More Granny Patch Blocks

 I don't know why I am using lots of time makng these granny patch blocks except that I wanted to make more RSC color blocks and use some of those squares I cut from leftovers and stored for so long.  This photo was taken indoors, so the colors are really brighter than they appear.

I must confess my very first orange block was easy enough to do..... then as I kept making more blocks, I got them more confused each time.  It was really exhausting to keep re-setting it up or taking parts apart..  I think I need to make these from stripsets to keep my head on straight.

Anyway,  here is my labour for today - 2 red blocks and one pink.  I'm trying to fill up with the colors for past months.

and since the color for May is orange, I'll share some orange paper pieced houses I made this week.  They are so cute.  Last month I made 4 pink houses, so it seems I'm building another neighborhood. These houses finish at 6 inches each.

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       

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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Villa Rosa Challenge - Week 5

 Who knew I would get this surprise push to quilt up those tops I put together last year?  I thought they would languish on the hangers for a decade.  Then along came the Villa Rosa Designs challenge to finish 6 quilts in 6 weeks.  I have a weakness for taking on a self-challenge.  

Originally, I thought I would be making these quilts from scratch until ..................  I remembered these tops.  Well I have made 3 new Villa Rosa patterns for this challenge,  but I also had 3 Honey Bouquet tops just waiting in the wings to be finished.

So,  for week 5 I quilted up this darling top made with the Honey Bouquet pattern.  It is all flannel pieces and the backing is also flannel.  I used a Pellon 80/20 batting and an Omni buttery yellow thread quilted with loopy loops for a fun and quick finish.  The binding is also flannel.

Here is the back .....

I'm sharing my finish on Villa Rosa Designs facebook page and also 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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 5-8-2026

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

50+ Funny (and Wise) Quilting Memes to Share - New Quilters

do any of these speak for you ?

12 Ways to Cut up Fat Quarters for Quilting - New Quilters

make a new plan for your fat quarter collection

Blog - New Quilters

blocks, quilts, quilting methods - 19 pages !

Loose Threads

a nice list of tutes and quilt ideas listed in the right

sidebar

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

RSC Saturday - Granny Patch Blocks

 I've been wanting to try out this block pattern for ages.  I recently watched a youtube video where this block was made and it's been on my mind ever since.  The video used rectangles for the background, then trimmed off all the excess to square up the block.  I didn't want the extra waste PLUS I had accuquilt dies to cut those outer units for me, with  less trimming waste.

These soft oranges look so pretty in the blocks.  I wish I had time to make more of them today.

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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 5-1-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Gratuit / Free 🎁

teddy bear block, temperature quilt guide,

hawaiian block, interwoven and birdhouses

Blog – Tagged "Tutorials"– Penny Spool Quilts

half rectangle triangles; working with your scraps;

much, much more ... 4 pages !

Campbell Soup Diary: Freebies/Tutorials

several applique methods plus small projects of

deck the halls christmas tree, coffee cozy, little house + more

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

 

Week 3 & Week 4 - Villa Rosa Challenge

 Villa Rosa Designs is hosting a "6 Quilts in 6 Weeks" Challenge.  The quilts are being shared on their facebook page (5) Villa Rosa Designs | Facebook   It's not to late to join in.  I am considering extending my personal challenge to 10 weeks.  You can read all the details about it here 

Join the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge Today!.

Last week I posted my pink finish for RSC so I didn't get my "Week 3" posted here; tho I did share it on Villa Rosa's facebook page.   My week 3 finish was a UFO top I made last year.  I was given some bags of flannel scraps and I was inspired to make some tops from the Honey Bouguet pattern.  Here is one of them.  

Here is the back which is also a flannel.

Now for my Week 4 Challenge finish ...........

This is a big one.  I pieced and quilted it this month.  I will be turning it into a quillow; currently working on the pocket.  It finishes at 58 x 82.  I did alot of ruler quilting on it  using a very large quarter circle template by Amanda Murphy.  It has 80/20 batting and  is quilted with a Glide thread on top and Bottom Line gray in the bobbin.

The backing is the Queens Garden wide back from Marshalls Dry Goods.  

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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

A Quilters Cove in RSC - Pnks

 

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge at Soscrapy for April is pink.  Here is my rendition of my Quilters Cove cottage in pinks.  This block will be trimmed down to 6 x 12 whcn finished in the quilt top. Judging by the leaves on the tree,  it must be a VERY windy day in the Cove today.

I also re-awakened my love for paper piecing this week.  It takes so much longer to dig thru the scraps than to sew the blocks.  Here are my 4 paper pieced pink houses.  They will finish at 6 inches square.  I dont have a final plan for them yet, but there will be trees and more houses.

Andree at Quilting & Learning - What a Combo! is hosting A Quilters Cove linky party this week.  You can also visit previous posts by visiting  A Quilters Cove tab at the top of this page.

I'm also 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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-24-2026

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

https://my.modafabrics.com/inspiration-resources/free-patterns

grab a cuppa...tons of free patterns

Hidden Wells Quilt Pattern Tutorial - Alanda Craft

hidden wells method - make a quilt or just a table runner

April Block- Umbrella — Quiltish Corner

CUTE block - love the squares design and how

it's quilted

Quiltish Corner — Freebies

a few tracking and binding calculators

plus a bit more

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

RSC for Pinks

 I made this quilt top last year from a bag of flannels donated to me by a quilter friend who doesn't like to work with flannel.  Lucky for me,  I find no difference working with flannel.  There were all sorts of flannel prints in the bags, so I tried to group them into batches that might work together.

This is a version made from the pink family.  The areas that appear red in the photo is really a dark fuscia pink.  Pic was taken indoors and I am still not very skilled with photography.  I don't know if I used a pattern, a photo from the web or just worked with what I had.  It finished up at 30 x 35.

Here is the back - also assembled from pieces of flannel.

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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-17-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Jelly Roll Quilt Patterns - Download & Sew | Fat Quarter Shop

a reminder from Liz B of Stashbusters:  2 pages of free

patterns using jelly roll strips

Happy Zombie » Projects

scroll a bit to the "Happy Zombie Freebie Shop"

for lots of quilts and small items

Free Patterns – April Grace Quilts

3 darling patterns: buffalo plaid quilt,

tulips and a wedge tree skirt

Free Patterns — namaju quilt studio

2 patterns - a table mat and a quilt design made 

with half square triangles 

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

6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge - Week 2

The 6 quilts in 6 weeks challenge is taking place on the Villa Rosa Design page on Facebook.You can find out about this challenge on this blog post Join the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge Today!  

Instead of whipping up a new quilt top, this week I went to the flimsy/ufo pile to unveil 3 Honey Bouquet tops and one very large The Lady top all made last year.  I started easy and prepared the Honey Bouquet child size top created from my scrap bin of blues.  I made 9 blocks, some are oriented 180 degrees and it finished at 45 x 54.  I quilted it on my very fancy domestic Janome.  I used a very dark navy solid fleece on the back, 80/20 batting and navy Glide thread top and bobbin.

Here is the Villa Rosa pattern that I used to make this quilt.  You can get your own copy here

Search: 5 results found for "honey bouquet" – Villa Rosa Designs

I'm sharing on the Villa Rosa Facebook page where you can see what other users of their patterns are sharing and also at these lovely sites sharing their linky parties.

                             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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

RSC for April - Pinks Quillow Test

 I have a somewhat failed attempt for an experiment sample.  I did this because I want to make some lovely quillows.  I gathered several videos and pics to explain the process.  Too many methods clog my brain and comfuse me; especially how the pillow is placed so it comes up right side out.

So I thought I would make a sample to keep for reference. I started with pink 4 inch fin squares.  I made a little quilt sandwich

Then I added the little pillow ( made 1 inch larger than 1/3 of the quilt width aka 5 inches ).  I placed it on the back, pocket wrong side up.  Then applied the binding.

Fold the long sides into the middle;  roll 1/3 of it 3 times; then invert the pocket to wrap around the folded quilt.  You guessed it...... there's no way I can wrap the pillow over the quilt.

Just because its pink and its April;  I'm linking up with these lovely 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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge - Week 1

 Have you seen the new challenge instigated by Villa Rosa Designs?  Look at me getting myself into all this trouble trying to participate in all the challenges.  I can't bear to avoid them.  You can find out about this challenge on this post Join the 6 Quilts in 6 Weeks Challenge Today!  Won't you suffer along with me?

I was hard pressed to get this one done this week with so many errands and appointments in our schedule. Yesterday afternoon I devoted to making the top and today was quilting a binding.  I pulled some fat quarters which all had a space theme and added some yardage too.  It is very lively.  Ha.  

I quilted in a cross hatch style to save time this week.  It finished at 35 x 45 and will be donated.

Here is the Villa Rosa pattern that I used to make this quilt.  You can get your own copy here Search: 2 results found for "cabin fever" – Villa Rosa Designs.  I love to get the digital copy because I get it right away but mostly because I can print it out enlarged on a full sheet which makes it easier for me to work from.

I'm sharing on the Villa Rosa Facebook page where you can see what other users of their patterns are sharing  and also at these lovely sites sharing their linky parties.

                                                  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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-10-2026

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials - Aqua Paisley Studio

a few simple but useful tutes

101 ideas for straight line quilting – Sugaridoo

a great 36 page booklet of quilting designs

using your walking foot

Free Sugaridoo Patterns – Sugaridoo

free 'very modern' patterns

SHOP ALL PDF PATTERNS

patchwork applique; bird, puppy, kitten

and a baguette bag

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

 

Friday Quilt Hop * 4-3-2026

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Patterns - Press Quilt

2 free patterns PLUS sign up for the free magazine subscription

Free Quilt Patterns | Katie Hennagir Designs

use those leftovers from a collection in these free patterns

MaryQuilts.com

Mary has an extensive list of free patterns on the right sidebar

RWB Rail Fence and Friendship Stars – MaryQuilts.com

this pattern shines thru for your patriotic celebrations

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

 

Placemat Challenge - 26-05

 The monthly color challenge at Freemotion By The  River this month is green.  I dug deep into my green scrap bin and began casually sewing like-shapes together and didn't have a real plan.  Then it was time to make something from them.  

I began in the center with the half square triangles.  They didn't inspire me much so I separated them with a thin strip; then framed around that.  I had to stripset pairs which I used to build up the width.  I really was thinking this one is so ugly;  then I added the light print top and bottom.  It has grown on me now  Sewing with your little scraps takes alot of time and makes alot of mess.

I pulled a couple leftover chunks from that bin to make the back too.  Don't look too closely at the free motion quilting.  I was trying to work with the Every Wave template by Amanda Murphy,  I might have done better if I made some registration lines or watched a video. I eventually scrapped the template and quilted widely spaced wiggly lines.

I'm linking up with Connie at 2026 March Color of the Month - Freemotion by the River and also joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

        Wednesday   -    The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

A Quilters Cove - Red Ranch House # 3

 

A Quilters Cove is meeting up again today.  You will find the link up with Andree over at Quilting & Learning, What a Combo.   Be sure to visit there to see our house quilt blocks and link up if you are inspired to do so.

This months RSC color for March is Red.  I looked thru my red scraps; wasn't very inspired, so I postponed my  creativity ..........  all month long it seems.  Then this past week I remembered.... I had 2 other scrap baskets of reds left from other projects which was stashed in another room. 

After I toiled thru 6 appts this week and finished my easter wallhanging panel "Risen"; I set my mind to the March house block.  This block is a big 9" x 18".  My house quilt layout contains blocks of assorted sizes.  My applique is not very professional; so thankfully, this project is meant to have a touch of whimsy.

Along with Andree of  Quilting Learning Combo, I'm also 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

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 3-27-2026

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Freebie Fix - Material Girlfriends

several freebies; dont miss the great bargello pattern

with several layout options

All Products

free pattern sheets from QT Fabrics

Free Quilt Patterns

an extensive listing over 6 pages of links to free patterns

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

2026 SAHRR - An Extra Round 7

 

The grand display for the 2026 Stay At Home Round Robin begins next Wednesday, March 25th.  The show will be held at Quilting Gail | A scrappy quilter and not a perfect quilter.

My 2026 SAHRR project went above and beyond or better said as 'overboard' when I added a round 7 to the plan for 2 reaons:  1) there was lots of the fabric collection remaining and 2) my round 6 made the top look unfinished.

So far this year, I've spent much of my wednesday mornings playing with options in EQ for this project.  I am not 100% satisfied with my version of round 7,  BUT  I've reached the point of needing to be finished with the brainwork over it.

So my flimsy now measures 69 x 77.  I ran out of background and used a different white on the outermost 2 inch border. This is another bright, happy quilt, like last year's version turned out to be also.

Correction:   I'm linking up with Kathleen at Kathleen McMusing - Quilter, Teacher and Designer

Naturally, I'm linking up with Gail next Wednesday for the SAHRR parade and also 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

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