Up The Creek

 Commissioned quilt #5 of #6.  The fabric was fun to use.  The blue with the paddles on it was my favorite on this quilt.  The paddle fabric is called A Day At Then Lake by Laura Marshall for Wilmington Fabrics; the blue is Whisper Weave by Nancy Halverson for Benartex; and the grey textured fabric is Essentials by Danui Nai for Wilmington.  The backing is 108" wide Wilmington Essentials Watercolor Texture in dark grey.  I did a free motion quilting motif I call "Wonky Tetrus" (yes, I spelled it that way on purpose) & used a thread color called Dove.  All in all I am very happy with this one and I hope the customer is as well.  The fabric for the quilt top was purchased at Christensens Department Store in Richfield UT.  They have  quite the assortment of "outdoorsy" fabric which I use in several of my quilts for the hunters/campers/outdoors people.

The pattern for this quilt is called "Wonderland" from the Make It Christmas with 3 yard quilt book from Fabric Cafe.  I always increase the yardage to make bigger quilts.  Their books include sizes from  lap to king.

Finished at approximately 88 1/2" x 88 1/2"

Don't you just love those paddles!

I named this one "Up The Creek".

(as without a paddle)

QUILT SALE!!! Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow (Overacting)

 I have made the decision to part with a few of my quilts.  I have officially filled my allowed space in my studio for finished quilts (can you imagine!!!!!).

The following items will be on sale.  You may message me for further information:

TINSEL TOWN: 60" x 84"

$475  on SALE 20% OFF - $380 

MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT: 80" x 97"

$500 on SALE 20% OFF - $400

MONKEY MATES: 72" x 92"

$500 on SALE 20% OFF - $400

PACIFICA: 72" x 90"

$500 on SALE 20% OFF - $400

NEWER CREATIONS:

FLOWERING PATHWAY: 65" x 83"

COST $562.70 on SALE $500

POPPIE TRAILS: 80" x 90"

COST 652.43 on SALE $600

WILD IRIS: 75" x 83"

Minky backed

COST $585 on SALE $525

Flowering Pathway

 Completed this fun quilt last night.  The pattern is "Wandering Way" from Fabric Cafe from the "Quilts in A Jiffy 3 Yard Quilts book.  The fabric is Hunny Bunny by Meags & Me for Clothworks Fabric.  I purchased the fabric from The Stitching Room and I am very happy that I did as that line is almost gone now!  I love the dusty rose & greys in this line.

The pattern was so much fun to make.  I made wonky bias binding for this quilt from the dark pink stripe fabric in the line.  By cutting the binding a certain way the lines change direction every once in a while.  I really had fun with this one.

I used the soft 80/20 batting from Winline.  It is so soft and comfy.  I machine quilted an edge to edge pantograph called "Flower Power" from Urban Elementz with a lovely cotton thread in Blush color.  This quilt has hand binding on it.

Yes, this quilt will go up for sale.

I really like the pattern!

The grey with light pink polka dots

was the perfect backing for this quilt.

I named this one "Flowering Pathway".

A Charmed Life

 The first of three quilts ordered is finished.  The pattern is "Falling Charm" by Missouri Star Quilt Co.  It is in their BLOCK Winter Vol 1 Issue 1 book on page 59.

For the charms (5" squares) I used Date Night by Basic Grey for  Moda Fabrics; the background was Confetti from the Remembering Red line by Studio 37 for Marcus Fabrics; the backing is 108" wide Patchwork Rings by Whistler Studios for Windham Fabrics; and the binding is Onyx Grunge by Basic Grey for  Moda Fabrics.

I machine quilted an edge to edge stipple pattern with a cream thread.  The binding is handstitched.  I named this one "A Charmed Life" as it is a charm pattern.

84" x 96"

The backing has been one of my favorites.

Label "A Charmed Life"

Wild Iris

 When you see a fabric line advertised in a quilt magazine and you fall in love with the fabric but you talk yourself out of ordering it online what do you do?  You dream about that fabric and how you would use it.  Well, last October I went to the opening of The Sunflower Quilt shop in Axtell Utah and there the line was!!  What's a girl to do.....buy it!!!!!!!!!!!!  I knew I was going to use it for the Four Patch Lattice quilt which is a pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co.  I have made this pattern twice before and really enjoyed the outcome.  I had purchased some minky fabric from The Stitching Room in Richfield Utah knowing that it would be the backing I would use on the quilt.  The minky was 90" wide but when I laid it out found that it was only about 84".  I cut down my outer border on the quilt to make it fit the backing.

I machine quilted this one with a pantograph called "Paisley Flower Leafs" from Quilting Pantographs.  I have been able to download some patterns from their website and through the miracle of photocopiers at my local office supply store Sevier Office Supply we have been able to size the pantograph patterns to a size that works well with my Brother 1500 which sits on a Start Right frame from Grace Frame Co.  I make enough copies to tape together into a roll that fits on the back board of the set up.  Works for me and was well within my price range at the time.  I used a cotton thread from Connecting Threads in the color Iris #20960.

I named the quilt "Wild Iris" after the fabric line.  I do have just a bit of the fabric yardage left over.  I used a Layer Cake (10" squares) for the charms.  As you know from one layer cake you can get an equivalent of 4 charm packs (5" squares).  That is what I prefer to do as it is sometimes more economical.

I have iris plants in my yard and they remind me of my Mom.  She had a huge iris flower garden in the front of our home in Simcoe Ontario Canada.  She loved flowers.

Enjoy your springtime and stop and smell the flowers once in a while.

Finished size approximately 75" x 83"

"Wild Iris"

I do like how the quilting pattern pops

on the minky backing.

Poppie Trails

 Sometimes I think I should not watch quilting YouTube videos as I just end up adding more to my "to do" list.  The quilt I just finished was the Trailing Squares from Missouri Star Quilt Co.  I knew I must make this one as it looked fairly quick to make.  After my last quilt I needed an easy project!  I found just the right fabric line at The Stitching Room. I purchased the layer cake package and some yardage from the Betsy's Sewing Kit line from Poppie Cotton.

The quilt finished at approximately 80" x 90".  I also made a coordinating pillow case as I like to gift or sell the quilt in a special package whenever I have enough fabric left over from the actual quilt project.

I machine quilted this one with an edge to edge free motion design I call Organic Clam Flowers.  I watched some videos from Angela Walters , Leah Day, & others and combined several things from each one to come up with the design.  I had alot of fun with it as the size of the design varies, the number of echo lines change with each "flower", and once in a while a line will cross over another one.  Thank you to all those great quilters for encouraging me to be unafraid to just jump in and start a design.

There was one flying geese unit left over so it

became the label.  I called this quilt Poppie Trails.

Poppie for the fabric from Poppie Cotton &

Trails for the name of the quilt pattern 

Trailing Squares from Missouri Star Quilt Co.

Finished at approximately 80" x 90"

Coordinating pillow case.

NYE Mystery 2022

 New Years Eve Day I joined a mystery quilt along hosted by Stitchin' Heaven, Craftsy, and National Quilters Circle.  This was my first mystery quilt that I had no idea what the pattern was until the last minute.  I learned some things about myself.  First, I don't like mystery projects.  I like to know what the pattern is so I can mentally prepare for the construction of said quilt.  Second, I can challenge myself by going outside of the box once in a while.

I enjoyed being a part of the online community, in that we all encouraged each other through the choosing of our fabrics for the project and for cheering each other on when we thought we could not go any further on said project.

The pattern was supplied by Stitchin' Heaven and is called Sparkly New Year's Mystery.  That is why I named my quilt NYE Mystery 2022.

I machine quilted this quilt with an edge to edge pantograph called "Octopus Swirls" from Quilting Pantographs.  I do not have a computerized long arm so I print off the pattern onto regular copy paper to the size I need for my Brother 1500 on a Grace Frame and then make copies of the downloaded pattern and tape them together into a roll to use on the back platform of my frame.  It works well for me.

I hope you are all anticipating Springtime weather (I know I am!) and enjoy this time of year of nature unfolding glorious flowers, plants, baby animals, etc.  The world holds such great beauty if we but take a moment to look around us.  It's there just waiting for us to breath it all in.

Finished Size 51" x 66"

NYE Mystery 2022

Blue thread using the Octopus Swirls pantograph

Whirligig

 When I first starting putting this quilt together it reminded me of the whirligigs in my Mom's yard &  flower gardens.  This quilt is the third pattern that I have used from the Make It Christmas with 3 Yard Quilts from Fabric Cafe.  I enlarged the pattern to a twin size so I purchased 6 yards of fabric.  I do have leftover fabric to use in another project.  I have really enjoyed using these patterns and will probably make most if not all of the patterns in that book.  I used two pieces from the Flower Pot line from Lella Boutique for Moda.  I would have loved to have purchased the fat quarter bundle but settled for the two taupe pieces from the line.  I am a huge fan of the Grunge line from BasicGrey for Moda.  I used the Vanilla & Mustard colors in this particular quilt.  

I machine quilted an edge to edge pantograph pattern called Sunflowers for Ukraine from Quilting Pantographs.  I have enjoyed the patterns that I have received from them.  I do have to print them out and tape them together in order to use on my quilting set up but I am so thankful that is an option for me.

I named the quilt "Whirligig".  I recently had to say goodbye for now to my sweet little Mom who loved flowers and doodads for her garden.  We will miss her but know that we shall meet again.  She was a talented seamstress, crafter, knitter, and the best Mom.  God Speed little Mama.

Movie Night

 I just really really really like the Date Night fabric from Basic Grey for Moda.  I used the Pattern #064 Movie Night, hence the name of the quilt.  The pattern reminds me of the old movie films and I can almost here the flickering sound of the film going through the projector.

I machine quilted a pantograph pattern called Meandering Feather by Linda Taylor.  It is a more dense pattern than I normally would use, however I do really like the result on this quilt.

The quilt is approximately 82.5" x 82.5".  I don't usually make square quilts but again I really like this pattern.  I was able to purchase the fabric and the pattern from The Sunflower Quilt Co. in Axtell UT.

82.5" x 82.5"

Pantograph quilting - Meadering Feather

The label of course!  I love the fabric I

used on the backing.  It is from the same

Basic Grey line called Date Night.

Machine quilting today

 Today under my needle is my newest quilt. I am using a pantograph from Linda Taylor called Feather Meandering. Life is good!