Current Projects

I have some new projects planned for this new year, but I have some current projects I need to finish up first.
We bought a king size bed a few years back and I made a new quilt for it.  This was a Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial called Four Patch Stars, here is a  LINK to the pattern.                                        

King sized bed quilt made in 2016

We also continued to use the two queen size quilts I had made for our old bed, but they are just not working out. So plans for another king size quilt developed. I have been collecting flannel shirts along with  cotton shirts to use in my quilting. I was picky about the flannel ones, no pilling and a nice medium weight. I decided to go simple and used the flannel shirts and this free pattern. Here is a LINK. Since I am making it king sized it took a little more than a weekend.

I will quilt mine, not tie it.

It definitely has that humble-down-home-dorky-hand-made look, but my DH loves it. I still need to add the outer borders of red flannel. I ordered that and some wide flannel for the backing.  I hoping to have this one ready to quilt soon.

I also have a new great-grandbaby due in March. I asked my granddaughter about colors and themes. She requested an outdoor/wildlife theme and to include camo. This is the camo she wants. It took me a while but I finally found some at the Spoonflower website. Here is a LINK. (It is a interesting site, you can design and print your own fabric.) There was a large and a small pattern design, I got some of both. I not sure how it will work into the top of the quilt so I got enough to use it for the backing.

Interesting camo design!

Small pattern design

Large pattern design

I also ordered this wildlife fabric. It has everything she requested, deer, bears and etc. I will fussy cut this .

I found this quilt  online and I am going to use this pattern. HERE is the blog where I saw this quilt, it was on Kelly's My Quilt Infatuation blog. She kindly let me share her photo. She made it from a Moda Bake Shop pattern called Four Squared, HERE is a link.

I gathered up some browns and greens, but I am waiting to start cutting until the camo fabric gets here and I can decide if I want to use any in the top. 

So while I am waiting on fabric I thought I would make a second baby quilt. This one will be out of blue plaids. I saw this photo and plan to make this design. I am sorry but I do not remember where I saw it. Simple four-patches and squares.

I have everything cut and ready to sew this one up. 

So I have plenty to keep me busy! Hope to show some of the new projects I have planned for 2018 in my next post.

We have some cold weather headed our way. It is coming in from Siberia. They are predicting some -30 temps.

Happy quilting, Rebecca

Pineapple Craziness

Who knew you could learn so much from one quilt block! Let me explain. Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Crazy quilt has been on my list for a long time. It is from her String Fling book.

Pineapple Crazy by Bonnie Hunter

I even picked up this little sewing machine at our local thrift store a while back with this quilt in mind. I can leave it set up just for paper piecing.

My $10 sewing machine, it just needed a light bulb.

I finally sat down the other evening a started on my first block.

I had to rip out one corner where there were suppose to be dark pieces.

Important to remember! One corner has dark/medium pieces. I was following along with my paper piece, but it is not correct. I went back and marked my other papers with a marker so I don't make that mistake again (fingers crossed).

Ta Da! First complete Pineapple Crazy block!! I did have fun sewing this block! The finished block measures 5 1/2" X 5 1/2".  There are 224 pineapple blocks in the quilt, so only 223 more to go! I might make a smaller version, we will see!

Lessons learned from this block:

1) Sort my scraps into to two containers, one for lights and for one darks and mediums. Too much hassle digging through to find something. Also, I don't have to have all my scraps out, just a few are needed. It looked like a fabric volcano went off when I was done.

2) Pre-cut my fabric pieces into smaller pieces before adding to scrap container I am using for this project. They are pretty small already, but cutting off a piece to use, just makes sewing this block take a lot longer.

3) Get my crumb container out, there are a lot of tiny pieces in this block

4) Set up an iron right next to where I am sewing.

5) Don't be so picky about each piece I use!!

6) I need an open toe foot for this machine so I can see the stitching line. (found on Ebay and ordered)


So after all that look what I found online! A very helpful page by Jo's Country Junction! Here is a LINK.. She has lots of great tips for sewing these blocks. I am definitely going to try her tracing paper suggestion.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca

Revisiting Some UFOs

I have seen lots of different quilting plans in blog land for the new year, for finishing up projects and/or starting new ones. I don't think I will join any of these, but I do plan to make some progress on some old projects. I have six complete quilts tops that have been hanging around for a while, I really hope to get them quilted this year. First I thought I would share some projects that I thought I had  finished, but I went back to and made some changes.


First up is my Tumbler quilt, this was Bonnie Hunter's Leader/Ender Challenge in 2015. Here is a  LINK to the info on it.  I had finished the top back in June of 2016.

  Then I had another look at Bonnie Hunter"s Tumbler quilt and it looked like she had added darker tumblers as an outer border. I really like that so I decided to redo mine and add the dark tumblers. I am not so sure now.  LOL  I may trim it a bit, taking at least a tumbler and a half width off. What do you think? I would value your opinions.

I think I like it better before.

Next up is my Front Porch quilt top. I had completed the top in February 2017.  This was a sew along hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts here is a  LINK  to her blog and a  LINK  to info about the sew along. I was never happy with the background I used for the three rectangular blocks with the flower pots and circular flowers. I don't know why I didn't listen to that inner voice at the time. I had to go back and change them out. I don't know if you can tell much of a difference, but I am glad I changed them.  

Before

After(I also redid the leaves and flowers)

 I also changed a few other things, I thought the top need a few more sparks of yellow in it. 

I also switched out the purple and lavender flowers
 for yellow in this block.

Added berries, a bird and a flower to these baskets.

After (Roscoe doing his quilt inspection)

Before

I have also made some progress on my Handfuls of Scraps hexie project.

I still need to join the sections together. I laid them out to see how they looked.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca

Happy 2018!!

I hope each of you has a healthy, happy, and peaceful New Year! With days filled with the things that bring you joy. Like quilting, of course!



I am trying my hand at blogging again. New blog, new name and a new look. I had deleted my old blog Quilting Everyday sometime back. I missed reading my favorite blogs and my blogging friends,that is one reason I have decided to return to blogging.  Another reason is to be able to share my obsession love for quilting with others who share my obsession love of all things quilty..


So to start off I will show you my Christmas sewing. (And wouldn't you know it, my first post and I have had nothing but internet and blogger issues all day.)

First up is a Pink and White Rail Fence for my 6 year old granddaughter G. It finished at 52" x 63".

And I made her a doll quilt to match.

Doll quilt 23" x 29"

 I also made a doll quilt for great-granddaughter A., who is almost 2.

For my granddaughter J. and her new husband, I made this Rail Fence Star. It is a queen size quilt and finished at 81" x 81". This was a Missouri Star Quilt Company pattern, you can find the tutorial HERE.

 For my grandson T., I made a version of All People Quilt's Blueberries and Cream quilt. Their rectangles were 2 1/2" x  4 1/2" for a throw size quilt. I made mine 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" to speed things up and to make it larger. It finished at 81 1/2" x 89 1/2".  You can find their pattern HERE.

I also got a quilt top finished for our guild's charity program. It was also queen size, but I forgot to measure it.

And of course I have to add a moose photo. This big guy was in the yard the other day.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca.