Quilts and Books

 This past year wasn't quite as productive as other years have been,

but I have no complaints.

 

Here is a collage of all the quilted items I made in 2025.

 

 

 

I have four quilt tops finished and three are going to my quilter

on Monday.  The fourth one I hope to get quilted soon.

 

 

It was a great year for reading for me!

Thankfully, I love audio books.

I listen to them while I drive, while I quilt, while I garden,

while I clean and while I'm sitting with my husband while

he watches sports on tv.  I'm not much of a tv watcher,

so I spend a lot of time listening.

 

 

  

 

 

I'm looking forward to much more quilting and listening in 2026.

 

 

End of 2025

 The last week of 2025 ended up being

pretty productive for me.

I was at my daughter and son-in-laws home

helping with the 3 littles because daycare was closed for the week.

 

While I was there, I was able to get three quilts bound and finished. 

I had quilted them before I went up and was surprised that

I was able to finish them all.

 

First up was a Christmas tree skirt for my cousins daughter.

She was married in December and my traditional wedding gift

is a Christmas tree skirt.

 

This pattern is called

 Stars from Above Tree Skirt Pattern and

 I ordered it from Miller’s Dry Goods.

It went together so quickly and was fun to make.

 

 

 

 

This pattern uses a layer cake, which I trimmed

down after cutting the pieces.

I hate those zigzag edges!

 

 

 

 

Surprisingly, I had some yardage of the same line in my stash,

so I didn't have to buy backing.

 

 

 

 

 

Next up was this quilt made from binding scraps.

I had pieced the top months ago and it sat

patiently waiting to be quilted.

 

 

 

 

I cut my binding strips 2 1/4" wide

and had a LOT of scraps.

A smaller version was finished earlier this year.

 

 

 

 

 

This little baby quilt was made using 2 1/2" squares and then

polka dotted rectangles.

It was a leader/ender for me for a while and was fun to do.

 

 These finished 2025 with a bang for me!

 

Happy Quilting! 

 

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!