RSC26 - Honey Bouquet Blues

 So it's the new year of Rainbow Scrap Challenge and everyone is anxious to dig into their blue scrap bins to create new projects.  I dived into my blue bin and found lots of large chunks that needed used so I chose the Honey Bouquet pattern by Villa Rosa Designs.  It is published as a 6 block baby size quilt.  I added 3 more blocks and turned them on their side to make a kiddo quilt 45 x 54.  This is just the flimsy.  Lots of machine quilting to do yet this year.

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 * 1-2-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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Blog - New Quilters

19 pages! of tips, tutes and refreshing ideas

Quilt Blocks Archives - Diary of a Quilter - a quilt blog

lots of free quilt block patterns

Top Quilting Tutorials - Top US Quilting Blog | Diary of a Quilter

a large selection of categories to explore

Free Projects

more categories to explore

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Friday Quilt Hop * 12-26-2025

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Techniques Archives - CaliQuilter

some very handy tutes; freezer paper-paper piecing,

using men's neckties, big stitch postcards & more - 2 pages

Bag Making - The Folk Art Factory

variety of little bags

Free Sewing/Quilting Pattern | Cats and Quilts

lots of quilts, small items and blocks

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Friday Quilt Hop * 12-19-2025

 

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leedle deedle quilts: tutorials

rainbow chevron quilt, plus sign mat,

snake trail block & more

Cardinals Free Quilt Pattern Download | ConnectingThreads.com

two cardinals - this is a  nice beginning for a winter themed quilt

Free Quilted Patterns Archives - Tulip Square ~ Patterns for useful quilted goods

small table items and kitchen helpers

Welcome to susies-scraps.com | susies-scraps.com

plentiful list of projects  on the right

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Quilters Gifties 2025

 This is the beginning of my quilty gift package for fav local friends.  Of course, each one is packed with 2 Villa Rosa Design cards and fabric kit.  I will politely insist that we just draw names next year.  This is all I have to share this week in the way of quilty accomplishments.  It's becoming a difficult month.

As I made the first two, I kept adjusting measurements to my liking.  I also seem to need to write down pattern instructions in my own terms.  The problem could be in understanding my own instructions if I return to make more of them several months later.  This pattern can hold a large collection of VRD pattern cards.  You can get the pattern  HERE .

I used a lively fat quarter collection from GE Quilt Designs.  It was fun to combine parts of 3 different fat quarters in each one.  Of course, I mixed them up, so each holder would be a tad different.

Here is a view with the pattern pocket open ....

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 * 12-12-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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Pieces by Polly: Stair Step Quilt - Cuddle Quilt-in-a-Day - Men's Quilt - Teen Quilt

fast, easy & big pieces

Wilderness Trail Quilt #2 - The Blank Quilting Corp.

a great way to expand those manly panel squares 

into a large size quilt

Tartan Quilt Pattern | Free PDF by Lucy A. Fazely for Free Spirit | Fat Quarter Shop

on-pointe setting of squares and a stripe fabric help

to make this a manly-appealing quilt

Wrench set quilt, QuiltMag.pdf - Google Drive

looks complicated, but oh so easy istructions

Free Patterns Archives - Patchwork and Poodles

lots of quilted stockings, quilts, small bags,

and other accessories.....

use the 'older posts' button to view another page

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

 

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.