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April 9, 2021
SOPHIE IS SUCH A SWEETIE from Kwilty Pleasures

I actually forgot all about this baby quilt!
I made it for a friend who was gonna be a first time Gramma!

I knew Kim (gramma) likes Winnie the Pooh
and just sew happened, I had some in my stash.

This is the Perfect Ten pattern, by Swirly Girl Designs.


This top is my GO-TO baby quilt pattern.
It's simpler than it looks to make
and uses novelty prints sew well.


And the back was pretty simple.
I couldn't believe I had this polka dot print in my stash.
Let alone, enough for backing!
I always like to ...

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March 12, 2021
2020 Mystery Quilt from Kwilty Pleasures

Sometimes I get behind in my blog posts.
Regardless, I try to post interesting projects.
  I am glad you are following me
and it is really nice when someone comments.
I don't feel so alone out here!  

Sew in catching up.....
The Columbus Modern Quilters had another fun
Mystery Quilt Challenge for 2020.

I selected ALL the fabrics from my stash.
Several FQs in Orange, Mustard
with a White Grunge accent and a gray background.


I always challenge myself to use my stash
and figure out where to put the same colors
of different prints in the design.
You ...

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February 22, 2021
JOURNALING from Kwilty Pleasures


I encourage each of you to journal your creative journey.
It doesn't have to be anything elaborate.
Just keep a list of your projects each year.

Maybe write the who, what, when, where and why
about the project!  What you enjoyed, what wasn't so fun.
Did you learn anything while making the project.
 
I don't spend money of elaborate journals, stickers and such.
I make my fabric covers for Compositions books.

Here is my 2021 journal made with Allison Glass fabrics.
Front, Back and inside pocket flaps.
And I have a pen tab which sometimes I forget ...

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February 10, 2021
2020 KNIT WIT from Kwilty Pleasures

2020 provided lots of TV time and when that happens...
I become a KNIT WIT! 

I have learned some new stitches and techniques this year!
Kathy Guenther is a knitty friend
with lots of experience and patience !
Together we tend to knit and sip...wine!

I have really enjoyed knitting these scarves/shawls.
Most of them are free patterns on Ralvery. 
If you want to see all my projects over there,
my user Name is KathyGordon

Dusk to Dawn, By Briana Kepner
50 Shades of Gradient Yarn
Fingering Weight Yarn


Letters From Russia By Annah Burnes
Pic Knit City Blues ...

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January 14, 2021
2020 projects from Kwilty Pleasures



2020 is a year we want to forget.
The world as we knew it...was interrupted with a 
pandemic from hell.

I kept my mind and hands busy, to keep my sanity
and made many projects via fabric, yarn and paper.
I am not showing my cards in this post
but I crafted at least 30 made in 2020.
Fabric and Yarn kept me sane and I present 
 40 projects for 2020


QUILTS

 Sewcial Distance Quilt 1
Plaidish by Erica Jackman 
COMPLETED


 Sewcial Distance Quilt 2
Color Dive by Anna Maria Horner
COMPLETED




Sewcial Distance Quilt 3
The Iris Quilt ...

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December 30, 2020
2020 Finishes from Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting

 I don't have a lot of finishes to show this year.  I made lots of blocks for block exchanges, and also for other quilts, but none of those are in completed quilts yet.  I'm NOT showing all the masks I made.

Here are the quilts I finished in 2020:

Challenge quilt for the quilt show that didn't happen in 2020

I made 6 of these Parcheesi/Ludo board games

for my inlaws who couldn't find toilet paper in March

1st baby quilt

2nd baby quilt

3rd baby quilt

4th baby quilt

hand quilted (front of quilt ...

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December 20, 2020
2020 COLUMBUS MODERN QUILTERS REVEAL from Kwilty Pleasures

My modern quilting group,
The Columbus Modern Quilters
recently had an on-line reveal of our 2020 Mystery Quilt

We received a total of 7 Clues.
The last was the layout of this top.
I grabbed some screen shots.
(photos by quilters, power point by Leigh Morgan)


This is my Mystery Quilt.
My hubby thinks it looks like a Native American design.
I'll go with that....when deciding the name.
I plan to quilt this one in 2021.




Rachel never disappoints with her work.
There were lots of little HTS left over from
one of the blocks...they ended up ...

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November 27, 2020
GENDER NEUTRAL BABY QUILT from Kwilty Pleasures

I had a plan to make this for someone's baby
but found a quilt already made, that was perfect.

Still, I finished the quilt and will hold it for
a future baby.  It has all the makings of a wonderful
gender neutral quilt.  All the fabrics are from my stash.

I decided to make a disappearing 9-patch.
Make a 9-patch block



then the 9-patch disappears
when you cut those blocks into 4ths,
flip them around and sew back together.


I love having custom labels to attach to my quilts.
My name, my business name and the year the quilt ...

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November 9, 2020
GREAT-GREAT BABY BOY! from Kwilty Pleasures

My niece, Lisa Smith, is gonna be a Grandma.
When she mentioned that to me, 
I decided my great-great nephew
would need a quilt.  

I have had this gender neutral quilt
for a while and it was a perfect choice.
The pattern is called Flip Side
by Rachel Griffith Designs.

It finished at 36" x 48"
A perfect baby quilt in sew many ways.



Trees and mushrooms with green, gray and yellow. 



And the back is just as cute as the front.



When I get a photo of baby and quilt...
I will be sure to post!








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November 8, 2020
Finished Cowl from Thread Head

I knit a cowl from some yarn that I spun this summer.

The pattern is The Shift by Andrea Mowry (a paid-for pattern on Ravelry). The pattern was really nice to knit - enough variation to keep it interesting, and an easy to remember pattern once established.


I spun the yarn from a local fleece that I cleaned, combed and dyed,

Then drum carded into batts ready for spinning.

The finished yarn.

A close up of the stitch pattern.


I knit it the cowl to go with the coat I made - all finished now that the buttons are on (I don ...

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October 23, 2020
Baby Quilt, and Some Other Things from Thread Head

This week I finished quilting a baby quilt that my Mom and I made.

My Mom pieced the tiny thimbles, and I sewed on the borders and machine quilted it. It is a gift for a family member.


The quilt is 33"x42". 


I free motion quilted it with regular cotton sewing thread in the top and bobbin. It has a 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting, and a flannel backing.

Other recent sewing is that I made my first coat!

It is made from a camel coloured wool that I bought as a remnant from a fundraising sale at the ...

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October 21, 2020
GIFT WRAPPED! SEWALONG BEGINS TOMORROW! from Kwilty Pleasures


An AQS Christmas Countdown begins tomorrow!
October 21, 2020

Tami Edinger Pfeil of BEHG Designs
has some adorable floor rug patterns
for you and there's a sew-along!

Patterns are free with the purchase
of a canvas rug kit at HANDBEGH Designs

Tami has fabulous quilt, rug, garland,
felted project patterns for you...
just click here!

Don't go yet...I am gonna show
you what I made using her pattern "Gift Wrapped"








Tami asked me to review the pattern for
"Gift Wrapped"

I asked if I could show the versatility of her pattern
 by making a table runner and ...

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October 1, 2020
MY IRIS QUILT from Kwilty Pleasures

The IRIS quilt top by Erica Jackman,
Kitchen Table Quilting, is done.

I selected Cosmo Cricket, circa 1934 jelly roll
I also had  2 charm packs that will go into the backing.


Cutting was quick and easy


Sewing the units was quick and easy.


Sewing the sashing was easy


Then easy stopped, at least for me.
The layout diagram was weird.
Every row had a different length.
Here it is laid out on my floor


Nothing was quick or easy
about sewing the top together.
I made a few mistakes in the lineup
and had to unsew....I hate when ...

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September 23, 2020
SEWCIAL DISTANCE X 3 from Kwilty Pleasures

The 3rd Sewcial Distance Quilt
 Kim Hensley and I have sewn apart/together
is The Iris Quilt by Erica Jackman
@kitchentablequilting

Its a Jelly Roll quilt and sew
one would think quick and easy!

Well let's just talk fabrics for now.
We shopped our stash and I found...
Cosmo Crickets' Circa 1934 Jelly roll
and I found 2 charm pack.
I had the red GRUNGE in my stash.
I used a KONA cream for the sashing.


I also have 2 charm pack of circa 1934
and that will be worked into the backing.


It didn't take long ...

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September 16, 2020
REMEMBER THOSE BAGS??? from Kwilty Pleasures


I finally finished them this summer.  
Lots of fun gifts for some lucky recipients.
Most of these patterns are free!

Lined Drawstring Bag
Tutorial by Jeni Baker, In Color Order Blog


 Adorable Llamas


I couldn't pass on GNOME fabric.
This tutorial is by Noodlehead, Wide Open Pouch.


The front and back have different colors
and I switched the zipper out to turquoise.


The One Hour Basket is perfect for
these Llamas dressed in their Holiday Sweaters and scarves.


I did swap out the lining to a black and white.
Not sure why, maybe I misplaced the other option.


Another ...

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September 9, 2020
TAKING A DIVE from Kwilty Pleasures

Second Sewcial Distance Sewing Pattern
with Kim Hensley is....COLOR DIVE 
a free pattern by Anna Marie Horner.

I had a lot of Alison Glass scraps that I received
last you via #getyourquiltywishgranted on Instagram.


This was my first Rainbow designed quilt.
All pieces are 5" squares with a few HST 
to transition from one color to the next.


I selected a fun all over Edge 2 Edge design
for Coleen to longarm quilt.
It's a good size also, 64" x 76"


This is Coleen...she's just awesome!


The backing is also Allison Glass and a 
bit of ...

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August 27, 2020
A CHRISTMAS PLAIDISH QUILT from Kwilty Pleasures

2020 has been a year of confusion,
exhaustion, anger, frustration and
the drive for me to stay busy!

I have to create to keep my sanity!
I want to share with you a quilt that is a free pattern
from Erica Taylor Jackman aka @kitchentablequilting.

This pattern is Plaidish 2
and I have pulled a lot of Christmas fabrics...
well red, green and white fabrics.
Many are Christmas prints I pulled from
stash and scraps.


Here is a link to download
Plaidish 2 over on Erica's blog.
It seems more like a check than a plaid to me.
Should ...

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July 25, 2020
MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE BLOCKS from Kwilty Pleasures

I have FINALLY finished a Christmas quilt top
 using the Modern Tree Blocks by Amy Smart.
 I made most of the blocks, 2 years ago.

I used Amy's free Tutorial over on her blog, 
Diary of a Quilter and 
you can see it here.
The tutorial offers directions for two sizes
of the blocks.  I made the bigger size.

Its sew easy and I love the wonky look of the
trees, cut them all the same, or different.
Stack two fabrics and slice, following her instructions.
I love wonky and different!



Then I put the blocks on the ...

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July 19, 2020
FLAG QUILT from Kwilty Pleasures

Before July has slipped by...I wanted to share 
my finished Stars and Stripes quilt,
 pattern by Thimbleblossoms.

I started this in 2019, making the blocks at a quilt retreat.
It is quick and easy but it sat in a pile of  "to quilt" projects.
My friend, Coleen Rains, offered to quilt this one
'on the house' as she learned about how to use
 her new longarm machine.


We played with a wave design
and decided a long soft wave was perfect.
Like a flag, gently waving in the wind.


Binding was blue/white and perfect to frame this ...

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May 20, 2020
OUR 2020 SENIOR from Kwilty Pleasures

Our grandson, Daevaughn Chatman,
 is a Senior in the Class of 2020


That means many heartbreaking things...
Missing the prom, graduation ceremony.
The longest ‘Senior Skip Day’ ever.
For me, it meant a graduation quilt!

I have a ga-zillion precuts and I found some 
by Amy Ellis that read masculine.


I decided to use Charm Pack Cherry pattern.
 Its quick and easy using charm packs!
Not too much fabric to pack for my winter snowbird adventure 


The pattern is free over at the FQ Shop.  
Click here to get your copy!

I began working on the quilt, in the small ...

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