Getting Sidetracked Again

I'll blame Linda H for this one, haha! She's making a quilt from "Fons and Porter's Scrap Quilts 2013". Of course, I had to jump on the bandwagon and start one too. The blocks are fast and easy to make, this would be a good pattern for a donation quilt. We have a quilt retreat coming up the first weekend in October. My project is all pin basted, with some help from Igor. I'll start quilting it that weekend.

Twenty Years In The Making

This 20-year-old UFO is finally finished! In 1999 I crashed while rollerblading and broke my arm. The Quilters-Funtalk online quilt group sent many neutral coloured fat quarters to me as a get well gift. I decided to use these fabrics in one quilt, this was the result. After the quilt top was completed, it sat there for many years until I dug it out last March and started quilting it at our retreat. It was set aside for several more months until I completed it. The backing is made up of some odds and ends. I don't remember where the pattern came from for the quilt, I think it may have been from a magazine.

Friendship Star Quilt Top

All the blocks are made for the Friendship Star quilt. Now we have a quilt top. It's interesting how the blocks form a secondary pattern when they are put together.

Making Friendship Star Blocks

I've got 46 of these Friendship Star blocks made so far. I think I'll make the quilt 7 blocks wide and 9 blocks long, which will measure 63"X 81". That is a good size for a cot quilt, or I call it a "couch quilt".

Blue Skies By Linda H.

Linda finished "Blue Skies" a few weeks ago. The pattern was "Cloudgazing" from McCalls Quick Quilts, December-January 2019, designed by Kathryn Wagar Wright. The original pattern was a lap size but Linda made it queen size. It was supposed to be a donation quilt, but Linda's husband wanted to keep it, his favourite colour is blue. Now Linda will have to get busy and make a different quilt to donate. The ongoing quest to try to use up the colossal fabric stash. I am also making a quilt from this pattern, it's pin basted and I'll start quilting it at our next retreat. One of the members of Linda's quilting group has started some of these blocks, I don't know how many she's made so far. When we get these other quilts finished, I'll post pictures of all three.