"Star Silhouettes" by Diane Harris was created as a way to make a fun, scrappy quilt to share during the pandemic.

Hello there, Its been a while since I last blogged. The whole of 2015 was focused on graduating from University and the whole of this year 2016 was juggling work, supervising at the student clinic and building up my private practice in Traditional Chinese medicine, and on top of that, trying to find some balance in life between work and play. Needless to say, my quilting days has been numbered. However, I am doing some form of sewing mainly English paper piecing and I am more active on Instagram. I also hope to blog a bit more in 2017, fingers crossed I would have the time to share some of creative works with you all. First up, I would love to share this baby quilt that I had made for my niece in 2015. I was high on curves that year and used the Glam Clam design to the max. Initially, this quilt was designed based on using a gradient effect but the description by Karen from Pieces of Contentment where she said "[The quilt] made an entire landscape with river, grass, hills, mountains, soft clouds and even a hot air balloon" best sums up this quilt design. I have used the pattern and template when Latifah Saafir first introduce Glam Clam into the quilting world back in 2015. She has now made the pattern into an easy to follow instruction booklet and a very cool Glam Clam template. You can purchase both the template and pattern from the lovely Latifah Saafir Studio. You can also find this quilt featured in the pattern booklet as variations to using this pattern (proud quilting moment!) This quilt is mainly featured my all time favourite Briar Rose fabric collection by Heather Ross. I only had Fat eight of each fabric collection so I had look into my stash to combine other fabric into the quilt. There are some Nicey Jane, Sweet as Honey, Twice as Nice, and Catnap fabrics mainly sewed at the top of the quilt. Up close of the fabric you can find lovely illustrations of frogs and bees and if you look closely you can find a grasshopper somewhere in the mix. This quilt conjures up both whimsical and fun feelings with its bright colours, flowers and animals. I have used simple grid quilting lines which produced a waffle effect. This is probably my go to quilting style when I want it to be simple yet modern and I can't figure out how to quilt the end product. This quilt now lives in London with my lovely niece Rosamund, whom I have been told by the mum that she uses the quilt as a blanket and for play. That makes me heart swell with happiness when quilts I have made are loved and hugged constantly. Quilt facts: Finished size - 40" x 52" Glam clam template size - 8" template ruler Quilt top fabric - mixture of Briar Rose fabric collection, Nicey Jane, Sweet as Honey, Twice as Nice, and Catnap fabrics Backing fabric - Wee Wanderer by Sarah Jane Batting - 100% cotton Thread - 60wt Aurifil Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed looking at the photos Jacqueline xx

I'm so happy with all my finishes this year. This one was started in January as a challenge from Patchwork Inspirations. A month ago it looked like this. Now it's already in a new home, and well appreciated. So fun to use old curtains and combine it with new fabrics. Size: 51"x70". Linked up to: Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal May Finish Link-Up Monday Making Design Wall Monday OhScrap! Midweek Makers Stitch, sew and show Wednesday Wait Loss DrEAMi #52 Favorite Finish Monthly Link-up

March 21 happens to be International Quilting Day. Our SMQG meeting was held on Sunday the 22nd and so we declared the celebration to be a weekend…. And brought cake! Who doesn’t love a…

Count me in is what I thought when Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks posted that she was hosting a Kitchen stitchin' blog hop. She always has such fun hops and so much inspiration from all the participants. I have been wanting to try improv curves, my buddy Wendy from Pieceful Thoughts has been on a kick of them lately. She inspired me to give it a try. So glad I did. Small scale is how I decided to try my hand at it. Just four little blocks to make a cute table runner for this shelf that sits in my entry way next to the kitchen. It's been a while since I have taken time to do any custom quilting. So I thought this was a good time to get back at it. Making improv curves wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Some browsing on the internet lead me to several tutorials on it. So if you are interested I would suggest doing that and picking one that works for you. I cut my original squares at 9 1/2" because that is one of my square rulers. Using the stack and whack method to cut them worked for me. So go ahead and try some improv curves, it's fun!! I am thinking some placemats would look great made like this. Please check out fellow participants for more inspiration. Monday, April 19th Just Let Me Quilt Kathleen McMusing selina quilts Elizabeth Coughlin Designs Den syende himmel SameliasMum VroomansQuilts QuiltFabrication Quiltscapes Tuesday, April 20th Life in the Scrapatch Websterquilt Ms P Designs USA Stitch and Quilt The Joyful Quilter Inflorescence Words & Stitches Scrapdash My Bumbleberry Life Wednesday, April 21st MooseStashQuilting DayBrook Designs Beaquilter Patchwork Breeze Kathy Kwilts and More Stitchin At Home Songbird Designs Days Filled With Joy Thursday, April 22nd Creatin' in the Sticks Vicki's Crafts and Quilting Quilting Gail Sew Many Yarns thatfabricfeeling Annie's musings Quilt Schmilt Becky’s adventures in quilting and travel Homespun Hannah's Blog Food For Thought If you receive notice of new posts from me through email, please consider signing up with bloglovin to follow me. In July feedburner is dropping the emails. It's always something isn't it! You can find my Bloglovin sign up in my left side bar. Linking with: NTT Put Your Foot Down

I'm so happy with all my finishes this year. This one was started in January as a challenge from Patchwork Inspirations. A month ago it looked like this. Now it's already in a new home, and well appreciated. So fun to use old curtains and combine it with new fabrics. Size: 51"x70". Linked up to: Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal May Finish Link-Up Monday Making Design Wall Monday OhScrap! Midweek Makers Stitch, sew and show Wednesday Wait Loss DrEAMi #52 Favorite Finish Monthly Link-up

Dresden regnbogepute med improvisert broderi med store sting i midten. Påskeharekorg frå Eidaklubb-aktivitet. Mappe frå Janomeoppfriskingskurs og trekantpungar frå Gloppetause-aktivitet. Noko er ferdig, anna er under arbeid. Påsketing laga etter improvisasjonsmetoden. Restekorga. Eg held på med eit større arbeid, som tek litt tid, men som er veldig spennande.... Her under ein av sylaurdagane til gloppeklubben.

Kofi this morning. I haven't decided yet on how the border will end up. I am really leaning towards a solid black=^.^= Making blade after blade after blade.... The border of Kofi is going to use a lot of them! This was a good place to take a photo. It is coming along nicely. I was a bit worried about how the center should work with color placement of the blades. I reached a version I liked. What do you think? I have been trying to get the blades to sit right in the border corners, but after too many to count fails I might just throw in the towel. The pattern wants prairie points to finish and I don't. I did try it but wasn't happy. I want a 6" border with blades. The tricky part that I can't grasp is the corners. It seems so simple...why can't I figure it out? I have a busy week ahead that involves Southwest Airlines! Look out family this girl is heading East =^.^=

I've finally got 5 months worth of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks up on my design wall. And, ooooh! I really like them. My quilting friends have been listening to me complain as they are not as easy as I thought they would be. But, darn! They really look good to me. Here's how I've been making these 9" finished blocks. First I make a small set of strips (1" to 2") -- usually 4 or 5 if the strips are really narrow. And repeat that 3 more times. Once I get all four strata made I use my 9" Accuquilt Go Cube Companion Set's Drunkard Path dies to cut the outside in white and the inside with the strip set pieces. (OH no! I just realized that the 4.5" dies to make the Drunkard Path blocks are no longer in the 9" Cube Companion sets but they are available in other sizes.) When sewing these together I tend to pin like crazy. There is a nice notch in the center of the arc which I match up and pin. And then I add a few more pins on each side. I generally sew with the white fabric on top and gently stitch the quarter circle, removing pins as I go along. Once all four sections are done I iron the seams. I have been ironing seams of the two opposing sections toward the white and the other two sections to the color. That lets the seams snug up nicely. Last step is to sew the four sections together just like a four patch. It does take a bit of time to make each block but the end result is worth it. But, I swear, next year I'm picking easier blocks to make -- maybe. That's it for me. I'm linking up with several Linky parties. Please take a look at what folks are up to by visiting some of these sites. Needle and Thread Thursday Finished or Not Friday Beauties Pageant Scrap Happy Saturday I'm hoping to upload a few posts while I'm on vacation. I'll try to include a couple of project pictures with a few of our vacation pictures. If my internet access isn't great then it may be a while before you hear anything else from me! Happy Quilting All! Bonnie

It feels so good to say that! I pulled out all the fabrics from the red project to cut more parts, and made one last Dresden block. Now all 12 Dresdens are finished, for real now. This time I did not fussy cut the stripey print; the stripes run across the blades here instead of centered down the blade. No two of the Dresden blocks are alike. And I'm making progress unstitching, re-pressing, and reassembling my Pickle Dish blocks. (story here) When I originally made these blocks and became confident of stitching the curves, I started using a smaller stitch length, about 1.8. So now as I'm unstitching four partial seams in each block, it's taking a lot of careful unpicking to remove those tiny stitches. But I'm making progress - 2/3 complete now, whoo-hoo! So worth it, though - the seams are coming together nicely where the blocks intersect. Slow and steady... This project doesn't have a deadline. I'm making it for me, for my own enjoyment. I'll get through this repair phase, and I'll be glad I took the time to fix the problem. Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts

I finally have the paper piece pattern ready for the Swirly Twirly Dresden. This was definitely a labor of love which only survived because so many of you loved the design. My original pattern was hand drawn and then scanned into my computer and copied onto paper. It worked great for my personal use but … Swirly Twirly Dresden Read More »

The holidays are just about here and all the festivities are about to kick in. I've been cleaning, shopping, planning meals, decorating, writing cards, organizing, and preparing handwork for quiet family time. Of course the Parcheesi board will be brought out too! My brother, wife, and twins arrive this evening. They'll stay overnight at Mom's before heading over to the airport to pick up their son and settling in for a few days at the in-laws. My daughter arrives tomorrow with her two kitties. Gracie and Polly are looking forward to their company! Ha! They'll be staying here with us. Then mid-week my brother's family returns to us for a couple days until after Christmas brunch. Sarah leaves the following mid-week. Oh my! Busy! Busy! And it's all WONDERFUL! Down to business now. I did not earn my PHD (Projects half Done). Not only did I not finish all of my projects, but I didn't finish all that I started during 2021. Guess it's back to the class room for me. I'm happy to say that I did manage to finish 5 PHD projects and several others. Here they are: Table Scraps Reindeer Frolic Wool Mat Table Scraps Table Scraps Tiny Tuesday RSC Finish Snowmen & Churches Shark Bite Halloween BOM top Christmas Wool Mini Positivity Halloween Apron Boo #2 Mini 10-Minute Table Runner Hope (pattern by GEDesigns) That's it from me for 2021. I doubt I'll have any other finishes and I probably won't be posting much until the new year. I'm working on my RSC2022 list as well as my PHD2022 list -- hope springs eternal, doesn't it? Maybe next post will bring you knit finishes! Until next year, I wish you the very best holiday season and I'm looking forward to a fabulous 2022. Thank you for following me through the year, inspiring me with your projects, sharing tips you've learned along the way. I hope you found some inspiration here as well and enjoyed my posts. I'll continue to link with Angela at SoScrappy for Rainbow Scrap Challenge, Gail at QuiltingGail for Projects Half Done, and LeeAnna at NotAfraidOfColor for I Like Thursdays in 2022!

Hello from New York City! I'm spending a week there with my family as a last hurrah before the kids head back to school. We’re doing all the touristy things, plus taking in some theater and U.S. Open tennis. Hopefully in the midst of our vacationing, I remembered to send out this week's&

Or Go With Any Color Combo You Love! This beautiful Dresden Plate was designed as a placemat. One will make a lovely centerpiece for a table. Or go ahead and make several for placemats. Choose colors you love for use all year round or select those for a specific season. Batiks add texture and interest …

I finally have the paper piece pattern ready for the Swirly Twirly Dresden. This was definitely a labor of love which only survived because so many of you loved the design. My original pattern was hand drawn and then scanned into my computer and copied onto paper. It worked great for my personal use but … Swirly Twirly Dresden Read More »

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Theme Quilts A few of my favorites Polly Delilah Libby - Sevierville, TN Acquiring Target Anne Marie Miro - Tiger, GA Oriental Journey Angelee White - Gray, TN Birds of a Feather Bonnie Goolsby - Sevierville, TN And the one I showed on my last post ... Lilies Along the Path Angelee White - Gray, TN Can you guess the theme? Next year's theme is panels. I will be taking a panel One Block Wonder class in July. Maybe it will be good enough to enter ... I'll report on my classes -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- tomorrow. No progress this week on RSC, but lots of green in these photos so I am linking to Scrap Happy Saturday at soscrappy.

I get together with some quilting friends for coffee and conversation on the first Saturday of the month. Early on, we each declared a project we'd show progress on each month, such as making a block or two or moving the project forward in some way. Mine is the red Dresden plate and checkerboard project. This month my goal was to snowball the corners of all the Dresden blocks. Done! All twelve of the blocks now have their blue corners. What a difference the snowball corners make in the overall look of this project. I'm really pleased with the diagonal movement they add to such a rigid checkerboard layout. Next month's goal will be to get the centers appliqued to all the Dresdens. Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict

... said my friend Margaret. The lumpiness we were talking about has to do with the centers of my Dresden blocks. Can you kind of see the ends of the Dresden blades behind the gold center? The background fabric has been cut away from the backs of the Dresdens so the batting will fill in when they're quilted. But even if I cut away the background from behind the centers, the seam allowances will still leave a ridge. It feels lumpy, and as Margaret says, we don't like lumpy. So I went back to my original test block to find a solution. Here's the test block, and you can see the lumpiness in the center here, too. The solution is to stuff the centers of the Dresdens, like trapunto. I'll cut circles of batting, one big enough to fill in the entire center of the Dresden, and another to fill in within the seam allowances to avoid that ridge. Remember circle templates from way back when? Handy tools to keep! (Photos not to scale here) The herringbone background fabric has been cut away from behind the blades, leaving just the center. I unpicked the seams to open it up. The tails of the blades were did not extend evenly inside there, so with the "flaps" opened up, I carefully trimmed the seam allowance to about 1/4". Very carefully, because I didn't want a slip of the very sharp pointy scissors to cut anything else. I laid in the larger of my two circles of batting, then laid the smaller one on top, and pushed them into the deep part of the center to fill it out. I tried with the smaller circle first, backed by the larger circle, but on the right side of the block it was still lumpy from the seam allowances. It's much smoother with the larger batting circle filling in the entire Dresden center. Next I pulled the "flaps" back into position and basted them closed. Because this will be buried deep within the quilt, it doesn't have to be pretty. Voila, no lumpy center! Seems like a lot of fussy work, but to me it's worth it for the Red Project, which is special to me. I can feel and see the difference; maybe you can see the difference in these photos, too. Margaret approves. Now to do the same to my 12 red Dresden blocks. That'll keep me busy for awhile, and now that I've explained the process, it won't make for very interesting blog posts, so if I don't post for awhile, you'll understand why. Linking up with: Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Em's Scrapbag Love Laugh Quilt

This is my newly-completed quilt top for the current Ad Hoc Improv Quilters' Playing With Scale challenge. Inspired by my grandson's Winkel baby toy, it features lot and lots of string pieced circles. There are more photos on my blog - CLICK HERE to visit. Quiltdivajulie

Now my quilt for the curves quilt-a-long at Patchwork Inspirations is ready for quilting and binding. So my goal for May is to finish this quilt I started in January. All circle blocks are framed and joined together. Here is how it looks, and you can see the blocks before framing here. Linked up to: Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal May Link-up Monday Making OhScrap! Design Wall Monday Link Party: Patchwork & Quilts #50 Wednesday Wait Loss Midweek Makers Stitch, sew and show Needle and Thread Thursday

The Size and Proportions Can be Easily Customized! Scraps in a rainbow of colors are put to good in these charming mug rugs (or coasters). This is a surprisingly simple project that goes together quickly. Plus, the overall size, as well as the length of the blades, can be adjusted easily. Go larger for a …

Fun! Productive! Social! Designing, coaching and learning! What more is there to say?!!! Ritter Ranch is a retreat location in southeastern AZ, run by Sheila and Bill Ritter. It's up at about 4000 feet elevation so it's generally cooler there than in Phoenix. It's a beautiful setting and an excellent facility. All inclusive, and gourmet all the way. The sewing room is spacious and well lit. Everyone accomplished something, whether starting from scratch or making progress on an existing project. Linda finished the final border on her Jacquelyn De Jonge top. WOW! And completed her hexie project. Deb made this beautiful top in Kaffe blues from start to finish. Paula worked on her Kool Kaleidoscope. So cool! It's ready for Wedgies and Butts. Unfortunately I didn't get photos of everyone's projects. Janet worked on a pretty churn dash which she was designing on the fly, so she had to figure out the on point setting she wanted. After a bit of frustration, she ended up with a lovely top. Robin worked on a quilt in watery blues and greens for her brother, a waterman on the Chesapeake bay. She used my Scrappy Nine Patch Stars tutorial, and made lots of HSTs and nine patches. When she had enough of them made to start putting them on the design wall, it looked fantastic. She used an off-white Grunge with pale green in it for all her light patches and a teal print for the star points. I love it! Of course, I forgot to take a photo; I hope to have one when it's done. I worked on Flying Geese blocks and got them laid out on the design wall. Looking at the photo, I see a few tweaks that are needed. I'll put these blocks back up on the wall at home and move a couple around for better color and value distribution. I took along a UFO from fall 2020 that got put into time out when we were getting ready to move. It's a self round robin that started with an orphan block, and it needed the last few borders constructed and added. Now it's a finished flimsy. Whoo-hoo! I also took along my laptop with EQ8 and was able to solve a design problem for Sheila, who needed alternate blocks for a wool applique project she's working on. And I used it to calculate the side and corner triangles for Janet's on-point project. I almost didn't bring the laptop along, but I'm glad I did. Meals at Ritter are wonderful. Sheila and her husband Bill do all the cooking, and Bill is known for his made from scratch soups. Lunch this day was stromboli with tomato basil soup. Yum! We all enjoyed time together sewing and just hanging out. I'm on the list to go again in July, and to next year's April retreat. Already looking forward to it! Link up: Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

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Theme Quilts A few of my favorites Polly Delilah Libby - Sevierville, TN Acquiring Target Anne Marie Miro - Tiger, GA Oriental Journey Angelee White - Gray, TN Birds of a Feather Bonnie Goolsby - Sevierville, TN And the one I showed on my last post ... Lilies Along the Path Angelee White - Gray, TN Can you guess the theme? Next year's theme is panels. I will be taking a panel One Block Wonder class in July. Maybe it will be good enough to enter ... I'll report on my classes -- the good, the bad, and the ugly -- tomorrow. No progress this week on RSC, but lots of green in these photos so I am linking to Scrap Happy Saturday at soscrappy.

"You are my Sunshine" 27" x 34" most of the sun rays are made from hand dyed either I did or purchased, backgr...