Busy day..................
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December 7, 2025
December 1, 2025
Last minute November finishes and more......................
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There is nothing better than an all day sewing day. It was too cold to go anywhere.
This top is finally finished other than a little trimming of the bottom edge. It ended up at 49.5" x 71". There are 2 Martha Negley fabrics in it and the rest are all Kaffe Fassett Collective.
I determined a final layout and got this flannel baby quilt top sewn together too. When I was putting the blocks up on the design wall, I realized the bottom left block was shorter than the rest. Evidently 2 of the light strips were 1 ... read more
November 28, 2025
All blocks....................
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Yesterday morning I got all of the strippy blocks up on the design wall. I think I might have moved 2 of the blocks after this photo was taken.
I decided to sew the columns I'm happy with so the three at the left are sewn, but not sewn to each other. I need to do more playing with the insertion strips. I don't like the grouping of the strippy block columns right now, 3, 2, 3, and 2. After I sew some columns I can move them around and also move the narrow strips to new locations ... read more
November 27, 2025
Flannel.............
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Standing at the design wall didn't sound appealing to me yesterday so I got 2 boxes of flannel pieces off a shelf in my studio.
I decided bullseye blocks was a nice mindless project. They will probably be made into a baby quilt.
They haven't had their final press yet so they look a little crooked. Some of them used a variety of short pieces and others were just 3 fabrics for the whole block.
I still have tomatoes ripening in the garage. A lot of them are golf ball size or smaller but they taste great, better ... read more
October 18, 2025
3 quilt tops...................
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I finally turned on the iron and got all three quilt tops pressed and measured. Then I staystitched around the perimeter of this 16 patch made of Nancy Crow fabric. This photo was taken with my Canon camera and is the closest to the real color. My previous photos were too light. This one is 64" x 80".
I am so happy these simple borders worked so effectively to make this medallion into a rectangular shape. It is 61" x 81". It is now a shape to cover a body. No one will ever convince me that a 61" square ... read more
October 17, 2025
Borders, sewn top...................
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Thanks to a friend I decided on borders on a medallion quilt made 9 years ago. I was stuck at 61" square and wanted it to become rectangular. The borders are sewn on the top and bottom. Here is the top and the inspiration for it.
Last night I finished sewing the flannel tumbler quilt top. Now I have 3 quilt tops to press so maybe I'll turn on the iron today.
A friend started blogging again so check her out. She mentions me in this post from yesterday.
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October 16, 2025
A different project...............
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After grocery shopping and putting everything away, I wasn't in the mood to turn on the iron and press the quilt top....so I started a new project. A while back I showed all of the precut flannel pieces I had and I decided to make another baby quilt with the 4" tumblers. This is just rows pinned to the design wall. I'll decide if I want to move any of the rows to a different position and then sew them together. This one should finish around 40" x 40".
There were 257 tumblers (cut with my die ... read more
September 27, 2025
Counting pieces...................
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There wasn't time yesterday to sew on any project so I counted pieces of flannel, both pieced and cut. This pile is 35 flannel 16 patches. I need to make 28 more blocks for a decent throw size quilt, or mix these with some of the pieces in the following photos.
There were several boxes of cut pieces. In this one there are 53 of the 4.5" x 8.5" rectangles, 45 of the 4.5" squares, and I didn't count the strips since there are only a few of them.
A lot of my flannel quilts ...
read moreJuly 26, 2025
Checking out an idea...................
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This is the idea I had for the Kaffe rectangles and Brandon Mably's Gameboard fabric. I have seen this done with different dimensions for the pieces and I think longer rectangles might look better, but this is what I have already cut, so I need to use it. I only got 110 B&W squares out of the yard of fabric that I had. I had figured I needed 150 for a quilt 54" x 75". I have another of his black and white fabrics called Chips that I could possible mix into the outside edge blocks. These pieces ... read more
July 25, 2025
It was binding day......................
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I had the binding sewn onto the flannel baby quilt before lunch time yesterday. I need to take some blocks off the design wall before I can take its full portrait.
These are the blocks that need to be removed from the design wall. I added the 4 new ones so I could take a photo of all 36 blocks (one of each combination of fabrics, two alike of each are sewn). This wasn't necessarily the final layout but I have a photo of it now if I do want to start with this when I get the rest ... read more
July 24, 2025
Another hot day..........
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Yesterday I found a flannel binding fabric that was lightweight and the right color for this little flannel baby quilt. I hope I will get it sewn on today.
A friend came over and was designing a quilt on my design wall. She brought Subway sandwiches, yum!
I had another dishcloth more than half knitted so I finished it late yesterday afternoon.
That gave me permission to start another one (or two).
I cut the black and white squares for another idea I have.
The overnight temperatures are staying up in the mid to high 70s, some close to 80 ...
read moreJuly 23, 2025
Quilting a small one..........
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This flannel quilt has been ready for quilting for a couple weeks so I finally quilted it yesterday. It will get trimmed today or tomorrow and then I'll look for binding.
I pressed the stratas yesterday and sliced off the segments for 8 blocks, 2 of each combination. They aren't pressed so they can't go up on the design wall yet. I have 72 blocks made now. That would give me an 8 x 9 layout but that is too close to square. I would rather have 7 x 11 or 8 x 10. I could still ... read more
June 29, 2025
Finished a small one................
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I made the top for this quilt in February, using the 6" Bow Tie dies so the blocks are 3" finished. All of the fabrics in the blocks are Kaffe Fassett collective prints, a large variety in the larger piece and in the triangles. I think I would call this exuberant pastel because of the large scale prints which appear darker. It is 34.5" x 45".
The cute print on the back is flannel that I found on sale. The binding is a gray print I found in my stack of grays.
I used Hobbs 80/20 batting in ...
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Last day of April sewing.............
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This isn't the prettiest table topper I have ever made but it will serve a good purpose anyway. The top was made to demonstrate how to make the block for a class over 10 years ago. I just used strips that were already cut, not fabrics chosen specifically chosen for a project. It is almost 21" square.
The back is a pretty fabric so that side might be used more than the pieced side. I hand stitched the binding last night while watching TV.
I also added a border to a small flannel quilt top so it is an ... read more
March 31, 2025
Flannel quilt for beginners
from Pieced Brain
Here’s a quick flannel quilt for beginners, perfect as a graduation gift or home decor. You can make it in one day!
Suede Satchel
My middle son turns 25 today! I had been collecting flannels for a few years to make the Suede Satchel quilt for him, and, while on a retreat at Lake Okoboji earlier this month, I finally put it together! It is smaller than my original pattern – it measures 48″ x 64″ with blocks that finish at 8″ – and I hope he will enjoy it as a throw as he hangs out with his cat, Junior ...
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It's finished!
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I found a nice stripe in the mid-tone of the quilt for the binding and got it sewn on. This quilt is 39" square.
The backing is a grayed purple even though it seems to be brown in some lights. The quilt is much softer looking in person, not such high contrast.
I used Hobbs 80/20 in this quilt.
The close up shots show some of the colors in the quilt, like this green print.
There are browns, rust, blue and gold tones.
Burgundy check and a burnt orange are in this shot.
Up in the top left is ... read more
February 14, 2025
A little fabric therapy................
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I made my first fabric purchase this year. Yes, it's Tilda again and yes, it was pricey because it is a new line, but I needed a perk.
I bought the smallest pack available, fat 8ths plus 1/2 yard of my favorite fabric.
I was just about out of the cookies in my freezer so it was time to bake something else. I love this cherry topped cake ... read more
February 13, 2025
Hanging sleeve #2
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I had been dreading sewing the hanging sleeve on the second quilt for my grandson and his wife. Lots of black to deal with. I finally decided how to stitch from the front to catch the top edge and used charcoal gray thread so I could see where I had stitched. This side is going against a wall so it won't matter that it wasn't black thread.
I continued working on it and got all of the hand stitching done. Now I have to get the 2 quilts in a box and mail them to the east coast ... read more
February 1, 2025
January 2025 monthly recap................
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I'm happy to have one finish for January 2025 and I ditch quilted it on my Pfaff sewing machine. I like designing with the little rectangles in my colorwash wall hangings. I don't always work yellow into them but I got a good variety of it in this one. It is 31.25" x 50.25".
I also finished 3 table runners. I'm hoping to get a lot of little projects finished this year. I have plenty of large quilts right now but I still need to make more baby quilts.
Making baby quilts gives me a ...
read moreJanuary 19, 2025
A quilt top!...............
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The flannel quilt top is finished! It has been hard to get a good photo of this quilt. It is a little more rust toned than it looks here. The contrast between the light and dark is also softer. If you go back to this post you can see the original quilt I planned this layout for.
I took some close up shots to better show the colors and patterns in the fabrics.
The colors in this photo are truer than the photo of the whole quilt top.
This photo is also truer color but the contrast if off. The ... read more