Merry Christmas Panel Set

 These Christmas panels are published by Angela Walters of Quilting Is My Therapy.  You can get yours  HERE .

I pushed myself to quilt up these panels  right after I finished my Crimson Christmas project because I thought they compliment each other in design for the Christmas season.

The main Merry Christmas panel finished at 35 x 40.  The background is a very deep green but may look black in the photo. I free motion quilted it with Glide Gold thread in and around the motifs and red thread for stippling in the dark green background.   I always keep the ruler foot on the machine.  This time I thought I would experiment with the Micro foot.  I struggled with it,  could not stay on my mark and it seemed to cast a shadow.  I found myself always watching the tiny arm that reaches out instead of the needle.  I also tried the open toe fmq foot but ended up getting back to the ruler foot.  I seemed to have more control with the ruler foot. Here is the micro foot,  Helen Godden demonstrated using it. Of course, she made it look easy.  I will keep practicing with it.

So here is my Merry Christmas panel followed by a photo of the back

This is the buffet table runner. I think Angela designed it for a bench pillow.  It finished at 21 x 39.  I used the gold Glide thread in and around the motifs  and green thread in the background area.  I fmq the background with swirls.  The swirls are a bit bigger than I wanted them to be.  I know I used to make them smaller.  I must be getting rusty.

Now I have some Christmas gifties to make.  In the meantime,

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-5-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Circa Turkey Red Red Ridge Free Quilt Pattern

gorgeous quilt made up from any collection; 

autumn, christmas, brights !

soscrappy: Tutorials

nice variety of tutes here; small projects,

binding methods, applique and EPP, etc.

Tutorials | Quilting in the Rain

quilts and small items

Free 48″ Carpenter Star Pattern | 627handworks

carpenter Star quilt 

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Crimson Christmas -- the finish

This pattern was created by Krista Moser as the 2024 sew along.  You can still find it available  HERE.  I ordered her kit because there needed to be a proper blend of shades.  I am not exceptionally skilled at diamond shapes but she does great video tutorials which you have to watch during the year it's released.  

I began the project October 2024, cut and sewed some units, then boxed it up until after the holidays.  I think it was this past summer I pushed myself to finish the top since I knew the videos would be taken down when her new qal pattern was released.  

I wanted this ready to display for the Christmas Season; so I quilted it up.  I thought her straight line quilting would be easy so I went that route.  Well, seems my 1/4 inch lines were too close, made it stiff as a board (thankfully it will hang on the wall) and did I mention it took FOREVER to quilt.?!  It only measures 51 x 57.  I should have done circular petals and other free motion designs in the shapes.which would have been quicker and more fun. The fabrics are mostly batiks.  I have a lot of odd shape leftover pieces for scraps but have not been inspired to create something from them yet.

I used this wide back fabric on the back called Queens Garden.  I used the black fabric from the quilt background for binding. I quilted it with Glide threads in matching colors, so there were a lot of stops and starts.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-28-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Life in the Scrapatch: My Free Patterns and Tutorials

a nice variety of patterns....Checkers in the Park,

heart mat, Sew Chatelaine , love blooms topper & more

Life in the Scrapatch: Snowman in the Cabin Window QAL

a creative snowman quilt

Diamond Quilt - A Tutorial | Leila Gardunia Quilt Patterns

odd shape for a baby quilt BUT  planned coloring would make

a great tree skirt or table topper

Free Patterns – Alive and Piecing

a new Christmas BOM - 1st block avail 

until Dec 1st

Extras | The Sewing Channel

several free patterns, some have video tutes also

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I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

A Quilters Cove Goes RSC - Phase 1 Planning ......

 So......  I've had this project on my mind for a few months now after being so inspired by this quilt Cathy at CrazyByDesign shared  on her post  HERE . 

 Initially, we would collaborate together on this project, but upcoming medical issues have put her on a different path of progress, for now.

Today, I will just document ideas and photos that inspire my construction plan.  Beginning January,  I will be working along with the monthly RSC color to construct my Quilters Cove neighborhood.  I will be using some piecing, paper piecing and applique methods to build the quilt.

But first,   I have to choose a layout ............  Hmmm,  so many options.  I began by deciding the overall size it will be and how I will use it.  I will make it a large wall hanging to measure about 50 x 60.  I want it to be interesting, with many elements included such as flowers, trees, small animals, barns, birds, fences, etc.

I also had to decide a style - there is the  traditional house quilt; i.e.

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and the folk or whimsical style 

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or row houses

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I have collected several images for possibilities, but I hesitate to share the photos here since I do not own the images.

I know I am drawn to strings and crumbs which become colorful elements and I like the folk style.  I also want an unusual setting.  I have a pinterest board called "Layouts" where I collected unusual layouts where I could pop in a block.  EQ is my best friend when needing specific shapes and sizes to work from.  Yea,  I'm not good at the K.I.S.S. project planning.  You will also find a collection of image ideas in "A Quilters Cove" board.

If you are also inspired to create an RSC Neighborhood and need some help with planning, or pattern sizing or any way that I can share, please be sure to send me an email.

Go Blue Banner

 So I was born and grew up in Michigan and my DH adult children are also Michigan fans.  His oldest son had a season pass to the Univ of Mich football games for 30 years which he drove there from Indiana for each home game.  When I saw this fabric panel advertised at Fat Quarter Shop, I knew I had to make it for him.  

I have to confess I did not enjoy quilting it ... it was merely stitching around each of the elements.  I used Glide threads, navy in the dark areas and yellow in the gold areas.  I use a sit down Janome 18".  I always keep the ruler foot on for ruler and fmq quilting, but this time I thought I'd change to the open foot.  Then in my little toolbox I found the special foot that is so small, it lets you see everything.  I forgot I bought it as hadn't used it yet.  So, this seemed like the perfect time to try it out.

Well, I found I was always straying off the intended path.  The edge of the foot created a shadow? and my needle would be too far to the right,, so I tried to watch the needle, but my eye kept straying to the edge of the foot.  I'm sure I need more practice with it.

It's hard to see the quilting as I used matching color threads.  It measures 43 x 35.  

I've now started quilting on the Merry Christmas panels by Angela Walters of Quilting is my Therapy.com.  Although I'm not using rulers on the Christmas panels either, I jumped back to the ruler foot and all is well again.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-21-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilt Patterns and Tutorials — Crafty Staci

some unique quilt patterns

Table Runners and Toppers — Crafty Staci

some table runners and toppers

Free Patterns and Tutorials - Clever Chameleon Quilting

method tutorials esp for applique;  fmq designs;

dogs, hearts snowglobe, pumpkins & more

Have a happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

More Flannel Flimsys for Baby

 I've been puttering about several projects in my stolen sewing time this week.  Always so many commitments happening.  Anyway,  as I was clearing out a very larger corner of crafty stuff, I had 2 partially assembled flannel bits for baby tops.  I figured if I put it away with the rest of the flannels, I will forget how I would approach the finish once I finally dig it out again.  So, I figured I should do it right then, while its sorta fresh in my mind.

Two more baby tops brought to flimsy stage.  I dont have a stash of flannels,  this was a nice batch donated to me; so I've been enjoying the challenge of making things from them.

Flannel Flimsy # 3

Flannel Flimsy #3 backing

Flannel Flimsy # 4

    and backing

Flannel Flimsy # 5

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  soscrappy

                        Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Blog - A Quiltery

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

I wish everyone a happy and creative week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.