Holly Jolly Bar Quilt Along

 I have joined in with the Holly Jolly Bar quilt along.  It is a free quilt along but you will need the Holly Jolly Bar book which is only $10.00.  You can read all about it   HERE  . 

Here are my blocks for weeks 1 and 2.  I must admit I am not fast at picking fabrics from a collection to make it scrappy.  I think I like it so far.  This is a project I shouldn't have started because I have so many other ones happening.

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

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing everyone a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-27-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials - The Crafty Quilter

explore all the categories to find projects

for quilts, gifts and blocks

Free Chatelaine BOW Sampler Quilt - Threadbare Creations

92 traditional blocks in this sampler quilt

Patterns | abyquilts (wordpress.com)

several children quilts plus some small items

Wishing you a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Sulky Village - finished

 I finished off Sulky Village this week. I wrote about it earlier  HERE  .  I just couldn't settle on the proportions of 30 x 48 with the letters attached at the bottom.  So, I removed that bit and used it for the handing sleeve on the back. The top was made waaayyy back in 2004 when I didn't have a stash variety of prints or colors.  It is entirely paper pieced back in the day when I was just beginning my quilting journey.  The hanging rod is only 24inches, so it's a bit gathered at the top when hung this way.

I free motion quilt on a Janome Versa 18 sit down.  I opted to stitch an allover design looking like water waves for a quick finish.  I used Superior bottom line thread in the top so it wouldn't show up too much.  It finished about 30 x 40 now.   I am SO SO ready to get into my box of christmas fabrics !!

Here is a pile of close up pics.  There is lots of detail in those little pieces of fabric.

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

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing you all a great week.  Thank so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-20-2024

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Patterns – K&K Logo Designs, Ltd & Fabric Supplies (kklogo.com)

3 pages - lots of blocks, some quilts plus designs with panels

Creatin' in the Sticks: 30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days (createinthesticks.blogspot.com)

30 modern blocks- check out their individual pages for more quilts

designed from these blocks

Free Quilt Patterns | My Favorite Quilt Store

31 Pages! of free patterns, quick download button for each design

Have a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Star of Wonder - FQS 2024 July Christmas Mystery

 In July I was sewing up the 2024 Christmas Mystery offered by Fat Quarter Shop.  It was a lovely design, but I was not thrilled with effect of  the finishing step.  So my piece hung on the design wall until ideas percolated.  I imported a photo of my quilt center into EQ, then played around with options, which is a rabbit hole always worth falling into.  Initially, I picked a very intricately pieced narrow 4 inch border.  So much work and so me.  I let that simmer until I came up with a more reasonable solution.  I quickly stitched up that plan before I could change my mind.  I am delighted with the outcome.  I haven't quilted it yet but that should be fun.  It measures 48 inches, point to point.  It needs to be a topper, as cutting into it for a tree skirt would ruin the design.

You will find this free pattern at Fat Quarter Shop  

                         Search results for: 'star of wonder' | Fat Quarter Shop

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

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué           

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-13-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilt Patterns ⋆ Phoebe Moon Quilt Patterns and Tutorials

many free patterns; lots with stars

Home - The Questioning Quilter

this quilter takes experiments with fabric 'beyond the box'

many articles, blog and you.tube offerings

Make It Sew | Cloud9 Fabrics

some great quilt patterns; some simple, some unusual

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Sulky Village

 Sulky Village is  FINALLY  a flimsy.  It was entirely paper pieced waaaayyy  back in  2004.  I tracked down the free pattern which you can still get  at  SULKY Village (BOM 2004) (sulky-shop.de) .  I paper pieced letters for the name to include on the project.  Now that I have the top together, I wish I had made those letters  LOTS  smaller, but it is done now and ready to free motion quilt.  I want to get it finished and move on.  It measures 30 x 48.  I'll hang it on the porch this winter.

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

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué

                        soscrappy (superscrappy.blogspot.com)

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing you all a happy and productive week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-6-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Pat Bravo - Free Quilting Patterns

ooodles of free project sheets designs for

fabric manufacturers

Free Quilting Patterns - Art Gallery Fabrics - Download your favorites! (liveartgalleryfabrics.com)

refresh your creative inspiration with this collection of free patterns

(2 pages)

Quilts & Blankets (fabriceditions.com)

2 pages; some quilts pretty basic, but some are 

especially cute....  like  "Made With Love",  
"Dot to Dot",  "Vogue",  or

Bella, Bronwen and Fresh Picked

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Meet Me In Paris

This is a work in progress.  A free design recently shared by the Jelly Roll Club Meeting Room on Facebook.  It was lots of fun to cut and sew together.  I pulled from two collections of fat quarters for the larger squares and the sashing pieces.  I still need to quilt it .... hopefully before the year is over.  It measures 65 x 85 and will fit a twin bed nicely.

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

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué

                        soscrappy (superscrappy.blogspot.com)

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing everyone a safe and productive week. Thanks so much for stopping by.