Jonquils... Wind Flowers... My finished quilt top, Three Coneflowers with Borders....   Hello Quilt Friends!  Of course spring officially starts on the 20th of March but here locally in Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Jonquils and Windflowers/Anemone are blooming now. Also blooming are Camellia shrubs, Crocus and Hellebore, etc. It is colorful and exciting. This last week I finished up the top of my Bramble Blooms l QAL project. I call it Three Coneflowers Medallion with Borders. I wanted to keep the outside border dark to contrast with the light border prece ..read more

Strips cut for improv borders for my version of Bramble Blooms Challenge.. These blocks are for two different projects, maybe more, I tend to 'over' piece.  Hello Quilt Friends! Happy March! busy month with spring right around the corner and Easter at the end of the month, not to mention lots of family birthdays! Whew, but it's exciting. This last week I've been piecing and pressing fabric and blocks for different projects. I like to have strips of fabric and blocks ready for experimenting and interviewing before final design decisions in my projects. I find that havin ..read more

First Border, dark half square triangles all around.   Second Border, light.... there will be more! Hello Quilt Friends!  Sun mixed in with clouds this morning.  And I'm reporting my progress on 3 Coneflowers Medallion Challenge Quilt in the way of two added borders. Visit Audrey @ quiltyfolk to check out the Bramble Blooms challenge prompts. I'm using the prompts as a general guideline that's how I work. A lot of my inspiration comes from Gwen Marston's books. Her book Liberated Medallion Quilts is packed with great design ideas in the 'liberated' way.  ..read more

First border of half square triangles laid out around center medallion Border piecing in progress...     Hello quilt friends!  This a quick update on piecing progress on my 3 Coneflowers Medallion Quilt started as I joined in the Bramble Blooms challenge by Audrey @ quiltyfolk.  I decided the first border would be 1/2 square triangles and the piecing has begun. Other projects are being moved foward but news on those later. Today the sun is out and I must get out and walk in it! Hope you enjoy your Friday too and find a place to relax. I'll be by to visit ..read more

Flowers and stems auditioning... Started sewing pieces down ... Now onto the first border....     Hello Quilt Friends! I wanted to post my Bramble quilt along project, 3 Coneflowers, progress. The colors came together as I remembered one of my favorite art coaches saying, 'Light, dark, light, dark' and that helps me when choosing what color to lay down where.  Then I found a few 'raw edge' machine applique tutorials that made sense to me and I was brave and sewed the pieces down! Next onto cutting out and piecing the first border. That is the Brambl ..read more

Batting cut out for Barn Raising Medallion with Borders quilt top, 56"x 56". Quilt backing pieced for my Barn Raising Medallion quilt top. My Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Configuration, 43 x 43" finished!   Hello Quilt Friends from the valley where we are enjoying warmer temperatures and projects are being moved forward and finishes are happening! I finished sewing the binding down onto my Log Cabin Quilt in Furrow Configuration, it's hand quilted with #8 Perle cotton in Topaz, and measures 43" x 43". This one will be a gift. Then I bravely pulled out my qu ..read more

My Rice Bag finished @ 3.5" Sq. sides and bottom @ 4" Sq. , it's lined. I was inspired by several different patterns; mixed and matched, to get to this finish. Red Amaryllis flamboyantly blooming in my kitchen window, it now has four blossoms opened.   Hello Quilt Friends!  The temperatures have warmed up a few degrees and the frozen rain on the ground is starting to thaw here. I braved a walk to the mail box and was very careful to avoid the slippery spots. I made it back safely. It was good to get out for a walk. Last post I said I was glad that there ..read more

My Improv Log Cabin blocks, 12 blocks, approx 11" x 11" ea. Solid colors by Tula Pink, half yard ea. with a stack of similar batiks to the left. This is where I'm at with the Applique Medallion Challenge project, slow and easy does it.    Hello Quilt Friends, Happy New Year! And prayers for our friends in Japan suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake. Life can be tough at times, if anyone tells you different they are lying. I have decided on a color theme for the start of this year and it centers around my half yard solids by Tula Pink. Tula's way w ..read more

A scrappy table/hot mat with Burnt Orange print binding finish for a gift. Another finish, Two Hour Glass Blocks and a Wonky Flying Geese Border with Sunflower Batik binding. I changed the binding on this small quilt from a solid purple to a Sunflower Batik in yellow/brown. Binding finish here in Burnt Orange and Brown Print.     Happy Holidays Quilt Friends! from the valley where we have rain and clouds. I have been baking Gingerbread cookies and Oatmeal cookies to share around the neighborhood. Nothing like a good cookie to spread holiday che ..read more

  Fabric for Sunflower Medallion Quilt Borders. Quilting done, back and binding on my Hotmat project. Hotmat Improv Logcabin Blocks with Borders, binding pinned down on back. Improv Hourglass/Flying Geese with Borders now quilted, binding next. Hello Quilt Friends, it's almost Thanksgiving!  We do have a lot to be thankful for don't we? Last couple of days I've quilted two of my hotmat projects, Improv Logcabin Blocks with borders and Improv Hourglass/Flying Geese with borders. The binding is now sewn down onto the back of the Improv Logcabin ..read more