Good morning!

I'm trying to clear the decks ahead of the upcoming Bonnie Hunter mystery. Here are a couple of things I just finished.

This scrappy pineapple quilt was my first experience with the Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool--I love it! Once you get the process in your head, it is basically fool-proof, and it results in nice, neat, SQUARE blocks. 😊

Scrappy Pineapple Quilt

Scrappy Pineapple (detail)

Scrappy Pineapple (detail)

Scrappy Pineapple (binding and backing detail)

The second quilt is a Disappearing Nine-Patch baby quilt. This pattern is always great for a quick quilt that looks really good.

D9P Baby Quilt (Flannel)--It is square, though it looks a bit distorted in this photo.

D9P Baby Quilt (detail)

D9P Baby Quilt (binding and backing detail)

I'm going to give my machine a spa day and change the blade in my rotary cutter--I'll be ready for Bonnie's first clue the day after Thanksgiving (US).

Happy Quilting! 😸

 I am still alive! Life can be so busy, and I fell out of the habit of updating my blog. Can't promise I will be perfect, but I'm going to try to do better. :)

In March of 2025, I posted about doing another yellow and blue quilt in honor of the Ukrainian people. I did get it done.

It is a One-Block-Wonder pattern using sunflower panels. I love the way it turned out!

I'll post a few more projects I have completed below.

This is a baby quilt featuring 1930s reproduction fabric.

Another baby quilt using picture panels of baby farmyard animals.

This is a Bonnie Hunter pattern, Smith Mountain Morning. I used Christmas fabrics for it.

Speaking of Christmas fabrics . . . this was made for my youngest granddaughter.

More Christmas. I made this for my older granddaughter.

For my son--a quilt using nature-based prints.

Another One-Block Wonder--this one for a co-worker who loves peacocks.

I've lots more to show, but I'll stop there for today. Thanks for reading, and I will try to be more regular in my postings. :)

Happy Quilting!😸

 I had a couple of finishes this week.

First is the latest Bonnie Hunter mystery, Old Town. I changed the colors a little, but otherwise followed her instructions.

Old Town, a Bonnie Hunter mystery 78" x 78"

Old Town (back and binding detail)

I also finished a string hourglass. No pattern on this one, I just needed to use some of my many strings!

String Hourglass 60" x 85"

String Hourglass (back and binding detail)

I'm working on a couple more. Then, I hope to get back to my Sunflower One-Block Wonder.

Happy Quilting! 😸

Quilts for Donation

 I put together a year's worth of 3.5" leaders and enders to create six quilts for donation. Each is 62" x 74".

Closer to the 2025 holiday season, I will take them to a local agency that helps children and adults with developmental disabilities. 🎄🎄🎄

In the Meantime . . .

I've been working on my sunflower quilt, but I'd like to show another quilt I made with the One-Block Wonder technique. This one was my first trial of the method.

Peacock OBW 49" x 69"

This was made from a panel (like the sunflower). My blending needs a little work--I would like for the edges of the panel inside to blend seamlessly with the outer blocks. Some areas were well-blended, but you can see, in other places, the straight edge of the inner panel.

Peacock OBW (detail)

Peacock OBW (detail)

Peacock OBW (detail)

My friend did the quilting for me--such lovely work!

Peacock OBW (detail)

I used some of the border I trimmed from the original panels as an inner border and for the binding.

Peacock OBW (detail)

Peacock OBW (detail)

This is a fun technique to use--it is a joy to see how the triangles come together to create the kaleidoscope effect.

Happy Quilting! 😸

Support for Ukraine

In 2022, Bonnie Hunter did a quilt-along for Hearts of Hope, a quilt of support for the Ukrainian people. Blue and yellow are the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Bonnie Hunter's pattern can be purchased at her shop:

https://quiltville.com/shop.html#!/Solidarity-Digital-Pattern-Duo/p/471380517

I'm feeling the need to pull out my blue and yellow fabrics to show my continued support for Ukraine. I plan to make a One-Block Wonder panel quilt from this panel:

Sunflowers are key component of Ukraine's economy, and they are considered a national symbol for the country.

Quiltmaking is my art and is the way I best express myself. You may express yourself in a different way than I; crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidering, etc. can have the same effect. We may not be able to effect change on a global scale, but we can find small ways to help manage our feelings about the world around us. 

If you would like to do this, pull out your blue and yellow fabrics/yarns/threads/etc., use any pattern, and pour your love and support into your work. I'd love to see what you choose to create, and I'll be glad to share your efforts on this blog.

Little Tulips

 

Little Tulips (35" x 40")

I tried another Log Cabin pattern! 🌷🌷🌷

This pattern was from a book entitled Log Cabin Flower Quilts by Nancy Brenan Daniel (ISBN: 978-0881957426). I call it "Little Tulips" not because the tulips are especially small, but because I so rarely make small quilts that the size of this one is the first thing I notice when I look at it!

 

Little Tulips (detail)

 

The tulip blocks (set on point) are 8" finished. The flowers are made of thirties reproduction fabrics. I chose these because I wanted to use a gifted panel on the back, and that panel featured the same type of print.

Little Tulips (backing detail)

I wish I could have centered the panel a bit better on the back, but I had NO wiggle room! It was almost exactly the same size as the top; thus, I did what I could. I bound it in the same yellow I used as the flowers' centers.

It is tiny but colorful. It was fun to try another way of using a Log Cabin block--there will be more experiments in the future.

Happy Quilting! 😸