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A scrapalicious happy easy quilting project

Posted on September 26, 2020October 21, 2020

What to do with a box overflowing with bright happy 2.5″ patches and a pile of black squares the same size other than make some four patches .Easy mindless sewing that you can zen out on – I love that kind of sewing. So a pile of 4 patches were created. Then came figuring out…

Mellow Yellow

Posted on September 17, 2020January 11, 2021

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…

Floral Fabrics Seem to Work Better in a Group

Posted on September 13, 2020October 22, 2020

Or does floral fabric work better in a group? My alternate title for this post was “Floral Fright or Floral Fantasy?” In sorting through my box of 2 1/2 inch strips at the end of my last project I noticed that the box was muffin topped. There were also a good number of strips of…

garlic knot quilt blocks and friendship star quilt blocks

Success and a Bonus Baby Quilt

Posted on September 7, 2020October 22, 2020

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 baby 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.

Posted on September 2, 2020January 8, 2021

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

Orange and Blue

Posted on August 28, 2020October 23, 2020

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 Block Swap

Posted on August 16, 2020January 11, 2021

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

Star Struck quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter

Twinkling Stars

Posted on August 9, 2020January 12, 2021

I started another Bonnie Hunter Star Struck quilt last year in black and brights. This one I’m calling Twinkling Stars. Like so many of my projects I never got that far with it last year. So unsurprisingly it ended up on my UFO list this year. I got the top together at some point in…

The Gathering Quilt is Finished

Posted on July 26, 2020October 23, 2020

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

Posted on July 19, 2020January 11, 2021

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 zipper quilt. While it was still scrappy, I chose to make it with only five colours,…