Bear Hugs 25-1

 I have started a new mission project this year.  These are teddy bears with their own little quilted blanket.  It will be an on-going mission gifted to our church's local Miriams Closet which is an outlet serving foster children thru our local DCS and their 6 counties.

I first learned of this project through Mary Johnson of MaryQuilts.com. You can learn about it here at doll/bear quilts – MaryQuilts.com.  

Yes, I have small surplus of blocks, scraps, batting, fleece for backing......  well maybe 'small' isn't realistic enough.  What a fun way to use some of it.  I know I need a break from those huge, detailed quilt-making projects with a bit of colorful and quick fun project now and then.  I ordered the teddy bears by the case online.   The bears are very soft and cuddly and cute. I hope to go thru this supply and need to purchase another. 

I also follow along with the RSC monthly project.  Since Angela released the color for January as pink, I started playing in the pink and brown scraps for this little quilt.  You can find Angela over at soscrappy.  

Okay,  on to the first bear hug of 2025 !

This blanket is 22 x 29.  I should mention, I quilting the entire piece with assorted free motion swirl designs as practice for Angela Walters swirl challenge.  So much going on !

Isn't he just the cutest little bear.  

and here he is all bundled up and ready for a nap.

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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-10-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Sewing Patterns | Little Fabric Shop

small items, mostly bags, holiday blocks

Sewing Skills Tutorials | Little Fabric Shop

sewing techniques; aka zippers, bindings,

patches etc.

Freebies - It's Only Fabric And Thread

a few free patterns,  a really nice flag pattern made up of squares

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

 

Go Fun Baby Quilt

 This is a free pattern at Accuquilt.com called Go Fundamentals.  I needed a baby boy quilt in a jiffy and this one worked well, plus you only have to choose 2 fabrics.  I quickly put it in EQ and sized it to 8 inch blocks plus sashing, so it finished at 32 inches square.  

Here is a pic of the back - a gray fleece with doggie elements.  These pics were taken inside and the quilt is really much brighter than it appears in the photos.  I quilted a spiral using the walking foot.  It really went quickly.

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   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-3-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilting Archives -

4 pages of projects and blocks; stockings,

pillows, hearts, etc

Hidden Snowflake Block – FREE – Quiltjane

slightly more complex than the disappearing blocks, but

a fun process for a nice block

The Desperate Housewife’s Quilt – Quiltjane

52 unique blocks - one per week ; many share examples of

quilt layouts plus each has a guest blogger with a block of their own

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

 

Quarter Log Cabins

 I was gifted a layer cake of a collection of flowery prints.  I cut them into logs for a quarter log cabin block.  The layer cake yielded 96 blocks using 3 background units each from the stash.  I've been sewing them together the last few days.  Yesterday they were all sewn into (20) - 4 quadrant units. I have 16 blocks leftover....maybe part of a pillowcase?  When I'm making a bed size quilt, I try to assemble them into smaller segments as much as I can.

With the magic of EQ8, I imported a photo of my set and played with a few arrangements.  Here are my two favorites.  Now I can get my units assembled into a top.    Which version is your favorite?  AND if you can tell me how to get 2 photos to place side by side, that would also be very helpful.

                                                                       

                                                                                                                                              

             

 

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   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-27-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials — Fresh Lemons Quilts

Categories:  techniques;  block patterns;

quilt patterns;  kitchen, bag & home decor patterns

Tutorials – Quirks Ltd.

tutes for several quirky, non-traditional pieced blocks;

no-waste flying geese and that quick start quilting piece is impressive

Free pattern: Perfectly Plaid - APQS

perfect guy quilt

Retro Plaid Free Quilt Pattern - Suzy Quilts

modern darling quilt pattern

Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season.

Merry Christmas  and many blessings for the New Year!!

 

Festive Tableset from Border fabric

 I got this pretty border print fabric with hopes of coming up with a great plan.

Down to the wire now, so I came up with this arrangement. It measures 13 x 50.  I pulled the mint green and silver and black with white dots from my stash.  So fun when you have a stash that serves you just right.

The placemats were another challenge itself.  I resorted to EQ to help me fit the dimensions of the tree border strip into this partial seam block style and tell me the size for the center rectangle.  Here is a close up of one placemat and the four mats together.

                        

I backed all the pieces with this mint green print.  Since the fabrics are so busy, I used a dark gray Omni thread and quilted in the ditch.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I STILL have things to finish.  I got to do better next 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 -  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.