Month: October 2024

A Little Finish

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Happy Halloween!

A few months ago, I was asked to use some left-over fabric from a quilt I made for an Island Batik catalogue quilt and send the mini to Hobbs batting. They have hung it in their booth at the Houston Quilt Market! It’s probably the only time I’ll have a quilt at the show (ha! ha!)

The collection for this mini is Petal Poetry, a signature collection for Megan Best of Best Quilter. This collection is so very pretty!

I ‘borrowed’ the following pictures from Hobbs Batting as I can’t seem to find one that I took. I find that highly unusual since I ALWAYS take pictures of my finished projects … but I’ve looked several times and can’t find it!

Here's the Mini Quilt I made for Hobbs batting. #islandbatikambassador #islandbatik #iloveislandbatik @aurifil @aurifilthread #aurifil #aurifilthread @SCHMETZneedles #schmetz #schmetzneedles @Oliso @olisohome #olisoconnects #createwitholiso

I used all 20 SKUs in this mini!

Quilt Stats:

Yes, I’m on a Dresden Plate trend … my November Island Batik challenge is to use a Dresden Plate with a another beautiful new line of fabric!

Island Batik Dresden Plate Blog Hop

This hop starts on Monday. Here’s a list of the upcoming blog hop blogs to check out!

November 4: Butterfly Haven

Maryellen McAuliffe @ Mary Mack Made Mine

Lisa Pickering @ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

November 5: Flowing Meadow

Pamela Boatright @PamelaQuilts

Connie Kresin Campbell @ Freemotion by the River

November 6: Flutter Fields

Mania Hatziioannidi @ Mania for quilts

Gail Sheppard You are HERE

November 7: Island Zest

Megan Best @ BestQuilter.

Connie Kauffman @ Kauffman Designs

November 8:

(Island Batik posts: Blog Hop Week 1 Round Up + giveaway)

Week 2:

November 12: Midnight Garden

Kim Jamieson-Hirst @  Chatterbox Quilts

Julia Schweri @ Inflorescence Designs

Lana Russel @ Lana Quilts

November 13: Misty Mornings

Brenda Alburl @ Songbird Designs

Denise Looney @ A Quiltery

November 14: Paradise Palms

Jane Hauprich @ Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting

Jennifer Thomas @ Curlicue Creations

November 15:

(Island Batik: Blog Hop Week 2 Round Up + giveaway)

Week 3:

November 18: Peach Blossom

Susan Deshensky @  Lady Blue Quilts Studio

Preeti Harris @  Sew Preeti Quilts

November 19:

Renee Atkinson @  Pink Tulip Quilting Shadow Blooms

Brittany Fisher @ Bobbin with Brittany

November 20:

Leah Malasky @  Quilted Delights Tropical Bliss

Sarah Pitcher @ Pitcher’s Boutique

Suzy Webster @ Websterquilt Tropical Bliss

November 21:

Emily Leachman @ The Darling Dogwood Turtle Cove

Carol Stanek @ Stitch with Color

November 22:

(Island Batik: End of Week 3 Round Up)

Week 4:

November 25:

Victoria Johnson @ Forever Quilting for You Willow Creek

Sandra Starley @ Textile Time Travels

November 26:

(Island Batik: End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up 

Favourite Finish of October

 Yvonne, @ Quilting Jetgirl, has a link party with the Favourite Finish of the Month. As usual, I find it extremely difficult to choose only ONE favourite!! How can I even begin to choose only ONE??? Well, I can’t! I guess it’s because I generally like everything that I make! Which one is your favourite?

Don’t Forget:

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Jelly Roll Mystery: Clue #4

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This quilt will be 47″ x 57″ when finished.

I used a strip set from Island Batik called “Playful Purples” and Island Batik solid white for the background. If you want to use the same fabric, both the strip set and the solid white is available at Creekside Quilts HERE.

Clue #4

Fall ’24 Mystery Quilt – Clue 4Download

Edit: You will need 124 sections for the quilt. If you can’t get 8 from each strata, you can make a shorter quilt … but it needs to be shorter in groups of 12. For example 112 will work.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: October 27

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Do you have quilts or partial quilts that are waiting to get finished? Just start on one part of it … and gradually, it’ll get done!

A Birthday Finish!

I finished this quilt for my son’s birthday … you can read about it HERE.

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

Since we’re home now, I’ve been able to sew every day!

  • January – September:  245 / 272 days
  • October: 126 / 27 days
  • 28 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 271 / 299 90 %

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #6
  • November Island Batik project

Quilting:

  • Floral Fusion: not started, yet

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:  7 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     183.5 yards  from non-IB: 77
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              138.5 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last report:

A little bit of this and a little bit of that was done, but nothing finished from the list this week.

  1. Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready! in progress
  2. Quilt Floral Fusion NOT DONE
  3. 2025 SAHRR Work on Prompt 5. √   DONE
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind. NOT DONE
  5. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate)Get in progress
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready!
  2. Quilt Floral Fusion
  3. 2025 SAHRR Work on Prompt 6
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind
  5. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate)
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Jelly Roll Mystery Quilt

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Another Finish!

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Back in May, when my son and his partner, Sara, were helping me to set up a booth for Essem Textiles, Carola’s Quilt Shop was setting up sort-of across the way. They saw a quilt she had hanging there and fell in love with it. Later, I went and bought the 5 fat quarters I needed to make the quilt. Here is a picture of the bundles of Tim Holtz fabric: (picture borrowed from Carola’s FB page).

It’s taken me since then to make the quilt and I gifted it to my son for his 42nd birthday – and yes, it was late! (How did my baby boy turn 42???).

Here’s a picture of him (and me and grand-dog) with the quilt:

And a picture of the quilt itself:

The quilting in the blocks used the Silly Moon ruler “Kite” … which broke as I was fighting with it on my little machine with a low shank. I didn’t have the proper ruler for my bigger high shank machine. And simple swirls with variegated thread were quilted in the sashing.

I used a light grey fireside on the back and it shows off the quilting! It’s a nice cozy quilt!

I used Hobbs 80/20 batting and Aurifil thread.

Don’t Forget!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Jelly Roll Mystery: Clue #3

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This quilt will be 47″ x 57″ when finished.

I used a strip set from Island Batik called “Playful Purples” and Island Batik solid white for the background. If you want to use the same fabric, both the strip set and the solid white is available at Creekside Quilts HERE.

Clue #3

Fall ’24 Mystery Jelly roll Clue 3Download

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: October 20

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A Triple Finish!

I made 3 quilts for Create with Claudia’s Twilight blog hop. You can read about them HERE.

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

Since we’re home now, I’ve been able to sew every day!

  • January – September:  245 / 272 days
  • October: 19 / 20 days
  • 28 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 264 / 292 90 %

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #5
  • November Island Batik project

Quilting:

  • Floral Fusion: not started, yet

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:  13.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     176.5 yards  from non-IB: 70
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              131.5 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last report:

A little bit of this and a little bit of that was done, but nothing finished from the list this week.

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready! in progress
  2. Quilt Floral Fusion NOT DONE
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 4 done √   DONE.
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind NOT DONE
  5. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate) in progress
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready!
  2. Quilt Floral Fusion
  3. 2025 SAHRR Work on Prompt 5
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind
  5. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate)
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Jelly Roll Mystery Quilt

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

Linking to:  

Twilight

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Claudia asked if I would be interested in participating in her blog hop featuring her Island Batik signature collection. I love the blues and golds … it’s such a pretty collection! I paired it with Eggwhite, an Island Batik foundation that is available year round.

When I ordered fabric from her, I ordered what EQ8 said I needed. I should know better! It was way more than I needed!! So, out of guilt, I ended up making 3 quilts!

This first one was designed in EQ8 and is paper pieced. I like how the centre blocks go every which way. It measures 51″ x 63.5″

This was quilted with Silly Moon’s Drop 3 and Drop 1 rulers.

This 2nd one was cut with similar measurements in the squares. And they were all cut the same. It didn’t matter which way I oriented the blocks, the centre block looks like it is always in the same orientation. This quilt measures 52″ x 52″.

This one was free motion quilted, attempting to quilt daisies – like in some of the fabrics!

One of the fabrics reminded me of a giraffe. Of course, giraffes do not have blue spots, but I thought it would make a cute quilt. The grass and sky were from my Island Batik stash. The cloud is eggwhite. This quilt is 43″ x 47.”

I won binding chicken when I was binding this quilt!

And here’s a picture of all 3 quilts hanging on the clothesline:

The Blog Hoppers

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Jelly Roll Mystery: Clue #2

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Happy Thanksgiving … I’m posting this clue a day early!

This quilt will be 47″ x 57″ when finished.

I used a strip set from Island Batik called “Playful Purples” and Island Batik solid white for the background. If you want to use the same fabric, both the strip set and the solid white is available at Creekside Quilts HERE.

Clue #2

Fall ’24 Mystery Quilt – jelly roll Clue 2Download

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: October 13

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It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada! 🇨🇦

There’s a LOT of truth in this meme!!

A Finish!

I finished 2 byAnnie bags for October’s Island Batik challenge! I absolutely LOVE them!! You can read about them HERE.

WIPS-B-GONE

Leanne, from Devoted Quilter, is doing a WIPS-B-Gone again this year. I did it last year, and every day I worked on a project AND I cleaned my studio!!! It was great!! By the end of 2 months, I had a LOT of things accomplished and breathing room in my studio! This year … well so far, I’ve been successful with quilting and piecing, but not cleaning!

Obviously, I choose the flowers … Each petal indicates at least 15 minutes. Green is for piecing, Orange is for Quilting and Purple is for cleaning.

Here is the link, if you want to join in the fun. Get your projects finished, clean your studio or whatever you choose to do!

Floral Fusion Blocks

Denise at A Quiltery is doing “Floral Fusion” – a Sew Along with new blocks each Monday. This promises to be beautiful!!! Hurry and get this week’s block while it’s still free! (See HERE).

r blocks all assembled. I’m using a variety of Island Batik scraps. I know that I’m biased, but I think it’s absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you, Denise.

Here is the top completed. I’m auditioning binding … the blue on the left (same as the fence) or the purple on the right (same as the outside of the big purple flower). Which is your favourite?

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

Since we’re home now, I’ve been able to sew every day!

  • January – September:  245 / 272 days
  • October: 13 / 13 days
  • 27 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 258 / 285 90 %

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #4
  • November Island Batik project

Quilting:

  • Floral Fusion

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:  2 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     163 yards  from non-IB: 66.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              118.5 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last report:

A little bit of this and a little bit of that was done, but nothing finished from the list this week.

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready! in progress
  2. Work on Floral Fusion border √   DONE. 
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 4 done in progress
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind NOT DONE
  5. Twilight blog hop project. √   DONE. 
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready!
  2. Quilt Floral Fusion
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 4 done
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind
  5. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate)
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Jelly Roll Mystery Quilt

On Tuesday, October 1, the fabric requirements were posted HERE. Each following week the clues will be published on Tuesdays. I hope you will join this mystery quilt!

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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What’s in Your Bag? Island Batik Challenge

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We are excited to have our great friends from ByAnnie.com feature this month’s challenge!  ByAnnie will generously provided each ambassador with a pattern and all the necessary hardware to make a bag of our choice! We had to choose a pattern that had a supporting Add-On video.

As you can see from the above picture, I chose to make Payday in both sizes. ByAnnie supplied all the hardware and supplies I needed and Island Batik provided the fabric I had chosen.

I started out by reading through the pattern a couple of times. I often will skip this step, but not when making a ByAnnie bag!

The fabrics were all pressed with my Oliso Iron.

My next step was to print out the labels and cut out the fabric, Soft & Stable, and Interfacing. ByAnnie patterns have little boxes that you can check off as you complete each step. This, and the excellent cutting directions make cutting out the pieces easy. Although, I find I do need to measure twice or 3 times before cutting. (don’t ask me why I tell you this! LOL!!!)

Here are the labelled pieces of both bags up on the design wall. Yes, they are all bunched together, so you can’t see the measurements, but after the pictures were taken, they were spread out to make it easy to access the pieces I needed.

With the lining of the Large PayDay the same fabric as the outer of the Small, I didn’t dare try making both of them at the same time!

I got so involved in making the bags that I forgot to take progress pictures! Sorry! However, I did refer to the Add-on video several times to ensure that I was making it correctly!

Here are pictures showing the inside (large on the left, small on the right):

This is the large Payday:

This is the small Payday:

Both bags together on my design wall:

Bag Stats:

  • Size:
    • LARGE: 6″H x 10½”W x 1¼”D when closed,13¼”H x 10½”W when open
    • SMALL: 4¾”H x 9″W x 1¼”D when closed,10¾”H x 9″W when open
  • Fabric: Island Batik: from the Midnight Garden collection
    • Large Bag:
      • Outer: Medium Floral Multi-E
      • Lining: Mini Floral Multi Blue
    • Small Payday:
      • Outer: Mini Floral Multi Blue.
      • Lining: Vines and Sprigs – Blue
  • Aurifil Thread: 2805 (Light Grey Turquoise)

Thank you

The following, Island Batik and Industry partners made this project possible. They supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, ByAnnie, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron.

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what they made for the ByAnnie challenge!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Jelly Roll Mystery: Clue #1

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This quilt will be 47″ x 57″ when finished.

Fabric Requirements can be found HERE.

I used a strip set from Island Batik called “Playful Purples” and Island Batik solid white for the background. If you want to use the same fabric, both the strip set and the solid white is available at Creekside Quilts HERE.

Clue #1

NOTE: Background fabric is updated to 3 yards! Document below is correct!

Fall ’24 Mystery Quilt – jelly roll Clue 1Download

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary: October 6

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I know it’s just the last day of the weekend, but I think this is true each and every day!!

I had a finish this week: It’s Jam Session. A pattern by Brenda at Songbird Designs. You can read about it HERE:

Monthly Colour Challenge

October’s colour is Black and Grey. Visit Jen at Patterns by Jen to get your free pattern for this month. It’s free for the month and after that you’ll need to pay a small fee for it.

I’m using Island Batik fabrics for my blocks. I am obviously rebelling and using pink! My sashing and border are black and grey, so I wanted this block to be different.

Here’s all my blocks to date:

WIPS-B-GONE

Leanne, from Devoted Quilter, is doing a WIPS-B-Gone again this year. I did it last year, and every day I worked on a project AND I cleaned my studio!!! It was great!! By the end of 2 months, I had a LOT of things accomplished and breathing room in my studio!

Obviously, I choose the flowers … Each petal indicates at least 15 minutes. Green is for piecing, Orange is for Quilting and Purple is for cleaning.

Here is the link, if you want to join in the fun. Get your projects finished, clean your studio or whatever you choose to do!

Here’s a picture of my clean cutting table: Yes, I know that I need to tidy up the bulletin board above the cutting table.

Floral Fusion Blocks

Denise at A Quiltery is doing “Floral Fusion” – a Sew Along with new blocks each Monday. This promises to be beautiful!!! Hurry and get this week’s block while it’s still free! (See HERE).

Here is a picture of my flower blocks all assembled. I’m using a variety of Island Batik scraps. I know that I’m biased, but I think it’s absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you, Denise.

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

Since we’re home now, I’ve been able to sew every day!

  • January – September:  245 / 272 days
  • October: 6 / 6 days
  • 27 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 251 / 278 90 %

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

  • Work on Floral Fusion border
  • Twilight blog hop project
  • SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #3

Quilting:

  • “5 fat quarter” quilt is partially quilted.

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

The Jam Session quilt used about 8 yards of fabric. No shopping, no fabric purchases.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   8 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     161 yards  from non-IB: 66.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              116.5 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last report:

A little bit of this and a little bit of that was done, but nothing finished from the list this week.

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery blog post ready! √   DONE. 
  2. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks √   DONE. 
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 3 done √   DONE. 
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind. NOT DONE
  5. Twilight blog hop project. in progress
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery next clue & blog post ready!
  2. Work on Floral Fusion border
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 4 done
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind
  5. Twilight blog hop project
  6. Work on Island Batik November project (Dresden Plate)
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Jelly Roll Mystery Quilt

On Tuesday, October 1, the fabric requirements were posted HERE. Each following week the clues will be published on Tuesdays. I hope you will join this mystery quilt!

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

Linking to:  

Jam Session

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A friend of mine, Brenda Alburl, from Songbird Designs, asked if I would test a quilt for her. I LOVE her designs and eagerly said “yes.” Here is the quilt:

I had full intention of making the full sized quilt, but stuff happened. I had a fat quarter bundle of cute fabric that had languished in my stash for many years. It was called Sew Catty and came out in 2011. Time to use it up! I made the first block at a retreat.

When life got a little less chaotic, I started to make more blocks. I was positive I had enough background fabric from my stash for it! But, alas, I realized that I did not have enough for the entire quilt. And, of course, there was nothing in my stash that was close to it. So, I decided that I would just make 12 blocks and call it done.

It was a fun quilt to quilt. I used Silly Moon‘s smallest Cupid ruler for the hearts, swirls in the coloured portions of the blocks and simple meandering in the background, except for the borders where I repeated the swirls. I used left-overs from the blocks to make the scrappy binding.

Once the quilt was finished, including the label, I discovered more of the background fabric!! It had fallen between my table and one of my travelling machines. Oh well, those extra fat quarters are now in the fat quarter container.

Thank you to Brenda for having me test this pattern. The directions are very clear. Visit Songbird Designs if you wish to purchase the pattern!!

NOTE: today, as I’m getting ready to publish this blog post, I realize that 2 of the blocks are in wrong!! Oh well, they are going to stay that way!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Jelly Roll Mystery!

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This quilt will be 47″ x 57″ when finished.

Fabric Requirements

I used a strip set from Island Batik called “Playful Purples” and Island Batik solid white for the background. If you want to use the same fabric, both the strip set and the solid white is available at Creekside Quilts HERE.

  • 3 yards of background. It should contrast with the jelly roll. NOTE: amount updated!
  • 1 jelly roll (strip set, from Island Batik)
    • Strip-pies” or “Strippies” from Benartex
    • “Strip Roll” from QT Fabrics
    • Stripz and Spirals from an unnamed brand
    • Design Rolls are from Free Spirit Fabrics
    • Roll Ups from Robert Kaufman
    • Pops or Bali Pops are from Hoffman Fabrics
    • Rollie Pollie from Riley Blake

For the purpose of this mystery quilt, I will be calling it a “Jelly Roll.”

Next week, I will provide you with a PDF of the Fabric Requirements and Clue #1. The following weeks will be PDFs. I’m not totally sure, but there will be 6 or 7 clues …

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail