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This Christmas 2020 wallhanging quilt for our youngest granddaughter, Amelia, the unicorn loving one. This Laura Heine collage was a winner! Even after quilting for well over 40 years there was still so much color value to be learned! This … Continue reading →

A co-worker has close connections with Uganda. She does charitable work there and is now helping a second generation get basic and advanced education. She returned from a recent trip with fabric: Twenty assorted fat quarters.

Could I make her a Ugandan holiday set for her home?

What a fun challenge! (At least it felt fun after she told me she had been considering this for 10 years and certainly didn’t need it THIS Christmas.)

I have two parts to the stage of finished tops:

Tree Skirt

Table Runner

A throw quilt (supplemented with solids from my stash) is ...

I spent a fair portion of time yesterday playing with some of my block designs from two very different collections to make some new block designs, and some new quilt designs. I should have been clearing the pile of dressmaking waiting to be done, not to mention the alterations, mending and taking up hems, but playing with quilt designs was more fun. In my defence I did finish two very simple skirts.

I just might find time to play with this new project file today, though there is still general sewing to be done!

After 4 months, I finally have a finished quilt to share

Could be a single bed quilt … or a wall-hanging.

Need to experiment a bit with the border colours, but I like the results so far to keep playing.

This is the second time I’ve made this Freewheeling Single Girl quilt. The first time was for our oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in 2017. Both times I resized the rings so you got more rings per quilt. To make … Continue reading →

Strings of Beads make some very interesting designs, and I have had fun adding a few different shapes to the designs in this project file.

Some nice spaces which can be filled with quilting, and I would use the bead shape to link the colourful beads in the designs.

When I saw this design I knew I needed it in my life!!! And then I decided I needed to make it for all three of our children as Christmas quilt. I have made each of them many quilts over … Continue reading →

Elegant!

The star of today’s designs.

The Spirited panel was designed by Elise Genest for Northcott Fabrics. The panel measures 24″ x 44″.

I cut my strips 2.75” which yields 4” finished hexies. There were 210 hexies.  I let the design tell me what it needs to tell a good story.  After cutting my strips I had about 2.25” strip left.  This allowed me to cut diamonds and make 11 kaleidoscope Star 60 units. I added 4” finished Hollow Cube 60’s and a 12” hollow Cube with 4” cubes inside it to represent the stables. 

Spirit was left in the corral far too ...

Our oldest daughter’s former college roommate asked me to make a memory quilt from her mother’s tee shirt collection. Of course, I agreed. How could I not, she is like another daughter to us. I didn’t want the typical memory … Continue reading →

Pattern: Norwegian magazine «Familien» 24/2022. It has also been available at quilte.net