Scrapbox Quilts

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Happy Quilting: Shine Quilt and Tutorial

Friday - Alycia Quilts

I'm wishing everyone a happy and productive week. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday, November 8, 2024

Friday Quilt Ho * 11-8-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilts & Blankets

2 pages of quick pieced quilts

Jo's Country Junction

this is the home page: click on the 'free patterns' tab at

the top or select your projects from the list on the right sidebar

a controlled scrappy quilt; Melissa uses ombre fabrics

Emmaline Bags: Sewing Patterns and Purse Supplies: Free Tutorials

all the tricky parts to making great bags

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

Friday, November 1, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-01-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials - Sew Chic'n Scratch

bags, totes, fabric baskets and a few quilts

Tutorials - She Quilts Alot

book cover, gift tags, sampler quilt,

gooseberry stars quilt, zippered pillow....more

Quilting Tutorials – The Cloth Parcel

lotsa quilt patterns and blocks;
Christmas Plus quilt block, several plus quilts ... more

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

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Peace on Earth

I have been working on christmas items these past few weeks. I fell in love with an item in the Connecting Threads catalog. It burned in my mind until I had to make one. What was I thinking...lots of piecing and lots of applique. I also work under the theory that if you're gonna make one, it's just as quick to make two at the same time. I have the top to the first one ready to sandwich and quilt and the second top is waiting for the trees. It is fusible applique. I think I will quilt with silver thread which will sparkle in the black background. I will stitch it down & quilt at the same time. My letters are a tad too big but I love it anyway. Of course, one is for me and I will gift one.

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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Make It Sew | Cloud9 Fabrics

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, October 25, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-25-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

nice collection of quilt patterns and

other accessories; quick to view and download

Quilting Project Archives Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom

3 pages of quilts, holiday items, table mats and pillows and more

Free Quilt Pattern - Tropical Dynasty – Paintbrush Studio Fabrics (pbsfabrics.com)

beautiful design made from stripset diamond

Cakewalk Free Pattern: Robert Kaufman Fabric Company

colorfu quilt, looks like a sampler BUT uses one

quilt block pattern

Krystal Nebula (michaelmillerfabrics.com)

GORGEOUS quilt, especially if you're looking for a challenge,

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

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Christmas Candle Mat

I got out the christmas fabrics... progress seems very slow. Today I have this small octagon candle mat to share. It finished at 18 inches. I created it from a photo on the internet. If I made another one, it will definitely be larger at 24 inches. It was a bit of a challenge trying to get the striped portion to be the same width as the larger corner triangle sections.

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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

MaDan's Quilting: Christmas Stocking Tutorial (madanquilting.blogspot.com)

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, October 18, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-18-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

a tribute to our dear Jean MaDan whom we lost recently; she shared

a few tutorials; making a stocking and the stacked block quilt

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

links to all the posts listed on the right side;

lots of patterns and tutorials

Tutorials – Molli Sparkles

jagged little pill block tute makes a tessellating design in

the sashing and could showcase a fussy cut in the larger areas;

plus a few unique blocks and a football and a few more quilt patterns

I wish everyone a great week. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Swirling Star Christmas Toppers

I've started some christmas sewing. This is messy business. This week I made these two toppers. They are from the Swirling Star pattern designed by Krista Moser. You can get your own free pattern HERE .

They finish at 24 inches hexagon shape. I used some gorgeous fabrics with a gold metallic accent.

Naturally I quilted them with Military Gold Glide thread and a dark green glide thread in the bobbin. I free motion quilted them, with and without rulers. Here is the view from the backs.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week. Please be sure to view 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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

cut&alter: TUTORIALS (cutandalter.blogspot.com)

Friday - Alycia Quilts

I'm wishing you all a great productive week. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday, October 11, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-11-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

key fob, a cute reindeer block for your holiday projects;

crossroads block, skinny strips log cabin block plus a bit more

Modern Quilts (yoansewingstudio.com)

a nice collection of patterns; made mostly from

strips or squares

Sew Fresh Quilts: Tutorials

lots of block patterns includes some unique

animal blocks

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

Monday, October 7, 2024

Holly Jolly Weeks 3& 4 and Star of Wonder

I have been drawn to Fat Quarter Shop lately and their temptations with stitch alongs and precuts. I wasn't interested in precuts in the past but this quilt along has demonstrated how easy it is to work with 5 & 10 inch units plus the variety of prints in a collection is always fun.

This past week I stitched up week 3 and 4 of Holly Jolly Christmas.

I also quilted up my Star of Wonder topper. It measures 48 inches point to point. I used fleece on the back. I thought of doing a free motion loops and snowflakes but it wasnt happy being moved about in all those directions and not stitching nicely, so I ended up using the walking foot. I would have done better quilting it on my sit down machine but there is a queen size project tying up that area right now.

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

Monday - Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Free Patterns – Hello Melly Designs

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, October 4, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-4-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

a few holiday runners, adorable mug mats,

some charming quilt patterns; esp. beach bum and

pinky promise .... more

My Joyful Journey: TUTORIALS (bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com)

several tutes: topics of perfect math for quilting; mitered borders,

elegant binding finishes & more

VROOMANS QUILTS: Tutorials

ornaments, small projects, teddy bear, quilt blocks

Kwilty Pleasures: TUTORIALS

diagonal fold a quilt, jelly roll quilt variation,

crumb and wonky log blocks & more

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

Monday, September 30, 2024

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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Tutorials - The Crafty Quilter

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, September 27, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-27-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

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.

Sunday, September 22, 2024

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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

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

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, September 20, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-20-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

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.

Sunday, September 15, 2024

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

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Quilt Patterns ⋆ Phoebe Moon Quilt Patterns and Tutorials

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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Friday, September 13, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-13-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

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.

Monday, September 9, 2024

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

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Pat Bravo - Free Quilting Patterns

Friday - Alycia Quilts

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

Friday, September 6, 2024

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-6-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

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.

Sunday, September 1, 2024

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

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

Wednesday - Quilt Fabrication

Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com