I finally have a finish. Believe it or not it’s my first one in 2018. I started making these happy blocks earlier this year and actually finished a quilt with them in the same year I started working on them. I’ve made lots of tops in that time but never got them past the finish line. Life… Read More »
I’m so pleased. This past weekend I got in some serious quilting time. I got 5 baby/crib sized quilts FINALLY quilted. I love piecing, but sadly the actual quilting isn’t my favourite part of the entire process. One of the quilts I quilted is this one: I must confess that the quilting is very simple.… Read More »
My in-laws were over for the weekend, so the fabric that lives in the guest room had to move into my small sewing room for their visit. What can I say, other than my stash overflows the space available. The fabric is now moved back into the guest room and I have room again to sew… Read More »
A few weeks ago I decided, on a whim. to sew together some 2.5″ squares, with the only criteria being “brighter is better”. I didn’t have a plan but that didn’t stop me. The 2.5″ squares soon became two-patches and then four-patch blocks were created. I just love sewing four-patches together. It’s easy, calming and… Read More »
While most of my quilting features bright colours, I’m a sucker for black and white prints. Not grey prints but rather prints that are just black and white. I’ve long been collecting them; to the point where I absolutely had to make something from them or I’d have to admit my hobby is buying fabric… Read More »
Both the guilds I’m associated with are having Quilt shows within the next year and I wanted to make something for their respective Quilt Boutiques to help the guilds raise money. I decided I’d make wine bags – who doesn’t love a bottle of wine as a gift? I used this tutorial from Craftsy to make the… Read More »
This quilt, from Bonnie Hunter’s blog, is called Scrappy Trips Around the World. You can link to the pattern here. It was given to my step daughter as present to mark her graduation from a university honours program. It’s a super easy pattern and very fun to make. Many of my colourful and bright 2.5″ strips … Read More »
Made with Happy blocks as per Mary Quilts this quilt was super easy and quick to do. It used 16 4.5 inch squares for the centre blocks. The only hard thing about it was deciding what border to put on. The pink won and the final quilt looked like this: I had just enough of… Read More »
I’m in the process of making the Gathered Star Quilt. I’m really happy how it is turning out. This quilt is based on a block by Judith Martin called Star Cluster Quilt Block Mine looks like that block, however the block size and construction are different. The star block is 32″, and I constructed this using… Read More »
The Twisted Star quilt has been a work in progress for some time but finally it has been finished and gifted. Here is it bound and ready to gift. A couple we know from Marc’s history club were having their first baby and of course we needed to present them with a quilt for the… Read More »