Maymont is a Bonnie Hunter design. I've just started it as a new project.
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| Maymont by Bonnie Hunter |
So far, I've only made a couple of test blocks from scraps I had lying about, but I'm sewing strips now! :) I'm planning to make all the centers and cornerstones in red fabrics.
More to come . . .
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| Test Blocks for Maymont |
Happy Quilting! 😸
Bonnie Hunter's annual mystery this year was called Rhododendron Trail.
I stayed (mostly) with Bonnie's colors--only substituting green for aqua. This is a different quilt than my usual ones; it is much lighter in color overall, but it is nice to make something out-of-the-ordinary sometimes.
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| Rhody Trail (92" x 100") |
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| Rhody Trail (border and binding detail) |
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| Rhody Trail (backing and binding detail) |
A fun project--I love Mystery Quilts!
Happy Quilting. 😸
I haven't been posting much lately, but the quiltmaking continues!
This is a flannel couch quilt. A dear friend gave me some flannels, and I added a few of my own to the mix. I backed it with a piece of fleece I had on hand that happened to be exactly the right size!
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| Old-Style Winter Print Flannel (60" x 71") |
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| Old-Style Winter Print Flannel (detail) |
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| Old-Style Winter Print Flannel (backing and binding detail) |
Next up is a Hallowe'en Trip Around the World. I know it is out-of-season, but next October, I'll be ready! 🎃 I call this one Spooky Trip Around the World.
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| Spooky Trip Around the World (90" x 90") |
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| Spooky Trip Around the World (edge detail) |
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| Spooky Trip Around the World (center detail) |
This third quilt is a Bonnie Hunter design called Boxy Bow Ties. For some reasons, it sits in my brain as Botox Ties! Other than string quilts, this might be the scrappiest quilt I've ever made. There is a little of everything in here. I added a few extra cornerstones in the sashing that weren't part of the original design.
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| Boxy Bow Ties (94" x 94") |
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| Boxy Bow Ties (detail) |
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| Boxy Bow Ties (detail) |
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| Boxy Bow Ties (backing and binding detail) |
I'm still working on the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, Rhododendron Trail, and I'm doing her Hearts of Hope quiltalong as well. I've lots of projects in the works.
Happy Quilting! 😸
I was given some stamped quilt blocks to embroider, and I decided to make a baby quilt with them.
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| Really bad picture, sorry! 46" x 60" |
There were twelve baby animal blocks . . .
. . . which I combined using sashing in between.
By adding triangles to the sashing ends and including cornerstones, I formed a star at each of the corners of the embroidered blocks.
I finished it with a striped binding.
The quilt went together quickly--the embroidery took longer than the construction!
It looks terribly wrinkled in these photos, but after washing, it is much smoother. I put this one away for a future gift.
Happy Quilting! 😺
This is a simple, scrappy quilt that I designed with different sizes of pinwheels.
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| Pinwheel Explosion (84" x 84") |
The pinwheels finished at 12", 6", and 4". It could be made with 8", 4", and 2", if you prefer [or other sizes, if you want to do the math 😉].
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| Pinwheel Explosion (detail) |
I arranged the pinwheels so that, on a bed, the smallest ones would fall in the center. I used scraps for the pinwheels themselves, though the background was cut from yardage.
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| Pinwheel Explosion (backing and binding detail) |
I backed the quilt with a green brushstrokes print and bound it with a yellow/gold solid.
A very simple block and arrangement--sometimes, simple is just the ticket! 🎫
Happy Quilting. 😸
Every year, I look forward to Bonnie Hunter's Mystery quilt which begins the day after Thanksgiving here in the US. It is fun to quilt along with so many others from around the world.
I've completed Clues 1 and 2 of this year's mystery--Rhododendron Trail.
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| Rhododendron Trail (Clues 1 and 2) |
I'm looking forward to seeing how this mystery comes together.
If you would like to participate, it is easy! Simply visit Bonnie's blog and click on the Rhododendron Trail tab at the top. All the instructions will be posted there each Friday. There is no need to sign up anywhere, and the mystery is free. Be aware that when the mystery is done, the instructions will be removed, so save them to your computer as you go.
Happy Quilting! 😸
A young lady very dear to me is turning two! I marked the occasion with a big girl quilt.
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| Anne of Green Gables (72" x 72") |
I made this from a fat quarter bundle, a panel, and a few additions from stash. The panel had a double friendship star motif, so I replicated it in the quilt. (Kindred Spirits fabric line by Riley Blake)
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| Anne of Green Gables (detail) |
I used some of the larger elements from the panel in a few of the centers. In others, I fussy cut quotes from the books from the fabrics and used those.
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| Anne of Green Gables (detail) |
The center square of the quilt was cut from the panel.
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| Anne of Green Gables (detail) |
I backed it with a pink brushstrokes print and bound it in aqua.
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| Anne of Green Gables (detail) |
I also made an Anne doll to go with the quilt, and I included three different editions of the book with the gift.
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| Anne of Green Gables Doll |
I think the gift was a hit!
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| Happy Birthday, sweet girl! |
Happy Quilting! 😸
