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!
 

Wow! It's Been a While!

 Over two months since I last posted here??!!

I don't know where the time has gone,

but here we are.

 

I have been busy during these past two months,

but don't have a lot to show here.

 

 

 

 

 

I did get this quilt top finished using 

 the Orla Quilt pattern by

Kitchen Table Quilts.

The pattern calls for 10" squares

and I had a pile of Kaffe squares just

waiting to be used. 

 

 

 

 

It's great for showing off the larger prints. 

 

 

 

It was a fun fast quilt to make and is

ready for quilting.

I'm not sure if I will do it or if I'll send it

to my quilter.

(If I want it done sooner rather than later,

it will go to my quilter. :)) 

 

Happy Quilting! 

Gridster Migration Quilt

 I have mentioned before that I belong to an

on-line quilting bee called the Gridsters.

Each month one of us is the Queen bee and we

choose a block for the others to make for us.

This year I chose the Migration block,

which is a free pattern and tutorial at the link above.

I asked for bright and happy fabrics

and my bee mates came through.

 

My Migration quilt is finished and I LOVE it!!

 

 

 

 

 

There are so many different fabrics in this quilt.

I don't think there are any repeats except in

individual blocks.

 

 

 

 

 

Using the white or very light gray backgrounds help

the colors to pop.

 

 

 

 

I maybe should have added one more row to the width,

but I had cut the pieces for more blocks incorrectly

and was done.  :(

 

 

 

 

This backing and binding fabric was perfect for the colorful top.

 

 

Can you believe how pretty my clematis is right now?

It's never bloomed a second time like this.

I think it likes the cooler temperatures.

 

 

 

 

Happy Quilting! 

Chasing Dreams

 This quilt has been a long time in the making.

I bought the kit years ago in a quilt shop I visited on vacation.

I would pull it out to make,

look at the directions

and back into the cabinet it would go.

 

This went on for years!

Finally last year I told myself

"Go big or go home".

It's now or never.

 

I cut all of the pieces and took it to quilt camp with me

and finished the top shortly there after.

I was thrilled!!

 

Fast forward to this past week.

My longarm quilter, Jennifer, finished it

and I could not be happier with her quilting.

She did an unbelievable job on it.

 

It's bound and hanging in my foyer.

 

 

 

 This was well worth the wait of me getting my courage up to make it.

I need a challenge like this every once in a while and

am so happy when it turns out so well.

 

Happy Quilting! 

 

Acorns!

 A couple of weekends ago,

while visiting my littles and their parents,

we found a bunch of acorn caps while on a walk.

 

The littles go the biggest charge out of collecting them

and were super excited when anyone found a double!

 

I came home and started making the fabric pieces

and glued them to the caps.  

 

 

  

 

 

These go together so quickly and are so fun to make. 

 

 

These are two of the many doubles we found.

 

 

They have collected more caps for me and have even found

two triple caps! I've never seen a triple before now.

There will be more fabric acorn making in my future.

 

 

Happy Creating! 

 

Donation Quilts

 For the past year or so I've been making quilts

and donating them to a camp for children with cancer.

Recently, I heard about a group that donates quilts to

patients in the medical ICU at a local hospital...

people who will likely not make it out of the hospital.

 These three quilts I just finished will go to this group. 

 

 

 

 

 

These two quilts were made from the box of binding scraps that was over-flowing.

There are a lot of quilts represented here!

 

 

 

 

 

I have a larger quilt made from the scraps that I need to get quilted.

That one will be donated to the Veterans hospital.

 

This next quilt was made from 4 charm packs I had

picked up from somewhere.

 

 I just love all of the blues together.

This design is so striking and goes together easily.

 

 

Happy Quilting! 

Migration Across the Land

 I have mentioned before that I belong to an

online quilting bee with 12 quilters from around the country. 

Each month one of us is Queen Bee and we ask the other

Bee Mates to make blocks of our choosing.

 

My month was May this year.

I found this block using different size Flying Geese  

and knew this would be my block.

 

I asked for the geese to be made from bright, fun fabrics

with a black and white geese thrown in, too. 

I asked for the sky to be made with white on white or gray fabrics.

 

Boy, did my Bee Mates come through!

 

 

 

 

 

The variety of fabrics in this quilt is unbelievable.

There are a couple of repeats in individual blocks,

but, aside from the sky fabrics, I don't think

there are any other repeats.

 

 

 

 

 

I never would have made all of these geese with this

much variety.

 

 

 

 

And there are some super fun fussy cut geese, too!

 

 I had planned on making the quilt bigger and had cut the pieces

to make more blocks.

Then, as I was getting ready to assemble these blocks,

I realized I had cut the pieces to the finished size!

Needless to say, a few swear words may have been said.

I made one more block and called it finished.

It's a little narrower than I would like,

but it will make a good couch quilt.

 

 

The free pattern for this 16 1/2" block can be found here. 

 

The backing fabric has been ordered and then it will get quilted.

 

Being a part of this Bee is SEW much fun!!

 

Happy Quilting! 

Binding Scraps

 After binding a quilt, if there is any left-over binding 

I put it in a bin in one of my cabinets.

Well, this bin was overflowing.

I couldn't fit any more binding pieces in it and

pieces were on the shelf around the bin.

 

My plan was to use these scraps for scrappy binding,

but that rarely seemed to happen.

The other day I had an idea to use the binding scraps

to make a scrappy quilt.

 

Out came the bin and I started sewing strip sets.

Once they were all sewn and pressed,

I cut them into squares.

I have enough squares for one larger quilt

and two smaller quilts!

 

 

 

 

 

I cut my binding 2 1/4" wide, so these squares will be 8 3/4" square when finished.

This larger quilt will be donated to the group that delivers quilts to the

Veterans Hospital.

 

 

 

It shouldn't take long to sew these all together

and then quilt it.

 

Once this larger once is finished,

I'll make the two smaller ones

and donate those as well.

 

 

Happy Quilting! 

 

Provence and Orange Kiss

 Back in December,

my favorite aunt died.

She was my mom's sister and the 

last of her generation.

She was also a quilter.

 

In June, I went to Michigan for her

memorial service.

While I was there, her husband

asked me to go through her stash

and take whatever I wanted.

She didn't have a huge stash,

but had some beautiful fabrics.

 

One of the things she had was

blocks made from fabrics they had 

bought on a trip to France.

 I don't know what she had intended

with these blocks,

but I was able to sew them together into

this little quilt.

 

 

 

 

 

This little quilt is 33x40ish" and will go to my daughter.

She can use it as a table topper or a small wall hanging.

 

 This piece that I used for the backing also came from France. 

I was glad I was able to use most of it for the backing and binding.

 

 

In addition to finishing this little quilt,

I quilted and finished Orange Crush.

 

 

 

 

 

I posted earlier that these blocks were left-over from another quilt.

I had planned on one layout for the original quilt,

but changed my mind and ended up with 9 extra blocks.

 

 

 

 

While quilting this one, I practiced some ruler work.

Since the quilt was small, it wasn't too cumbersome

to move under the needle. 

 

 

This little quilt has already been donated.

 

Happy Quilting! 

Diamond Delights is Finishe!!

 After at least 10 years,

Diamond Delights is a finished quilt

and I could not be happier with it.

 

 After cutting all of the pieces for this quilt years ago,

I realized I had made a big mistake.

Into a box it went... banished for years.

 

Back in January I decided it needed to be finished

or thrown away.

I started piecing the blocks and loved how it was 

coming together.

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer at Peaceful Hill Quilting

worked her magic with the long arm

and binding was sewn onto it last week.

 

 

 

 

These colors are so rich and vibrant and just seem to glow.

 

 

 

 

 

They are all Kaffe Fassett shot cottons and stripes,

making this quilt so soft.

I doubt many of these are still available today

since it lingered in the box for so long.

 

 

 

The backing is a Kaffe stripe, too.

 

The thing I learned from this process is unless one sees the pattern,

the mistake is not evident at all.

As several have said... I made it my own!

 

Happy Quilting!