A quilt I made to donate to my church's harvest sale auction.  I love the panel and added the surrounding areas....pieced and applique.

I am getting ready to start Bonnie Hunter's new mystery.  Check out Quiltville.blogspot.com for instructions. She always starts the Friday after Thanksgiving and it will run into January. New directions are added on each Friday.

Here are my  fabrics ( I love scrappy) Aqua, Purple and Orange and mixed Whites for the neutral.

The 3 color bundles I purchased from Whittles Fabrics online and added some pieces I had in my stash

Got my strips cut for clue one and am getting ready to sew.  I love seeing it all come together at the end.

 

 I completed these throws in December. I made 2 like the one on the bottom for gifts.

A UFO is completed

 Finally, I am back after a long break. This is a quilt I completed during the Stay at Home order. It was last years Row By Row one. I had the center complete and could not decide on a border. I had sewed one on and didn't like it. Took it off and then it sat as a UFO. One day I saw the perfect border in my sewing room...It had been on the shelf at least a year. I quilted it with a sand dollar pantograph. I am happy with it. All the quilt shops rows I used were from the Raleigh NC area.

This is my latest quilt project. I started with a panel  of cheerful daisies and bluebirds. I  donated it as a silent auction item for a local historical site's fundraiser. It went for $200.00. i was pleased.

A Quilt Along ...that will have to wait until spring

I am saving this quilt along to start in the spring. It is from the  blog The Intrepid Thread. A lap throw, bed runner and table runner are shown.

Snowy Days Quilt

Click . http://happycloudcreations.blogspot.com/2017/05/snowy-day-quilt-sampler-block-challenge.html
Go to above link to go to Andrea's blog for pattern.

My Block #1. I am making two ...one to keep and one to gift to a friend. Mostly half square triangles

Free Block of Month

https://jacquelynnesteves.com/i-love-home-block-of-the-month/



I am finally back...life happens...and things get in the way of other things.

Row by Row experience...The Cherry Pit ( Sevierville TN)

This is The Cherry Pit quilt shop's row by row sample.

This shop had sooo many samples displayed.

I loved them all.

I love the colors and "fun" look of this one.

Lots of patterns to browse and choose from.

I could not resist this one with the snowman.

The shop is well worth going out of the way to visit.

Row By Row experience...Red Barn Custom Quilts ( Sevierville, TN)

Red Barn Custom Quilts row by row...I love the sunflowers and their  license plate.

The shop had a nice display of color quilts on display....made me

 wish I had my sewing machine with me!

The color was colorful and very inviting.

I love this sample from the book Simple Stars Beautiful Quilts.

row by row experience... Quilter's Quarters (Waynesville NC)

 

This is Quilter's Quarters row by row block. It represents the Fall season.

The store had a nice variety of quilts displayed. I wish I lived close

enough to attend classes there. They also do retreats.

I had to buy a layer cake (Rejoice by Moda). They had a large selection of Christmas fabrics, batiks, and colorful fabrics. Lots of patterns, quilty items.

Carpenter's Wheel

This was a quick quilt to make...half square triangles and a few squares. Now to get it on my longarm.

2014 Row By Row Experience

 I have been on several road trips with friends collecting patterns, kits and license plates. I have completed my first row. The picture above is from their shop...mine is reversed. My snowflakes did not show up in my snapshot so I decided to use theirs.  This is from Quilter's Corner Quilt Shop in Midlothian , Virginia. I bought their kit ( and it had the appliques precut, so I only had to iron on and blanket stitch around.)  I am not from Virginia so my next block will be from North Carolina. It is so hard to choose. They are so cute. When I get some roads made then I will have to decide about borders, sashing, how to add the shops' fabric license plates  ( they are 3 1/2" by & inches).Off to choose!!

Wishes Quilt Along Blocks

 When The Fat Quarter Shop http://fatquartershop.blogspot.com/p/wishes-quilt-along.html started  Wishes Quilt Along, I decided I would join in. Here are the first 4 blocks ( the patterns are free and still available on the website). You can print out instructions as well as watch videos for tips. I can't wait for next month's block. 

 January Block 1: Flying Kites

 

 

February Block 2: Double Windmills

 

 

March Block 3: Annie's Choice

 

 

April Block 4: Broken Dishes

Latest project

I just finished quilting this one...now on to the binding. Perfect something to do this rainy afternoon.
My starting point was Peppermint Stars Quilt (http://www.freespiritfabric.com/graphic-elements/gallerys/t207_1.pdf) pattern from Free Spirit fabrics, but in their direction each block had a busy background and star points were striped pieced too.  It had way too much going on for my taste, so I changed it a little. I decided to make up the sashing also.

Vintage Quilt Show Raleigh NC

Quilts from 1850's onward were on display

Love the Sun Bonnet Sue and Butterflies on the front



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Love the 3D effect

I really like the houses with quilt blocks in them in the log cabin quilt

One of the vendors

I have to make a purple quilt!!

Another one of the vendors

 

 When you getting through looking at all the quilts and shopping for fabric, patterns and "quilty''
 items....check out the State Fair grounds flea market. We did, then my friends and I went for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. Yum! Yum!

Latest Quilt

I've been away from sewing for a few months due to personal reasons, but here I go again. This is a hexagon spiderweb I made using 2 jelly rolls from JoAnn's Fabrics( theirs had 20 strips).

Pics from Sanford NC quilt show Oct 18

Love this quilt...I have made it . I have seen it done in black and white also.

Love theses colors...batiks are so bright.

Had to get this pattern...now to decide on fabric

Lots of goodies here!

Love the snowmen and tree wallhanging

Had to have this pattern also!

Another snowman...can you tell I love snowmen?

I got this pattern also...I have never made a quilt from hexagons.

2013 Quilt Symposium

This was my favorite quilt on display. I loved the snowflakes and the French knots that were on it.

I had to buy several of these patterns. It was my first trip to the Symposium...I enjoyed it. I could not get my pics to upload earlier.