Christmas Candle Mat

 I got out the christmas fabrics... progress seems very slow.  Today I have this small octagon candle mat to share.  It finished at 18 inches.  I created it from a photo on the internet.  If I made another one, it will definitely be larger at 24 inches.  It was a bit of a challenge trying to get the striped portion to be the same width as the larger corner triangle sections.  

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   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-18-2024

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

 MaDan's Quilting: Christmas Stocking Tutorial (madanquilting.blogspot.com)

a tribute to our dear Jean MaDan whom we lost recently;  she shared 

a few tutorials; making a stocking and the stacked block quilt

Welcome to susies-scraps.com | susies-scraps.com

links to all the posts listed on the right side;

lots of patterns and tutorials

Tutorials – Molli Sparkles

jagged little pill block tute makes a tessellating design in

the sashing and could showcase a fussy cut in the larger areas;

plus a few unique blocks and a football and a few more quilt patterns

I wish everyone a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Swirling Star Christmas Toppers

 I've started some christmas sewing.  This is messy business.  This week I made these two toppers.  They are from the Swirling Star pattern designed by Krista Moser.  You can get your own free pattern  HERE  .

They finish at 24 inches hexagon shape.  I used some gorgeous fabrics with a gold metallic accent.

Naturally I quilted them with Military Gold Glide thread and a dark green glide thread in the bobbin.  I free motion quilted them, with and without rulers. Here is the view from the backs.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to view 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

I'm wishing you all a great productive week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-11-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

cut&alter: TUTORIALS (cutandalter.blogspot.com)

key fob, a cute reindeer block for your holiday projects;

crossroads block, skinny strips log cabin block plus a bit more

 Modern Quilts (yoansewingstudio.com)

a nice collection of patterns; made mostly from 

strips or squares

Sew Fresh Quilts: Tutorials

lots of block patterns includes some unique

animal blocks

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

Holly Jolly Weeks 3& 4 and Star of Wonder

 I have been drawn to Fat Quarter Shop lately and their temptations with stitch alongs and precuts.  I wasn't interested in precuts in the past but this quilt along has demonstrated how easy it is to work with 5 & 10 inch units plus the variety of prints in a collection is always fun.

This past week I stitched up week 3 and 4 of  Holly Jolly Christmas. 

I also quilted up my Star of Wonder topper.  It measures 48 inches point to point.  I used fleece on the back. I thought of doing a free motion loops and snowflakes but it wasnt happy being moved about in all those directions and not stitching nicely, so I ended up using the walking foot.  I would have done better quilting it on my sit down machine but there is a queen size project tying up that area right now.

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        

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

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 10-4-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Patterns – Hello Melly Designs

a few holiday runners, adorable mug mats,

some charming quilt patterns; esp. beach bum and 

pinky promise .... more

My Joyful Journey: TUTORIALS (bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com)

several tutes: topics of perfect math for quilting; mitered borders,

elegant binding finishes & more

VROOMANS QUILTS: Tutorials

ornaments, small projects, teddy bear, quilt blocks

Kwilty Pleasures: TUTORIALS

diagonal fold a quilt, jelly roll quilt variation,

crumb and wonky log blocks & more

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Holly Jolly Bar Quilt Along

 I have joined in with the Holly Jolly Bar quilt along.  It is a free quilt along but you will need the Holly Jolly Bar book which is only $10.00.  You can read all about it   HERE  . 

Here are my blocks for weeks 1 and 2.  I must admit I am not fast at picking fabrics from a collection to make it scrappy.  I think I like it so far.  This is a project I shouldn't have started because I have so many other ones happening.

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing with us.

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.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-27-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Tutorials - The Crafty Quilter

explore all the categories to find projects

for quilts, gifts and blocks

Free Chatelaine BOW Sampler Quilt - Threadbare Creations

92 traditional blocks in this sampler quilt

Patterns | abyquilts (wordpress.com)

several children quilts plus some small items

Wishing you a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Sulky Village - finished

 I finished off Sulky Village this week. I wrote about it earlier  HERE  .  I just couldn't settle on the proportions of 30 x 48 with the letters attached at the bottom.  So, I removed that bit and used it for the handing sleeve on the back. The top was made waaayyy back in 2004 when I didn't have a stash variety of prints or colors.  It is entirely paper pieced back in the day when I was just beginning my quilting journey.  The hanging rod is only 24inches, so it's a bit gathered at the top when hung this way.

I free motion quilt on a Janome Versa 18 sit down.  I opted to stitch an allover design looking like water waves for a quick finish.  I used Superior bottom line thread in the top so it wouldn't show up too much.  It finished about 30 x 40 now.   I am SO SO ready to get into my box of christmas fabrics !!

Here is a pile of close up pics.  There is lots of detail in those little pieces of fabric.

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   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

Wishing you all a great week.  Thank so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-20-2024

 

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Free Patterns – K&K Logo Designs, Ltd & Fabric Supplies (kklogo.com)

3 pages - lots of blocks, some quilts plus designs with panels

Creatin' in the Sticks: 30 Quilt Blocks in 30 Days (createinthesticks.blogspot.com)

30 modern blocks- check out their individual pages for more quilts

designed from these blocks

Free Quilt Patterns | My Favorite Quilt Store

31 Pages! of free patterns, quick download button for each design

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

Star of Wonder - FQS 2024 July Christmas Mystery

 In July I was sewing up the 2024 Christmas Mystery offered by Fat Quarter Shop.  It was a lovely design, but I was not thrilled with effect of  the finishing step.  So my piece hung on the design wall until ideas percolated.  I imported a photo of my quilt center into EQ, then played around with options, which is a rabbit hole always worth falling into.  Initially, I picked a very intricately pieced narrow 4 inch border.  So much work and so me.  I let that simmer until I came up with a more reasonable solution.  I quickly stitched up that plan before I could change my mind.  I am delighted with the outcome.  I haven't quilted it yet but that should be fun.  It measures 48 inches, point to point.  It needs to be a topper, as cutting into it for a tree skirt would ruin the design.

You will find this free pattern at Fat Quarter Shop  

                         Search results for: 'star of wonder' | Fat Quarter Shop

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 you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-13-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Quilt Patterns ⋆ Phoebe Moon Quilt Patterns and Tutorials

many free patterns; lots with stars

Home - The Questioning Quilter

this quilter takes experiments with fabric 'beyond the box'

many articles, blog and you.tube offerings

Make It Sew | Cloud9 Fabrics

some great quilt patterns; some simple, some unusual

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Sulky Village

 Sulky Village is  FINALLY  a flimsy.  It was entirely paper pieced waaaayyy  back in  2004.  I tracked down the free pattern which you can still get  at  SULKY Village (BOM 2004) (sulky-shop.de) .  I paper pieced letters for the name to include on the project.  Now that I have the top together, I wish I had made those letters  LOTS  smaller, but it is done now and ready to free motion quilt.  I want to get it finished and move on.  It measures 30 x 48.  I'll hang it on the porch this winter.

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

                        soscrappy (superscrappy.blogspot.com)

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 9-6-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Pat Bravo - Free Quilting Patterns

ooodles of free project sheets designs for

fabric manufacturers

Free Quilting Patterns - Art Gallery Fabrics - Download your favorites! (liveartgalleryfabrics.com)

refresh your creative inspiration with this collection of free patterns

(2 pages)

Quilts & Blankets (fabriceditions.com)

2 pages; some quilts pretty basic, but some are 

especially cute....  like  "Made With Love",  
"Dot to Dot",  "Vogue",  or

Bella, Bronwen and Fresh Picked

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Meet Me In Paris

This is a work in progress.  A free design recently shared by the Jelly Roll Club Meeting Room on Facebook.  It was lots of fun to cut and sew together.  I pulled from two collections of fat quarters for the larger squares and the sashing pieces.  I still need to quilt it .... hopefully before the year is over.  It measures 65 x 85 and will fit a twin bed nicely.

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 (superscrappy.blogspot.com)

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-30-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

TUTORIALS: Sewing, Quilting & English Paper Piecing | Sew & Quilt (sewandquilt.co.uk)

several english paper piecing basics plus small quilted items

Free Quilts Patterns | Riley Blake Designs

great ideas for your panels

FREE Patterns and Downloads – Happy Cloud Creations

some great free patterns here.... Aloha Ripple and 

Starlight Mountains are two of my favorites

Top 20 Free Christmas Tree Skirt Quilt Patterns (+10 Bonus Patterns For Sale) - I Love Quilting Forever

20 free christmas treet skirt patterns plus more for sale on Etsy

it's never too early to begin your christmas sewing

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

 

National Dog Day 2024

 My heart has celebrated dogs since I was 5 years old.  I won't mention what year that was but my first love was Lassie.

Susan of Quilt Fabrication is celebrating National Dog Day 2024 on Monday, August 26 with a linky party.  You'll want to visit there to see who else is celebrating their dogs this year.

quiltfabrication.com

It took many years before I was able to share my life with my own dogs.  I've had dogs since 1986.  I fell in love with the Shetland Sheepdog (sheltie) breed.  Four shelties have shared their life with me..... Kilty, Kirby, Kody and now Kelsey.  We also have Rosie, who is our dachshund-pom mix rescued from a local shelter.  This pic of Kelsey and Rosie is 5 years old and now I lose track of their ages, so I have to ask the vet their age every year.

A few years back I came across a fabulous and fun dog panel.  I created designs around all the blocks and made this quilt,  just for me.  It is one of my favs. I also did all the machine quilting.  I stippled behind all the dogs so they poofed out.  It seems I started this quilt in 2021 and finished in 2022.  It measures 64 x 72.  My first posts about this project can be found  HERE . 

I had an awful time trying to find photos of this quilt on my computer.  Here are a bunch of new photos taken at church recently.

I LOVE all dogs and I love my doggie quilt!  

I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week.  Besure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.

Saturday -  Quilting Patchwork Appliqué

                        soscrappy (superscrappy.blogspot.com)

Sunday  -  Quilting is more fun than Housework...

Monday   -   Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

                      Monday Musings at Songbird Designs

QuiltFabrication | Patterns and Tutorials

        Wednesday   -   Quilt Fabrication

The Inquiring Quilter

Thursday   -   quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com

My Quilt Infatuation

Friday  -  Alycia Quilts

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

Friday Quilt Hop * 8-23-2024

Welcome to the Friday Quilt Hop.

I hope you discover new inspiration today.

Canuck Quilter Designs - Tutorials

lots of helpful method tutes, a few pillow patterns; 

christmas stocking, sailboat & more

Mr. Frosty Placemats Setting Guide and Fabric Requirements | Free PDF by Fat Quarter Shop | Fat Quarter Shop

adorable snowman placemat

Sweet Seasons of Life: LOG CABIN CROSS (irene-sweetseasonsoflife.blogspot.com)

the log cabin cross

Free Patterns & Tutorials - Pink Simplicity

a nice long collection of free patters

OR

use the direct links on the right sidebar

Wishing you all a great week.  Thanks so much for stopping by.