Appliqueing Stonefields

The rest of the blocks in section 7 of Stonefields are completed. First are four Wrysedale blocks.

I chose to make a design change with these four blocks. The melons are supposed to be enclosed in a circle which means the outside of the fabric would be different than the background fabric of the applique.

I thought these blocks looked just fine as they are and didn't add the circles.

Next are the two Neil's Dairy blocks which you saw last Wednesday after they were pieced.

The yellow hearts are the same fabric as the center circles in the Wrysedale blocks.

Last are two appliqued blocks called Lucille. 

There are several variations of this stick flower in this quilt. I didn't like the tiny curves that the pattern has at the top of the flower so I decided to do broderie perse instead.

The broderie perse may not look right but I don't care. I do admit I'm getting tired of these blocks but I don't want to stop and have a project halfway completed. I really am getting close to the end, just 36 more blocks to make. I'm hoping to be finished making these blocks by springtime. I will probably put the blocks into time out until later then sew them for the flimsy center.

Section 7 is blocks 74 - 85. I chose to not do two of the designs, my quilt, my decision. I duplicated several of the blocks in this section.

Stonefields is designed by Susan Smith.

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Piecing Stonefields

Section 7 of Stonefields has finally been started! Here are the first 4 blocks which are titled Pyjama Party. 

I like to add fussy cutting to the center of blocks, it just adds more interest.

Next are 2 blocks called Neil's Dairy. Remember, I didn't name these blocks.

You will see these blocks again when applique has been added to the triangles. 

Stonefields is designed by Susan Smith.

Except for some of the neutral background fabrics, all the fabric for these blocks came from my stash.

I receive weekly emails from All People Quilt.com. This week they had a link with patterns to 41 blue & white quilts! As you know, blue & white are my favorite kinds of quilts so I'm sharing the link with you too. Enjoy the eye candy!

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Rhapsody in Blue

The quilt has been rolled again but I took pictures first. The quilting doesn't look very different from last week but progress was made.

Here is the quilting from the left to the right.

I'm taking 10 days off blogging. I'll be back Wednesday the 21st with more to show you.

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First Flimsy Finish of '26

Here is the first flimsy finish of 2026, the 2025 Laundry Basket Mystery quilt which has been renamed Tennessee by the designer, Edyta Sitar.

If you remember, I had made a start with this quilt in September and kept up for several rounds until I decided I didn't like the fabrics I was using.

I started over again in late November using other fabrics that had also been purchased for another quilt that didn't happen. I showed you that in another post.

Now the flimsy is completely finished and has been delivered to the long arm quilter.

Here are multiple picture in various displays for you to peruse. 

This was a fun quilt to make, it actually sewed together fairly quickly. The blocks all finish at 6" and there are a lot of them but making a round at a time didn't seem to take that long.

The outside gray border is the same background fabric used in the chain 'round'. The binding is a striped light blue fabric. I had thought about using it for the outside border but didn't think it would look right so I went with the gray.

Here is a picture on the display floor in the sewing studio. 

And another picture with the flimsy displayed on our king sized bed.

I made a change to the pattern. The outside pieced border has a light background triangle in the block. You are supposed to use the same block in the corner but I didn't think the light triangle looked right, at least I didn't like it.

Anyway this is what I came up with.

The lighter blue square doesn't look quite right since it's not centered in the corner but I didn't want to spend the time figuring out how to make that change. I still think this is better than having a light triangle in the corner. Here is a link to the Tennessee pattern, look at the corner and see the light triangle, what do you think?

My flimsy measures 98" square. In the online sew-along, Edyta had an option to add applique to the outside border. The appliques she had were coordinated to match the fabrics she is selling. I already have an applique project in progress and I was ready to be finished with this quilt.

After finishing the flimsy, there are all the scraps left from cutting the pieces. I was so tempted to just set those aside and start on the next quilt but we all know what happens when we do that. Instead I sorted them into piles and cut the smaller pieces into usable sizes and put larger pieces into their appropriate box. It really didn't take very long to cut into smaller pieces and now the cutting table is clean! Hopefully I'll keep that practice up throughout 2026.

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Rhapsody in Blue

A lot of quilting happened last week since section six of Stonefields is finished. I need to get prepping on section seven.

Again I've take picture along the edge of the quilt, not close ups. I don't get shadows this way.

This is the left side of the quilt. The quilting is beyond the applique in the corner so the stitching goes faster than when I need to stitch in the ditch around the applique.

The next section is the center applique. This is actually the top part of the applique. You can see the curved triangle background quilting. 

Stitching diagonally through the little white squares makes the blue blocks slightly puff up. It looks so nice and the texture feels wonderful. Unfortunately you  can't see that detail in pictures.

The last picture is the right side of the quilt. I've always liked the stencil I'm using for the outside borders but it is a wider stencil and doesn't work with a lot of quilts.

I've lost track of how many more inches to quilt but I will be reaching the center of the quilt in a couple of weeks!

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