Online Quilting Bee As I’ve mentioned before, I am a member of an online charity quilting bee, called do. Good Stitches. We are organized into groups of 10 called “circles”. My circle is the Peace Circle, and generally our charity is Project Linus. Once in a while, one of our members gives our bee quiltContinue reading “Latest Project Linus Quilts”
Category Archives: Scrappy Quilts
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”
Quilts in the Time of Covid
I’m way behind in blogging about my recent Quilts of Quarantine finishes – having time to write blog posts is not the issue – being in the right mind set is. But at least there is light at the end of the tunnel – a new year is here, and new beginnings are less thanContinue reading “Quilts in the Time of Covid”