Someone commented when I showed Orange Sherbet that we had green grass. This winter has just been weird. We get snow then it melts and the grass shows. Then it snows again then it melts and we have grass showing again. It's been that way all winter.
Gretchen's Little Corner
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Patchwork Comforter Top
Someone commented when I showed Orange Sherbet that we had green grass. This winter has just been weird. We get snow then it melts and the grass shows. Then it snows again then it melts and we have grass showing again. It's been that way all winter.
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Quilting Lady Jane
I've quilted across Lady Jane again. I'm able to reach in and do a whole churn dash block but I can't reach well enough to stitch in the ditch around the applique.
If you look closely, you will see a lot of pins in this block. That is to show me where to start and end stitching.
And here is the right side of the quilt.
After I roll, I'll just quilt the applique part.
The pattern for Lady Jane can be found here.
Linking to Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Sew & Tell, Handmade Monday, Design Wall Monday, Craftastic Monday, Monday This 'N That, Monday Musings
Friday, March 17, 2023
Sweet Kisses
Sweet Kisses is a flimsy! She doesn't scream Christmas quilt at you so she can be used all year round.
The first picture is taken outside on the glider.
Here she is draped over the couch.
For the final picture, she is displayed on a bed.
Linking to Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Peacock Party, Whoop Whoop Party, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
2023 SAHRR, the Finish
My SAHRR flimsy is finished! I incorporated a lot of orphan blocks into the project and most of them were used, at least the ones with blue in them.
Here is more of a close up of the bottom half.
And the top half.
It was a nice day so I took a picture outside on the glider.
This quilt was made with the intention of being donated and knotted. It will be sent somewhere there is a crisis and people have a need for comforters.
As of now, the flimsy measures 63" by 90" which is longer than I had planned but you know how it goes when you're making a quilt without a real pattern.
Linking to SAHRR Linky Party, Magic Crafts, To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Orange Sherbet
Friday, March 10, 2023
A Little Star Quilt
I'm often given fabrics to use for charity quilts. I sort through the box and pass on fabrics that are too small for backings or not needed for my purpose. Sometimes those boxes contain projects that have been passed along.
A year ago a box contained this star block. I've added the outside border and quilted it with my sewing machine using an easy X design.
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This black fish fabric was perfect for the backing. It also came from a donation box.
I thought black and white looked rather austere so red thread was used for quilting. It doesn't show well in the top picture so here is a close up. It looks very nice in real life.
At 26" finished, it's the perfect size for a lap quilt at a nursing home.
I folded the backing over to use for binding using this tutorial.
It didn't take long to finish this little quilt and it feels good to not have this project guilting me to finish it!
Linking to Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Peacock Party, Whoop Whoop Party, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Sweet Kisses
All of the blocks for Sweet Kisses have been trimmed and the blocks have been sewn into rows!
Here is a closer up picture of the blocks.
Now I need to cut the side triangles to finish the rows. I don't cut every part needed for a quilt right away, I like to work in sections.
Click here for a link to the pattern for Sweet Kisses.
Linking to Magic Crafts, To Do Tuesday, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down