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Melon Patch Baby Quilt Finished from Fret Not Yourself

You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God.

He is set to test you. And many are failing.

~Pope Leo XIV

Quilting

That was quick. It's done - quilted, washed, dried, and ready to gift. All while we took a couple of {short} vacations. Of course I quilted a spiral. By now it's easy and it matches the rounded feel of the Melon Patch blocks.

In keeping with the "use it up" mentality I used the last of the ...

added by Ann 7 months, 1 week ago. under leftover blocks , melon patch , notre dame de paris , parrots , scrap quilt , snowball block

Blue Melon Patch Quilt Gifted from Fret Not Yourself

What makes a movement Fascist is not ideology but the willingness to do whatever is necessary - including the use of force and trampling on the rights of others - to achieve victory and command obedience.

~Madeleine Albright

Quilting

Quilted, washed, dried, and gifted. Melon Patch looks very traditional. The corner octagons give the overall quilt a bit of curve. I considered a pieced border but know this quilt will be tucked in on the sides so chose an easier plan.

Diagonal lines with a walking foot make the quilting in the center. I started with SID along the Melon Patches then ...

added by Ann 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under denise kiernan , melon patch , octagon , reading , snowball block

Blue Melon Patch Top Complete from Fret Not Yourself

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.

~G. Donald Gale

Quilting

Because I knew this quilt would be counter-paned and have a light outside border, I cut all those pieces first. They are the largest; the others can be cut from the remains. I rarely use one fabric for all the background. Although I calculated what was needed several times, I still got it wrong. That entailed a second ...

added by Ann 9 months, 1 week ago. under hiro arikawa , melon patch , octagon , reading , snowball block

A Blue Twin from Fret Not Yourself

We all get to be young but only the lucky get to be old.

Quilting

My eldest grandson requested a new twin quilt in blue and cream with more lights than darks. Ok; counterpane blocks. But the blocks can’t be too large because the quilting will be something simple like curves or parallel lines.

I’ve been mindlessly making four-patches of scraps… so while a four- or nine-patch sounds good, it needs to be changed up. What about a nine-patch of snowballs? They could be fairly small. Six-inch blocks sound good but two-inch snowballs do not. Two-and-a-half inch snowballs ...

added by Ann 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under charles king , melon patch , octagon , reading , snowball block

Monday Making from Love Laugh Quilt

After getting my snowball quilt basted....finally.....

...I began some hand quilting this week.

Yeah!!!

Getting all those ugly basting stitches in

takes time...

but it is SO worth it!

I am using Perle cotton....

And hoping to add another color or two as I go.

One snowball at a time!

I posted about basting and quilting this quilt on my you tube channel.

HERE.

What are YOU making this week??

added by beth s 5 years, 8 months ago. under hand quilting , snowball block

Snowballs Make a Perfect Border from Fret Not Yourself

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

~Ambrose Bierce

Quilting

The snowball borders are finally sewn on the Wheel quilt. Wheee!

A portion of the Wheel quilt showing some of the wheels with a narrow red and white striped sashing and a border of three rows of low volume snowball blocks

Snowball border on the Wheel quilt

Oh, joy! Not that the quilt is done but at least the top is finished. It's too large to get a full photo right now. Hopefully that can happen once it's quilted. Next will be an excavation of my stash to see what white fabrics lurking there could become a back. I can't remember any right now but am certainly not purchasing more before checking the ...

added by Ann 5 years, 10 months ago. under book recommendation , pillowcases , robert galbraith , snowball block , tote bags , wheel quilt block

Snowflake Mug Rug FREE Pattern & Tutorial! Perfect DIY Christmas gift from Quilt Addicts Anonymous

For the eighth Make of Christmas we are sewing up Snowflake Mug Rugs! This replay was one of our subscribers favorites last year because it is fast and fun and is the perfect way to use a charm pack. Just four, 5-inch squares plus some white fabric will make one mug rug, and you can get a set of 10 from one charm pack!

This project is made super fast by some quick piecing techniques that I demonstrate in the video, and the best part … we’re giving you the pattern for this tutorial for FREE as a digital download ...

added by Stephanie Soebbing 6 years, 3 months ago. under 12 makes of christmas , charm pack quilts , free mug rug pattern , holiday mug rug , howto & style , mug rug , quilt addicts anonymous , quilt addicts anonymous original patterns , quilt addicts anonymous tutorials , snowball block , tutorials (Comments)

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