I found this floral on navy blue and pulled several prints including strawberries to make this baby size one.

From Dec 2022:

Here is another repeated design, a navy blue baby girl quilt with cute prints. I have used this sweet ballerina mouse in a couple of quilts already. This was was also Sashiko machine stitched with a deep pink thread.

And then I made this larger one, all scrappy in a diamond design, lots of vintage prints in it.



And hubby built me a nice wooden quilt ladder.

Sue, I'm agog at the range and diversity of colors and patterns in your quilts! I haven't had time to scroll through every one of your posts so far and am looking forward to doing that at leisure.

Question from a non-quilter: what is meant by "scrappy?"

Then I started down a new rabbit hole. I explored this style of quilting called Kawandi after coming across many Pinterest photos and learning more from videos.
Copied from a blogger's site:
"A kawandi quilt is a hand-stitched patchwork quilt made by the Siddis, descendants of African immigrants brought as slaves to India. The kawandi quilt is made from pieces of old and worn-out clothing collected from family members and friends. One unique quality of a kawandi quilt is that the pieces of fabric are assembled from the outside going in, usually in a counterclockwise direction.
The patches are stitched using running or back stitches in a spiral form towards the center, covering the patchwork top and the sari backing.
Another distinct characteristic of the kawandi quilt; the patches are sewn together and stitched to the sari backing at the same time instead of stitching the patches of clothing together first before attaching the whole top quilt to the backing fabric."

So I decided to use my sashiko machine after watching another quilters video and made a large placemat for my first practice piece in my favorite olive and rust colors and am now working on a throw and also a table runner but doing the runner traditionally with hand stitches.



The small throw






And the completed hand-stitched table runner

NMoasis said:

Question from a non-quilter: what is meant by "scrappy?"

There are a few definitions for scrappy quilt making, I'll quote from another quilter:

1. A quilt made entirely from the leftover bits from other projects. This is what I think of as the old fashioned scrap quilts, made with fabric leftover from the lady of the house's garment and quilt making.

2. A quilt made with some pieces of fabric leftover from previous projects and some new fabric (the background, maybe).
3. Another possible definition of scrappy quilt doesn't necessarily involve leftover pieces of fabric at all. These quilts invoke the look of those old fashioned scrap quilts by using a lot of different fabrics, but they could be cut from new or stashed fabric yardage. Some quilters do exchanges to build up their variety of scraps.

Thanks, I understand now.

I found this vintage kitten barkcloth so designed a big block quilt around it, it's a lap throw/toddler size.

From early Jan 2023 (almost caught up!)

Another quick quilt top finish, baby size. The quilt is called Circus Cabin. It's a log cabin design with the border stripes. Super easy.

First block, baby size takes 4 of these




I also cut out a throw size one in rich autumn tones and still need to finish the border stripes and assemble it. They thankfully do go together fast.




A quarter of the blocks

As soon as I saw this gorgeous floral print I knew I wanted to make a whole cloth baby quilt with a chenille backing. I had an upcoming baby shower so I quickly made up this quilt. I did the diagonal stitching on 4 layers of fabric, the cotton floral and three coordinations flannels, took about 3 hours, I broke it up over a couple of days. Then I used my Clover Slash Cutter to cut the 3 flannel layers on the back (that green print, a taupe and a white) between the stitched channels. It was then trimmed to approx. 45" square, added a peach binding and then it got washed, that's where the yummy soft magic happens with the flannel layers!






I made my first chenille one probably 10+ years ago, they make the sweetest gifts!



Another one I made a few years back.

And now all caught up with a recent finish of this mushroom collage wall hanging, already snagged by a member here. Someday I want to make more and finish all my other collage wall hangings posted earlier.
I've made over 80 quilts since I started this quilting journey in 2016. I have quite a few completed tops that just need their backings, quilting and binding done. I just need to focus & stay on task with those without starting a new one, but I have a hard time with that. Plus, the weeds need tending and plants need pruning and I'm not getting any younger!

I have seen quite a lot of fabric scissor memes!!

This is ME!

Sue - I love that mushroom wallhanging! Now, if only I had wallspace to hang anything

The instructions are sketchy, but I figured it out by laying the un-stitched pieces to match the finished one I did years ago. So, I'll be ok and won't need help, but it's got to be perfect. I'm making it to be raffled off for our Wellness' AGM Feb 25th.

Help - I'm doing a Canadian Comfort and Remembrance maple heart quilt block, and I have done them before, but it's been awhile. Suddenly the instructions are referring to "F" and I haven't made an "F" but it's giving me the next step....... I'm confused.






It's page 2. I've done the stem, and the top left corner piece, and the 2 "G", and "E".
The measurements for "E" are 2 1/2 x 6 1/2, but it says it should be 2 1/2 x 4 1/2....... really confuses me

Whew, my brain hurt trying to follow it! You are brave!

Susan, you never sew anything on top of the 4 1/2 red piece. It should not take on any extra length. Is the triangle piece you sew on to long?

Hope your well!!!

There are some squares you sew on, at an angle, then cut away the back half of it.
Actually, you do have one triangle - the stem is sewn between 2 triangles.
I'm going to cut the pieces they say, then just assemble it according to the pictures, not the instructions

The pictures seem pretty detailed at least.