Charley Harper, Bees, and a Sunflower

 

Last month I finished this quilt that uses Charley Harper designs in the fabric. The quilt pattern is Cincinnati and the Charley Harper fabric is from Birch. This was a kit from Raintree Quilts in Juneau, AK, that my sister-in-law brought when they visited in the spring. Most of these birds can be found in Juneau, not Cincinnati (the picture on the pattern shows Midwest birds).

A week or so ago, I made this block/mini quilt from a pattern by Sara Guerrero of Our Crafty Life. I didn't really want to make a wall hanging so I thought about a pillow, but not being crazy about another pillow cover, I remembered I had this vest just waiting for something to be put on it. Voila! I put a yellow binding along the neckline too. Next up will be decorating the front a bit, but that can wait for now.

At the end of August, I finally got this piece quilted. It's called Bzzz Mini Quilt by Whole Circle Studio. It's partly FPP and partly strip pieced. Glad to have it quilted and hung. I bought her lady bug pattern recently--maybe I'll get it done one of these days...

Now I'm busy working on the Halloween hop that Joan is hosting...excited to see what everyone will make for it!

More finishes

 

Here are a few things I've finished in the past several months.

I'll have to look at more photos to catch up on this blog...

The placemats used the Take Four pattern. I have made a dozen or more sets with this pattern and have taught classes using this pattern several times. This set is a finish from samples I started when I taught it last (a year or 2 ago??). I plan to give them to my niece and nephew as their house in Santa Fe is decorated with these colors.

This is a banner for our Church of the Brethren Illinois/Wisconsin District Conference in November. 

I wasn't planning to make any such thing, but when someone else was asked and had no idea how to proceed, I had to step in. Easy, peasy really. I use an overhead projector and trace the image onto a transparency, then project it on a wall until I reach the size I need. Newsprint is taped to the wall, and I trace the larger image onto the newsprint for my patterns.

The letters were made using my Cricut Maker. :) It still needs to be pressed but that will likely wait until right before the conference. Right now it is rolled up on a swimming noodle for safe keeping.

Looking forward to October and December hops hosted by Joan and Carol S.!!

Some finishes this year

 It's been too long since I've posted. 

Not having any blog hops anymore decreases my incentive to get on this blog....

I do have some finishes to share.

Sarah and her dad

Natalie and Todd

I made table runners for both of our daughters for Christmas using jelly rolls. I don't remember the name of the pattern.

I finished the Santa Fe Trip Tych for which I had bought the patterns from Santa Fe Quilting in January, 2024. It was a block of the month for them some years ago with 13 patterns in all. I love this! (even if I do say so myself). I put it in the Salt Creek Patchmakers Quilt Show last month and won a 3rd place. :)

This is a Suzanne Marshall pattern from one of her books. I started the needle turn applique years ago, made myself finish the applique a year or so ago, and finally quilted it this winter. I wasn't keen on filling in the outside so left it with the straight lines. Perhaps more quilting would eliminate that puckery look...

Pat Sloan's Stringbean quilt pattern--I made some of the blocks in Arizona and finished it after we got home. It uses jelly rolls and I also used some coordinating yardage I had. The jelly roll and yardage are Sandy Gervais designs.

I bought this pattern and fabric at Santa Fe Quilting too. Both table runner patterns are in the pattern. I don't remember the name--I'm not home as I write this so can't look it up. I used ruler work to do all the quilting on these.

This one is called Grand Central. I bought the fabric and pattern 3 or 4 years ago at Threads of Time in Danville during one of our retreats. I put the top together right away and then it sat for a while until I sandwiched it, after which it sat another while. It was time to get it quilted! Now it's done and on our guest bed.

One more--this is called Color Love and it is made using the Sew Kind of Wonderful mini curve ruler. I decided to quilt it with a concentric circle all the way out. It's a wall hanging--about 42 x 42".

I have another quilt top sandwiched and ready to quilt. When I get home, I will get after that one. It uses Tim Holtz fabrics.

Now to end with sweet 3 year old Sydney. She is a delight (so are the other 5 older grands) with so much energy and joy!