SEW LITTLE TIME
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
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.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
SPARE SQUARES 2024
KALEIDOSCOPE
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Double Double #3
Another scrappy finish, YAYYYY. I get so attached to these, so many pieces means so many memories. I made two similar ones, in 2020 and 2021. This baby uses 1, 2 and 4 inch finished squares.
The black and white stripe binding is my favourite part of the quilt. The second favourite part is the feel of the backing which is a new sheet I purchased. It has such a smooth, cool feel to it.
I wish so badly I had more of that stripe!!!!!
Mostly machine quilted with every fourth row being hand quilted.
Voila, a sweet finish.
Monday, October 21, 2024
BE AN ELF (X2)
I had the best of intentions to make 4 Elf quilts for all the grandkids this year. I should have known that even just 2 quilts almost identical would be a stretch. These adorable guys were pretty easy and fun to make. The pattern is by Jennifer Long at Sewastory.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
A B C
My first Alphabet quilt, I'm happy with how it looks and feels. LOL, the feel is just as important as the look, especially for little ones. I am planning to donate this one.
The quilt finished at 50 x 60 and shrunk to 48 x 57.75 after washing and drying.
The backing is a 60 inch wide Robin Hood fabric.
Two other quilts are in the process of being hand quilted.....what was I thinking !??!
My hands and wrists are not happy, but I'm still hoping to finish them eventually. Next week I have a dr. appointment to get them checked out finally.