This past week, My Sweet Babboo had to replace our bird feeder. The old one was falling apart due to constant assault by a pileated woodpecker. He would sit on top of it and jackhammer the plastic with his beak. The plastic tube that held the seed was a bit old and had a crack in it as well. I liked the cage around it as it kept the doves from sleeping on the perches keeping the little birds out, but the pileated could hold onto the cage, and reach his long beak inside. He was eating half the seed ...

In a scrap bag were small pieces of some super cute farm fabric–chickens, sunflowers and text. They aren’t the kind of prints where cutting them smaller would be a good solution. But they could be combined with something else.

I added the gold geometric print in the 4-1/2″ squares and built 4-patchesout of 2-1/2″ squares using coordinating fabrics.

I even had some matching sunflower fabric for the back.

It is even cuter in person, but this at least gives you an idea. Cheap and cheerful, but it will go in the donation pile for next year ...

When we left off last time, I had finished the quilting I intended to do with black thread. Next, I changed colors in the longarm to white Glide on top and white Bottom Line in the bobbin to quilt the areas in white. I liked the ruler work in the border, so I decided to put matchsticks in the white triangles. Oh, I like this!

My lines aren’t exactly straight, nor are they perfectly spaced, but who cares? It won’t be a show quilt. When I got to the corners, I did the straight lines on both sides ...

I had someone ask me how I was cutting out my pieces with the Rectangle Ruler. The most recent clue for Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt calls for half rectangle pieces. She used a different rectangle rule. I used the Creative Grids Perfect Rectangle Ruler. You can find it HERE. These are a little tricky for …

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I've made the list and in my case, I've had to check it not twice but three times. I've been wrapping and making note of what's for who, etc. I'm trying not to do what Mom always did and that was to find presents tucked away in a drawer somewhere the next July. Does that happen to you?

I worked really hard to get this Peppermint Trees quilt top to this stage with all the trees appliqued and outlined in blanket stitch. The trunks are not stitched down yet. I had to take it outside ...

When I found this Santa panel at the guild’s re-home table in October, I just fell in love with it. I loved the motifs, the black background, and the faux patchwork. I thought it would be fun to custom quilt it giving me more practice with freehand quilting and ruler work. I had a piece of fabric with snowmen that might work for a backing.

I measured the space I wanted to hang it, and found that it would need one more border to be big enough to hang from the clips already on the wall. I had several ...

 Once upon a time, I came across a tutorial on how to make a quilt with collage pieces. It was a llama and I really enjoyed the process of making it.

I can hardly believe that it’s been a month since I last posted! Obviously, I’ve been busy, but that’s really a terrible excuse. I now have the patterns for the last parts of the “coffee” BOM from Wonderfil, but I haven’t yet been able to make them — I’m hoping to get started on that […]

The start of the 2026 RBD Block Challenge is right around the corner, and this year, Lori Holt colored the quilt in her new Farmer’s Daughter collection with Riley Blake Designs. The color palette of the Farmer’s Daughter collection gives a wonderfully scrappy feel to this sampler quilt, and the greens and blues in the sashing and binding fabrics tie it all together! Every year, the RBD Block Challenge quilt inspires us to learn new techniques, explore new block designs, and connect with the quilting community. Keep reading for all the quilty details!

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Letztes Jahr im Oktober hatte ich auf Grund eines anderen Projekts diverse Stoffe in meinen Lieblingsfarben in einer Restkiste gesammelt. Zusammen mit gerade gemachten Jelly Rolls für das (mittlerweile geschlossene) Büro / Onlineshop in den gleichen Farben bot sich an, etwas neues zu machen. Du kennst das: kaum, dass man an etwas arbeitet, oder gearbeitet hat, fällt einem schon was Neues ein....

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My work week was a lot of admin, mostly streamlining the sewing machine inventory. During the evenings I put together 2 basic patchwork projects for Nella’s Christmas – a hot water bottle cover and laptop sleeve. They were not fancy, just rectangles with flaps and walking foot quilted with a wiggly stitch but both will do their job perfectly well.

I spent more in Lidl on chocolate, nuts and bubble bath than I usually do on my whole month’s groceries but I have pretty much finished my gift buying. I “just” have to wrap it all and stuff it ...

Stitching for Christmas 

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Today, we’re taking a walk through the garden with our new recoloring of a pattern that’s a breath of fresh air! Get ready to be swept away by the lovely lattice and stunning stars in the Garden Lattice Quilt Kit featuring the Al Fresco Quilt Pattern by A Quilting Life that we recolored using the Collections for a Cause: Essence collection by Howard Marcus Dunn for Moda Fabrics! Keep reading to explore this refreshing recolor and watch a video tutorial walking you through the large and small star blocks.

Garden Lattice Quilt Kit

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Whispers of the arrival of your new favorite quilt are blowing in on the autumn wind! The Breezy Quilt is the newest Charm Pack-friendly quilt pattern from It’s Sew Emma, and with the help of today’s video tutorial, making this quilt will be a breeze. Keep reading for all the quilty details, and how you can make one just like ours!

The Breezy Quilt Pattern

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This simply charming quilt radiates with happy golden stars on a colorful checkerboard background. The Breezy Quilt is beginner-friendly and comes in ...

We’ve got a case of spring fever, and the only cure is a sweet recoloring of an un-bee–leaf-ibly cute quilt! Be prepared to fall in love with our new recolor of the Leaflets Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard in the Wild Honey collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics in the Spring Fever Quilt Kit! Keep reading to explore this wild recolor and watch a video tutorial walking you through the leaflets block.

Spring Fever Quilt Kit

The Spring Fever Quilt Kit includes all the fabric you need to complete the 68″ x 68″ quilt top ...

Have you every loved a Dachshund? I have; they are special dogs. When this panel came out from Rubin Design Studio, exclusively for eQuilter.com I knew my Sister Mary would love it.

I cut my strips 3.25″ for 5″ finished hexies. I always use my First Choice Ruler for cutting my equilateral triangles. I placed 8 hexies across the top and bottom of the panel.

Top is together, needs tweaking. Then the borders go on.

“For the Love of Zoey is ready to quilt. Mary wanted a throw size to make it easier to cuddle in. Quilt top ...

I read that the last full moon of the year, called the Cold Moon, is tonight and it is going to be very special by how high in the sky it will rise. Such a height won't be seen again till 2043. It's dark here now at 5 o'clock. Yesterday I took this photo of the back yard bathed in moonlight at that time. Unfortunately, the clouds kept sailing past hiding the moon. Sometimes, clouds add much beautiful moodiness to a December winter sky but my photo didn't capture that sadly. 

I don’t know why I am surprised every December by how quickly Christmas looms. I was feeling some dread that I had not done any Christmas shopping or making and could not see how I could fit it in. Additionally, it is Fergus’s birthday 2 weeks before Christmas and I just have not got the funds to send something amazing, especially as I won’t be there and he is doing his last big gig of the year at Oran Mor in Glasgow’s West End on his actual birthday! He had expressed an interest in a cross-body ...

 My latest pair of socks are now finished.  These ones have been knitted in some lovely cream hand spun wool gifted to me by my late friend Merilyn.  I've only got enough of this precious yarn left for one more pair of socks.  I added some left over 4ply sock yarn to make my favourite warm and cozy 12ply winter socks, just for me.  Knitting the heels always seem quite magical to me, and I often wonder who worked out how to do heels, way back in the mists of time.  I don't know about other sock knitters ...

When I saw this pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew, I immediately thought it would make a great scrappy Christmas quilt.I made a different scrappy Christmas quilt in 2018 And I thought it was time to make another and hopefully whittle down my Christmas fabrics a little.I like that the pieces in this block are big enough to show the fabrics.The white is a white on white print from my fabric pantry