More Flannel Flimsys for Baby

 I've been puttering about several projects in my stolen sewing time this week.  Always so many commitments happening.  Anyway,  as I was clearing out a very larger corner of crafty stuff, I had 2 partially assembled flannel bits for baby tops.  I figured if I put it away with the rest of the flannels, I will forget how I would approach the finish once I finally dig it out again.  So, I figured I should do it right then, while its sorta fresh in my mind.

Two more baby tops brought to flimsy stage.  I dont have a stash of flannels,  this was a nice batch donated to me; so I've been enjoying the challenge of making things from them.

Flannel Flimsy # 3

Flannel Flimsy #3 backing

Flannel Flimsy # 4

    and backing

Flannel Flimsy # 5

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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

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Friday Quilt Hop * 11-14-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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Free Tutorials

quilts and pillow top designs

Tutorials – Cuddle Cat Quiltworks

quilt method techniques

Blog — Woodberry Way

some sweet pattern designs; one represents a cross stitch;

an easy rail fence quilt & more

Have a happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

A couple baby quilt tops

 I don't have alot of wonderful things to share this week.  I have been keeping very busy.  I work on a mountain of microwave bowls in the early morning, then I loose a bunch of time on the computer.  Then I try to machine quilt in the afternoon.  Of course, we all have to work around many errands and appointments.

I did finish 3 easy placemats from the pumpkin fabric line (no photo).  

Here is the project I've regrettably  been microquilting which has taken forever.  I've pressed on because I want it ready for the holiday displaying.  I regret not quilting arcs and curves and all kinds of fun things in the petals.  It would have been pretty and so much faster do finish.  I began this project last October, then it sat uncompleted for several months.  I finally gave it the push needed to move it along.  I want it done this year!!         Crimson Christmas | Krista Moser

I was also recently given a couple bags of flannel scraps and pieces and even a few large enough for backings on baby quilts.  I couldnt resist cutting them up into large bricks.  I've made 2 "Honey Bouquet" baby quilt tops and have a couple more in the works, tho I've taken a detour over to christmas projects.

These are 36 x 45 each.  The girl quilt is okay but I'm not happy with the ones in greens for the boy, too much light colored rectangles.  I may have to do some large applique on top to deter from that light.

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Saturday -  soscrappy

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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

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Friday Quilt Hop * 11-7-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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12 Free Christmas Quilt Patterns To Use Up Your Scraps - Scrap Fabric Love

time to think Christmas

 Free Quilt Patterns for Scrap Fabric

lots of scrappy ideas

25+ Modern Scrap Quilt Patterns - Scrap Fabric Love

a host of scrappy quilt patterns:  I love the improv triangles

Arquivo de Classic Patterns - Quilting Wonders

4 pages; click on 'older posts' button --

a christmas tree runner on page 2; the pole twist runner on page 3

Have a happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Tossed Leaves Runner & Valerie's String Top # 2

 I've been working on several things this week and have these 2 small finishes to share.  Tossed Leaves & Pumpkins Runner was made from 2 placemat panels.  I used coordinating fabrics to create the center checkered design.  I free motion quilted it with Glide threads using a diagonal line going around the small rectangles and free motion in the pumpkin and leaves shapes.  The back is a fun plaid print from this fabric line.  It finished at 18 x 50.

This string quilt is a 37 inch baby quilt.  The top is made by Valerie Osborne of Maine and donated thru contact with the Heartstrings Group.  The backing is a lovely piece donated by a generous friend in Illinois.   I quilted it with a serpentine stitch grid with gray Omni thread.  It will be donated to the Hope Center for mothers-to-be.  Isn't the quilting community a generous and loving bunch of humanity!

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

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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

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Friday Quilt Hop * 10-31-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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Maureen Cracknell Handmade: PROJECTS & TUTORIALS

pillows, aprons, quilts , holiday projects

and more

Free Patterns — Bits and pieces quilting

lots of beautiful scrappy quilt patterns

TUTORIALS - Noodlehead

some handy bags, wallets, containers tutes

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Baby / Lap Quilts for Donation

 This first quilt is approx 39" square.  The top was made by Valerie Osborne of Maine which she generously donated to me for quilting and donating to a local mission.  I did alot of straight line quilting on this one.  The border and center strips are a very dark navy. It is backed with a lovely fabric which was also donated by another generous quilter friend in Illinois.  I have been greatly blessed this year and grateful for the opportunity to continue to pass it on.  

I was also given a couple bags of flannel scraps that one of my quilter budds didn't want to use.  So I've spent some time this week cutting most of it up into oversize bricks.  There are also a few generous sized pieces for backings.  These will be baby quilts which I can donate to the pregnancy center.  I have a few ideas saved for patterns for the bricks.  I've sewn some together this morning.  I found it stretching and resorted to the walking foot for piecing the flannel.  I have been over-exercising my creativity to bundle these bricks into logical groupings.  I fear a few will be more functional than adorable.  Here is the first one done, which I gave back to the gal who donated the fabric as she also has outlets for giving. This one is definitely 'use what you have' .  I did mostly outline quilting.  It measures 34 x 42.

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

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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

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Friday Quilt Hop * 10-24-2025

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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All tutorials – teresadownunder.com

It's that time of Year !   A great selection of small

items for perfect lil gifts.

Lee Heinrich Designs modern quilt patterns — Lee Heinrich Designs modern quilt patterns

2 pages of quilting techniques.....Pg 2 has a complicated tech for attaching a

hanging sleeve by machine;  I do it a much simpler way

Quilt Patterns Archives - Pattern Princess

some basic easy patterns plus dont miss the page to the

Patriotic Red White and Blue Quilt Patterns

Vicki's Crafts and Quilting: Tutorials

lovely small projects plus some fmq designs

Have a happy weekend and thanks for stopping by!

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

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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

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Friday Quilt Hop * 10-17-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

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 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 .................

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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 * 9-26-2025

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Love Laugh Quilt: Tutorials

lots of tutes here: quilt blocks, binding methods;

small projects

Free Patterns - Shiny Happy World

nice variety of simple applique elements ;

may be good to decorate your quilty neighborhood project

Lessons + Tutorials - Shiny Happy World

soooo many useful tutorials

Mommy's Nap Time: Tutorials

lots of small items - mostly zippered pouches in 

assorted sizes

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

 

Lil Bear Hug Quilts

 Another busy week on my schedule meant I could only finish 3 lil bear hug quilts.   I also concentrated on the Tossed Leaves autumn panel, adding several borders and now I am in the early stages of doing all the free motion quilting on it.

Back to the Lil Bear Hugs ............

This first top was donated by Karen O'Neil.  I used a puppy print fleece on the back and quilted it with a diagonal crosshatch.

These next two lil quilt tops were made by Bonnie Adler. The first one I used a fleece print on the back and had a leftover matching purple piece for the binding. I quilted this one with a double line cf diagonal crosshatch.

The binding and purple backing was also donated for this top.  I quilted it in an allover spiral circle

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.