Hi Quilty Friends! The Cabin Fever quilt is coming along slowly due to all the ruler work. To make the quilting really pop requires every seam to have stitch in the ditch which means using a straight ruler and that slows things down a bit. The feathers, circles and arcs are free motion quilting. Marking this quilt is also a little time consuming. If you look closely at the right bottom corner of the picture you can see blue lines in the sashing. In between each line will be a circle. I've watched quilters make perfectly uniform circles in sashing without marking. I lack that skill. Even with the markings they still are not perfect.
Monday, April 14, 2025
Quilting Cabin Fever
Friday, April 11, 2025
I'm In The Mood
Yes Quilty Friends, I'm in a mood. Not just any mood. A lot of white space for quilting it to death kind of mood. So, I pulled out the Cabin Fever quilt I shared with you a couple of weeks ago. There's plenty of white space for feathers, swirls and whatever else my little ole quilty heart desires.
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Bumpkin Baskets Ready To Be Quilted
After many years of on again off again quilt progress, this quilt is ready for the frame. My Bumpkin Baskets quilt is a variation of my original quilt using my original design of the Dresden Baskets block. You can see the original block design and quilt design here and here.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Old Pillow Makeover
Last week while reorganizing the quilt closet, I found a few things needing to be fixed or freshened up a bit. The first on the list was the 10 year old bluebird pillow. ⬅️A link to the free bluebird embroidery can also be found at the previous link. I changed the bluebird design a bit to suit me. The pink lazy daisies were not part of the free pattern.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The Quilt Closet Makeover
One of the most frequently asked questions by non-quilters is, "What do you do with all the quilts you make?" In the early days of my quilting journey, most of them were given away. Nowadays, I keep more than I give or donate. What you see here is a small snippet of the quilt stash closet.
This isn't all of the quilts. There're 21 quilts on display or in use throughout the house. Sigh...I can see that in a few years my quilts will outgrow the closet. I may need to make this spare bedroom a quilt storage room. Oh well, for now I'm loving the easy access to the quilts and no more heavy lifting.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025
What's Up Wednesday
Hey Quilty Friends. Just a little pop in to share my progress since my last blog post, which isn't much. Well, I suppose it's all in how you look at things. Below is the (300) scrappy 1.75" squares I cut last Saturday. All of them where cut from the low volume scrap bins, and most of the time I could only cut one at a time. It was a literal pain in the neck but in the end it's worth it.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Alternate Block For The Cake Stand Quilt
Hey Quilty Friends! The last couple of days have been scrap-a-licious! Slicing and dicing through the scrap bins makes me one happy gal.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The Quilters High
Hi Quilty Addicts! After my recent quilt finish, Delightful Daisies, I've been on a quilter's high. I'm sure some of you can relate. The quilt you've put so much time and effort into is finally finished and you LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! The body puts out an intoxicating cocktail of hormones and before you know it, you're searching for the next high. Wild eyed with quilt drool dripping from the chin, the dig for the next quick quilt fix begins. I told myself to stop but the quilt finishing monkey on my back wouldn't listen until I found the perfect next quick quilt finish. Oh yes! This quilt designed by Gigi's Thimble is perfect!
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one...