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July 26, 2022
Whimsical Quilt Pattern + Quilt Kits in Plum and Navy Florals! from Busy Hands Quilts

Today I'm sharing a Whimsical quilt in the Throw size!  This charm square-friendly quilt pattern is quick and easy, and is assembled in quadrants so there are very few long seams to sew.  It goes together easy-peasy!  

We have curated quilt kits in these beautiful floral fabrics in the Throw size for you and have optional coordinating backing available, as well.  

The Whimsical quilt pattern and quilt kit are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.


The Whimsical Quilt Pattern


This stunning quilt pattern is so fun to make and goes together quickly.  For the Baby, Throw and Twin ...

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July 24, 2022
Circling Swallows Quilt Designs from Stof genoeg

3 Circling Swallows quilt designs with striped fabrics - XXX Annika Continue reading

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July 22, 2022
Delight Vintage Star Quilt | Fat Eighth Quilt from A Quilting Life

Delight Vintage Star Quilt featured by Top US Quilt Blog, A Quilting Life

Hello, friends! I’m so happy today to be able to share my brand-new Delight Vintage Star Quilt which is a fun and scrappy Fat Eighth quilt. This pattern also works beautifully with fat quarters or your favorite scrap bin fabrics. Delight Vintage Star Quilt | Fat Eighth Quilt Delight Star Quilt Details The Delight quilt […]

The post Delight Vintage Star Quilt | Fat Eighth Quilt appeared first on A Quilting Life.

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July 20, 2022
Clearing out more color from The Academic Quilter

 Hi all! How's it going? Are you just baking in the heat? We had some spectacular storms recently, and it has been quite hot. I think the two have something to do with each other. At least we didn't lose any trees, though there are several down around the neighborhood. The wind got a little scary, but we mostly came through okay.

What's a quilter to do, stuck in the house? I'll bet you can guess. After the success of cleaning out all the dark greens from the scrap bin (HERE), I decided to have a ...

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July 3, 2022
try again one monthly goal from Making A Lather

We are going to try this again for my one monthly goal at Elm street quilts. I have filled in the blank spots and squared the EPP for this little handsewn quilt. I want to iron all the edges out ( they are still wrapped around the paper templates), and starch it before I trim it. Then, I will add a border, and quilt it. I used this as my goal for May but, didn't finish it.

goal for July

  

Stash report  July 3, 2022

fabric added: 0 yards 

fabric added year to date: 60 3/4 yards  

fabric used ...

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June 28, 2022
Sunnyside Quilt in Blues and Pinks by Susan! from Busy Hands Quilts

Susan made this Sunnyside quilt in blues and pinks, and it turned out beautifully!  The stars are twinkling across the quilt.  The texture of the quilting is amazing, and I'm admiring the flat quilt and corners.  She did a great job!


The Sunnyside quilt pattern includes 6 sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King - and is fat quarter friendly.  The pattern is written for two colorways with a background fabric.  It's a versatile pattern.

The Sunnyside quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop as a PDF Download and Printed pattern.



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June 24, 2022
A June Progress Report from Sew........This Is My Blog

I've gotten sidetracked by a few things, but my June goal is slowly getting there.  I was nearly finished appliqueing some blue star blocks when I decided to make it my June goal to turn them into a donation quilt.  I started making nine-patches for the alternate blocks, but got tired of that, so I ended up making a second kind, too.   Then somewhere along the way I realized I was using two different shades of gray.  It's a scrappy quilt, though, right? 

The blocks look good together .....

..... and I was able to pull the perfect backing fabric ...

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May 27, 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 ...

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One monthly goal fail from Making A Lather

 I had as my May one monthly goal, an older ufo. I have no idea how to finish this little quilt. I have procrastinated and procrastinated. That is why I am making it my one monthly goal or I will never see this finished. 


Well, I did not finish. The 26th of May I said to myself - oops time is up. So, I did sew one piece to the side, and then, wondered why it had taken so long. sigh...


Maybe now that the thread is cut and the needle is threaded I can make a little progress on it ...

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May 22, 2022
Pink and green lace from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone, and welcome to summer. It may not officially be summer, but it's supposed to be 97* today, so I think that counts. I seriously hope no one gets too hot and passes out at baccalaureate tonight. I doubt that the AC in the chapel will keep up. Do you think that I can smuggle in some ice packs under my robe?

Well, thank goodness the sewing room is cooler, and I got to stitch a few things up this week. I'm catching up on the RSC projects, and I made the pink and green stars this ...

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May 2, 2022
May one monthly goal from Making A Lather

I have no idea how to finish this little quilt. I have procrastinated and procrastinated. That is why I am making it my one monthly goal or I will never see this finished. Every time I think about it, the sun wasn't in the right place, or the wind was all wrong for me to do it. I have been waiting for the perfect conditions and they aren't going to happen. I started this English paper piecing project on an airplane going to and from  visiting my daughter. It has been awhile.

It looks like I need to ...

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April 15, 2022
Summer Sky Fat Quarter Quilt from A Quilting Life

Summer Sky Fat Quarter Quilt Pattern featured by Top US Quilt Blog, A Quilting Life

Hello, friends and happy Friday! Today I’m sharing my final new-pattern release for our Emma fabric collection by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics. The Summer Sky Fat Quarter Quilt is a large block quilt that goes together quickly and easily (I made mine in a weekend). There is also another color option for this […]

The post Summer Sky Fat Quarter Quilt appeared first on A Quilting Life.

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March 4, 2022
Falling stars in spring from The Academic Quilter

 Hi everyone! Somehow, it's now March. You know what that means, right? Spring officially begins in 16 days, on the 20th! Yahoo! Bring on the flowers and the warm weather. I am so ready, and I'll bet you are, too. I'll start looking for flower shoots on my next walk. I will be incredibly happy to find some, that's for sure.

Today's quilt has a backstory, of course. I made this in 2018 from a jelly roll using THIS block from the Squared Away project. I finished the top in the fall of 2018 and ...

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February 7, 2022
Winter Solstice Throw Quilt in Peppered Cottons! from Busy Hands Quilts

Today I'm sharing a Winter Solstice Throw quilt that I made in 2020.  Uh, well, better late posting it than never!

Winter Solstice combines oversized star and Irish Chain blocks for a super quick finish.  The Irish Chains are made with two different grays for an added twist.

The Winter Solstice quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern shop.


Winter Solstice Quilt Pattern


The Winter Solstice quilt pattern includes two sizes - Throw and Queen.  This quilt is the Throw size.  The design is exactly the same in both sizes, but with different sized blocks.  The large ...

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January 28, 2022
Time for some stars from The Academic Quilter

 Hi everyone, and happy last weekend of January! Didn't we just start January? Holy cow, I just don't know where the time goes. All I know is that it is never long enough when I'm trying to sleep, or when I'm trying to work on something really important with a deadline. Maybe the deadlines are why I can't sleep. What do you think?

So many questions! How about a pretty little finished quilt to break it up a bit? It was pretty cold this week, but we had more than one clear day so I ...

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January 18, 2022
Embroidered Baby Quilt from TheEclecticAbuela

 I was given some stamped quilt blocks to embroider, and I decided to make a baby quilt with them.

Really bad picture, sorry! 46" x 60"

 

There were twelve baby animal blocks . . .


. . . which I combined using sashing in between.


By adding triangles to the sashing ends and including cornerstones, I formed a star at each of the corners of the embroidered blocks.

I finished it with a striped binding.


The quilt went together quickly--the embroidery took longer than the construction!

It looks terribly wrinkled in these photos, but after washing, it is much smoother. I put this one away for ...

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January 5, 2022
Forever Stars Throw Quilt in Red White and Blue! from Busy Hands Quilts

Today I'm sharing a quick and easy Forever Stars quilt in red, white, and blue!  Forever Stars is a pattern released last year.  It is definitely a quick pattern with the large pieces.

The Forever Stars quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.



All the Sizes!


The Forever Stars quilt pattern includes all the sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King. Whichever size you're after, the pattern has you covered.  And you'll use it again and again when you see how quickly it goes together and that it has every size you'll ...

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December 31, 2021
About Ready To Turn the Page To the New Year! from Quilty Folk

Got the Christmas Stars quilt into the hoop. Finally! I've been running so far behind on where the quilt line-up 'should be' this year that I just wanna shake my head. Not making a lot of progress on plowing through the completed quilt tops 'cuz I'm too busy making new.

Christmas Stars next up in the hoop
No matter. Christmas Day might be behind us, but I'm still very much in the mood to work on a quilt that looks like this. I made a total of four Christmas-look quilt tops within the last year and a ...

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December 24, 2021
Merry Christmas! from Stof genoeg

2021 Was a very full year for us. In January we received the keys to our new house. In March a complete renovation started (removing walls, kitchen and bathroom etcetera). This of course meant we had to shop for lots … Continue reading

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November 17, 2021
Forever Stars Throw Quilt Kit in Hometown Americana Vol 3! from Busy Hands Quilts

Forever Stars has been kitted in the Throw size by Connecting Threads in their Hometown Americana Vol 3 fabric collection!  This is a big bold star quilt in lovely Americana colors of navy and brick red.



The Forever Stars quilt pattern includes 6 sizes - Baby, Lap, Throw, Twin, Queen, and King, and is very quick with those huge stars!


The quilt kit is available right here.



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