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Another pile of scraps turns into another baby quilt

The four large print pieces came together. Great fabric, but not enough to make a quilt with.

I dug through the scrap boxes and found reasonable matching cream, pink, red-ish and brown pieces that turned into 9-patch blocks. (The colors look better in real life than they look here.)

The finish is shown here with my saddle and chaps that my father made. I lived on a horse for years. No horse in my life now, but the memories remain. I was a baby cowgirl, once up on a time.

Something new! Surprised? Of course not. 

Cindy called me the other day and told me she picked up a pattern for both of us to practice working with the Quick Curve Mini Ruler from Sew Kind of Wonderful—the pattern is Posh Santa. I told her that was great and I’d be happy to demo the technique when some friends came over last Tuesday. That was a laugh because by the time they left, I was still cutting out the first cuts of the design. In my defense, I didn’t have the pattern and any idea about fabric ...

This, like several quilts I am sharing right now, is the result of a piecing frenzy that went on here through the early spring. Nothing horrible was happening, exactly, but I was feeling “off,” and sometimes I quilt to cope. Some of the quilts are a little “off,” too.

Looking at it now, I wish I had used the border fabric in the corners of the 16-patch blocks. I think I would have had enough fabric to do enough blocks then…Ah, well. It is what it is. And it is finished.

These blocks are pieced with 2-1/2″ scraps ...

Last year I spent a few days cutting down my scrap basket for 2 quilts from this bookI finished the first one back in March. You can see that post HEREAnd this is the second, little sister, quilt. It's called Knots & Chains in the book, but I'm calling it Tropical TwistIt's hard to see the quilting, but Sandy used a design called Spring Fling on itAt 62"x62", it's just a small lap size,

One of the bittersweet milestones of grandparenting is realizing that little ones eventually outgrow the baby quilts that once seemed so enormous. When our youngest granddaughters reached that stage, I knew it was time to create something new—quilts they could … Continue reading →

After a rather long hiatus, I’m back to working on my Exploding Star quilt.

Welcome back to our Classic & Vintage Quilt Series! Today, we’re overflowing with excitement as we introduce the Peace and Plenty Quilt, a timeless, Fat Quarter-friendly quilt pattern for confident beginners. Don’t let all the points put you on edge, and you can watch our FREE quilt block video tutorial to see just how peacefully these pleantiful points come together!

The Peace and Plenty Quilt Pattern

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The Peace and Plenty Quilt Pattern is available as a lap and queen size, and is perfect for ...

Thank you to Diann at Little Penguin Quilts who let me know that I have two typos in the bell block pdf. The center gold sections were incorrect and have been fixed in today’s pdf. Download the corrected version – Bell Block Corrected. I have linked the original post to the corrected pdf as well, so if you haven’t started yet, you’ll get the right one.

Since I have an extra bit of time on a post, here’s an update on the baby wrens. They are growing fast! Just a few days ago, only one was hungry ...

A dear friend gave me a copy of Kim Diehl’s Simple Blessings book. The “Bricks and Stones” pattern is the basis for this variation.

Lots of scraps. It is fun to pull from the various bins– solids, grunge, and low volume fabrics.

And, before you know it, Ta-Dah! A quilt.

It is 63″ square. Not large, but a nice lap or nap quilt for the recent graduate.

Today we finish the table topper. Final assembly will include setting triangles to put the bell blocks on point. Cut 3 squares of background fabric 11 x 11-inches. Cut two of the squares on the diagonal once to create four large triangles. Cut one square on the diagonal twice to create four smaller triangles.

Sew the four smaller triangles to the bottom of each of the four bell blocks along the hypotenuse of the triangle. The 90-degree angle should be the point at the bottom.

The setting triangle will extend a quarter inch past the edge of the block. This ...

Constantly.

We returned from Nashville a week ago Sunday and we’re happy to be home, but…in our absence, weeds went wild, some of our garden veggies tanked, the beautiful cedar tree in our front yard died, and then there’s this:

Did you work on your bell blocks yesterday? Today’s step has only one block, so you’ll have time to catch up if you are just starting.

Cutting instructions are in this pdf – Star Block. Note that these blocks are 10-inch finished size.

Pair the gold print 3-1/2-inch squares with the BG 3-1/2-inch squares. Sew HSTs using the Chain Piecing Method.

Press to the gold side.

Trim to 3-inches square.

Arrange HSTs, BG 3-inch squares and center Accent square.

Sew the HSTs together in units of two.

Sew the block using the web method.

Press seams opposite ...

This goes to the soon-to-be-born first baby of a young couple in our circle. I can see it being built in many color options and sizes. Enjoy!

Full Hearts Quilt

36″ x 36″

MATERIALS

Fabric in at least two different colors for the heart and strip blocks. I used scraps. You will need a total of 54 strips 2-1/2″x-1/2″. I did 18 of each color (pink, yellow, blue). You will need 36 pieces 3-1/2″ x 6-1/2 (12 of each color).

1/2 yard background fabric. Cut 72 1-1/4″x1-1/4″ squares. Cut 36 3-1 ...

Get ready for a fun fortnight of ideas and projects to jump start your holiday sewing for your own pleasure and for gifts. I have a new table topper design that we will start today, and sew over several days. Then I have more projects to make for gifts or for yourself. It will be two weeks of fun, and it starts today! This is a Mystery Quilt Along! But don’t worry, we’ll reveal the design this week. So, put on a Christmas movie, watch the Hallmark channel or Great American Family channel for round the clock Christmas ...

I got my quilt bound and finally finished. I love this picture with the flag, but you really can’t see much of the quilt this way. How about this… I know it just looks like 16 patch blocks and star blocks. That’s what it is…but, if you look closely, you can see that the center …

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Somehow it seems like the more time I have, the less I get done. That has been the story this week, as I have piddled around for most of the week. I didn’t get back to Fleur Lumineuse, and it really should have been almost done by now! But, no. I saw one squirrel after another, leading me to spend hours looking at my collection of Christmas books.

I have 45 Christmas with Southern Living and Christmas with Victoria Magazine books. These really do need to be culled and most sent on to the library’s book sale shop ...

Our oldest granddaughter and her husband are expecting their second child, and the nursery theme is an old-fashioned blue-and-white gingham with teddy bears and warm wood tones. When I think of classic baby quilts, the Double Irish Chain is always … Continue reading →

In the sewing room, I had to set aside Fleur Lumineuse for a bit, as I was asked to present a ruler demo at our meeting last Thursday. I started by pulling a bunch of bee theme fabrics and cutting strips.

Lay out the strips in various ways to decide on a sequence that looks best.

I sewed the strip sets into two identical sets, then placed the ruler for cutting. I cut the first two pieces at home so I didn’t have to take a rotary cutter and mat to the meeting. Plus I had to do the ...