Scrap Stash Plus Quilt

 

This is a free pattern I found online and it's wonderful for extra 2.5 inch strips, 2.5 inch squares or any scrappy stash really.

I tried to stick to green and blue with neutral low volumes, but my stash is not that large so I had to expand the options to add in browns  and a lot more shades of green than I had originally planned.

The backing was a deal I found a few years ago, super soft fabric ... I think Marcus is the brand.

Straight line quilting with my walking foot.  Easy Peasy.

120 blocks

60 x72 inches

The little gnome house and path is a work in progress by my husband.

LINKING WITH Cynthia at Oh Scrap! 

"SOMEDAY"

 

Dubbed the SOMEDAY quilt due to my procrastination.  My granddaughter has been wanting a memory quilt from the great grands' baby clothes and it's taken me a good while to get to it.  SOMEDAY has finally arrived. 

I've already made one for each of the kids, but Mommy needed one too. You can see the first one  here    .  ...  the second one  here    .

Once I talked myself into just starting even though I did not have a definite plan, it moved along super quickly.  Larger pieces were made into 9", 9 x13.5" and 9 x 18" blocks.  Smaller pieces became 4.5 x 9" blocks or raw edge applique.  

The 9" border gave me lots of room to play in for the applique.  

These little pockets picked off a pair of tiny jeans are my favourite part of this quilt and they are what got me started on the project.  I just couldn't resist the cuteness!!

 No hand quilting on this one, but lots of random freemotion .... I like to call it organic because ...well because it's not perfect but it's cute and gets the job done easily.  I love freemotion quilting because it avoids so much quilt wrangling! 

This time I even did the binding totally by machine and it worked well.  I had been a loyal hand stitcher for the final side of binding .... those days are done according to my wrists and hands. 😒

Even the name tag and my little blog tag are done with free motion.  I do have embroidery on my machine but I'm not a fan. Free motion is definitely my friend.

A final in progress shot:

linking up with Cynthia at OH SCRAP

Pinky Town

Finally a finish on my second Bitty House quilt.   The first was finished  3 years ago and the extra blocks were lingering around waiting for inspiration.

 

Once I saw this cute hollow Star pattern, an idea for a layout occurred.

As usual, I started hand quilting Pinky Town before my hands told me to give it up and do some free motion quilting.  So happy with the results.

This cross stitch is from a Bonnie and Camille quilt book. I fell in love with her finish in a simple white frame and had to do one.  

Many good memories in these stitches, especially of our sibling trip to BC last summer.

So nice to have some new, bright finishes in the hallway just in time for Spring!

 

 Zinnia Zen

The power of social media got me on this one!

 After seeing some gorgeous finishes of similar quilts I just had to make one.

 I had already fallen in love with this block from Lori Holt and incorporated a few into an earlier quilt. It's still one of my all time favourite finishes.

Most of the fabric for the Zinnias is Free Spirit, but there are also a few solids and other random prints in there. I love mixing solids and prints.

The weather is cold, wet and grey today so the photos are not the best.  

Most of the fabrics are also leftovers from a previous quilt made for my granddaughter. 
The background is 2 different but very similar blues.

My plan was to machine quilt the flowers, which I did, and to hand quilt the background with perle cotton....which I did for about one third of it before admitting it was not working for me.  I am much happier with the loopy free motion swirls . 

The background is 
a Lori Holt fabric.

I have many starts, so it's a refreshing feeling to have a finish!

Linking up with Cynthia at OH SCRAP .  Go check out what everyone is working on, lots of inspiration waiting.

SPARE SQUARES 2024

 

My second SPARE SQUARES quilt from Lori Holt's SCRAPPINESS IS HAPPINESS book.

I guess this is classified as "curated" scrappy since I stuck to pinks, reds, browns and soft neutral low volume backgrounds. 

The stack of pink blocks sat on the shelf  for about a year patiently waiting for the mood to strike.

This backing was bought for another project which didn't pan out, but I really like it with this quilt.  

It wasn't quite wide enough, not a problem, needed to be used anyway.

Machine quilted in a wonky, wavy grid.  

Wow, so fast and easy after the previous hand quilted one!

Binding machine sewn to the front and hand stitched to the back.  Those last few stitches are always a bit sad, silly but true.

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KALEIDOSCOPE

KALEIDOSCOPE is a pattern from LELLA BOUTIQUE by Vanessa Goertzen that I bought well before Covid, so I'm guessing 2017.   I believe the shop was in Kitchener and they were part of the July Shop Hop. Of course they had a beautiful sample on display and I just had to have it. lol..

Seven years later I finally got around to it.

This pattern was a treat to piece, nice and easy, especially with a jelly roll.  So the piecing went quickly, unlike the quilting which took a leisurely 9 months.

Big stitch quilting , Baptist Fan design.  It's fairly dense, the lines only spaced half an inch apart.  It was a pleasure to work on and so worth it.  Now that it's washed it has an amazing cozy feel to it.

Binding machine sewn to the front and hand stitched to the back.

Washed and wrinkly here 😍

70 x 70

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SO SCRAPPY