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I think I made this in 2001… maybe early 2002.

It is made of scrap fabric.. old curtains, my daughter’s bassinet sheets, my old shirts, fabric taken from the pillows on the couch, fabric I bought to make her a blanket {which did not work out}, leftover fabric from the curtains I made for her bedroom. Lots of random fabric. But fabric with memories attached.

I remember when I made this and how I made this. I did not use a rotary cutter, the squares were cut with scissors and I sewed with the sewing machine on my bed ...

After several stops and starts, the Purple Butterflies quilt is complete.   This is the 100th quilt I have made!!

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”  Jack London

For quilters this quote needs to be changed from “club” to “rotary cutter.”  I try to come up with a stashbusting quilt each month for my sewing group.  My inspiration kind of hit a road block this month and the original design needs more work so I pieced this simple block.  



If every other block is turned 90 degrees diagonal chains form.  This kind of quilt doesn’t really require borders so I think I’ll just make blocks, set them together and ...

Today’s DWM project is another UFO that has been sitting far too long.  This is a simple little Churn Dash variation with nine patch centers.  It is a Kim Diehl design from the book All-Time Favorite Scrap Quilts.  My small quilting group is meeting next Thursday and I would REALLY like to have this finished for show and tell.  The blocks are sewn and I have sashing, cornerstone and border fabric all selected so it’s only a matter of sitting down and finishing—always easier said than done with new projects constantly calling my name!!

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The Star Block Quilt is finished, the 5th quilt!  This completes the series of five quilts that I made for my uncle's mountain cabin -- I hope he enjoys them!

Purple Star quilt has been finished!

Here is another in the series of 5 quilts I'm making for my uncle's mountain cabin.  I talked about this quilt top in another blog, Log Cabin Quilt Top -- this week I loaded it up on my frame and got it quilted!

This has been a UFO for a long time.  Our small group worked through the book Scrap Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett a couple of years ago.  I started almost all of the quilts but couldn’t keep up with finishing one a month.  The blocks were made for this quilt so I sewed them together and now it’s ready for a border.  I wanted to use red but it didn’t look quite right so I’ll have to dig through the stash to find something I like better.  Our group meets this Thursday so I’d like ...

The Scrappy Strip Quilt  is finished! Strip tube piecing was a new technique for me, I talked more about it in this post,   It was a great way to use up my scraps.

Tamara Oster hoped someone could help her locate two missing quilts. They were last seen on December 31, 2012 in Albany, Oregon when she shipped them to Virginia. The delivery company claimed they delivered the box at 8:24 PM on January 9, 2013. They arrived home shortly after 9:00 PM, but the box was gone. A neighbor had seen the delivery truck, but didn’t see a box at the door.

More than four months later, on April 9, Tamara rejoiced, “The lost has been returned!!!! I was on the METRO on my way into the Pentagon this ...

Judy at Patchwork Times encouraged us to share some good news or a gratitude today.  That is such a nice idea so I’ll share some good things from the past week.  First of all, we have sunshine today and the temperature seems to be moving a little higher.  I think the snow will be gone soon even with the prediction that we’ll get another inch or two on Saturday morning.  Everyone I see is so ready for spring to be here and to be able to get outside.  Right now I’m just thankful for bright sunshine. 

I ...

My drawer of 2-1/2” strips is overflowing and I came across a pattern named Breezy Batiks on Moda’s website that uses lots and lots of 2-1/2” squares (pattern is here).  I’m using all scraps for this quilt and making it bigger than the pattern—probably twin size so I can donate it to the emergency shelter. The blocks are easy to make but fairly time consuming since there are a lot of little pieces.  This is my favorite kind of quilt though, with hundreds of different fabrics.  It’s a walk down memory lane with every ...

In an earlier post I mentioned an idea I had for using the bonus triangles leftover from my Pineapple Blossom quilt.  I had 96 half-square triangles to use and came up with this.



I debated whether or not to add a border of the print fabric on the top and bottom but this was already kind of long and skinny so decided the border made it look too disproportionate.  Anyway, this meets the size requirements for Quilts Beyond Borders and would make a nice donation quilt.

It was very easy to make.  I simply sewed the triangle squares together in ...

I posted last night that I had finished hand stitching the binding on the quilt for the autism fundraiser and as promised , I went to my grandmothers today to take some pictures outside in the sunshine ! We had alot of fun trying out different locations in her yard to see which one looked best !

Hanging on the swing ?

zoom it in for a closer look !

Make my son stand behind the swing and hold it up ?

Make him hold it up on the walkway ?

Hmmm try it with the sun from the other direction ?

Fold it up on the porch ...

I have to officially admit it, I can now understand all of the ladies who post about the satisfaction they get from finishing the binding on their quilts by hand. The donation quilt for the Autism Fundraiser that I just finished I decided to do just that. This is the first quilt I have ever finished by hand, and the feeling is a very satisfying one. I also have to admit that now that I have done this and can see just how wonderful my binding looks finished this way, I doubt I will ever finish another by machine. my ...