Elmo's Q4K

 I prepped this 'strippy' style quilt last year.  These kits are great when you need a quick finish.  They are all quilts-for-kids size at approx 48 x 56.  It's also a great playground for practicing new free motion quilt designs.

The Elmo fabric was donated to me.  I pulled some other fabrics that were colors in the focus print.  The backing is a red fleece and cotton batting between.  I free motion quilted continuous loopy circles in the printed areas and a crosshatch grid in the red and another easy design in the blue border.  ( I forgot its name). A buttery yellow Omni thread on the top and gray for the blue border and bobbin.  The thread just disappears in the fleece.

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 * 10-17-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

 Christmas truck - block in '12 days of Christmas' Sampler QAL | Jednoiglec Design

a christmas pickup truck

Tutorials | Jednoiglec Design

a nice variety of block patterns

Free Curious Crow Quilt Pattern – Erstwhile Emporium

a most handsome crow

Crow-Mazing - A Bird in Hand Wall Quilt and Bench Pillow - Henry Glass Fabrics

an easy and effective border finish to a panel

Follow the Blue Bird | Riley Blake Designs

click on each photo for the bird files

BLUEBIRD_INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

autumn topper or wallhanging

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

Tossed Leaves Wall Hanging

 I adored this panel the minute I saw it.  I got it at my LQS along with some extra prints from the fabric line.  It is called Tossed Leaves.

With EQ's help, I added some borders to bring it up to the desired size of  46 x 55 .  I fmq around and in all of the elements and pieced and plain borders.  I kept the quilting light and did not put a filler in the cream background.  I used several shades of Glide threads.  Its now hanging and I'm working on a complimentary table runner.

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 * 10-10-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

TurkeyTrot.wps

a thanksgiving runner - the original webpage has been removed

A Thanksgiving Turkey (Quilt Block) For You! – Villa Rosa Quilts

a patchwork turkey to include in your seasonal projects

trick-or-treat-sue-by-jennifer-ofenstein1.pdf

the cutest block to include in your halloween projects

Free Quilt Patterns – Holidays & Seasons | Sewhooked

a nice collection of blocks for halloween

All Hallow’s Eve Quilt

I love scrappy patchwork - this small quilt is done in

a great winter/fall color palette

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

 

More Bear Hug Quilts

 I've just finished up the final batch of  lil bear hug tops donated from several quilter friends of Heartstrings Group.  I paired them with batt, backing & binding and got to quilt them up and donate to wonderful charities in my area.  I've used walking foot and free motion quilting with Omni and Glide threads. This is a long term mission for me.  You can learn about the program over at Heartstrings.

                                                                                        

   

Puppy Print - I couldn'd find the name of who donated the top

Lil Churn Dash donated by Kathy Nyman

These next two tops donated by Bonnie Adler

The last two tops donated by Cindy Weber

I've also been working on some autumn decorations and larger quilts 4 kids and I've got a lovely batch of donated baby size quilt tops I need to pair up with batt & backings for more mission work.

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 * 10-3-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

verykerryberry: Free Tutorials/Patterns

small items and paper pieced blocks; 

method tutorials using freezer paper; binding techniques

Jo's Country Junction

long list of free projects on the right sidebar

or use the "Free Patterns" tab to search by category

CCS0501-028640M.indd

a great strippy pattern for just the right collection

Colorful Strip Pumpkin Quilt with Free Pattern

just in time for autumn season

Jelly Strip Stash Buster Quilt and Tutorial -

bright and happy quilt - jelly roll or cut your own strips

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

 
 

National Jelly Roll Saturday Report

 My Jelly Roll Saturday was supposed to be a quilt sewn together in a day, right?  So I did work on it pretty diligently  BUT  just finished putting on the borders today.  I did interrupt the progress with alot of appointments this week and some free motion quilting on my Tossed Leaves panel to get ready for autumn decor.

I have several jelly roll quilts I want to whip up, but I chose this one first because I was gifted the perfect jelly roll and bolt of background fabric for it.  I used the Safari 2 jelly roll pattern by Gina Gempshaw and quilted treasures.  I know I have the free pattern but heck if I can find a link to it on the net now !

The instructions called for 26 safari print jelly roll strips and 1-1/2 yards of background.  The thing is...the pattern had you cut pieces for a block which only used half of the strip.  So,  I made double the blocks for a twin size quilt.  So with a couple borders added,  the flimsy measures in at 64 x 92.  I have 16 full length strips leftover from this roll.  I might use them to make a very scrappy binding.

Here is a clearer photo of some of the blocks .................

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.