Olivia's Quilt is Finished

 The other night I finished sewing the binding on my 

granddaughter's quilt.

Now both quilts are finished for my littles for Christmas!

This quilt is "The Violet Quilt" by

Kitchen Table Quilting.

Erica's patterns are written so well

and are easy to follow.

 

 

 

My daughter asked for a colorful quilt

and I did my best to please her.

 

:)

 

I used a lot of Kaffe, some Tula and some

random fabrics, too.

 

 

 

 

 

Rebecca Grace of Rebecca Grace Quilting

quilted it and did her usual excellent work. 

I love the design she suggested.

 

 

 

My granddaughter loves pink, so I used a pink on pink

fabric for the small blocks that are throughout the quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

This isn't a good photo of the backing,

but it has all of the colors.

 

It's labeled and ready to wrap!

This is a HUGE check off of my list.

 

 

Happy Quilting!

Miles' Big Boy Bed Quilt

 My daughter and son in law asked me to make

bed quilts for each of my grandchildren.

I sent them Kitchen Table Quilting's website

and they picked a pattern for each of them.

For Miles, they chose The Ivy Quilt.

For those who follow me,

these fabrics are going to look very familiar.

This is the third large quilt I've made

from these fabrics and colors.

I added to the group for Miles' quilt,

but a lot of them have been in previous quilts.

The background is new.

 

 

 

 

 

These colors are my favorites, by far.
I love the lime green pops of color

throughout the quilt.

They bring in so much light.

 

 

 

Rebecca Grace at Rebecca Grace Quilting

did a beautiful job quilting this one,

as she does with every quilt!

The design looks like flowing water to me,

adding to the sea look of the fabrics.

 

 

 

 

 

The backing looks like water, too.

This one is labeled and ready to wrap.

Now onto binding his sisters' quilt!

 

 

This months Queen Bee for the Gridsters

chose this block from Tilda.

She asked us to make one half of the block,

but I had to make the whole thing.

It was unfinished, otherwise.

This is a BIG block!

 

 

 

 

I had to make her with red hair for my two red-headed daughters

AND my two red-headed grandchildren!

 

 

Happy Quilting!

 

Not Quilting!

 Since I returned home from Quilt Camp,

my sewing machine has been very quiet.

My Cricut, however, has been very busy!!

 

My daughter, Doodlebug, LOVES to send

birthday cards and notes to people.

If she knows you, chances are you get a card from her.

 

I decided to make her a bunch of cards

for a Christmas gift this year and am 

VERY glad I did this early.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a sample of the 90 cards I made.

 

 

 

How long do you think these 90 cards will last?

I think she single-handedly keeps the post office in business.

 

 

 

 

I even decorated the envelopes with dot markers.

 

 Here is the box of the 90 cards.

I may add some Anniversary cards to the box, too.

We shall see if I feel like making more.

Happy Creating!

Quilt Camp 2023

 Quilt Camp 2023 has come and gone

and I think this was the best year yet.

We rented the same house on Keuka Lake in upstate NY

and the six of us sewed and sewed and sewed.

 

Here is our view while we were there:

 

  

 

There was not a lot of fall color and it rained the entire time

we were there.

 

 

The first thing we did was have our quilt reveal.

Do you remember the pile of HST's I was making a few months ago?

We all chose to make a quilt with

Cake Mix #3 and drew names

to see for whom we would make the quilt.

My person LOVES Halloween.

I chose the "Old Made" line of fabrics

and added purple for the background color.

Unfortunately, the fabrics didn't show that well

in the small HST's, so I added larger squares of some

of the fabric.

Here are the quilts we all made:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irene was an over-achiever and pieced the backing, too.

:D

 

 

 

 

Holly is newer to quilting and was overwhelmed by all of the HST's.

Her design is beautiful!

 

 

It's so fun to see what we all made with the same Cake Mix.

 

 

During quilt camp I was able to finish three things and started on a fourth.

 

 

 

 

 

I made this little baby quilt for a friends' granddaughter.

It's "The Orla Quilt" by Kitchen Table Quilting.

 

 

 

 

Next up was more birds!

This is a table topper for a friend's kitchen table.

I was able to get it quilted and bound, too!

 

The third project was completing a string quilt

from the bin of reproduction fabrics I had.

For some reason I didn't get a photo of it,

but will after it's quilted.

 

We have already reserved the house for next year

and look forward to returning.

 

Happy Quilting!

 

 

 

Wool Welcome

 A few weeks ago I was looking for something

in my Hidey Hole

and found a box and had no idea what was inside.

Well, one thing I found was this wool applique piece

I had made before we moved 2 1/2 years ago.

It didn't have borders yet and was just waiting to be finished.

Now it is a finished wall hanging.

 

 

 

I really enjoy doing wool applique and do not do it often.

That may need to change.

 

 

 

 

 

This was quilted on my new sewing machine.

It doesn't quilt as smoothly as my old one,

but maybe it's operator issues.

 

 

 

 

 

I also made a stack of design boards as treats for Quilt Camp.

It's coming up next month and I'm getting excited!!

 

 

Happy Quilting!

 

MIss O's Quilt

 As I mentioned in my last post,

my daughter and son-in-law

requested quilts for my grandchildren's beds.

Miss O is in a big girl bed already

and has another quilt I made on it.

It isn't quite a twin size,

so they asked for one that is twin size.

 

 

 

This is The Violet Quilt pattern

from Kitchen Table Quilting. 

They wanted it to be bright and colorful,

so out came some of my Kaffe fabrics.

 

 

 

This pattern went together very quickly

and shows off some of these larger prints nicely.

(I don't know why, but I never think to cut the borders

the length of the fabric instead of the width. SMH!)

 

 

 

 

 

It is on it's way to Rebecca Grace Quilting

for her to work her magic.

 

I may have to make this pattern using Christmas fabrics!

 

 

Happy quilting!

 

Mr. M's Quilt

 My daughter and son-in-law asked me to make

quilts for my grandchildren's beds.

Twist my arm!!

I showed them some of the patterns at

Kitchen Table Quilting

and they chose two that they liked.

They are both finished and on their way to

Rebecca Grace Quilting. 

For my grandson, 

they asked for blues and greens to be used.

I had no problem with this,

since I still had a lot of left-over fabric

and scraps from the Pineapple bed quilt I made for my bed.

 

 

 

This is The Ivy Quilt pattern.

It was going along really well

until I decided to skip a row of blocks.

There was some action from my seam ripper needed

and the problem was fixed.

 

 

 

Some fun new fabrics were added to the collection

for this quilt.

These are my favorite colors to use

and I fight myself not to make every quilt with these colors!

 

 

 

 

This will be a Christmas gift for Mr. M

and will be ready for when he gets his big boy bed.

 

 

Happy Quilting!

Aubrey's Baby Quilt

 My niece is due with her fourth child at the end of October.

She is having a girl after having three boys.

This baby girl needed a PINK quilt!!

 

 

 

I came up with this design after my sister showed me a picture

of a blanket she wanted to crochet.

The pattern really caught my eye, 

so I sat down and came up with a pattern for this quilt.

 

At first, I was going to use a number of different

fabrics for the quilt,

and then decided on these two.

The floral is a Kaffe print and the background

is a Tula print.

I just love them together.

 

 

This quilt will definitely tell people it's little

Aubrey's and not one of her brothers!

Happy Quilting!

Crazy Veterans Quilt

 At the end of August I posted a photo of a bunch of

quilt blocks I had made from 1 1/2" strips of

reproduction fabrics left over from a log cabin

quilt I had made for my sister and brother-in-law.

I had just placed them on my design wall,

trying to figure out what to do with them.

Wanda from Exuberant Color, along with a couple of other quilters,

said to sew them all together and call it a day. 

This made my head hurt!

I love bold and wild quilts,

but they usually have some rhyme or reason to them.

After pondering for a while,

I decided I would do what they suggested.

 

 

 

Here is the finished quilt.

I don't hate it, but I'm not a huge fan, either.

Making these blocks was mindless fun, though.

 

Part of the problem is I don't like reproduction fabrics

anymore.  I went through a phase when I did.

Hence, the large collection of them.

 

 

I did as Wanda suggested and used flannel for the backing.

I quilted it with organic straight lines,

gave it a wash and it is ready to be donated

to the local Veterans Hospital.

Thank you, Wanda, for your advice!

It is a warm and snugly quilt!

Happy Quilting!

"Seasons" for Church

 A while back I showed a quilt I was making for the

75th anniversary of my church.

There is going to be a raffle and the committee asked

if those of us who create would donate an item to be raffled.

My quilt is finished.

 

 

 

I named this quilt "Seasons" because it

represents the liturgical calendar.

 

 

 

The church year is divided into various seasons

and each season has a color.

Green is Ordinary Time,

 Purple is Lent and Advent,

White is Christmas and Easter

and red is Pentecost.

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Evans of Peaceful Hill Quilting Studio 

quilted it for me and did a beautiful job.

The label has been sewn in place, too!

It will be fun to see what others are donating to this raffle.

We have some super talented artists at my church!

 

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!

The Flock is Home

 My flock of birds has returned home after being

beautifully quilted by Jennifer at 

Peaceful Hill Quilting.

I took my time making these birds over several months

and finally finished the top last month.

Except for a few of the colorful prints,

all of the fabrics came from my stash.

The black and white sashing really helps the birds to shine.

 

This pattern was a Block Lotto pattern,

but it doesn't seem to be available there anymore.

There is a tutorial on Missouri Star, however.

Now that these beauties are back home,

I can get moving onto something else.

Happy Quilting!

Post Surgery

 It has been quite a while since I posted anything here!

Things are happening in my Hidey Hole,

but I can't show them yet.

In addition, I had a carpal tunnel release a week and a half ago,

so that has slowed down the sewing.

I had the forethought to cut a quilt to have ready to sew

after the surgery and I finished that in record time!

I can sew, but it really bothers my hand to cut things.

What am I going to do??

When I moved 2 1/2 years ago, I put some things into the plastic cases

they sell for scrap booking papers and such.

I pulled one of those out and found all of these 1 1/2" strips

I had cut when I made my sister and brother in law a

GINORMOUS log cabin quilt a few years ago.

The fabrics are all reproduction fabrics.... NOT my favorites at all.

I had also sewn a bunch of bits and pieces together into blocks

with no plan in mind.

Out came this box.

 

 

Maybe I could do something that wouldn't require a lot of cutting.

String quilts are not my thing, either,

but I could make some string blocks with all of these strips.

Someone would like it!

(I hope!!)

 

 

 

 

 

The green strips were pulled out to use for the centers of the blocks.

 

 

 

A bunch can be sewn and then trimmed once it's comfortable for me

to use the rotary cutter again.

 

 

I pulled out the blocks I had made and put them up on my design wall.

It looks like someone threw up reproduction fabrics all over the place.

Now what to do with these??

 

Suggestions??

 

Happy Quilting!

 

The Flock is Together

 I started this quilt at the beginning of the year

and then put the birds that I had made away.

Some of the birds must have flown south for the winter

and it has taken them this long to come back.  :)

All of the birds are together and sewn into a finished quilt top.

 

 

 

Originally, I had made three bird blocks for the Queen Bee

for the Gridsters and the pattern was free on Block Lotto.

I can't find it there today, but it is on the Missouri Star website. 

 

 

 

Choosing the fabrics for these birds is so much fun.

The more colorful, the better.

I had the black and white swirls in my stash and love the

pops of color with the cornerstones.

 

 

 

 

 

They are all sewn together, so they won't fly away again!

(It's a very dreary day here today, so the photos are a little dark.)

 

Happy Quilting!