Rebecca's Newest Finish

Rebecca has a new finish.  She call's it Taps.  This is one of my favorite star blocks.

another great finish, Rebecca!  THanks for letting me share your photo with everyone.

Friday Quilt Hop * 2-23-18

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





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

http://lilysquilts.blogspot.com/p/tutorials-and-qals.html

http://faithandfabricdesign.com/tutorials

http://faithandfabricdesign.com/quilt-blocks


Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 2-16-18

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







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

http://www.corasquilts.com/tutorials/

http://www.corasquilts.com/freebies/

http://marysriverquiltguild.org/activities.html

http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com/homepage/tutorials-and-free-patterns/


Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

CQ Quilt Show

An impromtu  post of a quilt and a WIP border prep. 

This little gem is made by Rebecca.  She has another project finished for Project Linus.  I hope she will have time to write about her finished project and enlighten us as to braided vs. herringbone works. (g)

Please share your comments on Rebecca's finish on the main Cyberquilters list, so everyone will see it.

a Project Linus quilt made by Rebecca J.

And this is what I've been doing this afternoon ..................   fusing leaf/branch appliques onto the border of my braided star top.  I also spent some time in EQ trying to add some more appliques using gold with the seagreen shades,  to help fill in some open areas,  but the gems would not have branched out in the right direction, so I had to scrap that idea.  I am at the point with this one that I must plan it as I work along.

That's it for today.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 2-9-17

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover some new inspiration today.

https://www.itssewemma.com/free-quilt-patterns

https://cutstitchandpiece.blogspot.ca/p/tutorials_20.html

https://cutstitchandpiece.blogspot.ca/p/free-patterns_23.html

http://www.kitchentablequilting.com/p/tips-and-tutorials.html

http://firstlightdesigns.com/?page_id=1045

Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 2-2-18

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





https://createinthesticks.blogspot.ca/p/patterns-and-tutorials.html

http://eatsleepquilt.blogspot.com/p/create-backgrounds-from-crumbs.html

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

http://latenightquilter.com/tutorial-archives/

http://quiltingintherain.com/tutorials


Have a great weekend.   Thanks for stopping by.

Showing off a Cyberquilter's quilt

Not quite an entire quilt show,  but Rebecca is allowing me to showcase her most recent finish,  she has been sewing like the wind.

She said this was made from a bolt of striped fabric.   Please post your comments on the Cyberquilters list, so everyone will see them.   Thanks.

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-26-18

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





http://mamaspark.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_7176.html

https://poweredbyquilting.com/tips-tutorials/

https://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/free-tutorials/

http://www.jillilystudio.com/jillily-studio-tutorials.htm

http://www.jillilystudio.com/free-stuff.htm


Have a great weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.

Stoplight Quilt

A new finish for my  stash of children quilts.  This project resulted from  the jelly roll challenge instigated last year over on Stashbusters yahoo group.

The Stoplight quilt, measures 44 x 50,  poly batt and multi-color fleece print on the back.  Simple quilting to keep it cuddly (okay, I was in a hurry),  straight lines with FMQ foot.  This would be my first UFO finish of the year, and it's only January.

I used this fleece on the back;

I'm joining some great linky parties this week ,  be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Freemotion By The River

Quilt Fabrication

Sew Fresh Quilts

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Give yourself a great creative week.

RSC18 - Scrappy blues

I have a few unfinished RSC projects from years past, but none needed blue units,  so I only worked on my RSC project for 2018,  Bonnie Hunter's  Scrappy Hourglass project.

I used the go cutter in the scrap bins, which made easy work of these units.  Here are my 36 units.  I dont know how many I'll  need of each color.  I will figure that out as I go along.

I'm linking up with  Angela of  Soscrappy today  and tomorrow I'll share with Cynthia for Oh Scrap.

Be sure to visit these sites to see what other creative quilters are sharing today.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-19-17

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





https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/tutorials/

https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/free-designs/

https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/medallion-lessons/

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

https://nightquilter.com/tutorials/


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Starting a new year with Order ...........

...............  at least with the scraps.   I spent the first 10 days of the year cutting, trimming, tossing, and all round organizing my mountain of scraps.   I wish I had taken photos of the bins before they were made useful,  you would be amazed.

But,  here is the finished product ..........  since these photos were taken,  I also removed the small bits and bytes that would be crumb blocks,  passing them on to a new quilter, who will take the leftovers to experiment with. 


2-1-2   &  2 inch strips,  2-1/2   &  2 inch squares,   2-1/2   &  2 inch HST  and 3 inch QST; the bigger drawers have chunks and any leftover pieces up to FQ size.   I missed getting a photo of the brown and black bins, but they are also done.  My aqua, teal & purple collection is almost non-existent.

I also spent the last 2 days cutting backgrounds for the hourglass quilt (which is my RSC18 project) and a Scrappy 9-patch Irish Chain quilt.  The color squares were also cut last month from the scrap bins.  I think these color squares will make 2 tops.

I also have 2 bags of strings, one darks and one lights.  So now there's lots of sewing and quilting to do.  I'm linking up with Oh Scrap  and  Design Wall Mondays. 

Be sure to visit there to see what other quilters are sharing today.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Cyberquilters Quilt Show

Here are photos of your special projects to share;


Rebecca Jeffery .....................

   " here are two more whole cloth flannel quilts I finished earlier in the month '

Rebecca's    " Triangle "  quilt


Thanks so much for sharing your accomplishments, Rebecca.


and here is a very special quilt made by Joyce Ragels. There is a touching story behind the making of this quilt.  I hope she will share it on the list again.

here's a new one from Rebecca, hot off the presses....  she needs suggestions for a proper name for it ..........

Everyone have a great week.  Let's go quilt something !

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-12-18

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




http://www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com/free-quilt-patterns

http://www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com/tutorials

https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/tutorials/

https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/free-designs/

http://marelize-ries.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html


Have a great weekend.  THanks for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 1-5-18

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





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

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

https://roseprairiequilts.blogspot.com/p/tutorial.html

https://www.aquapaisleystudio.com/tutorials/

https://leahday.com/pages/free-quilt-patterns


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Pre - Cutting for 2018

It's so easy to be productive in the sewing room when I have the parts cut out and waiting for assembly.

Today I'll be sharing those strange pictures of fabric piles with pre-cut parts.

These 1st 4 pics are cut for quick donation projects;  I call it Mary's Strippie. I cut extra strips to add to the sides, adjusting the shape a bit.  It is designed by Mary Johnson of Heartstrings yahoo group.  She shares the free pattern on her site   HERE  .

Mary's Strippie

Irish Chain Challenge

This photo shows the pre-cut strips for the Irish Chain challenge.  The alternating blocks will be the beige print fabric.

Irish Rose - *ignore the leaf pattern*

This photo shows a collection of pre-cut 3-1/2 inch squares for a scrappy 9-Patch ICC which will alternate with open blocks for quilting.  There is also the green collection of quarter square triangle pieces cut for Bonnie Hunter's Hourglass quilt.

This photo shows an assortment of green pre-cut 2-1/2" squares.  As I work thru my scrap bins with a cutting system, I can collect for this wonderful scrappy Irish Chain quilt

inspiration only

This is my version of Bonnie Hunter's mystery, I'm calling it  On Ringo's Starr.  The star blocks are all made from the scrap bins.  I have the alternating blocks cut from chocolate browns.

That's it.  A bunch of new starts for the new year, plus I had  a few unfinished leftovers, just a few.
Aiming for lots of lovely finishes in 2018.

Happy New Year  !!

Creating a scrap users system ...................

Preparing fabric scraps for more efficient use in 2018,   I'm trying to create a system that will work for me.  I wish I took a photo of the bin before I attacked it with iron and scissors and go cutter.

I  kept my larger pieces of scraps , up to a FQ  in the skinny drawers and the loose bits of pieces, strips and strings in the larger bin, sorted by color family.

Now I'm trying to make my own pre-cuts and organize them in an easily usable system.  I thought of keeping little dividers in the bin to keep the pre-cuts separated,  but now I'm wondering if it will work better if I keep the pre-cuts in the skinny drawers and the bigger pieces in the bin.  I think I'll try that.

At this point, I tossed the strings, anything skinner than 2 inches,  into a bag.  I will collect them there, maybe one bag for warm colors and one bag for cool colors.
This system will be a work in progress , just like my sewing work room seems to be.



Here is the small bin,  2 - 1/2 inch strips,  2 inch strips,   2-1/2 inch squares,  2-1/2 inch hst units and 2 inch squares; the large bin has bits separated in the front and the pile of larger pieces & near FQ size just behind it.  I intend to spend some more time on the larger pile and cut up the unusual shapes.
(P.S.  if the strip is shorter than 1/2 WOF i.e. 20 inches,  should I cut it up into squares?)

Here is some pre-cuts for 2018 projects.......  3-1/2 inch squares for a scrappy 9-patch chain and lots of QST units for  Bonnie Hunters 'Hourglass' - the  L/E project of 2016

I also have alot of odd sized strip - set leftovers, which I'm not good at tossing out and  haven't figured out how to use them yet.  Here is the green collection..................  What would you do with these?

I invite your suggestions to help me make it a useful system. 

 I started with the green bin, to  get a feel of how to approach this process.  I plan to use the RSC18 challenge to work thru the rest of the color bins.  By fall, I should have it totally under control.  LOL  I also have last years RSC projects to finish, need more blocks to add to the churn dash quilt and many more blocks to add to my 20 Triangles quilt, more crayons, more ......  I hope my only new add project for RSC18 is the Hourglass.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-29-17

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




https://www.lonestarpatternworks.com/tips-and-techniques/

https://needleinahayesstack.rainadmin.com/shop/Free-Patterns/Other-Free-Projects.htm

https://needleinahayesstack.rainadmin.com/shop/Free-Patterns/Other-Free-Projects.htm

http://dclutterquilting.blogspot.com/2017/05/free-quilt-patterns.html

http://quilterchic.com/free-stuff/

http://quilterchic.com/category/tips-2/
8 pages of quick quilting tutes


Happy New Year!  Thanks for stopping by.

Playground Quilt

It's a finish and already gifted out - as of yesterday.  Yay!

I called this one the Playground quilt, that's what all the colors and logs and pinwheels made me think of children at play.  It finished at 41 x 57, a nice play size. 

I saw a photo on the internet which inspired this quilt.  It is also a result of  this years' jelly roll challenge at Stashbusters yahoo group.  I made 4  great tops from that challenge.

and here is the back, a happy lime green fleece;  the quilting shows up very well from the back; the color is a prettier shade than it shows in this photo;  I had to take the pics indoors.

 I used the westalee honeycomb template and a curved template for the pinwheel areas,  and the lineworks template for framing in the ditch.










I'm linking up with a few of my favorite parties this week. Be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Freemotion By the River

Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilt Fabrication

Have a great Holiday Week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-22-17

                                         Welcome to the Friday QUilt Hop

                                  

http://www.easypatchwork.de/tutorials/

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

https://www.thewhimsicalworkshop.com/free.htm

http://www.orphanquilter.com/Tutorials-and-Freebies.html

Have a Merry Christmas week.  Thanks for stopping by.

  

Friday Quilt Hop * 12-15-17

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





https://needleinahayesstack.rainadmin.com/shop/Free-Patterns/Other-Free-Projects.htm

https://needleinahayesstack.rainadmin.com/shop/Free-Patterns/The-Goddess-Block-Project.htm

https://www.rachelmhayes.com/blog/category/Quilting%20Tips

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

http://quiltingaffection.blogspot.com/p/tutorials_13.html


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Petals Across The Pond

I know it seems I've been bone-idle for the last couple of months,  but truly I have been working diligently hard on this project, which I can finally share now.

DIL picked out this design from internet photos.  This was a virtual quilt design by Judy Butcher of virtualquilter.wordpress.com.  I was not provided with the project file or instructions, I just made my own plan for it, with a few minor adjustments, mainly to make the center medallion into a rectangle.  Judy lives in Australia, which may help  explain the name of the quilt.  Thank you, Judy,  for sharing this  design inspiration.

This quilt has 1,106 raw-edge appliqued petals.   The quilt finished at  96 x 106 .  It sure feels bigger when you try to lift it.  Most of it was quilted on my Janome 9400 using westalee rulers and templates.  What alot of fun I had!

and here is the back:

and a close up:

a different angle:

As this is a huge finish for me,   I am joining linky parties all week.  Please visit these sites to see what other creative quilters are sharing too.

Monday  -  Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

Tuesday  -  Freemotion By The River

Wednesday  -  Sew Fresh Quilts

                  -  QuiltFabrication

 Thursday  -  My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  T.G.I.F.F.

Also sharing with my inspiring and helpful Yahoo friends!

Thanks so much for stopping by!