Jam and Butter

A churn dash pattern now available! A update for an old favorite The churn dash block has been one of my favorites for many years. I wanted to design a quilt using this block, but tweak it a little, and give it a bit of an update. Jam and Butter is what I came upContinue reading “Jam and Butter”

Stellar: A New Star Quilt Pattern

A Star Quilt and Half Square Triangles: these are a few of my favorite things! This is Stellar. I love star quilts, and half square triangles both – so this pattern combines them in one quilt! I made mine scrappy. For the color part of the star I used some leftover charm squares, used yardageContinue reading “Stellar: A New Star Quilt Pattern”

Project Linus Quilts

Online Charity Quilting Bee I belong to an online quilting bee with members from all over the US. We are part of a large group called Do Good Stitches, but divided into smaller groups of 10 called circles. I am part of the Peace Circle and our charity is Project Linus. Which as the nameContinue reading “Project Linus Quilts”

Friendship Star Christmas Wreath

My first attempt at a Christmas wallhanging! The friendship star is one of my favorite blocks, so I decided to start with that. And a scrap quilt is always a favorite! This little wallhanging measures 30″ x 30″ so it’s not too big to easily find a place to hang it this holiday season. IContinue reading “Friendship Star Christmas Wreath”

Right Angle Rainbow

I’m really excited about this quilt – it has all my favorite things! Scraps and color! And lots of them! I was inspired to make this when my son graduated from law school – got to me thinking about courthouses, so naturally the courthouse block came to mind. This version of Courthouse Steps uses theContinue reading “Right Angle Rainbow”

“Cats” Courthouse Steps

I made this wall hanging for my son to hang in his new office. He just graduated from law school and has started a judicial clerkship. After all the years of being a student – finally a real job he’s interested in and pays more than sub minimum wage! Yay adulthood 🙂 I called itContinue reading ““Cats” Courthouse Steps”

Red, White, and Black Argyle

I recently made my Argyle Nine Patch baby quilt pattern, in a different color way, for a young man I’ve known for over 25 years. What fun it is to see a little boy you knew back in kindergarten grow up, get married and start a family – the circle of life and all that!Continue reading “Red, White, and Black Argyle”

Rainbow Lone Stars

(and a new tutorial) I started out making just the purple star with the intent to turn it into a wall hanging, but I was having such fun I decided I would make a four star baby quilt, then I thought I’ll make a six star lap quilt… and here I am with a nineContinue reading “Rainbow Lone Stars”

Rainbow Scrappy Quilt

Making quilts from scraps is truly my favorite way to work. It’s such joy to play in the scrap bins – I keep them organized by color, which makes it easier to find the right piece of fabric (I could do a whole blog post on organizing scraps – in fact there are entire booksContinue reading “Rainbow Scrappy Quilt”