To Market We Go

 Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there was a little redheaded girl who loved "helping" her Nannie & Daa on their farm.  There were several times she was allowed to go to the farmers market in Hagersville ON and again "help" with the produce.  Yes, that little girl was me.  I still remember helping fill the green bean baskets and smelling the wonderful aromas of fresh produce and homemade breads.  I cherish those memories.

When I saw the fat quarter bundle, which also included the farm panel, I knew I had to make something with it.  The fabric is called Happy Day Farm by Dan DiPaolo for Clothworks.  This bundle contains a wonderful fabric line and sewed together beautifully.  My co-worker suggested the Turning Twenty pattern (by Tricia Gibbs) which has a finished 16" block which is what I wanted for this quilt.  Luckily I had the book and used 14 of the 16 included fat quarters to make the required number of blocks.  (Just set the other 2 fat quarters to the side as you will use them in the quilt in the outer border & corner stones).  I added borders to the panel to make the quilt a nice 71" x 83" finished quilt.  I backed the quilt with a piece from Miniature Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings for Moda.  The backing was a piece from my stash and worked so well with the fat quarter bundle.

The quilt came together quickly.  I machine quilted it with an edge to edge pantograph called Inkblot from Urban Elementz using Glide thread in the colors Thyme on top & Black in the bobbin.

I called this quilt "To Market We Go".

If anyone would like to make this quilt I would be happy to share what I did to make it come together.  You can purchase the fat quarter bundle at The Quilt Shop at Christensen's in Richfield UT.

On to the next project!

Approximately 71" x 83"

To Market We Go

Dutch Knots

 I purchased a 10" precut pack of Kaffe Fasset's Collective for Free Spirit and knew this was the quilt pattern that I wanted to use.  The pattern was designed by Elise Lea for Robert Kaufman Fabrics and is called Dutch Braid. By the way, it is a free pattern!

I named the quilt Dutch Knots as the block reminded me of knotted friendship bracelets.  The pattern was very easy to follow and I only needed to add a dark fabric, light fabric background, and a border using one of the fabrics from the Kaffe Fasset's line.

I machine quilted this one with an edge to edge pantograph called Fern from Urban Elementz using Glide thread in the color Mulberry.  The backing is from the Zen line by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks.  I machine bound the project using the same fabric as the backing.

The quilt finished at approximately 61" x 75".

This is my first quilt finish for 2026.  Many more projects waiting in the wings.

Paddling Bears

Completed the final quilt of 2025 just in time!  It has been a busy month with working, shopping, taking care of business, birthdays, and holidays.

I found this cute pattern called Paddling Bears by Coach House Designs.  I have been saving pieces of plaid fabrics and knew they needed to be used in this quilt pattern.  The quilt ended up being approximately 66" x 72".  I backed it with a fun flannel fabric from the Cabin Fever line by Sugar Sisters Designs for Moda Fabrics.

I quilted this one with an edge to edge pantograph called Nylon by Urban Elementz using Glide thread in the color Bark.

I am currently working on a new quilt using some bold fabrics.  Seems like a good way to ring in the New Year.

May you all be blessed with peace, love, and joy in the coming year.  

Making A List; Checking It Twice

While on vacation last month my friend Jo and I visited a local quilt shop in old town Kingman AZ.  It is a lovely little shop called Connie's Quilters Hide-A-Way with the charm of the old downtown as one would expect. I saw the Santa panel by Larry Hersberger for QT Fabrics and knew that I needed to bring it home.  Yes, I bought 2 panels and a plethora of fabrics that may or may not work with my idea to bring the panel to life.

I purchased a bolt of Swiss Dot Gold by Riley Blake Designs as I knew it would be perfect for the ribbon border background.  Thank you The Quilt Shop at Christensen's for ordering that bolt for me.

I backed both quilts with a Christmas plaid and machine quilted an edge to edge pantograph called Scrollwork from Urban Elementz with Glide thread in the color Kakhi.  The quilts finished at approximately 62" x 69".

I used a gold fabric for the ribbon border in the first quilt which I named "Making A List".

I used a red fabric for the ribbon border in the second quilt which I named "Checking It Twice".

Don't you just love creating something special for Christmas!!!!!!!

May you all ponder and be thankful for the many blessings in your lives especially during this Thanksgiving month.

God Bless you all.

Until the next creation,

 

Amy B

Glad Tidings

 This quilt has been waiting in the wings for a couple of years.  The pattern is called "Tradewinds" by Georgette Dell'Orco for Cozy Quilt Designs.  It is a jelly friendly pattern and I just happened to have 2 jelly rolls of the Holiday Charms Scarlet Colorstory from Robert Kaufman Fabrics.  The background fabric is from Precious Metals by Kansas for Benartex.  The stripped border is Snowy Tidings by Lola Molina for Wilmington Prints.  The backing is Urban Legend 118 from Blank Quilting.  

The quilt is approximately 73" x 89".  I machine quilted this one with an edge to edge pantograph from Urban Elementz called Scrollwork using Glide thread in the color Cool Grey.  I used the remaining jelly roll strips as the binding.

On to the next Christmas order!

"Glad Tidings" - 72" x 89"

Of course it's labeled!

Break down of costs on this quilt:

Glad Tidings 73” x 89”

Quilting: 6497 sq in x $0.03

Miscellaneous: binding 27 ft x $3.00 ; cutting/construction 8 hrs x $25

Costs: Construction: $200.00

Fabric: $ 154.98

Batting: $ 30.00

Binding: $ 81.00

Thread: $ 5.00

Machine Quilting: : $ 194.91

Subtotal: $ 665.89

Little Ghost & Sweet Santa

 It has been a very busy few weeks around the homestead.  Winterizing the yard; taking up the hoses and sprinklers when the irrigation water was turned off; preparing for an adventure; working; as well as trying to spend time at the sewing machine.

The first quilt to be done this month is called "Little Ghost" by Hailey Young.  This is a free pattern that Hailey has shared on the internet and I knew I wanted to make it for our new great grandchild due this next year.  I also purchased the books that go along with the quilt.  I didn't give the quilt it's own name as Little Ghost is perfect for the quilt.  The top uses 2 charm packs from Into the Woods by Wilmington.  The backing (which is a soft green but didn't come through the photo as lovely as it is in real life) is from the Essentials line from Dry Brush Dots for Wilimington.  I can picture the stories being read to the little one even before she is born.  She is going to be and already is well loved.  I machine quilted the quilt using a pantograph called Live Wire by Meredith England using Connecting Threads cotton thread in the color Sapling.  I hand bound this quilt.

The second quilt is using new fabrics that we got in at the store.  For those that don't know I am now doing some longarm quilting at The Quilt Shop at Christensen's in Richfield UT.  The panel and coordinating fabrics are from More Christmas Wishes by RBD Designs.  The backing is a piece of fabric that I had purchased a couple of years ago and is from the Holiday collection from Timeless Treasures of SoHo LLC.  I love the gold woven into the plaid.  I modified the Ribbons & Bows pattern from the Fabric Cafe to work with this panel as I did not want to cut this panel down to the size used in the pattern.  A little bit of math and a lot of luck and it worked!  I machine quilted this quilt with a pantograph called Scrollwork from Urban Elementz using Glide thread in the color Cool Grey.  I hand bound this quilt as well.   I named this quilt "Sweet Santa" as I really like the vintage feel to this jolly ol elf.  The quilt measures 52" x 64". 

As the holiday seasons sneak up on us I hope you will all take a moment to be thankful for the many blessings in your life.  My God bless you all this season and throughout the coming year.

Of course she has to have the books

to go with the quilt.  What's better than being

snuggled in a quilt as someone reads a

story to you.

I put 2026 on the label as that is her due date.

Actual backing fabric

Jolly old elf himself

Sweet Santa

Pastiche Elegance

 I am finally working on reducing some bolts of fabric from my stash.  Yes, it may only be two down but that's just fine.  The focus fabric in this quilt is Pastiche by Jason Yenter for In The Beginning Fabrics.  The apricot fabric is is Apricot Linen from Hoffman fabrics and the turquoise fabric is Aunt Grace from Marcus Fabrics.  The quilt pattern is called Elegance from the Big Block 3-Yard Quilts by Fabric Cafe.

I really like the way the pattern comes together and creates the secondary pattern at the corners of the blocks.  I made the queen size which ended up being 87" x 96".  I did not have enough of the Aunt Grace fabric to make a larger outer border.  As I wanted this quilt to have a similar look to older quilts (where the quilter would fold over the backing as a binding) I matched the binding to the outer border using the turquoise fabric.  The binding is machine bound.

I machine quilted this quilt with an edge to edge pantograph called Fern from Urban Elementz.  I used Glide thread in the color Cool Grey.

This quilt does not quite fit our king size bed so it will be up for sale at a sale price of $350 as I had purchased the fabric on sale.  

I have 3 baskets of quilts ready in the wings to be made.  As I am now doing long arm quilting for The Quilt Shop at Christensens in Richfield UT my quilting time at home may be trimmed down.  

I hope you are all enjoying this autumn weather (in the USA).

By the way did you know that the word Pastiche means: an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist or period?  I did not so I had to look it up.  I learned something new today! 

May your lives be filled with blessings through out the coming months.

Approximately 87" x 96"

Cool pattern emerges!

The label was created with a matching

embroidery thread so it didn't overtake

the backing.  I named the quilt Pastiche 

Elegance.

BOOdles of Fun

 When you have some leftover pieces from your last quilt and you don't want to put them in the "scrap drawer" you use your GO me cutter from Accuquilt.  I do have the full size Studio cutter but the little one sits by my sewing area so I can easily cut fabric remnants into usable pieces and put them into a container to use when the mood hits me.  I had enough pieces cut using the Home Sweet Haunt by Stacey Iest Hau for Moda Fabrics to make this 51" x 58" quilt.  I had a bolt of Halloween fabric that worked very well for the backing.  I used some of my black grunge fabric stash for the inner border.

I also decided to make a fun label for this one.  A simple ghost outline cut around the embroidered information and voi​là!

I quilted this one with the edge to edge pantograph called Twisted Spiderwebs from Quilting Pantographs using Glide thread in the color Linen.

Next - cutting out more quilts including one for a class I will be taking at the Quilter's Heritage Festival in October.

51" x 58"

BOOdles of Fun

Go me cutter and die used for the pieces

in this quilt.

Home Sweet Haunt

 When I saw the new Halloween line called "Home Sweet Haunt" at Sunflower Quilt Shop in Axtell UT,  I had a design in mind that this would be perfect for.  This line was designed by Stacey Iest Hsu for Moda Fabrics and included two panels with dolls & accessories.  Yes, I made the dolls as well.  As we all know fabric prices have been on the rise since 2019 so I have to really like the fabric line or know others who might be interested in a finished quilt using the line.

I knew I wanted to use the doll panels in blocks on this quilt so that determined the finished block size.  It is a nice 18" block using 9 of the fabric pieces from the line for the main blocks together with a background fabric from the line. I designed the 6 x 6 blocks which the doll pieces ended up on using the remaining fabric from those 9 pieces used in the star block.  The star block was an adaption from one in a It's Sew Emma pattern book called "Simply Half Yards Quilt Book" and just happened to be the right size for the alternate block.  

I added a small black inner border and a nice 5 1/2" outer border to finish the quilt at approximately 69" x 87".  I knew I had to use the back pieces of the dolls somewhere so they are residing on the backing of this quilt.  Sometimes it's just fun to do something outside the box.  The backing fabric is also from the same line of fabric.  I made a label for the quilt and named it after the fabric line "Home Sweet Haunt".

I machine quilted this quilt with a pattern called Tangled Spiderwebs from Quilting Pantographs using Glide Thread in the color Linen.

This quilt is for sale and I will be making a matching pillowcase. You all may now be aware that I do not like wrapping items, especially if they will fit in a pillowcase 😀

Here is the breakdown on the costs for those that have asked.

Home Sweet Haunt 69” x 87”

Quilting: 6,003 sq in x $0.03

Miscellaneous: binding 26 ft x $3.00 ; cutting/construction 6 hrs x $150

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Costs: Construction: $150.00

Fabric: $ 200.64

Batting: $ 30.00

Binding: $ 78.00

Thread: $ 5.00

Machine Quilting: : $ 180.09

Subtotal: $ 643.73

Flag Day

 I really liked the quilt that I made using a pattern called Fly The Flag by Amy Smart.  I wanted to use up some of the red/white/blue fabrics so I used my Go Baby die cutter from Accuquilt to cut out the star block pieces.  I do have the Studio cutter but the little cutter is handy to have by my sewing machine to cut up small pieces of leftover fabrics.  

Once I had the star blocks completed I needed to redesign the original pattern to work with these larger stars.  Some math was involved!  Anyway, I ended up with a quilt that finished at approximately 89" x 97".  I backed it with a fabric from the Autumn Grove collection by Bob Fair for Wilmington.  I machine bound the binding.

The pantograph quilting is called Heatwave from Urban Elementz.  I used Glide thread in the color Cardinal.  I do like the way it turned out.

I made a matching pillowcase to store it in until I decided to sell the quilt.

Here's wishing you all a peaceful summer.

My volunteer quilt holder is not tall

enough for this one!

89" x 97"

Label: Flag Day