Scrap Quilts – Creating from your Stash When I started quilting, I couldn’t imagine having a stash big enough to create a random scrap quilt, let alone multiple scrap quilts. Fast-forward almost 30 years, and I have enough scraps for multiple scrap quilts. Little by little, I bought fabric that “spoke” to me without knowing what I wanted to use it for. I also bought more than what I needed for a specific pattern. My…
Migration: A Free Scrap Quilt Pattern with Flying Geese This Free Scrap Quilt Pattern is finally finished. The idea of creating a quilt with Flying Geese had been bopping around in my head for quite a while. The design has changed several times, but it is finally complete. It is a few days late for the start of February, but life gets in the way sometimes. My husband calls the pattern “Camping in the Fall.”…
February 2024 – Pinwheel Row by Row Sampler February’s Row by Row Sampler block is the Pinwheel. This block of the month will focus on Half Square Triangles (HST) and squaring them to the correct size. This block could create a beautiful scrap quilt, but I am not sure I would want to make that many HSTs. The pdf directions for this block can be found here; scroll down to the February link. Fabrics for…
Flying Geese Scrap Quilt – Free Quilt Pattern Last week put me behind, but I think I can still get the scrap quilt pattern completed for you for February. This free quilt pattern doesn’t have a name yet. I have been thinking about it, and I hope to have one by the time I am ready to post it. Sometimes, I have to step back and look at it with an objective eye, which can…
Sewing Saturday – Flying Geese Scrap Quilt Since it is a cold and slightly snowy Saturday here, my sewing room is calling. The Scrappy Flying Geese Quilt pattern is the focus for today. February’s scrap quilt hopefully will be all set for you at the beginning of the month. Sewing the quilt goes much faster than creating the directions. You have some choices to make with this scrap quilt pattern. You can go all scrappy…
February’s Scrap Quilt – Flying Geese This quilt design has been rattling around in my head for a while. This past weekend, I finally pulled out my pen and paper and started playing with the design. I thought I had the design all set until I put it into the software. NOPE, so back to the drawing board. Flying Geese, at first glance, isn’t very exciting, not until you play with the layout and placement.…
Sewing Saturday – One of my favorite days! It is nice when we have a productive morning, and the errands are all taken care of! We had hit a deer a few weeks back, and I finally have my truck back. It is nice to have that part of life back to normal. Next, I finished the bookkeeping for the businesses. Now, I have the rest of the day to do something just for me.…
Greek Squares – Scrap Quilt Pattern for January 2024 For January, I am sharing the Greek Squares Block for the scrappy quilt pattern. At first, I shied away from this pattern because of all the Half Square Triangles (HSTs) needed to make a quilt. In my directions, you will create oversized HSTs that must be trimmed to size for the quilt. I find I get the best results this way. Check out this website to…
January 2024: Row by Row Sampler Welcome to the 2024 Row by Row Sampler. This scrap quilt provides a different way to participate in a block of the month. This month we will be completing the log cabin blocks. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and look for the January Link. I look forward to seeing the colors and patterns you choose for your log cabin row. In picture #1, I have all…
September’s Update for Jack’s Chain Just a quick post of my Jack’s Chain Adventure. I am supposed to be mowing the grass, but figured I would take 15 minutes to create some 9-patches. Organization was planned for this, but my 9-patch units met with a hyper pup, resulting in a bit of a mess. So, I am just winging it. 15 Minutes It is incredible how many 9-patches I finished in 15 minutes. I will…