Sunday, December 27, 2020

Creating Things Brings Joy to Both the Maker and the Receiver

I made a bunch of masks early on during this pandemic.  They used up a lot of my fabric stash that had been unused for years.  I finished a very detailed quilt and I made a stocking for my son who is serving a mission for the Lord.  I made homemade gift bags and several quilts.  Each one brought me joy as I thought about the person for whom the project was intended or felt relief at accomplishing a difficult or tedious project.

My first English Paper Piecing project.

The dinosaur print is 3D.

I had to buy this kit from In the Beginning fabrics.

When your son and his friends play D&D and you know you have to make a second quilt.


This quilt is fuzzy and glorious.  Brother Bear from Shannon Fabrics.
Jacqueline De Jonge's Brilliant Beauties of Joy was quite a project, but beautiful.

The idea for these came from Aunt Em's Quilts.


Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Two Weeks Ago I Finished Binding a Bunch of Quilts

Here they are for you to enjoy.
Scrap quilt I made as a gift - The Dinosaur print is 3D if you have red/blue 3D glasses.
 This was a mystery scrap quilt, but I ended up having to buy a lot of things because I had very little in the correct colors.
 This scrap quilt used up a lot of fabrics.  It came out of a book, but I can't recall which one.
 This quilt was part of Melissa Corry's Starstruck quilt along.  I used up some of my Christmas scraps.
 This quilt is Bonnie K Hunter's Rick Rack Nines.
 This is probably my favorite scrap quilt to date.  It came from Quilts for Scraplovers by Julie Gauthier. I love how it looks.
 I followed Gyleen Fitzgerald's Scrap Backing guide.  What a great way to use up scraps.  This is the back of the quilt above.

 This quilt was a pattern test for this wall hanging.  I used all scraps to construct it.
 This was a pattern test for the Mod City Center Quilt Along at Brown Bird Designs. This was not a scrap project.
 This was a pattern test for Erica Jackman's The Birdie quilt pattern.  This was not a scrap quilt.
 Pattern test for The Willow Quilt by Erica Jackman - I really like the colors on this one, but the photo makes them over saturated.  This was not a scrap quilt.

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Two Finished Tops to Share

I finished this quilt top last month as part of a mystery from Meadow Mist Designs.

I chose my colors based on the border print, because I was using up fabric my friend had given me.  Turns out I had nothing to go with it so I had to purchase the other prints.  The colors are a little too orange.  I will get a better shot once it is quilted.


My second quilt is Jacqueline de Jonge's Brilliant Beauties of Joy.  I have to get a better picture as my first was too blurry.  So content yourself with the partial finish from a previous post.  I am so excited to have finally finished the top.

Sunday, January 5, 2020

Progress is Being Made

I finally made some serious progress on Brilliant Beauties of Joy by Jacqueline de Jonge of Be Colourful Quilts.  I am really looking forward to finishing this quilt.  I love the colors and would be even more pleased, if I was a little better at some of the techniques.



Monday, October 21, 2019

Starstruck Picnic

Here is my picnic size Starstruck.  I am going to stop at this size, because that's all the fabric I have and a queen is too big for my purposes.  Now I am going to prepare the backing and start planning the quilting.


Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Star Struck Quilt Along - Lap Size


Moving right along.  The picture doesn't look as good as the actual quilt.  This is the lap portion of the Star Struck quilt.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Progress on Projects


I have completed this week's Starstruck Baby quilt phase.  



This is a project I have been taking far too long to complete.  It is beautiful, but I feel some of my limited skills cause it to look less attractive than it could.  This is Brilliant Beauties of Joy by Jacqueline de Jonge.  This is probably around 1/3 or the quilt.  I am determined to finish it, because I love how it looks, I just wish I was a bit more skilled at insetting the pieces.

I am working on this month's assignment for the Mosaic Mystery Quilt found at Meadow Mist Designs.  This is September's progress.

I also hope to make major progress on my leaders/enders quilt - Rick Rack Nines designed by Bonnie K. Hunter.  Here's where I am at right now.  All of the blocks are pieced, now I am piecing the quilt.  The thing that most amazes me is how many different fabrics are in this.