2022 projects

2022 FINISHES from Kwilty Pleasures

My last post was all about my 2023 DREAMS.

This post is about my 2022 FINISHES !

4-Patch Slice

Cut Loose - Kitchen Table Quilting, Free Pattern

Strip Plus - GE Designs

CH Bed runner

Star Gazer - Frannie B Quilt Company

Elegance Table Runner

Modern Christmas Trees - Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter

SWELL Vintage Santa - Jingle Jangle Background Pattern

Tomte OSU Gnome Quilt

Origins Pattern Test - Lifting Limits Quilts

Mamouth Flannel Chair Runner

BAGS

Trail Tote Noodlehead

Slimline Wallet

KNITTING

Pretty Basic Shawl

I may have missed a few but I have been a busy girl!

2023 is gonna be a year ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 1 year, 10 months ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects

MODERN TREES AMONG THE TREES from Kwilty Pleasures

I never hesitate to take photos in the wild!

My garden is wild..especially in the fall.

Hustle and Bustle fabric line by BasicGrey!

Longarm Quilting by Patty Estadt.

Take a stroll and see if the trees fit in with the trees!

Perfect fit!

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , christmas quilts

TOMTE or GNOME? from Kwilty Pleasures

A Tomte and Gnome are really one in the same.

The pattern I am talking about today is a Scandanavian TOMTE design.

I looked up TOMTE (pronounced tom-ta) and by definition

a Nordic mythological creature associated with winter solstice and Christmas season.

GNOME is also a mythological creature who is

an ageless and often deformed dwarf who is a good luck charm.

This is my finished TOMTE quilt.

I think of the little guy as my

OSU Gnome named BUCKY

As I was finishing this quilt....I also had a Modern Tree Quilt to bind.

I used the free tutorial ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 1 month ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , christmas quilts

WONDER WHY it took me so long! from Kwilty Pleasures

To finish and post about this quilt that began in 2021.

This was a "sewcial distance" challenge

between Kim Hensley and me.

I sewed it at the beach but it sat for awhile.

Kim was learning to use her new

INNOVA longarm and needed some practice quilts.

I was the girl for her! I have quilts just waiting!

Her new business is Happily Every Quilting.

She's still a full time VIP for Nationwide but

when she retires in a few years, this will be her

FUN full time job!

She is a super Disney Fan, has a family season ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 1 month ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , baby quilts , happily ever quilting

MODERN CHRISTMAS TREES from Kwilty Pleasures

Yes you saw the finished top.

But I wanted to make sure you know

about the process and the free tutorial

by Amy Smart, find it here!

But first, I made some sample blocks.

I will work this into a table runner for a Christmas Gift.

I love the tutorial that Amy Smart offers.

You can find it here.

She also has a You Tube Video that you will want to look up.

She talks about how to stack 6 fabrics

and cut them. THEN by just

switching one tree fabric from bottom to the top...

you have 6 different ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 2 months ago. under 2022 projects , christmas quilts , tutorials

WHEN QUILTY GIRLS GATHER from Kwilty Pleasures

It was a FABULOUS Quilty Girl's Retreat!

This post is a bit long, lots of pictures, but seriously...read it all!

Meet...Kim, Tami and Lucinda!

Patty, Me and Kathy

A Thursday - Sunday adventure!

The sewing room area was huge with 8 large tables

2 ironing boards, 2 designs walls

and a large cutting area right beside this room!

Kathy was thinking about all the HST she needed.

To make a Fall Breeze quilt top!

We all drooled over this one!

Lucinda showed her 'crack' (inside joke)!

Her Christmas Tree quilt top was sew pretty!

Staggered rows look pretty ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 2 months ago. under 2022 charity quilts , 2022 projects , quilt retreat , quilty girls

Tomte Xmas from Kwilty Pleasures

Stitching things off my UFO list!

This little gnome quilt TOMTE is sew adorable.

How could I resist.

I cut it out in fall of 2021 and intended to make

at a quilt retreat. But that didn't happen.

Back home last winter...the stitching began.

It went together sew quickly!

And begin a BUCKEYE FOR LIFE

you know my Gnome had to have a OSU hat!

He's now at the longarmer and he will return

before the the first kickoff!

GO BUCKS!

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 3 months ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , christmas quilts

UFO INSANITY! from Kwilty Pleasures

I thought I was doing sew good!

I had finished 3 UFOs in 3 Weeks!

I had started these patterns all last fall!

Then they waited...

A quilt top from this pattern was finished July 2021!

I just didn't have the courage to applique the very large

SWELL SANTA onto it!

And this pattern was cut and partially sewn.

I am working on posts for these 3 finishes but

in the meantime...I forgot all about these 3 projects.

I need a small Christmas Charley Harper

wall hanging for my guest bedroom.

I have no idea what these summer ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 6 months ago. under 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , ufo

WHEN LITTLE GIRLS QUILT! from Kwilty Pleasures

When you have someone you can pass on the passion

of quilting...you do just that.

For many, that is a grandchild...

for me, that person is my great niece, GEMMA

My Gemma, is now 11 years old and she finished her

first quilt December 2021 when she was 10.

She immediately wanted to begin another quilt

and of course we can make that happen.

She found an Alex Anderson Rail Fence pattern

from the Learn to Quilt book by Alex.

She pulled some fabrics from my stash

for a rainbow quilt!

I decided it was time for Gemma's ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 6 months ago. under 2022 projects , gemma , second quilt

FLAIRING CHARM PATTERN from Kwilty Pleasures

Because I always have more projects started than I realize...

I didn't disappoint myself while at the beach.

I took a fun pattern along called "FLAIR'

and thought I could work on this if I have time.

It uses 4 charm packs and background fabrics

cut into charm sizes of 5"

Of course I had enough charm packs,

actually CHRISTMAS charm packs.

The Christmas Card, Eat Drink and be Ugly,

The Cookie Exchange and Mistletoe.

I cut lots of scrappy low volume 5" squares.

What I didn't realize was...the pattern instructions

were to lay the skinny strips ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 7 months ago. under 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , charm packs , christmas quilts

STARGAZER TESTER! from Kwilty Pleasures

I feel very lucky to be a pattern tester for

Frannie B Quilt Company.

Corrine Wells comes up with some great designs.

The mission is taking designs of fabric and blocks

from traditional colors and style into modern beauties.

Stargazer had me working my testing skills to the limit!

I always make test blocks as part of my testing process.

These Charley Harper stars will become units in another project.

I soon found out there were LOTS of flying geese.

That's not sew bad, but the instructions made them

one at a time....brutal.

Of course, that was the ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 9 months ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , pattern tester

FIRST 2022 FINISH 4-PATCH SLICE from Kwilty Pleasures

One of the sewcial distance quilts Kim Hensley and I sewed in 2021

was making a fun 4-Patch Slice quilt.

I finished it as my first 2022 project!

Sometimes we begin, get the top done and then it’s timing

to get the quilts quilted and bound.

I used Wonder fabric line by Kate and Birdie

and it was perfect for a baby quilt.

The pattern I selected was by Inspiring Creations.

I like the different layouts she offered

and the wider insert strips.

Kim used some of her Bonnie & Camile fabrics.

I loved the way my baby quilt turned ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 10 months ago. under 2022 finishes , 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , baby quilts

FRIENDS WHO CUT LOOSE! from Kwilty Pleasures

Who would have ever imagined that in January, 2022

we would still be dealing with the damn corona virus

and all the ugly heads that have mutated.

I could go on a rant right now...

but that won't help get shots into arms.

Sew, I will talk about how I deal with the insanity.

Sewing has saved me and this

"CUT LOOSE" pattern along with my sewcial distance partner,

Kim Hensley, gives me focus and goals to meet for a beautiful finish!

This quilt is our 7th sewcial distance sewing

"apart/together" since April, 2020

I had a great ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 10 months ago. under 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash , scrap quilt , scraps , sewcial distance

ZEN CHIC WHITE CHRISTMAS DILEMA from Kwilty Pleasures

Do you ever have that one FQ bundle that you just can't cut.

NOT because you don't want to use it...but because

you keep changing your mind about the pattern you want to use.

I love all fabrics by Zen Chic and her beautiful pattern designs.

I have had this bundle of White Christmas for...

well many years.

Its so amazing and I want to make sure whatever pattern

I use...it will be the best pattern to showcase it!

Brigitte Heitland, Zen Chic Designer

offered this FREE Christmas Star Pattern...

I really love it. You can ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 11 months ago. under 2022 projects , christmas quilts , white christmas , zen chic

2022 IS HERE! from Kwilty Pleasures

Happy New Year to all my followers.

After 10 years of blogging...I am still here

and sew are you. Thank you for hanging in with me.

I often think about throwing in the blog towel,

but I still enjoy it...even if it has fallen from favor

in the social media world.

I guess I still have more to say!

How can it be 2022 already.

2021 has been almost as bad as 2020 with COVID still

busting our chops. BUT fully vaccinated makes me feel

much safer and sew much wiser!

I do have lots of new projects ...

added by Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures 2 years, 11 months ago. under 2022 projects , 2022 sew my stash

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