My Mother loved to sit and stitch up preprinted embroidery quilt blocks, tablecloths, pillowcases and bureau runners.  She was very fussy about the back of her work looking as good as the front.  Her last quilt block project was a 15 block kit from Mary Maxim from several years ago.  She stitched the blocks up as soon as she received them in the mail and then they sat forever and I just got them out recently to finish "our" quilt.   I can't find the name of the pattern.  This is the third quilt that Mum and I have made together.  Wonderful keepsakes.  &n ..read more

Here are some quilts I have made lately and neglected to post about.  Just being lazy these days.   First up.....EMBROIDERY FLOWER VASE by Tilda    64" x 82"                                                                               wonky free motion flower grid pattern The back  It is a free pattern from Tilda .  I purchased a fa ..read more

….And I needed to use it before I bought more layer cakes! I am trying very hard to use up what I have.   The layer cake I used for this quilt is called “Stay Gold” by Melody Miller of Ruby Star Society for Moda.  The pattern I used is called “Quilty Arrows” by Emily Dennis of Quilty Love.  I sewed my version differently from the original pattern. The pattern called for cutting the 10” layer cake squares down to 8 3/4” but I chose to keep them at 10”.  When sewing my columns together I didn’t flip every other row, I absentmindedly sewed them all going in the same direction ..read more

 I'm a big fan of Jittery Wings Quilt Co.  I have been wanting to try a few of Mitzi's patterns and was delighted and inspired when she announced that she would be offering a quiltalong to make her awesome pattern called "Charade".  I instantly bought the pattern, selected my fabrics and cut all my pieces beforehand for this one-block quilt and waited for the quiltalong to begin.  Well, I couldn't wait and sped ahead and completed my quilt quickly so I could move on to the next one.                          ..read more

 I have had this pattern, called "Little Lies" by Laura McDowell Hopper and Mitch Hopper, for quite some time.  I finally got busy and sewed it up.  I am always attracted by lots of negative space in a pattern so I can have fun with the quilting.  I used Alison Glass scraps for the three blocks and the background is an Essex Yarn Dyed Linen/Cotton. Graphite I think.  On the back is Kona Sangria with a strip of  Alison Glass Remix Ex Libris Art Theory in Charcoal.  I freemotion quilted in a wacky intersecting squarish organic design in the background using an ..read more

 A great name for this quilt pattern.  Colour Dance by Tilda is a free pattern.  Lots more free patterns on the website as well.  It was fun to use up lots of different Kona solids that I have kicking around but when it came to the quilting, the nightmare began. I decided to use a light wideback fabric on the back with a matching light thread and change out threads on top to match each different colour, most of which are darker.  I just could not get a balanced stitch on my Pfaff Powerquilter. I tried everything I know to troubleshoot but just couldn't get it perfectly ..read more

WooHoo!  I have a finish!  Since yesterday, Jan. 1, was a holiday, I stayed home and sewed all day.  I had already basted this quilt a few weeks ago so it didn't take long to get it finished up . The quilt is a result of the Ruby Star Society Summer SewAlong this past year.  I used mostly original Cotton and Steel prints with a background of Firefly in Whisper by Art Gallery.  I pieced the backing with  the darkest prints and Firefly.   I used the darkest navy Kona solid for the binding.   I freemotion quilted with wavy lines horizontally ..read more

 Staying home sure helps with knocking quilty projects off your list.  Add being retired to that and you can get stuff done!  My quilty goal for January was to get 5 small quilt tops, in various stages of completion, sewn up and basted.  Then I was planning on quilting and binding those 5 quilts in February.  Happy to say that I am way ahead of schedule.  Four of those tops are now completely finished (except for labels) and I am working on the last one today.    I can only show you three because two are surprise gifts.   First up is my Christm ..read more

Around the end of October 2021, my niece asked me to make a Christmas table runner for her new dining table.  That just inspired me to make 5 quilted table runners.  2 everyday ones and 3 Christmas.  I also made a set of pillowcases, a cushion, 2 placemats and a potholder.  I was on a roll!  I also made myself a quilted Christmas tree skirt and a jelly roll rug for my daughter for a Christmas gift.  Oh, and also, I participated in the #Quiltmasspectaular block-along (12 blocks in 12 days) so now I have a head start on a Christmas quilt for 2022.  You can see ..read more

 And now for something different....I made a quilt with colours I don't care for.  I was attracted to the design mostly and decided to challenge myself to work with the Kona colours suggested by the pattern Elements by Ariga Mahmoudlou, a free pattern by Robert Kaufman.  I now kinda like it since adding the striped binding and so I will probably love it once it comes out of the dryer.   I had a lot of tension issues while free motion quilting which resulted in some thread nests on the back (which I may or may not pick out)  because my machine needs servicing ..read more