--- Tip Top Quilt plus scrappy patchwork pillow --- Hi Quilty Friends! Today I'm sharing the Tip Top Quilt featuring the Homemade Collec...

This weekend I make a few more Plus block for Laila's Low Volume Plus Sew Along and made a baby quilt with them.  I added a 2 1/2" strip of background between each block and offset the rows.   I quilted it with free hand wavy lines, used beige So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting. On Friday I received my new Blog book in the mail.  I like to print my blog into book form every year using the website Blog2Print.   This is my seventh book so that means I have just started my 8th year blogging!    They have a sale on right now and if you use the promo code FORKEEPS before Jan 19th you'll get 30% off.  But don't worry, if you sign up on their site they constantly send you promo codes,  this is just the highest percentage I have seen them offer.

finished the plus quilt -- quilt back

This is Robins Opposites Attract quilt and it’s from the book Sizzlin’ Sixties by Anka’s Treasures.    Robin said “quilt whatever your h...

One of a kind reversible cotton Gudri kantha jacket made from vintage cotton quilts. This is one size and will fit anyone from a size 6 up to size 22 I will be adding more pics shortly)In the photos you can see the reverse side. Like having 2 jackets for th e price of one.This is a one size jacket

Made from scraps! Dimensions are 36" by 52". Backing is a red Riley Blake flannel, binding is orange Pezzy Print by American Jane. Quilted by machine with Aurifil 50 wt in a light gray on top and a rainbow variegated in the bobbin. Completed October 2013. Blogged

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I finished my Edges plus quilt top this week! It felt good to finish this one, even though I really haven't been working on it for that ...

Well this was fun!  Another Quilt-Along. This one on Instagram hosted by a delightful new friend.  Of course I wanted in! We all made a simple plus quilt following a free pattern by Jeli Quilts. We needed 8 different fabrics for this pattern so it was a perfect use for this Gardenvale piece I purchased last summer. I cut 5 inch squares for my pluses so this quilt finishes at 45” x 58.5” I used a matching striped Gardenvale fabric for the binding. My favorite thing about this quilt is the backing.  It's a new Andover jersy knit by Alison Glass.  I highly recommend it.  It was almost 70” wide - even after pre-washing & drying.  By the way, no bleeding of that beautiful blue in the pre-wash. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Request loft cotton. Thin batting and the t-shirt backing make this a dreamy summer quilt. I free motion quilted a geometric design in each of the squares.  You can see it (a little) better on the back.  (The color is off here.  The previous photo shows a more accurate blue.) Thanks for stopping by. Linking up this Friday finish with Crazy Mom Quilts.

Love the way this one turned out.  This pattern definitely calls for simple quilting, and straight lines here and there did just the trick. It is a very simple pattern, but if you need the math done for you for 6 sizes you can find a pattern here.       The back is...Read More

I've had a few questions about the pattern I used to make my plus quilt top  I shared last week, and while the design idea is certainly not...

finished size: 63x68 i used a kona solid fq bundle in denim for the top knottygnome.blogspot.com/2010/11/1.html

This is the third plus quilt I've made in the last few months and I can envision a few more. They are great stash busters and so easy and qu...

I am back and finally fully recovered from QuiltCon !  It was an amazing experience, and I'll be talking more about it this week, but first ...

Thanks to one of my favorite longarmers, Julie Hirt , I was able to finish my Christmas Up North Quilt literally 2 days before Christmas...

The craft blog of pattern designer Jeni Baker. Creative adventures in quilting, sewing, and color. Plus free sewing and quilting tutorials.

One great thing about being quilters is that the new babies in our family never arrive to this world without a baby quilt.  It’s always...

The craft blog of pattern designer Jeni Baker. Creative adventures in quilting, sewing, and color. Plus free sewing and quilting tutorials.

The craft blog of pattern designer Jeni Baker. Creative adventures in quilting, sewing, and color. Plus free sewing and quilting tutorials.