Hobbs Batting

It’s a Jungle Blog Hop August

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Joan from Moose Stash Quilting has challenged us with It’s a Jungle blog hop. And today is my day!

The Challenge: Animals, plants, trees…what’s in your jungle?

I have actually lived in the jungle in Venezuela and didn’t want to do a quilt with snakes or tarantulas on it. But, I did travel to South Africa and went on a safari. Although, it was quite different than the jungle I was familiar with, we did see elephants. Oh, how I loved seeing them in the wild!!! Along with the giraffe’s, zebras, springbok, and a zillion other animals!

I’ve made this quilt a few times before and have given them all away (either as baby gifts or donation quilts). I need to have another baby quilt on hand for September baby. I have no idea if it will be a boy or a girl, so I made 2. I know, I could give the green one away to either a boy or a girl, but I had some super cute pink flannel with elephants on it, so that made the decision for the pink one!

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 42″ x 44.5″
  • Fabric: from my stash
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread: #2600, Dove Grey
  • Quilting: All free motion, echoing outside the elephants and stippling within the elephants.

Jungle Blog Hoppers

Make sure you visit all of the blog hoppers! I promise you’ll find lots of jungle goodness and eye candy!

Monday August 19

Tuesday August 20

Wednesday August 21

Thursday August 22

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

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.

A Give Away!

As a Missouri Star Quilt Company Affiliate, I was given the opportunity to receive some Christmas Templates.

And the BEST part: Is that YOU have an opportunity to win a set as well. You have to follow both Missouri Star and myself on Instagram (@quiltinggail and @missouriquiltco). Find my IG post that talks about the templates and leave a comment. I will choose a winner on August 25!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Sunday Summary: August 18

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Is this you? It certainly describes me!

A Give Away!

As a Missouri Star Quilt Company Affiliate, I was given the opportunity to receive some Christmas Templates.

And the BEST part: Is that YOU have an opportunity to win a set as well. You have to follow both Missouri Star and myself on Instagram (@quiltinggail and @missouriquiltco). Find my IG post that talks about the templates and leave a comment. I will choose a winner on August 25!

A Finish!

This has been waiting to be finished for quite a while! This quilt was made with the left-overs from the Lone Star Quilt I made with Island Batik‘s Pin Dot Floral (a signature collection for Megan Best). You can read about that quilt on THIS POST! I didn’t want to do a straight piece in the back, so I used a bunch of the left-overs and made the strip piece in the middle. The quilt was quick and easy to quilt – just a simple stipple.

A Squirrel hit me!

Something new to tempt me!! And it promises to be oh, so pretty!

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

Here’s my first block … isn’t it pretty? It was pretty quick to cut out and fuse onto the background fabrics!

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!

  • January – July:  194 / 212 days
  • August: 18 / 18 days
  • Total: 212/ 238 89 %

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:

  • Island Batik October project. This is a byAnnie bag called “Payday.” I’m making both the Large and Small bags.
  • Fall ’24 mystery quilt. Some progress made
  • 2025 SAHRR. I’ve started …
  • Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender.
  • Twilight Blog Hop – for Create with Claudia – in progress
  • Floral Fusion: work on Block 2 on Monday!

Quilting:

  • “Stash Yardage” I took 2 pieces of stash and sandwiched them.
  • “5 fat quarter” quilt is sandwiched … need to decide how to quilt it!

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 Lone Star- left-overs was finished. It used 5.5 yards of fabric. No shopping this week!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   5.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     146 yards  from non-IB: 57
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              101.5 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. Work on Island Batik October project. in progress
  2. Finish the Fall Mystery Quilt flimsy and writing directions. in progress flimsy almost done!
  3. 2025 SAHRR. get centre block done. √   DONE. 
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender. in progress
  5. Twilight Blog Hop — square up the blocks and web the quilt in progress Blocks are squared … need to figure out the layout and then web them
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! Not Successful. I started the Floral Fusion
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Work on Island Batik October project. Try to finish the Large one.
  2. Finish the Fall Mystery Quilt flimsy and finish writing directions
  3. 2025 SAHRR. get prompt 1 done
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender.
  5. Twilight Blog Hop — web the quilt
  6. Make a decision on the Be Kind blog hop.
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Here’s the links to the “It’s a Jungle” blog hop! Starting Monday!

Monday August 19

Tuesday August 20

Wednesday August 21

Thursday August 22

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

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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Island Batik: Marvelous Mini Challenge

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In the spring, we had company and they commented on my ‘heart’ quilt on the piano. It was April and well past Valentines … call me lazy, but I hadn’t changed it.

I mentioned that I needed to make a mini quilt for a future Island Batik project. Tessa, age 13, suggested that I make one for Thanksgiving. Jokingly, I asked if she wanted to design one for me. She eagerly said, “Yes!” I gave her some graft paper and she went to work drawing up this cute turkey!! Isn’t he sweet? And, although I didn’t time her, she had the drawing done in less than 30 minutes!! Talk about a talented young lady!

Then, we visited my boxes of Island Batik Stash and these are the fabrics she picked!

Here is a list of the fabrics that were labelled:

  • Spots – Green Hunter
  • Dot Orange Cheddar
  • Dots – Brown – from Harvest Night
  • Circle Orange from Celtic Fields
  • Celtic Fields Mini Knot Red
  • Acorn Wheat – from Napa Valley
  • Cheerios – Walnut from Harvest Night
  • Dijon
  • Dark Grey is the border
  • Hexagon – Orange is the binding

The next step was to enlarge the picture, so that I could accurately cut out the pieces. (Note: The enlarged picture has numbers to help me keep the fabrics in order!)

Once all the applique was done, as well as the quilting, I measured the outside to make sure I had enough fabric for the binding. OOPS!!! It measured 24″ x 26.” The maximum size for this mini quilt was to be 24″ x 24″. It was 2″ too long!! I immediately saw where I went wrong. See that strip of mottled orange under the turkey? I had forgotten that it was there. At this point, I had 3 choices:

  • The first was to take off the stitching at the top and shorten it. YUCK. I hated the idea of doing that!
  • The second was to make the whole border 1″ wide instead of 2.” No … I think that would unbalance it.
  • The third was to make another mini quilt and give one of them to Tessa. My sister had suggested that I do this – to thank Tessa for designing it and picking out the fabrics!! This felt like the right decision! However, I didn’t have any more of the background fabric she choose. But, I did have something similar. So, away I went!

And here it is on the piano!

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: Quilt #1: 24″ x 26″ Quilt #2: 24″ x 24″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: (as above)
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • Piecing: 2600: Dove Grey
    • Quilting: Zig Zag applique #4644 (Smoke Blue)
    • Quilting: Stipple #1: #2325. (Linen)
    • Quilting: Stipple #2: 2840 (Loden Green)

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, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron.

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what their Mini Quilts are:

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail

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Sunday Summary: July 28

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I totally agree!!! But I also know that you can’t quilt without the collected fabrics!

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!

I was away for 2 days this week. I cannot sew while we’re driving, so that limits my days this month!

  • Jan – June:  165 / 181 days
  • July: 26 / 28 days
  • Total: 191/ 230 83 %

A Finish

I finished my “Something Smells Fishy” quilt and posted it earlier this week! You can read about it HERE. Yes, Island Batik fabric, Hobbs Batting and Aurifil Thread. The pattern is adapted from a free pattern from Arts East Quilt Company.

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:

  • Island Batik October project. This is a byAnnie bag called “Payday.”
  • Fall ’24 mystery quilt. This is in the beginning stages
  • 2025 SAHRR. I haven’t started, but we have a plan and I’m hoping to get it done early!
  • Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender.

Quilting:

  • “It’s a Jungle” blog hop project

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!

There She Blows used 4 yards of fabric. (see picture above)

No shopping this week!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   4 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     136.5 yards  from non-IB: 56
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              92 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

OK … trying to keep my To Do list short, but there are so many things happening in my studio …

  1. Finish “Something Smells Fishy”. √   DONE. posted HERE.
  2. Finish Island Batik September project. √   DONE
  3. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  4. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish “It’s a Jungle”
  2. Work on Island Batik October project
  3. Work on Fall ’24 mystery quilt.
  4. Make Centre block for 2025 SAHRR.
  5. Work on Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Something Smells Fishy Blog Hop:

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Carol from Just let Me Quilt is the host of this blog hop. Here’s what she had to say:

Challenge: This one is easy! Make something with a fish in the fabric or in the quilt design (applique or pieced fish.)

Well, Carol might have thought this was easy … but I had SEW many ideas, it was hard to choose!

Call it a miracle, or fate, or whatever, but I received a free pattern “There She Blows” from the Art East Quilting Company. It’s a 20″ block and I wanted to make a baby quilt, but didn’t feel like making 4 whales … so I decided to just double the size of all the cutting. Well, it was good in theory, but didn’t always work out … so I had to do a bit of re-calculating. However, the directions are full of tips to make the block easily! And, if you want to make the bigger size, check out their Resizing Cheat Sheet (–> “More” –> “Resources.”)

A little bit about the Art East Quilting Company It is a Canadian 🇨🇦  company, but they ship all over the world. Our guild had them do a zoom presentation and it was wonderful. So if you’re looking for something different and fun, check them out!

When quilting the water, I used both “Turkey” and “Jelly” from Silly Moon. I wanted the waves all different.

Anyhow, this is my “newest baby quilt “There She Blows”! I live on the west coast of Canada, so I had to make my whale an Orca!

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 41″ x 41″
  • Fabric: Island Batik:
    • Sky: Turquoise solid
    • Spray: unlabelled – from my Island Batik scrap bin
    • Whale body: Raven
    • Whale underbody: Drizzle
    • Water: Cerulean from Tantalizing Teals
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • #2600: Piecing
  • Quilting: Variety of dark grey, light grey, blue and light blue.

Other Fishy Bloggers

Visit each of the links below to see the wonderful fishy quilts and projects that have been made!

JULY 22

JULY 23

JULY 24

JULY 25

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

Monday Moments July 15

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Yup!!! Especially at this time of year …

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!

  • Jan – June:  165 / 181 days
  • July: 14 / 14 days
  • Total: 179/ 195 91 %

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:

  • Estrella Bag: something different! A bag … The pattern is available HERE. I found some fleece lined vinyl in my stash and paired it with some quilting cotton, also from my stash. (Picture on the right).
  • Island Batik September project

Quilting:

  • Jam Session … but I can’t show you until the pattern is released.
  • “Something Smells Fishy“

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!

I did finish up 2 Luminous Layer Quilts that used 7.5 yards each!

No shopping this week!

  • Fabric Used in the last 2 weeks :   15 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     131 yards  from non-IB: 53
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              86.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

I’m amazed!!! I guess by keeping my list short, I was able to get things done!

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“. √   DONE
  2. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star. √   DONE
  3. Work on “Something Smells Fishy”. √   DONE
  4. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  5. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish “Something Smells Fishy”
  2. Finish “Estrella bag“
  3. Work on Island Batik September project.
  4. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  5. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Luminous Layers QAL

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OK … I was really really busy when all the instructions came out for this quilt-a-long! I LOVE doing Sandra’s quilt-a-longs (from MMM Quilts) and I just didn’t have time to pull fabric. THIS LINK has all the information and links to each weekly sew-a-long.

Well, fast forward a few weeks and when I started to pull fabrics, I ended up pulling fabrics for not one, but TWO quilts.

#1#2
BackgroundblackBackgroundSwirl Teal Jade- Copper Patina
Fabric AScuba – Tantalizing TealsFabric AUnknown IB fabric (older collection)
Fabric BSlate – Bodacious BlacksFabric BTeal – Floral Wonders
Fabric CMarble Aqua – BlenderFabric CMini Sprigs – Pink – Wild Blooms
Fabric DUnknown IB fabric (older collection)Fabric DSwirl – Multi Purple Green – Copper Patina
Fabric E RainFabric EOrnate Scroll – Neutral – Copper Patina

Progress was slow … but progress happened.

Here are the progress pictures of #1

Here are the progress pictures of #2

Each one finished and the different quilting on each one!

Both together:

Quilt Stats:

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

I was Featured!

Wednesday Wait Loss and Free Motion Mavericks featured my Sly Fox Quilt. You can read about it HERE.

Put your Foot down

featured my St. Paddy’s quilt

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Island Batik Unboxing Video, July 2024

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Twice a year, Island Batik sends the Ambassadors boxes, full of fabric and supplies from industry partners. Here is a slide-show video of what I received this month:

Below is pictures of what I received with details:

First is the fabric from Island Batik:

This is the Surprise package that I will be using for the November challenge. You’ll get to see the fabric then!

There are 12 half-yard cuts of various fabrics that I can use in any of the projects.

Citrine
Paisley Dot Orange (Blender)
Large Netting – Ivy (Blender)
Mushroom		Red – solid
Green – solid
Turquoise – solid
Colbalt – solid		Cherio – Iris
Periwinkle
Cerulean
Bubbles – Raspberry

10″ stack of Floral Fun, paired with Muslin and Seaweed

2 packages of Stash Builder rolls: There are 4, width of fabric strips in each roll.

Black, White and Dark Grey solids, 4 yards of each

I received a 10″ stack of Bodacious Blacks and a 2 1/2″ strip pack of Ravishing Red.

6 yards of Frosting – such a pretty neutral!

This is Poetic Bouquet, designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of the Whimsical Workshop. It is paired with 2 yards of Whip Cream (a neutral) and 2 yards of Bluebonnet-Purple Egg (part of the Poetic Bouquet collection). I will be using this in the September challenge. Descriptions of the Aurfil Thread are below.

Aurifil Thread 40 weight

  • 2745: Midnight
  • Medium Purple
  • Bright Turquoise
  • Light Blue Violet
  • Light Orchid

By ByAnnie supplies. Everything I need for the Payday bags. The fabric is from the Midnight Garden collection: Vines and Sprigs-blue, Medium Floral Multi E and Mini Floral Multi Blue for the linings.

Hobbs Batting is my absolute favourite batting and I am always thrilled to receive it. This time, I received:

  • 80/20 Black batting, Queen Size
  • Tuscany Collection: Unbleached Cotton, Twin Size
  • Fusible Cotton Batting, Queen Size
  • Tuscany Collection: Silk Batting, Throw Size
  • Thermore: Queen Size

A picture of everything that was in the boxes!

Thank you!

Thank you to Island Batik and Industry Partners: Hobbs Batting, Aurifil Thread and ByAnnie bags.

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what they received in their boxes:

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary July … 7

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LOL!!! I certainly like to sew each day, but not for 12 hours! LOL!!!

Monthly Colour Challenge

July’s colour is Silver!!! Here is my July block. 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. 

Here’s all my blocks to date:

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!

  • Jan – May:  143 / 152 days
  • June: 22 / 30
  • Total: 165/ 191 86%

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:

  • Jam Session … but I can’t show you until the pattern is released.
  • “Something Smells Fishy” … you’ll see this later in July!
  • “Lone Star Left-overs” piece back
  • “5 fat quarter quilt“

Quilting:

  • Quilting “Gardenia“
  • Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). Sandwich once back is pieced

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!

This past week, I posted my Forest Friend quilt. It used 4.5 yards of fabric. You can read about it HERE.

I did buy 1.5 yards of backing for a quilt.

  • Fabric Used in the last 2 weeks :   4.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     116 yards  from non-IB: 47
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 1.5 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     31 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              85 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  2. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
  3. Quilt Luminous Layers. See HERE. √   DONE
  4. Decide on “Something Smells Fishy” blog hop project √   DONE
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  2. Piece back, Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  3. Work on “Something Smells Fishy”
  4. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  5. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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For the Birds Blog Hop

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Joan, from Moose Stash Quilting is hosting this fun blog hop!

Here’s what she had to say about the hop:

Challenge: Angry birds, crazy birds, whimsical birds, or flying  geese. If it’s a bird, this is their time to show their colors

I had a ton of ideas for this hop, but I decided to finish a UFO. That makes sense, doesn’t it? This quilt is made of panels. The tree in the background are the same in each panel, so that made it easy to mix and match the bird houses and the birds. It takes a bit of pinning to make sure that the tree limbs line up, but I love the end result!

Close up of the Quilting:

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 39″ x 36″
  • Fabric: panel from ??? It was in my stash from years ago.
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread: #6010 (Toast) 40 wt
  • Quilting: Free Motion: outlining birds, bird houses and sashing.

The Bloggers

Make sure you visit the following bloggers for a ton of eye candy … that will be for the birds!

June 17

June 18

June 19

June 20

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Prisms: Blog Hop

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Prisms is a signature collection for Claudia Porter (from Create with Claudia).

This collection is so pretty. When Claudia asked if I’d participate in her blog hop, I said sure. I went to EQ and designed this quilt:

It wasn’t too long and the fabric arrived! I didn’t ask for any background because I wasn’t sure I liked the white with it. Once the fabric arrived, I auditioned several different lights and I found that Linen, a soft yellow was perfect!

This quilt was paper pieced! What was I thinking??? At least I can do it without sewing on the paper and therefore I can sew other projects at the same time! My picture was heavily marked as I needed to keep track of which colour went in which location. And the design wall helped a lot!

The backing is one of Island Batik’s Blenders called Dandelion Daffodil! So bright and cheerful!

A close-up of the quilting and the. back of the quilt with the sun shining on the front.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 40″ x 40″
  • Fabric: Island Batik Prisms collection
  • Designed in EQ8
  • Technique: paper pieced
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread
    • piecing #2600 (dove grey)
    • quilting #2000 (light sand)
  • Quilting Rulers: Silly Moon Charming & Rocket

The Blog Hoppers

Make sure you visit each of the bloggers below and see what they created with the Prisms collection:

I taught myself something new!

I had forgotten to order enough fabric for the binding, so I thought I’d try doing a self binding. I am rarely successful when doing this, as I tend to slice a bit of the backing. Even when I’m careful. However, this time, I had this brain wave, after pinning the backing out of the way, “Cut 1/8” away from the finished top.” It worked!!! I was so happy!

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

St. Paddy’s

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Fellow Island Batik ambassador, Denise Looney, offered a free sew-a-long to her St. Paddy’s quilt. Each week was free, and then you had to purchase it for a small amount. You can get the pattern on her blog “A Quiltery.”

I used a variety of Island Batik greens from the “Sandalwood” collection. “Ice” was the background fabric. The pattern is paper pieced. It’s a fairly simple pattern, but it took me AGES to make all the blocks. (And yes, I was working on 2 other quilts at the same time!). Unfortunately, I only took this one progress picture.

I decided to only do the centre medallion because I wanted it for a topper on my piano. I’m really impressed with how pretty it is!!! Thank you, Denise!

  • Fabric: Island Batik: various fabrics from the Sandalwood collection and “Ice.” Binding is “Seaweed.”
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • Piecing & Quilting: Aurifil #2600 (Dove Grey)
  • Quilting: Straight line, walking foot.

TGIFF

Here’s the link for you to show us your FINISH this week:

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Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Monday Moments: June 10

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My triathlons last ALL week!!! LOL!!!

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!

  • Jan – May:  143 / 152 days
  • June: 9 / 9
  • Total: 152/ 161 94%

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:

  • Just a leaders & enders … nothing major, at the moment!
  • Jam Session … if I get the pieces cut out!

Quilting: to do… the list is getting shorter!

  • Quilting “Gardenia“
  • Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). I need to figure out the backing and then quilt it.
  • Luminous Layers #1 & #2 a quilt-a-long from MMM quilts (see HERE for details and links to instructions)

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!

I finished my June Island Batik project!!! You can read about it HERE. This quilt used 11.5 yards of fabric!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   11.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2023:     95.5 yards  from non-IB: 40.5
  • Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     21.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              74 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  2. Finish IB June project. √   DONE. and posted HERE.
  3. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
  4. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE. √   DONE.
  5. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE. √   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. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  2. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  3. Quilt Luminous Layers. See HERE.
  4. Decide on “Something Smells Fishy” blog hop project
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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June: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

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Quilts Across America is the “Create for a Cause” for Island Batik’s June challenge. Here’s some info:

Quilts Across America is a program that relies on the generosity of quilters everywhere to provide a quilt with each bed that is delivered. Quilters can partner together or sew on their own to make and donate quilts throughout the year. Each year the month of July is designated as the Quilts Across America month. Quilts Across America was initiated by Studio 180 Design and Tucker University in July 2023. Help make this the largest quilting event in America and complete the process of getting kids, “Off the floor, Into a Bed, and Under a Quilt. 

I received the Tucker Trimmer I tool and a magic wand from Studio 180 Designs in my Island Batik box. As I searched for a pattern, Hocus Pocus came up and I knew what I was going to make! The pattern is free: HERE. And, if you like video tutorials, there is one HERE.

In my January Island Batik box, I also received a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Squiggles, Dots and Lines.” Since it is a signature collection for Deb Tucker, Studio 180 Designs, I thought it would be perfect for this quilt! Pair it with “Bluebelle” and I had a great start!

I made most of the top while at a retreat in early April (at Over the Rainbow). It was great to have opinions on which block layout I should use. I had 4 blocks done and laid out on the design board one night before I went to bed. When I got up in the morning, the blocks had been rearranged (thanks, Lynne!) and I went with the “new” layout! And yes, the retreat centre had a pink Oliso iron!

Here is the quilt and it’s Daphne (my grand-dog) approved!

A close-up of the quilting: 1.5″ circles and random straight lines.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 60″ x 75″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Squiggles, Dots and Lines” and the light fabric is “Bluebelle.” The outside border and the binding is “Midnight Blue” (part of the Brilliant Blues collection).
  • Tools used: Studio 180 Designs: Magic Wand and Tucker Trimmer
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread: Piecing and Quilting #2600 (Dove Grey)
  • Quilting: I used Silly Moon rulers: Cheesie (1.5″) and Rocket

This quilt will be on it’s way to California tomorrow!!

A Give-away!

I received the small Tucker Trimmer from Studio 180 Designs. I already have the Tucker Trimmer III, so I’m giving away the Tucker Trimmer I. If you would like this tool, leave a comment below and I’ll choose a winner by random number generator.

Thank you

Disclosure: The fabrics, batting, thread, needles and the iron were generously supplied by the following companies: Thank you, Island Batik,  Aurifil Thread,  Hobbs Batting,  Schmetz Needles, Oliso  Studio 180 Designs

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit each of the following Ambassadors to see the quilts that they have created for this challenge! Many different tools will be used.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Monday Moments: June 3

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I think I need to put this up on the door of my sewing studio!

Monthly Colour Challenge

June’s colour is Raspberry!!! Here is my June block. Visit Jen at Patterns by Jen to get your free pattern for this month. It’s free for the month and then you’ll need to pay a small fee for it.

I’m using Island Batik fabrics for my blocks. 

Doesn’t raspberry make your mouth water with it’s yummy goodness?

And a picture of all my 2024 blocks to date.

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!

  • Jan – May:  143 / 152 days
  • June: 2 / 2
  • Total: 145 / 154 94%

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:

  • Just a few leaders & enders … nothing major, at the moment!

Quilting: to do … a long list, but it’ll get done, one stitch at a time!

  • Island Batik June project using a 10″ stack of Deb Tucker’s fabric line, Squiggles, Dots and Lines and the Tucker Trimmer ruler.
  • Quilting “Gardenia“
  • Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). I need to figure out the backing and then quilt it.
  • Luminous Layers a quilt-a-long from MMM quilts (see HERE for details and links to instructions)
  • St Paddy’s Quilt. A sew-along by Denise of A Quiltery. see (HERE)

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!

I finished the Half & Half Mystery by Canuck Quilter It used 6.5 yards of fabric. You can read all about it HERE.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   6.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2023:     84 yards  from non-IB: 36.5
  • Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     21.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              62.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  2. Finish Prisms blog hop project √   DONE. You’ll see it in June!
  3. Finish IB June project not done. top is done, just waiting for further direction
  4. Finish IB FW Catalogue √   DONE need to get it ready to ship to California
  5. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
  6. Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt √   DONE.
  7. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE. √   DONE.
  8. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE. √   DONE.
  9. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  10. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  2. Finish IB June project
  3. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  4. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE.
  5. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Half and Half Mystery: solved

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Earlier this year, Joanne, of Canuck Quilter offered a free mystery quilt. I couldn’t resist! She offered 3 different sizes and I chose to make the baby size. Although she had a parade of finished quilts (see HERE), I missed the deadline. But I’m here to show you mine now!

Here are the progress pictures:

And the finished quilt:

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 36″ x 48″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Constellations” and the light fabric is “Fondant.” “Blueberry” is the blue border. Binding is “Marble Storm” from Blenders 
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread,: #2600 (Dove Grey) piecing and quilting, #2785 (Very Dark Navy) for the binding
  • Quilting: simple meander all over

I used my Oliso iron each step of the way!

Favourite Finish of the Month

Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl hosts a “Favourite Finish” each month. My favourite finish is (again) hard to choose. My Island Batik paper pieced tree skirt (see THIS POST) or my Half and Half mystery. Which one is your favourite?

I was Featured!

Andrée from Quilting & Learning – What a combo! and Denise from A Quiltery both featured different quilts on their websites!

I still have 5 New Starts to finish and 5 UFOs … Working on them slowly!

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Sunday Summary: May 26

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Oh DEAR!!! This is a HAZARD to be beginning projects and not finishing them!!! (Updated for this post)

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!

  • Jan – Apr:  124 / 134 days
  • May 1 – 26: 25 / 26 days
  • Total: 121 / 132 91%

Design Wall Mondays

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

Need to update:

Piecing projects:

  • Luminous Layers a quilt-a-long from MMM quilts (see HERE for details and links to instructions)
  • St Paddy’s Quilt. A sew-along by Denise of A Quiltery. see (HERE).

Quilting: to do … a long list, but it’ll get done, one stitch at a time!

  • Prisms Blog Hop (a secret for now!)
  • Island Batik June project using a 10″ stack of Deb Tucker’s fabric line, Squiggles, Dots and Lines and the Tucker Trimmer ruler. (top is done, just waiting to find out final details from Island Batik, then I’ll pick a backing and get started on quilting it!)
  • Island Batik FW Catalogue quilt using a brand new line: Petal Poetry
  • Canuck Quilter: Mystery Project. I’m using a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Constellations” and the light fabric is “Fondant.” Borders are on … need to pick a backing ….
  • Quilting “Gardenia“
  • Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). I need to figure out the backing and then quilt it.

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!

I finished the On the Road Again blog Hop Challenge: this fun quilt used 5 yards of fabric. You can read all about it HERE.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2023:     77.5 yards  from non-IB: 33.5
  • Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     21.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              56 yards

To Do

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

I have a bit of progress on many things … but nothing completed …

To Do from the last report:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  2. Finish “On the Road Again” block hop project – DONE and posted HERE.
  3. Finish Prisms blog hop project – top done, ready for quilting in progress
  4. Finish IB June project – top done, ready for quilting in progress
  5. Finish IB FW Catalogue project – top done, ready for quilting in progress
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  7. Sandwich and Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt in progress
  8. Pull fabric for Luminous Layers. See HERE. DONE
  9. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE in progress
  10. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  11. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  2. Finish Prisms blog hop project
  3. Finish IB June project
  4. Quilt & bind IB FW Catalogue project
  5. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  6. Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt
  7. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE.
  8. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE
  9. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  10. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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On The Road Again Blog Hop May

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Carol, from Just let me Quilt, is hosting “On the Road Again” blog hop. Here’s what she had to say about the blog hop:

Challenge: May starts the summer of travel so where would you like to go?
Make something showing transportation vehicles (cars, planes, buses, etc.), summer fun, or a place you’d like to travel to.

I was debating and mulling over what to do for this challenge. I’d have one excellent idea, and then a day later, I’d throw it out. Another idea, and another day and ‘nope’ it’s not going to work. Silly cars?? planes?? Sailboats?? Mountains?? the beach?? SIGH!!! Such a fun theme, how can it be so difficult?

THEN … along came a post from Sew Can She … and I knew it was perfect for what I wanted! Rockets and Stars!! You can find the pattern HERE.

Now, I do not have any dreams to be in a rocket or to circle the earth or to go to the space station. Nope, not a single one. But, I’m almost 100% positive that the little boy that gets this quilt will at some time, dream of being an astronaut!

I made a few changes to the original pattern. I decided to do the stars in a different colour than the rocket blasts and I added a strip of sashing between the rows. And, when I was quilting it, I wish I had added one at the top and bottom as well.

Here’s a close-up picture of the quilting and a picture of the back:

Quilt Stats:

  • Pattern: Starship by SewCanShe
  • Size: 45″ x 48″.
  • Fabrics: Island Batik
    • Rockets: Slate
    • rocket blasts: an unknown red IB that I bought …
    • Background: BE 34-E1
    • Stars: Meadow Grass Yellow from the Wild Blooms collection
  • Thread: Aurifil #2600 Dove Grey (piecing and quilting)
  • Batting: Heirloom Hobbs 80/20
  • Quilting: Silly Moon Rocket & Twinkle (B) and free motion

Bloggers

Here’s a list of all the bloggers that are participating in “On the Road Again” blog hop:

MAY 20

MAY 21

MAY 22

MAY 23

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Monday Moments: May 20

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An online friend sent me this picture! I love taking vitamins and these look so good! I think I’ll switch to this brand!

She also said, “I think it’s great if you’re looking for colour combos.” Ioleen has lots of IG posts and does very well with colour … you can follow her @ioleen.kimmel

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!

  • Jan – Apr:  124 / 134 days
  • May 1 – 19: 18/ 19 days
  • Total: 114 / 125 91%

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:

  • Prisms Blog Hop (a secret for now!)
  • Island Batik June project using a 10″ stack of Deb Tucker’s fabric line, Squiggles, Dots and Lines and the Tucker Trimmer ruler.
  • St Paddy’s Quilt. A sew-along by Denise of A Quiltery. see (HERE).
  • Island Batik FW Catalogue quilt using a brand new line: Petal Poetry

Quilting: to do

  • On the Road Again, blog hop
  • Canuck Quilter: Mystery Project. I’m using a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Constellations” and the light fabric is “Fondant.” Borders are on … need to pick a backing ….
  • Quilting “Gardenia“
  • Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). I need to figure out the backing and then quilt it.

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!

I finished the May Island Batik challenge: this lovely tree skirt. It used 10 yards of fabric. You can read all about it HERE.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   10 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2023:     72.5 yards  from non-IB: 31.5
  • Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     21.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              51 yards

To Do

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

I have a bit of progress on many things … but nothing completed …

To Do from the last report:

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
  2. Make on “On the Road Again” block hop project – it’s due on the 22nd! in progress It’s almost done!
  3. Finish Prisms blog hop project in progress
  4. Finish IB June project in progress
  5. Finish IB FW Catalogue project in progress
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
  7. Sandwich and Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt in progress
  8. Pull fabric for Luminous Layers. See HERE. not done.
  9. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE in progress
  10. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
  11. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week: I know I’m dreaming, but this is my list for the next week!

  1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
  2. Finish “On the Road Again” block hop project
  3. Finish Prisms blog hop project
  4. Finish IB June project
  5. Finish IB FW Catalogue project
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
  7. Sandwich and Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt
  8. Pull fabric for Luminous Layers. See HERE.
  9. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE
  10. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  11. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Island Batik Blog Hop: Week 3

For the second giveaway there are two Fat Quarter bundles of complete 20-SKU collections by Kathy Engle that will be shown off this week – The Grove and Prisms!

Go to the Island Batik Blog (HERE) and follow the Rafflecopter prompts for your opportunity to win!

May 20:

May 21:

May 22:

May 23:

On the Road Again Blog Hop

Here is the Blog Hop Schedule for this week:

MAY 20

MAY 21

MAY 22

MAY 23

Don’t Forget

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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IB MAY Challenge: Paper Pieced Celebrations

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Here’s what Island Batik had to say about this month’s challenge!

Technique: Paper-piecing
Theme: Holidays and celebrations
Design a paper-pieced quilt that celebrates the spirit of a holiday of your choice, transforming fabric into a visual ode to joy and festivity! We encourage you to get inspired by your assigned Winter ‘23 collection and explore the world of paper piecing. The precision, ease of use, and design flexibility of paper pieced patterns have made them a favored choice among many quilters. We can’t wait to see your stunning paper-pieced masterpieces that capture attention!

My Surprise Package contained “Peppermint Sprinkles.”  This collection was designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of the Whimsical Workshop. Look at those wintery blues and reds! Such a fun line!

With this beautiful fabric collection, it was an obvious choice, to me, for the celebration to be Christmas!

The guidelines were to make a Lap size quilt or larger. I found this tree skirt pattern by Stacey Day: Frosted Pines Tree Skirt. Stacy is from the lower mainland and belongs to the Modern Quilt Guild. (And yes, it’s a FREE pattern)

Anyhow, I knew that it would be perfect with my fabric collection. But, would a 50″ circle tree skirt be adequate to meet the size requirements of a lap quilt? I wrote to Elizabeth (one of our leaders) and asked. She said it would be stretching the guidelines, but thought the fabric was perfect for the tree skirt.

I paper piece without sewing on the paper. I used to do this with regular computer paper and it worked quite well. When talking with a friend via Zoom, she said to try using Freezer Paper and do the exact same thing. The advantage of the Freezer Paper is that the fabric sticks to it and you don’t need to use as many pins. I bought some Freezer Paper and it works great! The Oliso iron is perfect for this!

One of the advantages of paper piecing with this method is that you can use a regular stitch length and can chain piece it. Another advantage is that with no sewing through paper, the needle does not dull as quickly. I still used a Schmetz needle and it lasted for the whole project.

Yes, you’ll see a few pins in my pieces. These pieces are SMALL and they needed just a little help to stay in place.

A few ‘in progess’ pictures! The tree top ornaments, organization of the trees, the Aurifil threads I used and a final pressing with my Oliso iron.

It was fun doing the photo shoot!! Tree skirts do not hang well on the clothesline, so I resorted to placing it on the bricks in the back yard.

We are dog-sitting our ‘grand-dog,’ Daphne, and as soon as I put the tree skirt on the ground, she was on it!!! “Thanks for the comfy quilt, G’ma! It’s nice here in the sun!”

“But why did you have to put something in the middle? That is a poor excuse for a tree!“

“OK … I’ll let the plant stay!”

Of course, in May, there are no Christmas tree displays, and this small tree across the street was the closest I could get to a Christmas tree.

I’m not sure why it didn’t come to a complete circle … I know the piecing was correct and my 1/4″ is bang on … but since it’s a tree skirt, I’m not going to worry about it! That open V can go to the back of the tree. On 2nd thought, perhaps if I had left it as a circle when I went to quilt it, it might have remained a circle? I’ll try that next time!

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 50″ round
  • Hobbs Batting 80/20 is the batting on the inside!
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • Piecing and Quilting: #2021 – Natural White
    • Binding: #1103 – Burgundy
  • Quilting: on my domestic machine
    • Free Motion swirls on the background
    • Outline the trees, using Silly Moon’s Rocket ruler

Peppermint Sprinkles can be found at many quilt stores, but the one closest to me is Creekside Quilts in Oregon. They are an online shop. Also Villa Rosa Designs in California will be carrying it.

Visit my friend, Emily, at The Darling Dogwood to see what she made! She used the same collection, Peppermint Sprinkles! I haven’t seen it, but I heard a rumour that it’s gonna be super cute!

You Could Win …

Island Batik Blog Hop: Week 2

For the second giveaway there are two Fat Quarter bundles of complete 20-SKU collections by Kathy Engle that will be shown off this week – Oasis and Peppermint Sprinkles!

Go to the Island Batik Blog (HERE) and follow the Rafflecopter prompts for your opportunity to win!

This week’s blog hop!

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Thank you!

A huge Thank You to Island Batik and industry partners that provided the fabric and sewing supplies for free.

Disclosure: The fabrics, batting, thread, needles and the iron were generously supplied by the following companies: Thank you, Island Batik,  Aurifil Thread,  Hobbs Batting,  Schmetz Needles, Oliso  

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I will receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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