Category Archive: quilts

These black squares with butterflies, hummingbirds, and dragonflies were given to me to “make something”.   They were part of a stencil and paint demo at a Sew Expo two years ago.    Now obviously, if you were  going to paint something to be used in a quilt, the stencil design would have a bit more variety.   These were pieces she had left over after the show.   So I have turned them into a small quilt with which I hope she will be happy.    I have used random scraps left from various projects.  It is 44 inches square.   Would you just bind it with one of the circle fabrics or would you border and bind it with one and which one?

Such Excitement!   During the Super bowl yesterday, I was emailed that the local humane society had our cat.   First of all, she’s a barn cat and people leave cats out here, not take them.   Secondly, she will not let us touch her.   So when the message said they reached me because of her chip, I was a bit surprised.   About 9 years ago, we received her from the feral cat rescue because they could not calm her down enough to place her in a pet home.   The only thing we can figure out is that she must have hitched a ride when our son went to Starbucks and then got off the car.   So DH went off to rescue her this morning.   She was not happy being gone from here..    My guess is she will not do that again.

Come quilt with me!

I chose to work on this ufo today.   Most of the pieces were cut out and I finished these 4 blocks.   Galactic Explosion  by Nancy Rink was a 2009 BOM.   I did make one which is my extra cover up when I am cold at night or take a rest.  I liked it enough to cut out another and then didn’t sew it.

Today was totally lovely.   The sun was shining – probably about 60 degrees.  My delightful grandsons came over with their parents.   We had such an enjoyable time, I forgot to get any photos.   So I took this one, just as they were leaving.   They helped my husband get the new ducks down to the pond, had some lunch and went out to play football toss.  The 11-year-old is almost eye to eye with me. And there are enough strips for 2 more.    I will be so happy to have these strips finished into something usable.  I had them hanging on hangars from which they just kept slipping off when I walked to close to them.   Tomorrow will be a garden day, so I’m not sure when I’ll get back to them.

I went out and checked my bees and they were out in the sun.   I decided to give them a bit to eat, since the flowers aren’t yet in bloom and I don’t know what their reserves look like.   I do know that when the days started getting longer, the queen started laying more eggs.   If I make it through this winter, it will be my first year of not losing a hive.   Yea, I only have two, but it will be exciting to actually get the bees through the winter.

I hope you aren’t tired of these yet.   The third one you see here is quilted, but still needs binding.   I can get 2 more out of these scraps that we were given.  That will make a total of 5 little quilts.   I’m putting the same frogs on all of them.  Do you know a child that would turn down nice soft frog fabric?

I haven’t finished the seed order yet, but needed a break, so I spent half the day quilting the second striped blanket.   I just love the flannel with the bright frogs.  And it feels so cozy working on it.

Remember the squares I put together last  week. (It doesn’t have those waves when lying down, it’s just too heavy for the board after quilting)  I decided it would be great for a man in a wheelchair as it is just the right size. 

  So I used a fishing scene on the back

and quilted it with a clover design.  The  quilt is finished in less than a week.