Tag: scrappy

Mellow Yellow

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I was off work last week on vacation and wasn’t in the mood to finish quilts so I indulged myself by making 2-patches with 2.5″ blocks and sewing them to 4.5″ x 2.5″ rectangles. It was lovely easy zen sewing! Rather than use a white or black background I decided to use a very soft…

Success and a Bonus Baby Quilt

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My not so successful leader and ender quilt (in that I binge sewed it and didn’t do it as leader enders) has become a quilt top and I’m so happy how it turned out!  A bonus crib quilt is being made from the  leftover easy breezy blocks. The border isn’t on but I’ve made the…

Leaders and Enders are not for me.

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I adore the idea of leaders and enders.  Make progress on a second quilt while you are working on your main project – what could be better than that? After all what is better than two for the price of one? I will happily suggest to anyone who asks that they should try doing leaders…

Orange and Blue

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I finally found a border fabric for my orange and blue quit. This quilt is a downsized version of Bonnie Hunter’s Fourth of July quilt. I have been looking for either a blue fabric with an orange print or vice versa. I finally found an orange print with blue stars that are close in colour…

My Livejournal Quilt Swap

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I can’t be the only person who  back in the day had a Livejournal account can I? I was active there back over about 12 – 13 years go and participated in the quilting group on that platform. I must have gotten into an ambitious mood because I particated in a 12.5″ block swap on…

Twinkling Stars

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I started another Bonnie Hunter Star Struck quilt last year again in black and brights. Like so many of my projects I never got that far with it last year and it ended up on my UFO list this year. I got the top together at some point in the spring and I’d been wanting…

The Gathering Quilt is Finished

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I started making my steps blocks  in March when COVID was rampant here. I needed something to keep myself busy that didn’t require too much thought and these blocks were perfect. The first quilt I made from these can be seen here  That quilt went together very nicely and was fun to finish. The second…

Zipper Quilt Part Deux

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Earlier this year I found some 2.5″ squares left over from another project and decided to make another zipper quilt. The first one I made was with a tropical colours and a white background. I changed up the second one. While it was still scrappy,  I chose to do with only five colours, yellow, orange,…

Learning to Free Motion Quilt

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I’m trying to master  a new skill – free motion quilting.  Here are my first two attempts. This is a Hundred Hugs Quilt from the Wedding Dress Blue Blog. I think it’s the 5th time I’ve made this pattern. It’s one of my favourites. I was careful to match the thread colour with the area…