Roman Crosses By Linda H.

Linda made "Roman Crosses" from mostly Japanese style fabrics. The pattern is a variation of a Churn Dash block with the colours placed differently. Linda said, "I used the pattern for this quilt from Kawaii made by Diane Tomlinson from Quilting Quickly magazine. It was the January/February 2018 issue. I made the quilt 5x7 instead of 6x6."

"Crazy Eights" Quilt Is Completed

I made this "Crazy Eights" quilt from my never diminishing bucket of 2 1/2" squares. The pattern came from Fons and Porter's Favorite Quilts, Summer 2014, designed by Debra Finan. I quilted it with straight diagonal lines. The back is made from 8 1/2" wide strips of beige/cream/tan fabrics. I call this method a "poor man's backing". It's a good way to use up odds and ends.

Goose Tracks By Linda H.

Linda made this "Goose Tracks" quilt a few months ago to donate to her quilting group. This is what Linda said about the quilt, "The goose tracks quilt was based on one in Quilting Quickly Fall 2014. It was called Crossed Paths by Anita Peluso. It called for 5 in. squares. I had some which I got as a door prize at Quilt Daze a few years ago. I soaked them in hot water and laid them on a towel to dry and they shrunk so I had to modify the quilt sizes to use the smaller squares. I also added fabrics from my stash and added top and bottom borders to make it rectangular.Oh, I forgot, I also made one fewer row of blocks as I didn't want to make the quilt much more than about 65 in. wide. How anyone could follow my modifications would be amazing but that is the story." The pattern came from this source: Crossed Paths pattern download

Another Crocheted Basket

I finished this crocheted basket last night while watching the chaos on the news. We all need to keep our spirits up somehow as we isolate ourselves. Happy St Patrick's Day! "As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way."

"Improv" Quilting

In 2013 I made a queen size batik quilt top, then proceeded to quilt it at our retreat. My goal was to quilt over 100 feathered wreaths on it. It was labour intensive because I drew each wreath and stitched it as I went along. That meant breaking thread and taking it off the machine each time. I made the motifs all around the edge, by that time the weekend was over. I was so stiff and sore from man-handling the big quilt through the machine that I had to go for five massage treatments to get the knots out of my shoulders. The incomplete quilt was shoved in the corner for seven years. I couldn't bring myself to continue doing all those feathered wreaths. Yesterday I had an idea- why not finish it with "improv' quilting and discard my original plan? At least the quilt would get finished that way. I can continuously quilt without breaking thread and marking the design. I'm not concerned with how it will look- done is better than perfect.