2025 Finishes

On  the run out of the year, there are still quite a few

quilt sandwiches on the rack. 

Here are complete quilts so far in not quite 

completion order.

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#16  This large (90" x 90")  is finished

up with a yellow back that highlights the yellow strips.

It is a family gift.

#15 Color Me Crummy finished big and beautiful.

The low volume sashing really shows off 

the color family crumb blocks nicely.

#14 Hopscotch One has posy swirl quilting and is 

a real charmer!

 

#13 The Mystery Solved is glorious in 

red, white and blue with vines rolling down the 

colors.

#12 The first Spring String sew along quilt

is beautiful in browns and blues.

It was requested by my DIL! How nice!

#11 Blue strip quilt with filmstrip top & bottom. 

This was gifted to the sister of my DIL!

#10  Colorful variation of strip quilt ,

 with filmstrip edges. 

#9 Blues on Parade is a 66" x 72".

Very cozy feeling quilt.

 First of the strip quilts and made a lovely 

housewarming gift.

#8  This rainbow bordered 25 patch is a joy to behold.

It has blocks from a group challenge.

#7 This legacy Thousand Pyramid is very interesting with 

a great variety of heritage fabrics.

#6 Beach glass was fun to quilt with a  water ripple effect.

It made a wonderful wedding present.

#5  Baby quilt is off to the Northwest clinic .

It has a cute little heart detail in the quilting.

#4 is the last of the Irish Chains.

This is from the "year of the Squares" 2024

My daughter relieved this one in the hospital 

after her second baby. 

#3 This curved nine patch was a long time finishing

The back on this one is spectacular too!

A new family has this one!

#2 This small owl quilt has a surprise on the back.

It is now living with a new extended family baby.

#1 The last of the log cabins has a 1/4 log border

to frame up the central design. So interesting! 

It has and a dinosaur back. Log cabin year was 2023!

Stay Safe and Sew on!

Happy New Year!

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December Goal Finishing

 Well It's the 29th of December and 

I guess it's time for the end of the month post.

I finished lots of my goals this year and 

if you'd like to see them all have a look at this!

I've listed all the finishes for this year!

There are just a few tasks to finish.

Update the charms on the family stockings

for next year, and possibly trim out all the 

orphans. If the blocks are categorized 

and sorted I should be able to put together 

some tops much easier in the new year.

The 8s & 10s is all bound up and ready

to be delivered. 

Happy New Year and let's make some 

great plans for next year!

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Year end finish up!

 Sneaking closer to the end of the year.

Our family celebrated our big Christmas yesterday,

and much to the delight of everyone we had a fantastic time.

Gifts were shared, lots of hugs too.

We all ate way too much

and still have lots of leftovers.

Even a few quilts were given.

The Colorful Filmstrip Quilt went to 

the sister of a daughter-in-law.

She really liked it and was looking forward to one as 

her parents got a quilt last year. 

The big 8s and 10s is on its way too.

It turned out to be a 90"x 90" quilt.

Perfect size for them.

Each 10 1/2" block is made by cutting

the stripped set into 8" x 10 1/2" sections and then adding

a 1 1/2" strip of black to each edge. 

Square up and then assemble!  

It is fun to do and you can make 

a lot of blocks quickly!

As you can see, I made a lot of blocks.

Here is the king-size quilt,

excuse the accompanying Christmas socks. 

You can tell my quilt holder is out and about. 

 One more quilt is waiting to be quilted and bound, 

and there is even another stack of 22 blocks.

These would make a nice 40" x 50" lap quilt.

I could also go ahead and make another eight blocks, 

and finish it off as a small twin measuring 50" x 60".

What to do , what to do?

I will figure it out and use up those blocks!

The large quilt has a durable yellow background,

which came in a 3 m chunk at a guild garage sale.

I enlarged it with a little bit of batik yellow

 and it made a very suitable backing.

Such a fun use of strings and strips. 

Also, it helps use up my never ending store of blacks!

Stay safe and sew up the season!

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Scrapping It Up to Year End!

Fifty of fifty two weeks are past and 

the big count down to 2026 is on!

I managed to finish up 2 pillowcases for giving

but have no pictures! Here are the fabrics I used. 

The chemistry doctor received thematic

fabric with a flange of medical heart tracing.

The medical doctor received the heart tracing

for the main fabric with a flange of 

the chemical material. 

That way they can dream about each other!

They were very well received! 

She couldn't believe I made them!!

Then we gave her a tour of my sewing room!

Stash-wise, the heart monitor tracing fabric 

was purchased but used up right away 

so no change impact on numbers. 

The large 8s & 10s was bound so a big 11m

move with that one! 

Also bound, ( I sewed like a demon at retreat)

was the first half of the Spring String sew along. 

That is a twin so it gets a 6m stash movement

Here is a sneaky picture. 

They are  up for blog posts this week. 

Amazing how 2 items can be so different!

8.5m Jan- Dec

Used:

 5 m donated, 

12 m (1+ 1 +1  baby )

60m (10+ 1 queen) 

-44.5 total meterage added YTD

Finishing up the year in the positive

used column will be great!

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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A Crumby Finish Up

 Well, the longarmers have come through, 

and the big crumb quilt is complete.

This quilt used up a large amount of beiges

for the lattice and large outside border.

A number of people who saw the quilt,

commented that a quilt entirely of 

beige strings would be lovely.

The low volume look is certainly attractive.

Each colour block of crumbs is 

framed by small border of gray.

Since all but a few small bits of the fabric 

was used for the block frames,

I had to scramble to find a matching gray for the binding.

My stash yielded a good match.

 The quilt was bound up at 

the last sew day of the year.

If you recall, I had to rework the framing of the blocks. 

 I'd gotten ahead of myself and edged the blocks completely 

before they were set into the quilt.

I am hoping this quilt remains a keeper.

I love how every different fold shows a different color. 

The look is really appealing and it really reinforces

my feeling that colour family blocks always look wonderful.

Did you catch a glimpse of the new floors?

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Oh Scrap

Stitching Stuff

Pardon Me While I Stash

 Yes, a small treasure of legacy fabrics 

walked in my door yesterday,

adding a good 15 m to my year total.

A friend came into the sew morning with 

a cart in tow and we all helped her disperse the 

bounty. She was very grateful her 

quilter mom's fabric were off to be loved. 

Look at these greys!

But, the next meeting of the week yielded

another 10 meters to the pile!  

They are all beautiful and 

I am sure I can put them to good use!

Here are those moving numbers!

57.5m  (10 m downsizer, 25 m legacy) 

YTD Purchased/acquired

8.5m Jan- Dec

Used:

 5 m donated, 

12 m (1+ 1 +1  baby )

60m (9+ 1 twin) 

-28.5 total meterage added YTD

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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More Mojo

 The sneaky little Mojo blocks 

seem to be quite addictive. 

I've managed to make the 

project a little more efficient for me.

A few moments on the phone or 

watching the end of a show,

gives me a few minutes to 

cut out the pieces for a block.

The pieces are then stored between

the pages of the book that have the pattern.

I do this three or five times, and the next time 

I go out to a stitching day I grab the book,

and a few supplies and  I'm ready to sew

without too much arranging.

The count stands at 24 / 100 but 

I think 1 block got scooped up 

into the scrap bucket so a treasure 

hunt is in the future. 

Wish me luck keeping my Mojo going!

Stay safe and Sew on !