I have a finish to share!  I chose this to make quilt as it fulfills a few different challenges for me. The FB QOV Working Stars has a panel challenge due April 30, 2024 and I volunteered to make a Twister Ruler example for the guild meeting on April 24, 2024.  Check and check. Nice! pattern: Twister ruler using 10 inch squares and 6.25 inch border panto: serpentine Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday ..read more

I am continuing work on using the Twister Ruler for the MelonHeads. I was able to sew the pinwheels together (correctly!). pattern: Twister Ruler staring with 10 inch squares and 6.25 inch border I needed to add 'a little bit' to the eagle panel to make it wide enough for the pinwheel piece. I was deciding on inner/outer border. Should I 'go light' or 'darker'. This is pretty much even, although it doesn't look it. I made the decision to use the white and medium blue with stars. pattern: Twister Ruler I'm actually liking this quilt. It is something a little different than 'what' you normall ..read more

My friend, Mary volunteered us to help with the Twister Ruler demonstration at the April 24, 2024 meeting. Since I had the smaller and larger Twister Rulers, I offered for Mary to pick which one she wanted to make as the demo when she couldn't locate hers. Guess what?! She responded neither! She wasn't grooving to the idea of sewing bigger blocks together and then cutting into smaller blocks to sew together again. Plus she thought there would be a lot of waste. She's NOT wrong! LOL I decided to use the larger Twister Ruler that starts with 10 inch squares and partner it with a QOV panel becaus ..read more

Last week, I went to my son's new apartment in Bay City, Michigan twice. The first time, I was waiting for his couch delivery on Monday. After the delivery, I was happy to discover a quilt shop about a mile away. I'm like, for real?! So I went on a little adventure to The Dragonfly Quilt and Yarn Studio.  I was happy to pick up the magazine for the all state Michigan Shop Hop happening in June/July 2024. On Friday and Saturday there was a quilt show at the Kochville Veteran's Hall. I asked DH if he wanted to go to the show and then visit with our son. We went to the show first. I ..read more

Today is the third Saturday of April of the color yellow. Time for my main block from the Stash Buster 2024 Challenge. pattern: 2024 Stash Buster Challenge main block Sharing with SoScrappy Saturday ..read more

My finish this week is a flimsy.  I picked up this QOV from my night guild in March and have been procrastinating quilting it.  I wasn't certain which color thread to use and my available colors are limited to the colors Permacord thread produces post Covid. I did find in the very back of the thread drawer a cone of gold. Eureka! But is it so old that thread breaks would be a problem? I was also worried about DD's new wheels. The wheels are very responsive compared to the old and I now tend to wander off the panto lines... pattern: no information given but Friendship stars in the t ..read more

Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the sewing room working on my umbrella placemats. The first picture is on the design wall. The second picture is 'in the wild' on the kitchen table. pattern: umbrellas by Kelli Fannin, no longer available quilting: squiggly lines on Baby Brother, no pattern. I have 4 more to quilt and bind for the Meals on Wheels. This guild meeting is Thursday night so I better get busy. I was surprised that my muscles were achy after quilting up the six placemats. I also loaded a QOV for the Thursday night guild but I am seriously procrastinating on quilting it. That w ..read more

Happy Solar Eclipse Day! Bell Creek Quilts is in the 99% viewing path but I received a request to go to my son's new apartment and wait for his new furniture delivery! (I wasn't planning on viewing the eclipse...I was going to hide away in the sewing room. LOL) I did finish my umbrella wall hanging. First picture is on the design wall. Second picture is 'in the wild' aka my kitchen. pattern: Kelli Fannin's umbrellas...sorry, no link available panto: vertical serpentine I also pieced together 6 placemats for my kitchen table. And while I was piecing umbrellas, I made 4 for the Meals o ..read more

 I have a finish! A leftover from the March 2024 RSC color of purple. My Purple Plus with purple binding! pattern: plus with 5.5 inch cut squares (public domain) panto: vertical serpentine I decided to make yellow (the April 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge color) umbrellas (the April 2024 Table Scraps Challenge shape). Somehow, this simple concept morphed into using novelties for the umbrella canopies! LOL and now, I'm heading to the store because I used all my book and dog fabrics. Yikes. Here is my wall hanging. The other umbrellas will be pieced into placemats. This is a pattern ..read more

I'm making progress on a couple of projects.  I quilted the Purple Plus. I also made the purple binding for the Purple Plus. I'm making yellow umbrellas for my kitchen April wall hanging. This will also double as my 'If My Birthday was in April, I would make...' Birthday Bash Challenge. I was able to piece the bottom portion of 8 umbrellas. pattern: umbrella by Kelli Fannin                  I saved this on Pinterest but now it's a dead link.  Upon further search, I discovered Kelli passed away in November 2023 after bat ..read more