OMG - a KISS quilt

I took a few days to consider what my OMG (one monthly goal) would be.  There were so many choices!  I decided to finish a KISS quilt,  free pattern  HERE   (scroll down to the quilt instructions).  Actually, I have to start it too,  It was cut from stash last week.  I cut up 4 kits for this handy pattern.  I will make some and donate some kits to quilt club  for our child comfort quilts mission.

I'm joining the January link-up with Elm Street Quilts for the OMG challenge.  You can also take part by joining  HERE and you can always find your way there by clicking the icon in my left sidebar.

and for more party fun, I'm linking up with Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts  and Susan at Quilt Fabrication.   Be sure to visit all these sites to see what other creative quilters are working on today.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-30-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





http://emsscrapbag.blogspot.com/p/quick-quilting-templates-book-cover.html

https://quiltnparty.com/tips-and-tutorials/

http://www.sewjoycreations.com/p/tutorials.html

12 pages of tutorials and block patterns
http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/category/tutorials/?v=7516fd43adaa


Happy New Year!  THanks for stopping by.

Vintage Bloom - OMG finished

My one monthly goal OMG for December was to quilt and bind the Vintage Bloom quilt as promised here     http://scrapboxquilts.blogspot.com/2016/12/omg-vintage-blooms-last-hurrah.html.  I linked up with  Elm Street Quilts  http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2016/12/one-monthly-goal-december-linkup.html


Now for the great finish,  this quilt is hand embroidered, machine stitched and quilted.  It measures 62 by 71.  It is a free project at sentimentalstitches.net this year.  It's hard to photograph the delicate embroidery, it didn't show up very well.

Here is the back, there is even a label.

I'm linking up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts for the December finish.  I can't wait to check out everyone else's progress.

Also linking up with Susan of Quilt Fabrication  and  Lorna of  Sew Fresh Quilts.  Visit these sites to see what other creative quilters are sharing today.

Let's ring in the new year with more fabulous quilt plans.

Design Wall Goodies

I've tried to be productive in between holiday activities.  Working on assorted projects which I plan to continue into 2017.

Here are 8 more bear paw blocks for the Mod Bear Paw quilt.  That gets me up to 20 blocks now.  You can find the pattern from the icon on the left sidebar.

Also an early start to next year's crayon quilt - a continuation of my RSC projects.

And finally block one of Be My Neighbor.  I can't count how many new starts I have jumped into  since fall.  I can only hope the new offerings for 2017 on my favorite sites  DO NOT  call to me.

I'm linking up with Connie at Freemotion By The River. where you will find more quilters sharing their projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-23-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





a few here
http://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/2010/10/popular-tutorials.html

lots of patterns to re-visit
http://inspiredbyfabric.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

lots of quick projects here
http://www.hungryhippiesews.com/p/tutorials.html

http://scrapatches.blogspot.com/p/free-quilt-pattern.html

http://scrapatches.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

http://scrapatches.blogspot.com/p/block.html


Have a wonderful and blessed holiday weekend!  THanks for visiting.

Storm at Sea - a new year beginning for 2017

We are having a "Storm at Sea" quilt-along on Cyberquilters 4-Cbees yahoo group beginning New Years holiday weekend. There is no deadline for the finish,  just a starting plan.

This week I've been fine-tuning my choice for design; then I decided to work out the cutting plan.  My quilts are getting larger than in years past.  I want them to be useful to whoever receives them.  This one is 73 x 91.  There are (48) 9 inch storm at sea blocks.

EQ quilt

This weekend I did a test block for each of the units, then spent the day cutting all the pieces.  I like the fabric combo so much.  It should make a lovely quilt!  There is hours and hours of blissful piecing ready to go..

3 "  corner squares

3 " peaky & spike

6 inch square in a square

This project won't actually start until January 1st.  Thankfully, I have lots of other ones to work on until then.

Today I'm linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times.  Visit there to see what other creative quilters are working on.

Have a great week and blessed Christmas season.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-16-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





http://www.charmaboutyou.com/p/tutorials-and-patterns.html

http://www.right-sides-together.com/tips-tutorials/

click on a topic for interesting read and links
http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/p/the-scrap-basket.html

http://aquilterstable.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

http://charisecreates.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

http://charisecreates.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html


Have a great weekend.   Thanks for stopping by.

En Provence - 2016 Bonnie Hunter Mystery

This is my first year participating in Bonnie's mystery.  I eagerly cut and sew  each step  as they are released ............  so far.

Step 1 -  make  221  4-patches with whites and creams;  initially I was going to make half the units to see if I wanted to invest this design in a full size quilt.  I made half the units,  116 actually,  then began to second guess my decision.  A dear internet friend said she had at least 50 extra to send me,  so I went and made the other fifty -- they are still waiting by the machine as 2-patches for the final seam.  Here is the first 116 ........

Step 2 - make 100 peaky and spike units; after following the video,  these worked out well using the tri rec rulers

Step 3 - make 168 4-patches.  I'm happy to read that this is the last of our 4 patches.  Here first is the scrappy pile of 2-part units.  I thought this would make the required 168.  Seems my math was challenged and I only got 96 4-patches from this pile.

Back to the cutting board .......Sunday I made another 72 4-patches.  Phew, when I look at this pile up close, I think   that's ALOT of orange.  Anxious for the other colors to tame this down.

I think I'm ready for Step 4.    Have a great week.  Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-9-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.







http://hydeeannsews.blogspot.co.nz/p/tutorials.html

https://sarahquilts.com/category/tutorials/

http://www.mybearpaw.com/p/tutorials.html#.WBZJHi0rLBU

https://fleurdelisquilts.blogspot.com/p/tutorials_20.html

https://fleurdelisquilts.blogspot.com/p/tips-and-techniques.html




Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

The Over 60's - a new generation

The RSC  (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) project over at SoScrappy is addicting. Each year as summer comes to an end, I start planning ahead to the projects for  next year.
This block has been calling to me since I first saw it.   HERE it is called Fine China  by Sandy Gervais.

  Here is a version made by the 'not so'  average quilter  http://averagequilter.blogspot.com/2015/10/works-in-process.html

This version spoke to me because of the added embroidery work in the center.  So I knew it was a  block with unlimited potential.  I decided to make a test block to be sure I wanted to commit to an entire quilt.

Here is my test block, done in blues, embroidery floss in blue also.  I used the embroidery as part of the quilting too, so I sandwiched the block first, then did the hand embroidery with 3 strands thru all 3 layers.  The block design of simple triangles is really stunning.  It takes 60 half square triangles at    1-1/2 inch finished and additional triangles on the corners of the center square.  This is where the "Over 60's"  comes in. The block finishes at 18 inches before sashing.

I'm doing a purple block next.  This will be one of my RSC projects for 2017.  This year I worked on 5 rainbow scrap projects and said I would not do that again;  but never say never as my list for 2017 is already growing.  I need to start sewing faster to keep up.

Today I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication   and   Lorna of Sew Fresh Quilts.  Visit these sites to see what other quilters are sharing today.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-2-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.






http://quiltskipper.com/category/tutorials/

5 pages of patterns
http://www.sillymamaquilts.com/category/tutorials/


http://www.beckandlundy.com/p/downloads-tutorials.html

https://lillyella.com/tutorials/


Thanks so much for stopping by.

OMG - Vintage Blooms - a last hurrah

December already?  How could that be!  Each year flies by faster as I try to put more into it.

It's time for another One Monthly Goal.  I thought I might as well finish up what I started last month.  The Vintage Bloom quilt is so close to completed ...... sandwiched and ready for quilting.

My goal this month is to quilt it up and finish the binding, maybe even a label and be able to call it done.  It is really a lovely quilt, it will make a nice finish.

and so I'm linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal for December.  Visit there to see what other quilts hope to finish this month.

Have a great month and thanks for stopping by!

Vintage Bloom - OMG - Flimsy Ready

Once I committed to a OMG, it made it easy to go work on it.   I set a goal of finishing 3 blocks, asssembly  and adding borders   HERE .  

I did all that including making over 100 - 2 inch HST for another border  and  sandwiching ready for quilting.

I'm linking back up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts for OMG Finish linkup.  Visit there to see what others have accomplished this month.

THanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-25-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





some really fun animal piecing
http://theobjectsofdesign.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

some small projects
http://thepatchsmith.blogspot.com/p/tutorials-and-freebies.html

a nice variety here
http://rubybluequilts.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

more here
http://www.canuckquilter.com/p/tutorials.html


Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Binding Tool Star

Quilt Club had a sew day yesterday. I was able to get this quilt top assembled.  It measures 64 inches square, I am thinking about adding some border -- letting that thought simmer.  It was not a good hair day, but a good sewing day, it was.

The name came from  Missouri Star Quilt Co.
 video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2r_n3seVNQ

I'm linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times today   and

Tuesday  link ups with  Connie at Freemotion By The River  and  the gals at Quilt Story.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-18-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





a list of free project files on the left sidebar
http://ecoughlindesigns.blogspot.com/


some applique patterns
http://www.anypattern.com/collections/free-applique-quilt-patterns

and some stained glass patterns
http://www.anypattern.com/collections/free-stained-glass-patterns

a nice list of free patterns
http://www.butterflythreadsquilting.com/p/free-patterns.html

more free offerings here
http://daleannepotter.com/freebies/


Thanks for stopping by!

Scrap Scramble (modified) - Finished

I've been struggling with an old camera that takes blurry photos and have put off showing some finished quilts .

This is my version of the Scrap Scramble project, a free BOM  offered by Carol Doak on her yahoo group a year or so ago.  I found the original layout too busy for me so I opted to use some of those blocks and added some older blocks,  tho they are all Carol Doak blocks in this quilt.

My finished version is also too busy,  I wish I put more space between the blocks,  but as it is, I'm very happy  it's done!   It measures about 70 x 80.  I hope it finds a happy home.

the most recent photo from the old camera ................

and this photo was taken with the newer camera which has since broken ..........

Tuesday I'm sharing with Connie at Freemotion By The River  and  the gals at Quilt Story.

and Wednesday I hope to share with  Susan at Quilt Fabrication  and  Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.

Visit these blogs to see what other creative quilters are sharing today.

 Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-11-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





some free  block patterns
http://3patchcrafts.blogspot.it/p/free-patterns.html

lots more small projects here
http://3patchcrafts.blogspot.it/p/tutorials.html

a nice variety of tutes
http://mtnmommy2.blogspot.com/p/library-bag-tutorial.html

and some patterns here
http://frombolttobeauty.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html


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

Friday Quilt Hop * 11-4-16

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.
I hope you discover some new inspiration today.





several small projects and unique origami
http://maryandpatch.blogspot.com/p/diy-tutorials.html

some patterns and tutorials,  not all free
http://createinthesticks.blogspot.com/p/patterns-and-tutorials.html

a page full of links to helpful tips
http://joanne-everyonedeservesaquilt.blogspot.com/p/tip-tuesday-archives.html

goto the tutorials tab at the top to find more categories
http://modernhandcraft.com/tutorials/quilts/


Have a great weekend.  THanks for stopping by.

Vintage Blooms WIP & OMG

Today I jump on the  OMG  bandwagon.  We are nearing a new year again and I want to be a little more prepared for new starts and new goals.

So as I stumbled across this program via many internet-sharing friends, I had to reflect on which project should I commit to???

Vintage Blooms.  . . . .  I'm ready to get this one off my list.  Three more blocks to create around the center embroideries,  add borders to get this project up to the flimsy stage.  That is my goal.

This quilt is a free project this year shared by Gay at Sentimental Stitches.  You can find the patterns here:  http://sentimentalstitches.net/free-stuff/block-of-the-month-quilt-designs/vintage-blooms/

I hand embroidered the flowers with 3 strands of a gold/copper color of floss.  It's much prettier in person than my photo reflects.  Having problems with this old camera.  The blocks of triangles were exceptionally tedious.  Later Gay offered a paper piecing pattern for the block and I love paper piecing but I had already cut out all the parts for the entire top --- 30 blocks actually.  I was going to enlarge it.  After growing quite tired of making these blocks, I backed  up to the 20 block plan.

Here is what I'm working with:

I also have a page dedicated to this project.  You can see more close-ups  HERE .

So I'm joining the November Goal Setting Party found here with Patty at Elm Street Quilts.  Visit there to see what others are working on this month and get inspired to accomplish your own special goals.

Haven't shared my collection of Vintage Bloom blocks for awhile, so also linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication  and  Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.  Visit these blogs to see what other quilting friends are creating today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!