Mystery Block 3 and February Finishes

 Our quilt guild Mystery Quilt continues with Block 3 for February.

Block 3 - Juneau

Flying Geese

Other February Finishes:

We planned a trip in February to visit friends in San Diego so I needed a gift to take my longtime friend, Debbie Hill. The two designs on the pillow were from my Baby Lock Solaris machine. 

My version of Love Blooms, pattern by Jillily Studio. 

I gave you a peek at this project in January and now it is complete. It was my first attempt at free motion quilting on a plain white background fabric so for every good stitch, there are lots of not-so-good stiches. But I figured I just had to dive in and give it a try. 

I did some free motion on my Tiger throws and Starry Night throw, but it was free motion around the designs on the panels. So I am very much a novice at free motion but hope to keep improving.

I have my Love Blooms quilt hanging in my sewing room along with a couple other heart wall hangings I have made over the past few years. 

Paper Pieced Hearts Mini Quilt

I stitched a small paper piecing project that The Seasoned Quilter featured on her blog. 

I haven't done much paper piecing, so I appreciated this easy pattern. I stitched four hearts, sewed them together, added boarders, quilted the four hearts in the hoop, then used a continuous boarder option on my Baby Lock Solaris.

Binding and a sleeve were added to make a mini wall hanging.

Here's a peak at what's happening in my sewing room that I hope to finish in March.

Stop back later to see if I get this new project finished. See ya next time and happy quilting - Judy.

Linking to:

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Thursday 

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

TGIF Linky Party @ Kathleen McMusings
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ Sarah Ruiz Quilts

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Happiness Is Homemade @ Ducks In A Row

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Mystery Quilt and January Finishes

Our local Quilt Lovers of Murray, KY, started a Mystery Quilt in January. We made two blocks in January that I can share with you.

Block 1 - Gold Rush

I decided to make the 12-inch block size. 

Working on the first block.

My fabrics are from the Riley Blake Quilt Fair Collection. I decided to use the blues, pinks, and greens from the collection.

Block 2 - Kansas Star

Valentine Mug Rug for a friend's birthday.

I have Block 3 of the Mystery Quilt finished but it will be featured in my February finishes. 

I'll give you a peek at an applique project that I'll finish in February too.

There you have it, and now you know what's been going on in my sewing room. Take care and happy sewing and quilting - Judy.

Linking to:

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

TGIF Linky Party @ Kathleen McMusings
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ Sarah Ruiz Quilts

December Finishes

Another piecing and quilting year has come to an end. I do have a few December projects for 2022 to share. 

UFO Completed

A UFO from the past was completed. I attended a workshop soon after I purchased my Babylock Solaris (a few years back) on stitching line-art from coloring book pages. 

The coloring book page was scanned and stitched out in the workshop but that was as far as I got. It was not finished until now. I decided to do some free motion quilting on the project after adding some borders then binding and it would be finished.

I really have no good reasoning why I hadn't finished the project, it just got put on the back burner.

Another small December finish was a rug mug done in the hoop. This project was done in a zoom class with a local quilt shop. I needed a small gift, and this worked perfect.

Circles were used for the quilting fill then skewed to look like pebbles. 

Other Christmas projects embroidered were a tea towel and a Christmas pillow. I made eight other different Christmas tea towels for gifts but forgot to take pictures.

Sewing and Embroidering With My Grandsons

For the past few years, I have spent a day with my grandsons right before Christmas and we work on sewing and embroidery gifts for their Mom (my daughter). This year it took two days (I loved it) because of their schedules. This year, they made rope coasters and a tea towel. We also spent part of a day baking Hello Dollies. 

I hope they learn a little each year about sewing. They don't complain so I hope they enjoy the projects. We had my Crescendo and Solaris going on the second day to keep them both busy.

Tiger Quilts Finished

My second tiger throw was finished just in time for Christmas. The first one was completed in November.

The Christmas Quilt

The Christmas quilt I finished in November was gifted to my daughter. She was very surprised and loved it!

There you have it, my December finishes. Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

PS - I haven't gotten to sew a stitch so far in January. My husband and I both tested positive for Covid over New Year's weekend. Luckily, we are having mild cases.

My One Month Goal is to make Block 1 of a Mystery Quilt that my local guild is starting this month.

Linking to:

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Sew and Tell Monday @ Melva Loves Scraps

Monday Musings @ Songbird Designs

To-Do Tuesday Link Party @ Quilt Schmilt on Monday

One Month Goal @ Elm Street Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Put Your Foot Down Thursday @ For the Love of Geese

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Friday

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday

Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever

Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

TGIF Linky Party @ Kathleen McMusings

Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

TGIFF @ Sarah Ruiz Quilts

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

October and November Finishes

After boating seasons ends in September and early October, I settle down to working on or finishing Fall quilting projects.

I started working on my President's Challenge quilt in the spring but when boating season starts my quilting slows way down.  It was finished and presented at our October meeting. 

The fabric is Hummingbird Lane by Robert Kaufman. Burst of Color is the pattern, and it is free. 

I made the quilt for a guest room in our house. It is a queen size quilt with a large drop on the sides. 

Also in October, our quilting group had a Quilting Retreat at KenLake resort on Kentucky Lake. Seems like we line up lots of projects to take to retreat and are happy with whatever we manage to finish. Retreat was so much fun!

Before I left for retreat, I started a Christmas quilt and wanted to finish the center four blocks. I knew they would be the hardest for me and I wanted to be able to really concentrate. You can see the four log cabin blocks in the center with bows and ribbons. There were some mirror image pieces to make (the red fabric). Anyway, I finished the four center blocks and began a few of the surrounding log cabin squares then off to retreat.

At the retreat, I did finish the 12 surrounding blocks but didn't join them all together until the retreat was over and I was back in my sewing room. 

In November, I finished the Christmas quilt and plan to present it at our December guild meeting. 

Also in November, I finished another Christmas present for one of my grandsons. It's a tiger quilt (throw size) and I presented it at our November guild meeting.

Both of my grandsons go to school in Murray, KY and they are the Murray Tigers. The panel is by Kaufman and the border fabric is also Kaufman. I embroidered his name, Murray Tigers, and the year he will graduate on the quilt. I'm still working on my other grandson's quilt and plan to finish it before Christmas. 

On another note, we had pelicans around our boat docks last week.

The American White Pelicans migrate through Kentucky Lake. We love to go pelican sight-seeing in October and November.

Happy sewing and quilting! Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Thursday 

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

TGIF Linky Party @ Kathleen McMusings
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting
TGIFF @ Sarah Ruiz Quilts

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Hooray for Crumb Quilts

Now you know what I have been doing for the past couple of weeks. 

Yes, working on a crumb quilt with my red, white, and blue scraps. 

I have saved the scraps from every patriotic quilt or project I have made over the past few years. Now I'm ironing, pinning, sewing, cutting and enjoying every minute of it! I do love sewing with red, white, and blue fabrics. It gives me a good feeling about patriotism!

Most of my sewing has been at night this month with yard work consuming by daylight hours. I did get a nice surprise when I was dead heading my roses the other day.

I have about six blocks finished and think I may get five or six more by the time I'm done. If you aren't a quilter, you may be wondering what a crumb quilt might be, if so, here's a short definition:

 

Basically, it’s sewing small pieces of fabric together to make new fabric which can be cut up to make blocks, borders, sashing and more. source

So, I've been sewing every small bit and piece of these fabrics together then cutting the blocks into 12-inch squares. Here are four of the finished blocks.

I'm thinking about how to put the blocks together. Since it is my very first crumb quilt, I need your advice.  

• Should I add sashing between the blocks? 
• If so, what color should the sashing be?
• Should I use corner stones? 
• Color of corner stones?
• No sashing?
• How about borders and binding?

I would love to hear your thoughts - Judy.

Linking to:

Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Thursday 

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 

Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt on Sunday

Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Scrap Infatuation on Wednesday

Feather Your Nest Quilting Project

After buying this panel, layer cake, and some yardage over three years ago, I finally decided to get something made.

Initially, I bought some yardage, layer cakes and border fabric of "Feather Your Nest" by Nancy Mink for Wilmington Fabrics and planned a large quilt. 

Later, I saw the panel and knew it would be great to add it to my collection of this line.  Sadly, the project got put on the back burner and not touched for at least 3-4 years.

Finally, something sparked, and the projects are complete, and I am so happy I didn't make a big quilt but instead made several smaller projects.

A throw!

Small hearth quilt

There are two matching pillows on the right side behind the two large rabbits. 

A bed runner and pillows

Presenting the throw to our quilting guild.

There are a few pieces from the layer cakes remaining but no yardage. I'm looking for suggestions what else I could make. Let me know if you have any suggestions and what you think about my projects.  Thanks Judy.

Linking to:

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy

Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch 

All About Home at Common Ground and Follow the Yellow Brick Home on Monday at 6 pm

Beautifully Made @ Across the Blvd. on Tuesday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home on Thursday
Thankful Thursday @ It's A Small Town Life
Put Your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese

Home Matters Link Party on Friday

The Peacock Party @ Wendy's Quilts and More on Friday
Beauties Pageant @ From Bolt to Beauty on Friday
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations, Quilts, Whatever
Sweet Inspirations @ the Boondocks Blog
Finished (or not) Friday @ Alycia Quilts 
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

Farmhouse Friday @ The Painted Hinge

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy

Met Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch 

Beautifully Made @ Across the Blvd. on Tuesday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life