Sunlit Garden Blog Hop

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Way back in early December, Jennifer asked if I’d be interested in participating in a blog hop in early March. One look at this BEAUTIFUL fabric collection and I knew I HAD to say “YES!”

I went to EQ8 and started designing … all these pretty fabrics will make a very pretty quilt!

Unfortunately, I enjoyed sewing this quilt together so much that I forgot to take many progress pictures! Here are the blocks on my design wall:

A Close-up of the quilting:

The finished quilt:

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 44″ x 58″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: “Sunlit Garden” by Jerry Khiev for Jennifer Thomas, paired with Eggwhite (an Island Batik neutral that is available all the time)
  • Hobbs Batting: Heirloom Natural 100% cotton
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
    • Quilting: #2835 (Medium Mint)
  • Silly Moon Rulers: Rocket, Beanie, and Cheesie
  • Oliso Iron

Here is the schedule for the Sunlit Garden blog hop, beginning on March 3rd and going through March 9th.  

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Meadow Hues

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When Claudia asked if I would make something with her signature fabric, I could not resist the opportunity to work with gorgeous fabric collection, and immediately said “yes.” I downloaded the fabric images into EQ8 and played with the fabrics and several different blocks. I used “Almond” for the background. This was the result:

Here’s a close-up of one of the quilted blocks and the back of one block in the sunshine! The backing is “Lavender” (part of the Island Batik “Playful Purples” collection). I used Silly Moon‘s “Rocket” to outline the chain and star blocks and the 3″ Beanie in the centre of the stars. The background was filled in with swirls.

And a picture of the finished quilt:

Quilt Stats:

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 

Sunday Summary March 2

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Someone asked me how many sewing machines I have! I have several … In my studio are:

  • Janome M7 for quilting
  • Janome 8900 for piecing
  • Janome Pro 4DX (serger)
  • Janome embroidery machine (500E)

In travelling totes:

  • a Janome 4120
  • a Singer featherweight

In the basement:

  • a hand-crank

SAHRR is almost done!

I will not be having a separate SAHRR post on March 3, but I thought I’d show you the results of participants that do not blog or have IG:

  • Carolyn said, ” I made a “checker” strip (1st initial of my name). Ready to quilt.”
  • Katie said, “I combined the last 2 prompts for my next border–quarter log cabins in the corners, and the kites in the center all finishing at 2″, so my top is now 20″ square.  I think I’ll bind it with the darker brown.”
  • Robin
  • Judy said, “Top is finished – ready to sandwich”
  • Jacomina said “I would never have sewn anything like this if it was not for the prompts.  But at least the remnant from the center block is repeated”

Come back on March 24th for the Final Parade!

A Favourite Finish for February

Yvonne @ Quilting Jetgirl hosts a monthly Favourite Finish. You can read about this Island Batik (Lumin) challenge featuring Studio 180 tool and the Radiant Burst collection HERE.

I did have several finishes in February, but I can’t show you until later in March or April or … Trust me, when I can show you, I will!

A Winner

A random winner was chosen for the fabric draw… C. will receive the fabric later this month! I’m 100% positive that she will enjoy using this beautiful “Radiant Burst” Island Batik fabric! (This is from 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!

  • January – February: 58 / 59 days
  • March: 2 / 2 days
  • Total: 60 / 61 98 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: Making blocks with 2 1/2” squares … Picture below … still have several 16 patch blocks to make and then add sashing around the 4 patch blocks … this will make a decent sized comfort quilt. (All the squares are from my Island Batik stash!)
  • IB April Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!
  • Yellow – I’ll be cutting up my scraps for something … I don’t know what, yet!

Quilting projects:

  • 2 Blue Charm Star quilts – the borders are from Stash Builder rolls! No yardage cut for either of these quilts … well, except for the solid white background fabric! But, it’s all Island Batik fabric!
  • Quilt Guild Hospice Quilt – the blocks were made by guild members and I believe Regina pieced them together.

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!

No changes in numbers this week because I can’t show you my finishes yet! 😁

  • Fabric used in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     10.5 yards. {3 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              10.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. Sandwich and Quilt Blue charm star quilts. XX NOT DONE XX
  2. Get Blue 2 1/2” squares to flimsy stage XX NOT DONE XX
  3. IB March Project: Finish: Quilt & Bind. √   DONE
  4. Sandwich and Quilt Guild Hospice Quilt in progress. Quilt sandwiched
  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. Sandwich & Quilt Blue charm star quilts.
  2. Get Blue 2 1/2” squares to flimsy stage
  3. Quilt Guild Hospice Quilt
  4. IB April Project: get to flimsy stage
  5. Cut up Yellow scraps and decide what to make … or I should probably decide first, before I cut! 😉
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

2 Blog Hops this Week

I’m participating in TWO blog hops this week. That’s correct 2! I urge you all to follow along as with these gorgeous fabric collections, the hops promise to be full of beautiful eye candy!

Meadow Hues

The first one, Meadow Hues starts today!! I’ll be posting tomorrow with my quilt!

Here’s the Meadow Hues schedule:

Sunlit Garden

The 2nd one is: Sunlit Garden and starts on Monday. I’ll be posting my quilt on Thursday!

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #6

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Emily chose to end with the same letter that she started with … she’s doing a kite block. I was going to go with “G” and do more geese blocks, but it just didn’t want to come together nicely. So, I opted for a ‘kite’ block. I used the Accuquilt dies #14 and #15 in the Qube 8 Companion set. I forgot to take a picture at this stage, so you have one picture that is quilted and the 2nd one has the binding on. In the 2nd picture, you can see how the kite’s changed direction in the middle. This quilt is HUGE!!! It’s

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white. Although, I ran out of blues for the kites and had to dig into my Island Batik blue scraps!

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Emily’s blog: The Darling Dogwood

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Round #6

  • Here’s Fauntie’s with the slash squares and the stars in the same round!
  • Robin’s going to put her quarter logs on the top and bottom.
  • Looks like Judy is going to do the same!
  • Carolyn’s blocks may stay as the bottom row of the quilt. She’s waiting to see what this week’s prompt is!
  • Jacomina sent 2 pictures and said, “Not yet sure how these block will all get used but at least I got to use my fun fabric with chairs and Vespas to offset the flower fabric from the church’s now defunct quilting group. “

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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 

Sunday Summary: February 23

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Isn’t this the truth? I have a friend who could never find her seam ripper. So, she bought a pack of 3. Now, she says, “I’m looking for one of my 4 seam rippers!” 😁

SAHRR is in progress!

Tomorrow is Round #6 hosted by Emily at The Darling Dogwood Here’s where you can find each of my rounds, along with links to the co-hosts!

A Finish from Last Week

Last week, for the Island Batik “Runner Up” Blog Hop, I posted about my runner. You can read about it HERE. I thoroughly enjoyed making this runner! Using a Studio 180 tool and following directions made for almost perfect points. I say “almost” because I’m not perfect!

And the day before my post went live, I showed the runner at the Boundary Bay Guild meeting. (Photo credit: Irene Hamilton). Our speaker was Julie Plotniko, who spoke about ‘Precision Piecing.’ I am definitely NOT a Precision piecer, but using the Studio 180 tool (Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star), my runner was pretty close to being precision pieced! (Thanks to the 2 gals on the stage who held the quilts!)

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: 31 / 31 days
  • February: 23 / 23 days
  • Total: 54/ 54 100 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: Making blocks with 2 1/2” squares … Blue is the colour for February for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge
  • IB April Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • IB March Project
  • 2 Blue Charm Star quilts

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 Island Batik “Runner Up” project! Also, I gave away a huge bag of scraps to a friend. I didn’t measure the amount, so I can’t include it, but it was fun to give her a bag of scraps!!! I know how much fun it is to sew with someone else’s fabrics! 😁

  • Fabric used in the last 2 weeks: 2 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     10.5 yards. {3 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              10.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. Finish Blue charm star quilt. in progress. 2 flimsies completed
  2. Decide what to do with cut Blue 2 1/2” and 2″ squares. √   DONE Decision made for the 2 1/2” squares!
  3. IB March Project: Quilt & Bind in progress
  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. Sandwich and Quilt Blue charm star quilts.
  2. Get Blue 2 1/2” squares to flimsy stage
  3. IB March Project: Finish: Quilt & Bind
  4. Sandwich and Quilt Guild Hospice Quilt
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Island Batik’s Runner Up Blog Hop

This is the last week. Visit Lumin Blog (Island Batik) to see a recap of last week’s Runners! PLUS, an opportunity for YOU to win a fat quarter bundle.

WEEK 4 – the last week!

February 24:

February 25:

February 26:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

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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Runner Up – Studio 180 Design Tool

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I was sent the beautiful collection called “Radiant Burst” by Jerry Khiev. This fabric will be shipping to stores this month!

Here’s some of the instructions that we were given:

Project Type: Table Runner or Bed Runner
Size: Runner
Fabric: Must use Fall 2024 fabric bundle (see the season of your collection bundle on the sticker!)
Must use as many collection SKUs as possible
Pick any size unit that you want to work with
Must use at least 12 units total, made with the Studio 180 Design tool you received. (If you received a Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star or Wedge Star tool you only need to make at least 3 full blocks for your project)

I received the Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star tool to use with my Radiant Burst collection! Studio 180 has free Downloads on how to use the tools and links to instructional videos where Deb Tucker explains the process very clearly!! By following the instructions (either by video or paper) it makes the process of using the tools easy. Please note: I did say EASY, not fast and quick!

Since I am not a precision quilter, I’m always amazed at how great the units and blocks turn out when I use a Studio 180 tool!

Here are pictures of the components of the Lemoyne Blazing Star in progress (a technique sheet … you can find it HERE.) The first picture shows the Studio 180 Magic Wand being used to mark the 1/4” for accurate piecing. I used my wonderful Oliso M3Pro iron. I LOVE this iron!! The last picture shows the finished component prior to trimming and adding the background pieces.

I made 8 basic components for Blazing Lemoyne Stars There are basically 4 different layouts in the following 3 pictures. The middle one has 2 (blue & purple centres and the one on the right is a combination of the Left one and the centre one).

I paired the Lemoyne Stars with Platinum (a neutral I received in my January boxes).

Now, I know that the instructions said that if I was using a Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star, I could just make 3 stars. But, if I made 3 blazing stars (that finish at 12″), that would only use 9 of the fabrics in the collection. When it’s a blog hop, I make it a personal challenge to use as many of the 20 fabrics as possible. So I made 8 – 6″ stars, using 2 fabrics each from the collection. They were fun to make! In total, I used 19 of the fabrics in the collection for the stars. The 20th fabric I used on the back and with self-binding, there are a total of 20 fabrics seen on the top! YAY!!!

The backing is the only fabric that I didn’t use in the stars: Camellia Flower-Pink. I did a self-binding and it also is on the front:

The runner fits perfectly on my deacon’s bench!!

My grand-dog is guarding the bench!

And a couple of close-ups of the quilting. I used Silly Moon‘s “Rocket” to outline the centre star and the curved edges for the small sides of each piece. Then a simple meander for the background pieces.

Preeti, from Sew Preeti Quilts also received Radiant Burst. Make sure to visit her blog to see what she created!

Quilt Stats:

Radiant Burst Give-away!

I am giving away 19 fabrics from the Radiant Burst collection … the smallest is 10″ x 13″ and the largest is 10″ x 16″. Leave a comment stating what you might do with these fabrics. The winner will randomly be chosen on February 26 and notified by email.

Unfortunately, this is ONLY available for those in Canada 🇨🇦 . Thank you for understanding!

Island Batik Ambassadors

Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see the runners they made this month:

Thank you!

Thank you to the generosity of Island Batik and Industry partners! They have supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron, Studio 180 Designs,

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #5

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Brenda chose the Half Log block. I decided to just do a Quarter Log Block … remember, you get to do what you want in the Round Robin … it’s your quilt!

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Brenda’s blog: Songbird Designs

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Prompt #4

  • Fauntie has started her round of stars! She says, “Not sure what I’m going here but next week I’ll have time to work on it”
  • Judy sent 2 pictures of her quilt from different angles.
  • Kristen said, ” I put two rounds together, Friendship Star and the sliced square, since February has been a busy month.”
  • Carolyn said, “This week’s was something I have never done. Had to try a couple different measurements to keep each block square. Maybe next time I could do it with rectangles.”
  • Katie said, “I used the slashed squares for the corners of the star, but I modified them to use 2 different pinks in the corners.  Looking forward to the next round!  I can’t take credit for the hedgehogs–they were in a scrap bag!!  They are so cute I wanted to showcase them.”
  • Jacomina said, “Glad to have 2 slashed blocks continuing the triangles. It will be interesting to see where the friendship stars will end up”
  • Robin’s not pleased with hers. I like the different corners!
  • Rosie said, “here is my pic with round 3 and 4 added.”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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I wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day!!

I don’t have anything new finished, but I thought I’d show you some of my ‘heart’ quilts! All of the quilts, except for the last 2 used Island Batik (now Lumin) fabric. Each one used Hobbs batting and Aurifil thread. Some of them were quilted with Silly Moon’s Cupid rulers.

I was Featured

The above blogs all featured the quilt I posted last Friday! You can read more about it HERE.

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #4

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Wendy chose the Slice Square with an insert. My Blocks started out at 5″ square. I cut them in half and inserted a 1″ strip of white in.

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Wendy’s blog: Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Pictures of other participants

Pictures of Round #3

  • Liz added some very pretty stars! She said, “I “stole” your friendship star idea and decided to just do top & bottom as I don’t think I want a square quilt.” (It’s not stealing!!)
  • Jacomina said, “It is starting to take shape. I have now used all of the dressmaking remnants from the fabric donated to the church quilting group. I hope I can use the fun fat quarters i bought in the next round.
  • Judy B
  • Katie in CT says: This is my 3rd time participating, but my first time sending in a picture.  I started with the cute embroidered hedgehogs, and used them for the center of the King’s Cross block.  My half square triangles turned into the star points, making the block into a large star.  I’m hoping to use the next prompt for the corners of the star–I’m trying to keep this small.  
  • Carolyn says, “I put my 3rd week’s HSTs into 2 blocks and gave the cardinal and star blocks a border.  Waiting for next week to decide on the other 2 blocks borders.  Wavering between the Cardinal’s green or more red. ” Please note: Carolyn would like YOUR opinion on this! Please put you opinion in the comments! Thank you!
  • Robin has double friendship stars (probably one of many names for this pretty star!)
  • Rosie said “#1 is Rocky Road to Kansas for my and Kathleen’s initials, and because my dad’s family is from Kansas. For #2 I added corners to some leftover 4-patches to make half-square triangles and made more with the cut-offs for an extra round.”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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 

Sunday Summary: February 9, 2025

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This would be an awesome drawer to have at my sewing station!!! Although, I fear it would be empty more often than not!

SAHRR is in progress!

We’ve had the Centre Blocks and 2 rounds so far. Tomorrow, Round #3 will be hosted by ME. Here’s where you can find each of my rounds, along with links to the co-hosts!

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: 31 / 31 days
  • February: 9 / 9 days
  • Total: 40/ 40 100 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: This month’s rainbow scrap colour is BLUE … LOTS of cutting of my Island Batik scraps: a Charm Star quilt is started, 2 1/2” and 2″ squares … not sure what will happen with them yet!
  • IB March Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • SAHRR ’25: needs binding
  • Meadow Hues: a lap sized quilt for a blog hop hosted by Claudia Porter of Create with Claudia. It is using her newest signature collection.

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 had a finish last week!!! You can read more about it HERE.

  • Fabric used in the last week: 3.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     8.5 yards. {3 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              8.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

I got a lot done last week, but much of it I can’t show you yet …

  1. Work on Blue Blocks in progress
  2. 2025 SAHRR – bind it. XX Not Done XX
  3. Sandwich and Quilt “Pink Blocks” √   DONE.
  4. Sandwich and Quilt IB February Project √   DONE.
  5. Work on IB March Project in progress
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Sunlit Garden √   DONE.
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Finish Blue charm star quilt
  2. Decide what to do with cut Blue 2 1/2” and 2″ squares
  3. 2025 SAHRR – bind it
  4. Get IB March Project to flimsy stage
  5. Meadow Hues: Quilt & Bind
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Island Batik’s Runner Up Blog Hop

Started last week. Visit Lumin Blog (Island Batik) to see a recap of last week’s Runners! PLUS, an opportunity for YOU to win a fat quarter bundle.

WEEK 2

February 10:

February 11:

February 12:

February 13:

February 14:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

WEEK 3

February 17:

February 18:

February 19:

February 20:

February 21:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway

WEEK 4

February 24:

February 25:

February 26:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

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 February Finish!

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So Scrappy provides a different colour each month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. January’s colour was “Pink.” I pulled out all my Island Batik scraps and started to play. I started out with rectangles that were 2 1/4” x 4 1/2“. I know it’s a super weird size, but my binding is cut at 2 1/4” and I started out with cutting binding scraps. I added a 1″ of solid white between the 2 rectangles.

I wasn’t sure if I would have enough blocks for a totally pink quilt and thought I’d add another colour into the mix. It turned out that I had enough to make this baby quilt.

I don’t know what I was thinking when I made the sashing 1″ wide and the cornerstones were 1″ squares that finished at 1/2” square. The quilt would have been bigger and easier to assemble if I had made the sashing 2″ wide and the cornerstones 2″ square. However, I did get it assembled, quilted and bound. The simple quilting was straight line with a walking foot on my domestic sewing machine. The label is already on it – ready for donation at the next guild meeting.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 39.5″ x 39.5″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: Scraps and solid white
  • Hobbs Batting: Heirloom Natural 100% cotton
  • Aurifil Thread:
    • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
    • Quilting: #2440 (Peony)
  • Sewing Machine: Pieced and Quilted on Janome M7

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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SAHRR ’25: Round #3

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This was my choice: Stars. ⭐️

I used my Accuquilt Qube 8 to cut out the HST and made the friendship star. The blocks are 6 1/2” unfinished and will finish at 6″ in the quilt. (The HST are 2 1/2” unfinished, the centre square and the corner squares were cut at 2 1/2“) I was totally amazed that with the small coping strip, the stars came out just right!!

And, if you’re having difficulty deciding how to do your stars, The Quilter’s Cache: Quilt Blocks Galore has lots of star blocks. As well, visit each of the other SAHRR hosts (see the Schedule below). 

For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

The Schedule

Link Party

Here is the Link for the Party for Round #3. If you are unable to blog, IG or FB a picture, please email me a picture by Saturday, midnight, and I will post it next week!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef

Pictures of other participants

I received a message from Eva, via another blogger. She was unable to comment on my blog, but this is what she said:

Here’s the pictures that I received this past week. I am willing to post your picture on my blog, but it must. be sent to me by Saturday at midnight.

Don’t you just LOVE all the variety?

  • Donna said, “Since my name begins with a D, I chose to do Dutchman’s Puzzle for my round 1.”
  • Liz said, “The Kings crown round: I used my initial E for embroidery as the 2 sort of parts of a  crown (?) were made in the hoop on my embroidery machine. So was the centre block.”
  • Susan said,  I combined week 1 (“S for squares”) and 2 HST to show this week. I’m thinking I may have to sub the tiny basket with green; it stands out too much”
  • Jacomina said, “With the grandchildren due to arrive any moment for the weekend I won’t have more time to play with outlays”
  • Judy has added pinwheels to the bottom of her first 3 blocks.
  • Robin also added pinwheels!
  • Fauntie said, “I learned this week that to make them go around the quilt evenly you must have an even number of blocks! Who said you can’t teach an old dog a new trick”
  • Carolyn H said, “Here is this week’s half square triangles.  I’m going to use them for cornerstones on each block so I don’t know if I have enough or will have to make more. “
  • Kristi says, “I mused on this round all week and finally decided to keep this round simple. A few triangles and adding the pop of orange in the corner!”

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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 

Sunday Summary: February 2, 2025

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Can you guess what I’ve been doing a LOT of this week? Yup, lots of staring!!!

SAHRR is in progress!

We’ve had the Centre Blocks and 2 rounds so far. Tomorrow, Round #3 will be hosted by ME. Here’s where you can find each of my rounds, along with links to the co-hosts!

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: 31 / 31 days
  • February: 2 / 2 days
  • Total: 33 / 33 100 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: This month’s rainbow scrap colour is BLUE … so I’ll be starting that this week! See this post.
  • Meadow Hues: a lap sized quilt for a blog hop hosted by Claudia Porter of Create with Claudia. It is using her newest signature collection.
  • IB March Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • Test Quilt: SSB
  • IB February Project: sorry, no picture, except for the Studio 180 tool and the fabric!
  • Sunlit Garden: a small lap quilt for a blog hop hosted by Jennifer of Curlicue Creations
  • Need to sandwich the Pink Blocks

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 made it through January without buying any fabric!!! I’m very happy about that! I did finish 2 projects since my last summary. The pink baby quilt (details HERE) and the small zipper pouch (see THIS POST).

I find it interesting that no matter how I put these 2 items into the ‘gallery’ the zipper pouch (6 1/2” x 12″) looks bigger than the quilt (35″ x 35″)!

  • Fabric used in the last 2 weeks: 4.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     5 yards. {1.5 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. 2025 SAHRR – bind it XX Not Done XX
  2. Bind Glorified 9 patch. √   DONE. 
  3. Work on “Pink Blocks“. in progress
  4. Work on IB February Project. in progress
  5. Do IB March Project as leaders and enders … for now. in progress
  6. Get Sunlit Garden to flimsy stage √   DONE. 
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Work on Blue Blocks
  2. 2025 SAHRR – bind it
  3. Sandwich and Quilt “Pink Blocks“
  4. Sandwich and Quilt IB February Project
  5. Work on IB March Project
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Sunlit Garden
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Island Batik’s Runner Up Blog Hop

This blog hop starts tomorrow!!! Be sure to follow along, I promise lots of eye candy! Here’s a list of the fabrics and ambassadors:

WEEK 1

February 4:

February 5:

February 6:

November 7:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

WEEK 2

February 10:

February 11:

February 12:

February 13:

February 14:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

WEEK 3

February 17:

February 18:

February 19:

February 20:

February 21:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway

WEEK 4

February 24:

February 25:

February 26:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

Visit Lumin’s blog (Island Batik) for your opportunity to win one of the two fabulous Fat Quarter bundles of collections by our very own Jerry Khiev – Botanical Dreams or Fall Flair.

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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A Little Finish

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In September, when I was at a retreat at Loon Lake, I was given a little mini charm pack. I immediately arranged them and sewed them together as leaders and enders. It didn’t take long and I soon had a rectangle of cute little squares.

They have been sitting on my sewing table since the retreat. I’ve moved them a few times, more than a few times! A few months ago, I got out the fabric that would be the lining for a future little bag. Another day, I choose the zipper that I would use. These 3 components got moved a LOT, but always to a different spot on my sewing table.

Finally, I got sick and tired of moving them around! I found some scraps of Hobbs 80/20 batting and spent about an hour making this little bag!! YAY – it’s finally done!!!!!

And the opposite side, with a peak of the lining:

And, it is no longer on my sewing table!!!

Favourite Finish of the Month

Fav Finish '25

Each month, Yvonne, @ Quilting Jetgirl, hosts a Linky party where people link a picture of their Favourite Finish of the Month. It’s well worth going to have a look!!! There is a ton of talent showcased and lots of eye candy.

This month, can you believe it? I only have one favourite finish!!! Usually I have several and can’t decide. You can read more about this quilt on THIS POST.

Don’t Forget:

I am 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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SAHRR ’25: Round #2

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The prompt for this was Anja Quilts: Triangles. I love pinwheels, so this was the perfect time to make them! The half square blocks are 2 1/2” square (unfinished). I cut them in groups of 4, using an Accuquilt Qube 8 die. Then I sewed them together to make the pinwheels. Each pinwheel finishes at 4″ square.

I also added a 1 3/4” coping border.

Edit: For my SAHRR 2025, I am using the Island Batik fabric collection “Poetic Bouquet,” designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop and Island Batik’s solid white.

Please note: If you plan to do EVERYTHING that I do on this Round Robin, you will end up with a queen size quilt. If you want a smaller quilt and want to do the same as me, then just add to 2 sides with each of the remaining rounds.

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link Party at Anja’s blog: Anja Quilts.

Please note: When you link up, you should receive a comment from at least one of the SAHRR hosts. There have been a few links that do not go anywhere. Obviously, we can’t comment on those links. Please ensure that you’ve linked properly.

Pictures of other participants

If you wish to send me pictures to include on the blog, please do so by Saturday at Midnight.

Here are the pictures of Round #1

My first name, Jacomina, is a feminine form of Jacob, used in the provincie of Zeeland in the Netherlands. So, an easy choice for this blockI have been able to trace my first name back to my sixth great Grandmother Born in 1732 about a mile from where I was born.

Fauntie’s block from last year’s SAHRR!!! She plans to finish it this year!

Judy has sent me a pic of her blocks. The blocks are 16″ square, so she’s decided to just go with 2 blocks.

Robin has added 2 blocks to her centre block

Kristen has added blue & purple triangles all around her centre block.  “S” is for Susan and Sawtooth border. Susan told Kristen that she needs more purple in her life, so this quilt is for her!

Carolyn is waiting to see where she wants to place this block. The Cardinal is an excellent “C” block!

Angie has a very pretty block in blues

Gail H. said, “Here’s my round 1 24” x 24” using Geometry blocks.”

Gene is using a block from when he was teaching himself Seminole patchwork.

Kristi said, “I started with Kings Crown and tweaked it a bit to add more HST’s and the little square in square. “

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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 

Aurifil Thread and a Finish!

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As an Island Batik Ambassador, I receive a lot of thread from Aurifil Thread, plus, I have purchase lot of it from Carola when she vends at quilt shows. And recently, the small fabric store (Essem) that I occasionally teach and work at is also selling Aurifil thread. Yup, I do LOVE it!

Karen Neary is a Canadian Aurifil seller. She is prompt and thorough with her products. It’s well worth visiting THIS POST to see some beautiful creations using Aurifil Thread. I was able to purchase some Monofiliment (invisible) thread from her! Karen recently posted this picture on Facebook to illustrate the various thread weights.

From Left to Right, the weights are. 12.   28.   40.  50.  80. I use 50 weight for piecing and either 50 or 40 weight for quilting.

She also sent me this … which explains what the bottom (print side) or label on the Aurifil Thread spool is all about:

A Finish!

January’s colour for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is Pink (see So Scrappy). I started 2 projects using my Island Batik Scraps … and this one is finished.

This quilt was made with the Accuquilt die “Glorified 9 Patch.” Of course, using the die makes sewing curves so very easy!!!

I used Aurifil Thread for piecing and quilting.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 35″ x 35″
  • Fabric: Scraps of pink Island Batik and Island Batik Solid White
  • Hobbs Batting: Heirloom 100% Cotton
  • Aurifil Thread
    • Piecing: #2600 (Dove Grey)
    • Quilting: #2510 (Light Lilac)
    • Binding: #4660 (Variegated Pink Taffy)
  • Accuquilt Die: Glorified 9 patch
  • Quilting: Free Motion on my domestic Janome M7

I’m hoping to teach this quilt at Essem in March. Class participants will use the Accuquilt Die to cut PERFECT pieces and learn how to piece curves together easily. Contact Essem Textiles if you are interested in the class.

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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SAHRR ’25: Prompt 1

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Kathleen has chosen Prompt 1. She chose it according to the first initial of her name. “K.” And she has chosen King’s Cross.

But WAIT!! I didn’t want to do a “K” block. So …

I chose the first initial of my name; “G.” After looking at the “G” blocks in Quilter’s Cache, I settled on “Geese.” I actually did migrating geese and followed Deb Tucker’s Youtube video HERE.

I did the migrating geese and trimmed the geese blocks to 6 1/4” x 13 3/4“. My centre block is 12 1/2” unfinished. I figured to fit the geese blocks onto my centre block, I need to add 1″ to each side. I cut 4 strips 1 1/2” wide and added them to the centre block. The corner stones are 6 1/4” x 6 1/4“.

This round finishes at 26″ x 26.”

The Schedule

Link Party

You can find this week’s Link party at Kathleen’s blog: Kathleen McMusing

Pictures of other participants

Please note that future pictures need to be sent to me by midnight on Saturday. Thank you.

  • Rosie is doing her SAHRR as a QOV! What a great Centre Block!
  • Judy B’s Dresden Plate is 16 1/2” x 16 1/2” So pretty!
  • Kristin’s using an old orphan block – love the scrappiness!
  • Kristi is using a pretty block from Today’s Quilter’s Magazine Issue #111.
  • Robin has a very pretty soft pallet for her centre block!
  • Sue has used 4 tiny orphan blocks and is planning a very scrappy quilt!
  • Jacomina has a pretty block with a circle inside lime green!
  • Patricia is using turtle fabric for her centre block.
  • Carolyn has a pretty Christmas block

We have Sponsors!

We reached out to several companies that we all LOVE and many of them agreed to sponsor the SAHRR 2025!!! We will keep track of all of the participants that link to our Linky parties each week. We will make a list and use a random number generator to choose the winners for each prize! So, if you link up to 3 Linky parties, you will have 3 opportunities to win! If you don’t have a blog or Instagram account, contact me, or one of the other co-hosts and we will post your SAHRR on our blog. This way you still have an opportunity to win!

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 

Sunday Summary: January 19

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This sums it up nicely!!!

SAHRR has started!

The Centre Blocks were linked on THIS POST. Tomorrow, Round #1 will be hosted by Kathleen @ Kathleen McMusing!

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: 19 / 19 days
  • Total: 19 / 19 100 %

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:

  • Pink Blocks: just cause I’m trying to use Island Batik scraps. This might be combined with other colours in the near future. The pink blocks are cut 2 1/4” x 4 1/2” and the white strip is 1″ x 4 1/2“. This project was inspired by the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2025. If I have enough pink blocks, it will become a baby quilt. If I don’t have enough, it will be joined by another colour.
  • Sunlit Garden: a small quilt for a blog hop hosted by Jennifer of Curlicue Creations … it will be her newest signature collection and it’s absolutely gorgeous!!! Unfortunately, until the blog hop, you’ll only see black and white!!
  • IB February Project: sorry, no picture, except for the Studio 180 tool and the fabric!
  • IB March Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • Test Quilt: SSB
  • Glorified 9 patch

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 my Helen Godden’s Christmas Countdown . You can read about it HERE. This project used over 1/2 yard of fabric … not a lot, I know, but it still counts!

Fabric Used in the last week:  0.5 yards

  • Fabric Used in 2025:     0.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              0.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. Finish: Helen Godden’s Christmas Countdown ’24. √   DONE. 
  2. 2025 SAHRR – bind it. XX Not Done XX
  3. Quilt Glorified 9 patch. √   DONE. 
  4. Work on “Pink Blocks“. in progress
  5. Work on Sunlit Garden. 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. 2025 SAHRR – bind it
  2. Bind Glorified 9 patch
  3. Work on “Pink Blocks”
  4. Work on IB February Project
  5. Do IB March Project as leaders and enders … for now
  6. Get Sunlit Garden to flimsy stage
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Teaching

I’m teaching at Essem today. It’s binding by machine and the class is full!!! If you’d like to take this class let Essem know.

OR … I might consider doing it on Zoom. If you’re interested, let me know!

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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My first Finish of 2025!

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Well, it’s not my first finish, but it’s one I can show you. (Don’t worry, you’ll see the other when the time is right!)

My sister & I spent a couple of days on Zoom, watching Helen Godden’s youtube videos <Helen Godden’s Christmas Countdown > and working on this project. We did the same thing last year with last year’s Countdown.

Here is the half-way mark:

And here is the Finished project:

And one from the back … where you can see the mess! I also took 2 squares from the binding, folded them in half and tucked them in the corner for hangers.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 12″ x 16″
  • Fabric: Island Batik solid white and “Grass” from Glorious Greens for the binding.
  • Aurifil Thread: Black for the main stitching and a green for the binding
  • Hobbs Batting: 80/20
  • The coloured portions of the tree and the border were done with Inktense Pencils and Aloe-vera gel

Island Batik Announcement

Here’s what is on the Island Batik (now Lumin) frequently asked questions page: see HERE.

Lumin Fabrics is the parent company of various fabric brands, all bringing innovative designs and creative sparks to quilters and sewers around the world.  With the desire to launch additional brands, the team at Island Batik launched Lumin Fabrics as our Parent Company, created White Owl Textiles to serve the print market and Ecco Cotton to provide the highest quality solid fabrics. Lumin Fabrics will continue to grow and offer fabrics for all your creative needs.

Of course, the first question that Island Batik Ambassador’s asked is “How does this affect the ambassadors?” The short answer is ‘nothing will change for this year.’ However, next year will likely include fabric from White Owl Textiles and Ecco Cotton, along with Island Batik. Exciting times!

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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2025 Island Batik Ambassador – Unboxing the Treasures!

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Yay!! I’m an Island Batik Ambassador for 2025! It is truly a great privilege to be invited back for another year.

I’ve had a few boxes arrive and here’s my unboxing video:

Here’s a pictorial view of what came in the boxes:

Box #1

The first box had a die from the Accuquilt company! This is an Irish Chain, Block on Board. With this cutting die, you can cut all the pieces necessary for the block at one time. They will be cut accurately with percision!

Box #2

This was a HEAVY box and contained the following: Oliso ProLight Iron and a carrying case, (mine is Coral), Schmetz Needles [Piecing & Quilting, Vinyl, and Universal], Aurifil Thread [#2605 -Silver Grey, #2735 -Medium Blue, & #6722 -Sea Buscuit]

Precut Fabrics:

  • 10″ Stack of Tantalizing Teals from the Gradations collections
  • 2 1/2” Strip Pack of Brilliant Blues from the Gradations collections
  • 10″ Stack of Earthly Stories along with 2 yards of Cornsilk (Neutral) and 2 yards of Weave-Brownie (Blenders) … and I already have plans for this fabric!

1/2 yard cuts

Light Grey SolidUniverse (Marvellous Multis)Dandelion-Wisteria (Blenders)
Colbalt SolidHeavenly (Brilliant Blues)Marble Aqua (Blenders)
Turquoise SolidAzalea (Precious Pinks)Dot Sky (Blenders)
Pink SolidEggplant (Playful Purples)Cheerio-Navy (Blenders)

February Blog Hop: Here’s my 1/2 yard cuts of Radiant Burst, along with a 2 yard cut of Thistle (Playful Purples) and a 2 yard cut of Azure (Brilliant Blues). This fabric is for February’s Blog Hop using Studio 180 tools! This fabric collection will be shipping to shops in February!

Solids and Neutral: A package with 4 yards each of solid White, Black and Dark Grey. Along with a 6 yard piece of Platinum. I use a LOT of neutrals and these will be perfect in future projects!

Fabric for the May Blog Hop: It’s a Surprise!!!

A lovely story about this box: It was HEAVY. Very HEAVY. I have a lot of my parcels sent to a postal box in Blaine (just over the US /Canadian border). When I was struggling with the parcel as I opened it, a lovely young man offered to carry it out to my car, on the provision that I carried out his fly fishing supplies. I agreed and he carried my box to the car!! His kindness warmed my heart!

Box #3 & 4

A 2 1/2″ Strip set of Splish Splash with 2 yard cuts of Oatmeal and Blueberry. Doesn’t it look like fun fabric to play with?

A Studio 180 Designs tool: Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star

Lots of Hobbs Batting!

Thank you!

Thank you to the generosity of Island Batik and Industry partners! They have supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron, Studio 180 Designs, Accuquilt, and Funky Friends.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail