Hearts

I wanted to do hearts, and this was based on a 2 and a half inch square, so it should have come together more easily. It's okay, but not my favorite. It was so wide, I had to piece the back. 

Going to a friend of my daughter's who had a little girl after having three boys! 

 

Twin quilts

Managed to get the tops done for the twins. 

All of the blocks are from the same 15 prints, and the borders with white backgrounds are sort of the same. I hope this prevents squabbling. 

Hoping to quilt this weekend!

Hooray! Ready to take to my neighbor. (9/27/26)

Postscript 2026

Our school secretary has a new grandson, so I needed a quilt for her. This was made from blocks left over from a quilt I did probably in 2010 that my friend recently quilted for me. The back of this is baseball caps and flags that I got at the thrift store-- perfect for a Sestercentennial quilt. 

I have a new neighbor with five months old twin girls, so I might have to run up two more this fall. Cuts into my reading time, but since I have my book blog ready to go until mid-January, I think I have some time. 

Potato Chip Quilt- Last quilt of the season!

Apparently, this is as "viral" as quilt patterns go. It was easy to cut 2.5" by 4.5" blocks, and it sewed up nicely, but it was harder to quilt. 

This went to the son of our computer tech guy at school. I hope he likes the spider fabric from "Edna's" stash. 
 

Around the World

Since it's the Sestercentennial and I have a large quantity of red, white, and blue fabric from the thrift and craft reuse stores, I've been hitting the theme HARD. 

Around the World is an easy pattern to do, and I only had to cut new pieces for the round that included 22 different squares. The rest came from the ones I had already cut. 

This is going to the granddaughter of a former neighbor who also used to teach with me! 

Neutral Scraps

I had a number of gray, white, and tan blocks left over from a wedding quilt I did a while back, so added a few other blocks I had leftover. Can you find the teddy bear's nose? It sort of looks like he has sunglasses on. The turquoise had been hard to use, but there was a good yard of it, but I didn't have any backing that matched, and I need to save neutrals for... well, anything I can. 

Hence the surprise orange back, complete with underwear and socks. For when you want other people to think your baby quilt is cool and modern, but when you use it to make a fort, you know how fun the wrong side of the quilt is. 

 

Scrapping It Up!

Used a number of yellow 3.5" blocks that were left over from other projects and used a particularly vibrant red and yellow fabric for blocks, border and backing. 

My design process has always been driven by using whatever I had available, but with no fabric stores around, this has become even more important. When I find fabric that two yards or more, I will buy it, no matter what the color or pattern is!