It's getting to be the season

It's snowing season I guess as I heard Colorado got hit yesterday. Did you get any where you live? We did not and I don't want any yet! But that doesn't mean I can't sew up some snowmen.)  I confess this one has been done a while and I forgot to blog about it.

You might have already guessed that the center is a panel. The borders were fun to work on with  a flying geese tree.

and friendship stars.

A more recent finish was a Snow Dudes runner.

You can find the pattern for this one HERE. Sew fun to make;)

And last but not least is this snowman wall hanging.  You might recognize it as I made a different version of it HERE.

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Scrappy bricks

I don't know about you but I still have quilt fabric from the 80-90's lurking about. Yes I kinda hate admitting that but on the other hand with fabric getting so expensive I really love having a large stash to shop in!!  When I am making scrappy quilts for donation these work great.  

Using the #2 and #8 Accuquilt dies from the 12" cube made quick work of cutting the blue and neutral scraps for the bricks.

I started this quilt in September at retreat and finished piecing the top here at home later on.  The quilting, which I kept simple, was done recently.

I had yardage in these blues also so that became a pieced back and navy binding. The plan is to give this quilt along with six others to my DIL who will give to her church group that goes to the Twin Cities to serve those in need. I hope someone will love cuddling up in it this winter. 

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Gingham toppers

These have been a hot commodity in my Etsy shop as of lately. I don't mind a bit.  This summer I pieced two of them and they sold in September and earlier this month, you can see them in this POST. You can see that the medium in those is different from the ones below that I have done during the past week.

I love this peppermint candy fabric that I used for the medium value in these new versions.

I am cutting the entire topper with Accuquilt dies. There are 32 flying geese(green) and the background(white w/red dots) triangles for them is 64! That would be a lot of cutting using a ruler!!

Here is the back for the first one. 

And the back for the second one is almost the same!

And the back for the third one is all one piece. I love making these!  The pattern is from Primrose Cottages but I tweaked it a bit.  I made trees from the flying geese and omitted the stars in the corners. Plus I used a different size for the gingham center blocks. But it still resembles their pattern;)

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It's all about the snowmen

You all know how much I love snowmen!  It doesn't matter what month or time of year it is I can make them:)  Recently I made one of these and when it sold it was time to make another. I didn't even get to blog about the first one but it was identical to this one.

So fun to make! At just 14"x22" it can fit just about anywhere.  I put a hanging sleeve on to the back so it can be hung or laid on a little table. 

I used the alphabet Accuquilt dies to do the words in white felt with fusible on the back.

 This next project has been done a while and I forgot to blog about it.  The pineapple snowman table runner is one I have done a few times also. A good one to reduce a few whiteish scraps. The pineapple Creative Grids ruler was used for it.

On the domestic side of things apple picking has taken place, well some were picked there are more still on the tree.

A Dutch apple pie was made, I'd offer you a piece but it's all gone already! I know it's not nice to tease you, I'm sorry;)

That's it for today!  There will be a few more finishes this week, what will they be?  You might want to stop back in a few days to find out;)

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Flower Power and more

Doesn't the border on this quilt remind you of flower power!!  It was so fun to make from a Villa Rosa pattern called Cinnamon Stix. A very easy and fast quilt to make.  I modified it a bit to fit the amount of fabric I had.  This is more child size. I had pieced it late this summer and quilted this week.

Some pretty pink flannel piecing for the back.

A quick stipple on the long arm keeps it soft and cuddly.

Since it was a quick finish I moved on to quilt this one that has patiently waited it's turn on the long arm.  I found a free tutorial for it HERE

Another quick stipple with a monkey print flannel back. These are both donation quilts. 

Nope not done yet!  This one was in the to be quilted pile also. This was not as quick to quilt as I did lots of custom on it with rulers and freehand.

  

The snowman is a panel and I added the green border, along with the black snowflake print with the inserted red strip to meet the friendship stars. I had made one last year and sold it, now this one is sold already too.  It's the last panel I have of it, so time to move on to a different one;)

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Sailing to a finish!

The sailboats have crossed the finish line!  This block is so easy to do using the 12" Accuquilt cube. Using the #5 and #8 dies made it so quick to cut and piece.  And it finally made it to the quilting machine this week.  

This will be a donation quilt I will send home with my DIL next month for her group to give the quilt to someone in need. 

Thank you accuquilt for the 12" cube to help speed up my quilt making for some donation quilts.

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Chipping away at the quilting pile

 The 'to be quilted' pile has grown as I sneak in a little piecing here and there this past month. So it was time to reduce that pile by getting these three quilted and bound in between working on the donation quilts. 

The pattern I used to make these is a free one from Krista Moser using the 60 degree diamond ruler.  I did do mine a tad different as I used three 2.5" strips instead of  six 1.5" strips for the star. 

I had so much fun picking the fabrics that I made three of these, all Christmas ones.

The last one is all about those snowflakes.

Stay tuned for more finishes this week, I have a plan!!

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My finishes for the week

I am so happy to have finished this quilt I was working on at retreat last month. This is the last time you will see it!!  This pretty purple was from a free pattern from Material Girlfriends. They publish one pattern a month for free, but you have to download it during that month. This one is called 3 yard Bravo.  

I couldn't finish the piecing while at retreat because I didn't cut enough for the last star block. So earlier this week I finished the star and added the three borders. The quilting happened the very next day.  Looking  digging through my stash I found the perfect backing, a lavender minky type of fabric that was given to me by a friend. I had not worked with this type of fabric before, it shed and I didn't like that. However, the final result is pretty luxurious!! 

Next up was a potato chip quilt that my grandson helped me make the blocks. We cut 2.5"x4.5" bricks in neutrals and darks using the die from the 8" AccuQuilt cube. This gave us a 12" finished block.

The backing is a pretty fall leaves flannel that the same friend gave me. I just needed to add a navy flannel to make it big enough. All of these quilts are meandered in order to get them done. I finished this one off with a navy solid binding.

The final one I will share today is this child size one using Cynthia's Two bits pattern. I pieced this one quite some time ago and was waiting it's turn in line to be quilted. 

I found a very soft tiny corduroy that was also given to me. It was almost the right size. And as luck would have it I had all these strips sewn together into the right size to add to it. The corduroy was a very light pink but it really looks washed out here. 

These three quilts will be donation quilts that I will send home with my DIL when they come for Thanksgiving. She hands them off to her church group who distributes to those who need a quilty hug. And I feel great being able to help. I have a few more to finish and share with you soon. 

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Sailing away

You might remember I mentioned when I was at retreat I couldn't go any further with my sailboat quilt because I had not cut the correct number of pieces. This is where I left off. I have a wayward sailboat, do you spot it! I am leaving it, not having a date with Jack. 

I quickly finished the last sailboat and got started on the sashings Thursday. 

Friday I finished up the sashings and am ready for the border and quilting this week.

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The sailboats are made using the 12" cube from AccuQuilt and the blocks finish at 12".  Dies #5 and #8 were used. This makes for a quick block. The sashings were all cut with the 1.5" strip die, I even cut the navy 1.5" squares with the strip die by laying the strips across the die.  Love the strip dies. 

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