What's on my Design Wall?

I'm making great progress on my vintage ornaments!  They are bigger in person. I just love the red bows  on some of the ornaments.  I'm not quite halfway done yet.  

This is what the quilt looks like and it only comes in a boxed kit.

I was at a quilt retreat and someone saw that it was 40% off at 

Quilt in a Day. Every single one of us bought one. I think that two of the ladies finished theirs a long time ago. 

Quilt in a Day is a great online shop. I subscribed to their emails and every morning when I wake up, I read their email.  They always have three big things on sale and with free shipping sometimes.

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Stellar Stars quilt

 I entered this quilt in a local quilt show and want to talk about the pattern.  It's Stellar Stars by Cristy Finch for Purple Daisies.

This quilt was very difficult to make! Each of the large 12 blocks had twelve pages of instructions.  I made it with my friend Nedra, it was a block of the month for the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild.

It definitely tested my skill levels.  I can't even remember all the techniques I learned, as it was approximately 5 years ago that I made it. Nedra and I would get together every month and work on one or more of the blocks.  There were templates, appliqué and foundation paper piecing.  Nedra would read all the instructions (I should have also) and would explain the process to me.  I felt like I was floundering with almost every block.  There were lots of points that didn't match and disasters like that.  The flying geese were really fun to make with triangles on a roll.  I really felt like this quilt was a train wreck!!!

Last year, I was caught up on getting my quilt tops machine quilted.  It was time to get Stellar Stars out of the closet and to my friend Marti at Lynny Lou Crafts in Gilbert, Arizona. She worked her magic on my quilt and wonder of wonders, I fell in love with my quilt!!!

Now I absolutely love it and don't see any of the unmatched points. 

I guess the moral of this story is, don't give up on your quilt. It can get a new life when it's machine quilted

Also, all the fabric was from my stash, even the grays for the flying geese. I did buy some Kona snow for the background though.  These days, I even have extra fabric for backgrounds in my stash.

Thank you for following, I hope you enjoyed my story and that maybe it helped you in your quilt journey :)

A Quilt Giveaway

I had a quilt giveaway a couple of weeks ago! I had about 15 quilts to show, and the winners were selected.

Reagan is the oldest and she chose the Checkerboard quilt, the pattern is in Lori Holt's Scrappiness is Happiness book. A lot of my squares are fussy cut and have little peek a boo pictures in them. Made of 

2 1/2" and 1 1/2" scraps.  It could be a leaders and enders quilt. I'm really happy that Reagan likes it, it was one of my favorites!

 Paisley surprised me and she chose the Christmas Jolly Bar 4 sampler quilt. I made it as a sew a long for Fat Quarter Shop. I think it's really pretty, it has little candy canes and Santa faces in the print, along with poinsettias and holly berries. It was the only Christmas quilt that was in the pile.

Even before I started making this quilt, I knew that Taylor would love it!  I thought of her the whole time I made it.  When it was displayed, she gasped 😂 Bonus, it has soft, pink minky on the back!

The quilt pattern is called Top Knot and is designed by Lindsey of Pen and Paper Designs.

I bought this kit from Little House Cottons. Normally I don't buy kits because I  have enough fabric in my stash to choose from, but I am in love with Kristen's fabric! I know that Riley loves anything with chickens and she grabbed it when she saw it :) Also, it's backed with a luxurious gold minty.

The pattern is by Cluck Cluck Sew.

My daughter in law Kim, chose my Blooming Bunches that I made at my Farm Girl quilt group.  We had a guideline of which blocks to use, and we chose some extra blocks to add to the quilt.  We put the blocks together following one of Lori Holt's patterns. I used Ruby Star Society fabrics only in my quilt and the colors are very vivid.  My background fabric had a silver print of flowers on it.

We all lounged around after the quilt giveaway. There wasn't a masculine quilt for my son to choose, but he is always warm to hot anyway.  One of these days I'll make a quilt just for him.

I forgot about labeling my quilts.  I guess I was just lazy.  Only Taylor's Top Knot quilt had a label. I think it's really cute too!  My next task is to make a label for everyone else's quilt and hand sew them on.

Thanks for following, see you soon ❤️

Pineberry quilt, continued

 My grand daughter Lucy is doing such a great job at making her Pineberry blocks! She doesn't even look at the pattern anymore, she just puts all the pieces together.  

Block number 5 made, many more to go! 

I pick up Lucy after middle school, once or twice a week.  She gets to choose some treats and a drink out of the mini fridge downstairs. She makes sure to keep the food and drink away from her sewing station because I told her of some of my misfortunes, lol!

Lucy said that these strawberries look like candy!  Last night, her parents were over and Lucy was showing them her wineberries on the design wall and which ones were her favorites.  She then showed them the sewing pouch I made for her and all the sewing goodies inside.  I'll have to show you that on my next post :)

I work on my own sewing projects while Lucy sews, it's great to have her company!  My husband and I drove Lucy home on the golf cart, I let Lucy sit in the front.  We found an empty parking lot and let Lucy drive to her hearts content, about 20 minutes.  She practiced parking between the white lines and used the camera and mirrors to back up. She drove around and around the parking lot and then we had to take her home.  

Thank you for following along, I will see you next week!

Halloween Doll Panels, continued

It's my grand daughter Lucy's birthday tomorrow and I made her these three dolls! 

I posted about these dolls a couple of weeks ago, you can see more details here.

I thought the dolls would like a Halloween bag to live in.

I'm so happy that I bought this pattern by Jeni Baker years ago, I have made over 200 of them over the years, in different sizes.

Lucy's sister Kennedy left for college a week ago.  I made her bags in various sizes with treats in them, which she loved!

Choosing the fabric is always the best part for me :)

Pineberry quilt

My grand daughter Lucy asked me to teach her how to make a quilt. I showed her a bunch of patterns and she chose Pineberry, a cute quilt designed by Lindsey of Pen and Paper Designs. I love this quilt so I thought it was a good choice. Then I started thinking about it....this quilt is going to take a year to complete!  Also, it's for advanced beginner!!!  Lucy will be 12 years old in a week and her fingers are very liable, she's able to do very fine little things.  She also has the mind of an engineer, so putting all those pieces together is an enjoyable challenge for her.

Lucy finished her first block! the colors aren't that true on the computer but you get the idea.  She chose all the fabrics herself.

I've got a pretty good selection of fabric for her to choose from! 😂

Lucy also cut all the pineberry pieces out herself, with a rotary cutter! 😳 She did very well and was very safety conscious.  

Now Lucy has finished two blocks!  We found out that it takes a little over an hour to make one block. This past week, we listened to Benson Boone sing while we sewed. Mystical, Magical!

School is starting up this week, and it's Mountain Biking season.  Lucy will be going to middle school this year, she is in 7th grade. It will be challenging finding time to sew but I'm sure that we can make it work. I'll keep you updated on Lucy's progress.  I'm considering sewing some of the flowers and leaves to help her out.

 

Halloween Doll panels

 Stacy Itse Hui has designed some Halloween dolls, the line is called "Home Sweet Haunt" by Moda fabrics.  I have sewn every single one of her panels for my grand daughters, some of them multiple times. They are fun and easy to sew and give a lot of pleasure to little girls and some not so little anymore!

I finished the ghost girl and the witch and just need to finish the ghost boy. 

Look at all the detail in her outfit and the sweet face!

The ghost girl has some spiders in her hair!

I'll have the little boy ghost finished by next week and I'll show him to you. I think they're so cute!!!