Helena Quilt #2

 This quilt is similar to one I made a while ago.  It has the same fabric and pattern. I added some red fabric blocks in this version.

I pieced the backing with some of the quilt top fabric.  It was long arm quilted by Michelle.

Christmas 2025 Quilt

 Finally getting around to posting my Christmas quilt for 2025.

This lap quilt was made with a charm pack and some stash fabric.  Not sure of the pattern name. Quilted on my domestic Bernina in a design called Shattered Glass. Great tutorial by The ColourBlind Quilter

Love making Christmas quilts. 

Baby Quilts 2025

 Love working with bright fabrics.  Fun making these baby quilts.

Iris - Crosshatch - 49 x 49

Tango - Orange Peel quilting - 42 x 49

Tango - Crosshatch -43 x 49

Frolic - 43 x 51

Marble Mystery Quilt

Marble Mystery Quilt - Random Angles quilting - 66" x 66"

Any easy going mystery quilt-a-long that gave one clue per month.  
 

Pieced backing

Modern Mix

 

This quilt which I'm calling Modern Mix consists of fabric stash leftover from when I made 2 very large quilts - WestEnd Modern Quilt guild BOM by Jitka Designs and the Bauhaus quilt by Zen Chic

The blocks themselves are a mix of modern and traditional in solids and prints.  Lots of fun to make and great for using up fabric stash!

Longarm quilting was done by Michelle Gagne in the Sticky Bun pantograph.

West End Modern Quilt Guild QAL

The pandemic provided the opportunity for me to join many workshops and guilds that I would otherwise not have been able to attend.  One such guild was the West End Modern Quilt Guild in Mississauga, Ontario.  One of their members, Jitka Clement, designed a quilt and it was the guild's BOM for the year.

 The Kona colors were

 

The blocks were fun to make.  

As I wanted a larger size, I added a few blocks of my own.  

Michelle Gagne did the longarm quilting.  She always does a great job.  I bound it with a Kona fabric in the color Prussian.  

Making Scrappy Quilties for Charity

 Made quilties with fabric from my stash for neonatal unit at local hospital.  

Square Windows 22"

Confetti Charms - Aloha Kona - 24"

Nicole's Choice - 22"

Foxy Charms - 24"

Iris Quilt with Confetti Fabric

 

This is the Iris Pattern for the Baby quilt size.  I added borders to make it a bit bigger.  49 x 49

The scrappy border used many of the extra pieces and took so time, but I like the look.  Mitered corners take time but I like the look.

Backing is Blank Rainbow Droplets 108" Wide Back - Water Droplets - Multi 

Machine quilted in the cross hatch pattern on my domestic Bernina .  

Propeller Quilt

 Back in 2020 I made a quilt top - Rebel quilt using lots of Kona colors.   I tried to convince myself that I like it,  but it just didn't work for me.

So in 2024, I decide to take it apart and use some of the pieces to create something else - the Propeller Quilt.  It was fun to make and I preferred the look of it.

I used my domestic sewing machine to quilt the Orange Peel design.

Propeller Quilt - 52" x 68"

Pieced Backing

Modern Christmas Placemats

With my Creative Pops Ruler III, I put together these placemats based on a quilt pattern I had used - Simple Modern Christmas by Susan Madu.

My 2 1/2" squares when joined together for patchwork, sometimes go a little wonky, so I discovered a way to keep them straight.  By ironing the squares to a piece of one sided fusible interfacing, I can then sew them with a 1/4" seam and voila -  nice neat rows of squares.  This Youtube video uses a preprinted grid and shows the process. Shabby Fabrics Video

Draw a grid of 2 1/2" squares on the interfacing.

Iron squares to interfacing.

Fold and sew 1/4" seam.

 

 

Trim a very scant bit and press seam open.

Fold lengthwise and sew 1/4" seam.

 

Quilted and ready for binding

Line Dance Quilt

 This quilt was made during a QAL by Monika @pennyspoolquilts.   Fabric was mostly from stash and quilting was done on my domestic sewing machine.

Line Dance  55 x 74

Fabric selection from stash

First block on design board

Sewing strips for the scrappy binding.

Pieced backing with Kona solids