Sea swept is finished and ready for our Spring guild quilt show. This was my January one monthly goal at elm street quilts. It is a beautiful quilt. I really like the colors, and, snails trail has been on my bucket list for years. All I needed to get started, was my sewing friend deciding she wanted to make one too. I started cutting in May 2021.
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| 86 x 99 |
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| 25 yards |
This quiltville mystery quilt has had it's share of mystery. I lost the blocks for Rhododendron mystery quilt after they were all made. Luckily, with a little sleuthing, they were found, and I decided to add this quilt to my 5 quilts goals. In November, the top was ready for borders, but, the corner pieces were missing. It was ready for quilting by Thanksgiving. I made this my December one monthly goal. If I wanted to make the new mystery - Chilhowie, I needed to finish this one.
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| 90 x106 |
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| 25 yards |
I started this quilt in 2018 and I called it template twirls. I made it using the crazy 6 templates from creative grids as part of an experiment. I was determined to go through my templates, at the time, or get rid of them. I made several quilts or tops at the time, and had so much fun, I kept the templates LOL
This is a great use for all the little bits of strings and crumbs
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| 60 x 70 and the sun was funny for the photo |
I quilted all over bubbles and added the binding by machine.
other ...
read moreI have finished my bunny quilt to the top stage. I think It is very cute and, coincidently, I am going to be a Grandmother again. I might be ahead on this one. Now, this quilt will be sent to the "to be quilted" closet, and, wait it's turn for the longarm.
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I finished the binding on my EPP diamond quilt. And I can call it finished. It has been a few months since I have had a finish. Meanwhile, I haven't stopped sewing, and, the tops are still piling up in the closet. I need to move a long.
This was my very first English Paper Piecing. I started ( 2009) with this quilt I needed a hand project for an airplane trip to Utah to see my daughter. I was sure I didn't want to do hexagons ( what did I know?) And this seemed simple enough to be a ...
read moreI have a finish for April's one monthly goal at elm street quilts. Bricks in the brickyard is quilted and bound. I started it in 2012. Bricks in the barnyard is found in Bonnie Hunter's Book- scraps and shirt tails 2 . I decided to use it as part of my 5 quilts ufo list in September 2021. At that time, the blocks were in 6 horizontal sections. I sewed the rows and added an inner and outer border and it was ready for the quilt vault.
I drew the number for quilting and finishing it this month. And ...
read moreIt is so exciting to finish this Christmas quilt early..... ok late. But, I am glad it is done and off all my lists. I found the pattern as a free Christmas sew along here. In March 2018, I was overwhelmed with piles of Christmas fabrics and I started cutting. This is one of the quilts I cut trying to use it and organize it. I didn't make it all go away, but, I did get it stored together.
I had it cut out January 2021
I started the blocks march 2021
The blocks were big and I really ...
read moreAs part of my rainbow scrap challenge goals for 2020, I bought a new pattern called row by row. I worked on each color through the year. By the end of the year, I had all the rows sewn. I had the top ready in November of 2020. I really like how bright and happy it turned out finished.
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| 22 yards |
I have a jelly roll finish for a child. it was a flannel jelly roll I found on sale. I used 20 for the inside portion. I wanted it a bit larger so I added borders. I made this on the treadle in 2020
I have another finish for January from my rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy projects. I sewed the crumb blocks here - during 2019 by color of the month. I found this in a -book here by Melissa Corey
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| it is 82x82 and used 20 yards |
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| I used a cotton sheet for the back and a scrappy binding. |
I did free motion swirls for the quilting. I really like swirls and may just do all of my quilts like that. Quick and easy is best.
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read moreI started this leader/ender challenge with quiltville in July of 2016. My friend Lucy, my daughter, and I swapped hourglass blocks all year. The top was done in September 2017. It has been waiting in the 'to be quilted' closet until this year. Now it has a chance to shine as a completed quilt. There are over 3000 pieces in this quilt. It was such fun to get a new package in the mail with new hourglasses. And fun again as they were sewn into the top.
This also completes my one monthly goal at elm street quilts. And ...
read moreI chose wonky courthouse steps for my December one monthly goal at elm street quilts. I think this will be the last finish for the year. I have met my goal for the phd 21. I started this in 2019 as a fun side project using my smallest scraps. Making this was very therapeutic. Bonnie Hunter is offering this pattern as a freebie and it is downloadable on her site. I pieced this entirely on my Singer treadle
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| 80 x91 = 22 yards |
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was quiet. I did some fabric shopping on line for black friday. But, I sure don't like the shopping in stores on black Friday.
The border is underwhelming, but, it is a finished top. I used all the leftover strips that I had from the 2 1/2 inch checkerboard. This quilt used almost a whole bag of 2 1/2 inch recycled shirt strips. .checkered past is a free pattern at quilted twins.
This cute donation quilt is finished. I bought this as a kit a few years ago. I thought it would make a cute boy donation quilt. This is my one monthly goal for November too.
I had it to the top stage here at the beginning of the month and now it is finished. I really like the fabric.
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| 61x66 |
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| I hand sewed the binding and sprinkled stars in the quilting |
Our guild's annual donation night was Tuesday and we had many quilts turned in and were given to the police department and family services.
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read moreI have a fun quilt finish. I saw this quilt awhile ago on Bonnie Hunter's site as she was working on it. At the time she called it crazy town.
I had a basket or two of strings, and it looked fun. I had the blocks ready to go soon enough. I called it lightening. I had the top ready, but, didn't finish it to see what Bonnie was going to do with it.
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| 12 yards of fabric |
I began in the Spring of 2019 and it is 72 x 80. I used a blue sheet for the ...
read moreI took 2 years of sewing with the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy to make the pieces for this single Irish chain by melissa correy. I made the 4 patches in 2019, and the sashings in 2020 according to the color of the month. The top was a top in November 2020. It was an easy, unstressful pattern, and then, it was a great quilt.
woohoo -sea swept is finally a top and I love it. I added the border at an open sew with the guild. I used a made jelly roll to make the borders during the jelly roll race. And I won even adding the borders to the quilt.
I have an actual finish this week. My ode to Joey quilt is almost ready for the quilt show the first of October. I just need to make a label. I have worked on this quilt for almost three years. First, I made the words by color for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy in 2019. And then, I have slowly been sewing it together. I began this as a way to heal a broken heart, and it has become very meaningful to me.
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| 80x85 = about 20 yards of fabric |
I used a wide flannel back and a scrappy ...
read moreThis quilt is finished and will find a home on our bed. I really like it. I like the crumb centers for the blocks, and the scrappy star points. I used a vintage fabric for the border, and I love gingham. It is a winning combination for me. I started making this on our Christmas trip to Florida in 2015
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| 24 yards of fabric - 82 x 92 |
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| I used a wide back from Joann and free motion hooked curves |
My finishes for this week, are my attempt to finish rug hooking ufos, which have accumulated just like quilt ufos. This is one of the first rug hooking projects I made in 2010. I didn't even know how to finish anything yet, so I didn't finish it. It has been sitting waiting patiently. I decided to make a zippered bag. When I sewed the bag pieces to the hooked piece, I could only get so close, so I needed to hook another row.
I made the bag at a retreat using the tutorial at noodlehead
