Peanut Butter Blocks

 A few months ago, one of my Bee mates in the Gridster Bee

asked us to make these

Peanut Butter Blocks by Then Came June 

and I was hooked.

These blocks are really mindless sewing.

 

After having one of my quilts long arm quilted,

there was a lot of this backing fabric left over.

I kept looking at it and seeing it with solid fabrics.

Then I thought....

Peanut Butter Blocks!

 

 

 

 

 

For a couple of months I've been using

these blocks as leader/enders for other sewing

and then just finished making the blocks recently.

 The main fabric is one of my favorites for backings

and I've used all three colorways. 

 

 

 

 

 

 I finished sewing the rows together yesterday and

now have a decision to make.

 

Do I need to add borders or is it finished?

 

The border fabric would probably be the same

fabric as the blocks unless I can find a stripe or something

with all of the colors.

 

This is one happy quilt!

 

 

The other day I made a few gifts from the faux leather vinyl

from Zipper Valley.

This vinyl is so easy and nice to use in these bags.

No quilting is needed.

The zipper tape and pulls came from Zipper Valley, too. 

 

 

 

On to the next project!

I really need to get some backings made for quilts

that have been patiently waiting to be finished.

Maybe today will be the day!

 

Happy Quilting! 

Bucilla Kits Over the Years

 After making a comment in one of my recent posts 

wondering how many sequins I've sewn onto Bucilla felt kits

over the years, I decided it would be fun to look back on all

of the kits I've made.

 

The following photos are of most of the things I've made.

The very first kit was a Christmas tree skirt that I made

for my daughter.

A friend at church had made one and brought it to show

us one day.

I'd never heard of Bucilla before and that got me started on 

making these kits.

 

 

 

  

In any event.... I've sewn a lot of sequins onto felt pieces

and continue to love making these kits.

 

Here are all of the stockings I've made

over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Here are some of the ornaments I've made: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There mice are my favorites!

 

 

Here is the other tree skirt I made.

 

 

 

And then there are the wall hangings and a pillow.

 

 

 

I made a small plain quilt and stitched the

snowman tree to it for my daughter.

It's much easier to display this way!

 

 

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This has been a fun walk down memory lane! 

These have kept me very busy over the years

and will continue to do so when the mood strikes.

 

Happy Quilting! 

Quilt Camp

 Back in October, I went on my annual

Quilt Camp retreat

in upstate New York.

We've rented the same house for a few years

on Keuka Lake and have a great few days of sewing.

 

Once again, we each made a quilt for another person

and gifted them at quilt camp.

The theme this year was "Spring".

 

 

 

Kathy, on the right, had my name and made me this

beautiful colorful quilt.

It's in my sun room and is used often this time of year!

 

 

 

I had Kathy's name and made this quilt for her.

She's a teacher, so I used a layer cake called

"Old School" and used a pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew.

(I can't remember the name and can't find it online.)

This quilt isn't really "Springy", but school is in

session on the spring. :) 

While I'm happy with the end results of this quilt,

I HATED it as I was making the blocks.

Kathy was excited to get it and was going to use it

in her classroom.

 

 

While at quilt camp,

I made the blocks for "Carbonation"

by See Jamie Sew. 

  

 

This is not for the faint of heart!

I used a bunch of Kaffe fabrics

(I'm on a roll with using Kaffe!)

for the circles and one of my favorite 

fabrics for the background.

There are four sizes of circles in the design

and the smallest one was challenging to piece.

The top is finished and waiting to be quilted.

 

I love it!

 

Happy Quilting! 

Bucilla Stockings

 As some of you know,

I love making the Bucilla felt kits

and have made a LOT of them.

(It would be fun to know how many sequins

I've sewn onto felt over the years,

but I'm not counting them! :D)

 

This year two more stockings have been added

to my list of things made.

 

This one is for my God-daughter's little boy.

The bricks took a while to make, but look so cool.

 

 

 

 

 

This stocking is for my house for my oldest granddaughter.

I had made one when she was born,

but last year, after hanging them all on the mantle,

I wasn't happy with hers.

All of the other stockings have Santa and hers did not.

Now she has one that does!

 

 

  

 

I always make a quilted stocking and then stitch the 

felt piece to the front of this.

The same cute fabric was used for both of these stockings.

 

Happy Quilting!