Here are my quilts that can be selected for display for the month of April.  My goodness, but when I look at the photos, quite a few of the quilts are EPP.  Wow, how did that happen?  Enjoy! Cherish your day, cherish your life ..read more

This is now a top!  Yea!  Got something finished.  With Ridley being part of the family now, I devised a plan in order to give me some sewing time.  We have playtime early in the morning and tire him out so that he sleeps for most of the morning and that is my sew time.  Yes, I'm smart!  LOL  This pattern came from Bonnie Hunter in her "free pattern" tab section.  Scrappy Bargello is the name of this pattern. I did it slightly different than her instructions.  First off, I didn't cut all the strips she recommended.  Looking at the photo, all t ..read more

March was a bit of a dud for me ...... my quilting mojo went to sleep and not as much got done. Why?  Well ..... we have a new member of our family.  Meet Ridley.  He came to our back door and after posting on local FB pages to see if someone owned him and even after bringing him to SPCA for microchip scanning, no one has come forward and we have decided to keep him.  He is so friendly and loving and used to people and kids. He captured hubby's heart and that was it .... he is ours now.  I did go through the listing for poisonous plants and quite a few house plants g ..read more

This was my February binding challenge and so glad it is done and hanging up this month.   It is so bright and cheery and brightens up the corner by the door to our garage. This quilt started out as a paper bag challenge with our night guild.  There was a fat quarter in the bag and we had to make a quilt from it along with other fabrics from our stash or bought fabric.  Patterns were available each month and the designer had the patterns set for beginner, intermediate and expert.  I can't remember what level I took for each block, but am happy with the result. This wa ..read more

I'm so happy with my monthly collections and my dream of having different collections has finally come true.  This is what I had planned on doing many, many years ago and as each quilt got made,  I was getting closer and closer to that dream becoming reality.  Each month, the quilts are all changed out and it gives hubby and I something to look at and talk about.   So, for March, these are the quilts that are on display.  The predominant colours are blue and green.  So, sit back and enjoy! Cherish your day, cherish your life ..read more

Another month and another quilt done for both no-blog Mary and myself. This is Mary's (before on the left and after with the binding) February quilt: This is my quilt (more on this in another post): For March, we have chosen our quilts. These are Mary's.  Aren't those penguins adorable?   She is going to do these three small mini quilts for her challenge.  This will be my quilt: Mary mentioned to me that she is still pulling quilts from her closet and she still has bins in the basement with quilts to bind.  Holy Moly ..... just how many quilts does she have ..read more

February is over and now I can tally up what was done for that month with the Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge and my monthly binding challenge. February was such a busy month for me outside my studio.  Lots and lots of appointments for hubby and school pick-ups and hosting hubby's 75th birthday.  I'm lucky to have got done more than I thought.  It appeared that I didn't do anything, until I started adding up what I actually did.  Surprised me!  Bonus!  First off, all of these quilts now have their hanging sleeves and there are no more to be done.  Yeah me ..read more

You would think with all the red/neutral quilts that I have made over the years, that I would have experienced bleed out problems with the reds .... but no .... I've been lucky and I will share what I do to omit that issue.  This is my method and it works for me. All my fabrics are washed once they get home from the fabric store, quilt guild, thrift shops.  They are washed in cold water using Tide soap.  I cut up a colour catcher sheet in strips and spread them out in the washing machine (I prefer a top load washer).  If there is a lot of red/pink in the colour catcher stri ..read more

So far, this month has been a bust for quilting.  Life has been busy and I'm tired by the time evening rolls along.  Now that it is mid-month .... I had better get my butt into gear and get something done! I did pull out my donation box looking to see what was in there that could be used.  These two blocks were pulled out and I wondered what could be done with them.  There were other blocks but .... blah .... they just didn't work.  So, these blocks stayed and then I started to play. At night guild, we were shown a new block to do and once instructions were sent to me ..read more

There, my January binding challenge is done.  Yeah me! This was a LOT of hand stitching, but, so worth it in the end.  Whenever this quilt is shown, everyone remarks at all the embroidery that I did.  Nooooo ...... those images that you see are all from a pre-printed panel.  All I did was fussy cut them down to size and appliqued them onto a hexagon frame. A mix of white, cream and off-white fabrics have been used throughout.  Below, it looks more beige on the right hand side, but it is just a shadow. Then, I've also been asked about the hexie border.  Was th ..read more