Quilty Things

There are lots of quilted things on the page called HOMEY THINGS. Go take a look for pillows, aprons bowls cozies and all sorts.

The Bird Quilt… hanging by the bird feeder for a visit

I can’t believe it’s taken this long for me to post. But better late than never. Maybe I wanted COVID to be gone first, but that’s not going to happen anytime soon, is it? So here is the whole story on the birds. It was all because of the pandemic. Which, by the way, and I hate to have to say this, I didn’t mind all that much. Why? Because deep down, I’m an introverted home body and I love my home and my sewing/playroom/workshop. So I am never bored and therefore always happy. During the pandemic I learned to love my backyard birds. Well, I should say I always loved them, but just paid more attention to them. A lot more. I got a telescope that year, just a small one and was able to see them up close right from my lounger in the Muscoka room. Binoculalrs were ok too, but with the scope I could attache my iphone and snap some photos. Quite cool. Anyway, I began to keep track of my pandemic birds, in my Peterson book. Then, as is natural, I began to think of how I could capture the birds forever in a quilted project. Shiny Happy World, one of my most favourite sites for fun patterns of all sorts, presented me with the basis for this one. Wendy is a brilliant designer. She put together a catalogue of bird body parts for 100 birds of North America’s east cost. I bought the book and was away to the races. I took my time (I had lots of it) and worked away to create 20 quilt blocks representing our own back yard birds, including some baby mourning doves who were hatched on our front porch, just 2 of many born at our house.

And a few more quilty things from the past year (or so.)

I saw this pattern at a local quilt store and couldn’t resist. It’s called Diamond Dust (a Lella Boutique pattern) The smallest squares are just an inch. I made my own piano key type border. It’s just lap size; about 60″ square. I love the summery, airy feel it has, while retaining its snuggle factor. I used a stipple stitch to quilt it. I do all my own quilting on just my regular Bernina machine but with its BSR (stitch regulator) which let me zoom around in free motion.

Just for me, a quilt made with Lori Holt blocks. Her books are fabulous

Barnyard animal friends for a special new baby

I so love the bookshelf pattern by Annie. I’ve made 3 with modifications. It’s the personalization I love most. This one I created for Mark and me and tells the story of our lives with personal touches that only we would understand. Like how the clock is set to 4:44. Check out the book titles. The Life of Buddy. Sigh. Our sweet cat died just at the start of the Pandemic. Dreaming of Cornwall…. a wish that came true. 🙂 And a bunch others. The bookshelf now lives now on our hot tub.

Pete pillows here, base fabric is a lovely batik, on point design and lightly quilted

Meanwhile… Mark gets his own quilt.

This doesn’t really need explaining, does it? But look for Buddy and Shadow on this. They aren’t really part of gardening and food, except for the love part.

The Peg Quilt

My very best work, in memory of my best friend Peg who died of Ovarian Cancer in 2019. She loved flowers and this pattern from Shiny Happy World seemed fitting. The technique is turned appliqué. I gave it to her husband Pete who made a quilt rack for it and it now rests in his living room. There are tears on this fabric.

Sandra Quilt

This one was a gift to my sister-like friend Sandra for her birthday. Like me, still is still grieving for Peg, so those memories are built into the blocks. Each block has special meaning for Sandra. Pst of the block patterns are from Lori Holt’s ‘Farm Girl Vintage’ book

The Stained Glass Quilt

I’ve had this pattern for a long time and now (dead of winter 2017) seems the perfect time to put it together…. pattern from Craftsy.com ca.. Stained Glass Quilt by Bob. thanks Bob!

It is made of beautiful Batiks with black cotton sashing and backed in flannel. I used mostly black thread for SITD quitting on all the sashing (a real pain, but walking foot helped) and created and used a flower template for some free motion flowers in the big squares. Shadow approves and that’s all that matters.

The House Quilt

My very first quilt… Houses. It was a bit ambitious for a first try, but it worked out just fine. I stippled it on my Bernina with it’s BSR foot… I never get tired of using it.

Look at that beautiful fall day! My favourite time of the year.

and the back of it… a patched effort with the leftover fabric. You can see I really didn’t know what I was doing, but I realized perfection doesn’t matter all that much. 🙂

Woodland Creatures Quilt and Wall-hanging

This Woodland Creatures Quilt is from Shiny Happy World’s pattern and it when to live with twin babies for Christmas… they live in the woods with all these real animals, so kudos to their mom for decorating appropriately! 🙂

Cat approval process

My first Scrappy Quilt for colour practice

Minecraft: it had to happen sooner or later. This is a gift for my friend Ben who loves both Minecraft and sewing. It’s also my first rag quilt, a fun, albeit messy, project.

The runaway quilt block… And look how happy he is!

A raggedy birthday quilt for Noah

Memory quilt for Meg

The Hug a Bug quilt for Cali

And a quilt for Steph…. Jelly roll fun

And a free style applique lap quilt for my mom

From my house to Ben’s geocaching wall hanging 😍

Lullaby babies

A birthday present for my friend Jenn (Jenn… Don’t look; it’s not your birthday yet)

And for Peg… To cheer her just after her diagnosis. She always loved Maxine’s humour, so I thought it might help her cope with all that was about to happen. I gave it to her in time for her first surgery.