from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! Somehow, it was 72 degrees here today. Has someone checked to be sure it's November? I know some people have had snow already, but it looks like we're sticking with rain and above average temperatures for the next little bit. Totally okay with me, except for the leaves that keep falling.

I've got a finished top to show off today. It's my stars top from this year's rainbow scrap challenge, and I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. Here she is:

Well, that is different, isn't it? But quite sparkly ...

added by Mari 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under quilt top , rsc22 , stars

bunnies is a top from Making A Lather

I have finished my bunny quilt to the top stage. I think It is very cute and, coincidently, I am going to be a Grandmother again. I might be ahead on this one. Now, this quilt will be sent to the "to be quilted" closet, and, wait it's turn for the longarm.

hoping for a safe halloween for all the kiddos

We did just a little bit of fun decorating this year.

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added by maggie fellow 11 months ago. under 5 quilts , bunny quilt , friday finish , progress , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc 22 , scrappy

fair and square top from Making A Lather

Fair and square is a top. The borders have been added and it looks really nice. Everything fit nicely. I need a big back and some binding before it is ready to be quilted and added to the list. I have not been quilting in a bit, so, my pile of tops is growing again.

I had some baby starts that I added as an afterthought to my raised bed this summer. They have tried very hard, but, haven't thrived. I hope they make it to next year. Truthfully I didn't think they would even make it this ...

added by maggie fellow 1 year ago. under 5 quilts , bonnie hunter , fair and square , quilt , quilt top , quilt wip , quiltville , scrappy

maple leaves from Making A Lather

I am ready for the last row for this quilt. I have a hodge podge of blocks that I want to sew, making sure the mix is what I want. This is one of my 5 quilts projects, but, I am tired of seeing it on the list.

I had hoped to make 10 rows, but the last row would all be aqua. sigh...

I made it to this point this week

I canned saurkraut the old fashioned way this week. I found the idea on whipperwill holler youtube. They won't be ready for 4 - 6 weeks. We will ...

added by maggie fellow 1 year, 3 months ago. under jelly roll , maple leaves , maple leaves quilt , phd , quilt , quilt top , scrappy , ufo 2022

A challenge in black prints from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! I hope you have been having a good week, though I acknowledge it's been a difficult one here in the US, again. (See the bottom of this post for some somber thoughts.) Once again today, we are in the rain. This week the grass was so long that there are clumps all over the lawn from cutting it. Seriously, it looked like a pasture or something out there. All the better for the flowers, though, right?

Did you ever have a project where you made a few blocks and thought you would really like the finished quilt ...

added by Mari 1 year, 4 months ago. under black , quilt top , stars

Bold choices for the Synergy Blog Hop from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! How has your week been? I've had a very busy, action-packed week. Okay, the action was really just a bunch of grading and reading and stuff, but it felt like action in my head. I also managed to sneak in a few stitches and finish up something pretty and bold and not really like my usual at all. I hope you are in the mood for some color today, because I have something really colorful to show off.

Are you ready? Here she is:

I told you it was not my usual thing at all! This is ...

added by Mari 1 year, 5 months ago. under blue , pink , quilt top , synergy , yellow

wordless wednesday from Charm About You

added by Lucy | Charm About You 1 year, 5 months ago. under church window , daily life , fabric , flowers , hand piecing , inspiration , manchester , platt fields , quilt top , quilting , wordless wednesday

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