This One Doesn't Have A Name

I saw a picture of a quilt similar to this and decided to make one like it. There is no pattern, just a random size triangle sewn on to the bottom corner of each square. I raided my bin of five inch squares that I've been cutting for the past 25 years for the light colours. There wasn't enough of the light blue fabric for the back, so I added a strip of something else on one side.

Rail Fence By Linda H.

Linda recently finished this lovely quilt. This is what she said about it, "This is the Rail Fence quilt made of red, pink, orange and yellow scraps. The pattern came from "No Scrap Left Behind" by Amanda Jean Nyberg. It was called Scrap Happy Rails. The colours are actually brighter than the photo would indicate." Rail Fence is one of my favourite quilt designs. Linda did a great job!

Stash Buster 2025 Is Quilted And Bound

I belong to a Stash Buster Facebook group. Every year they host a Stash Buster challenge where they pick a block pattern and everyone makes their version of a quilt with it. The deadline is December 31 to have the top completed, mine was done before that. It took some time to quilt, though, because I ruler quilted it with Baptist Fans. The wide backing fabric came from Connecting Threads. I wish I could have an entire bolt of it, I love the newspaper print design.

Chicken Quilt By Linda H.

Linda recently finished this delightful chicken quilt. This is what Linda said about it, "The block is modified from the one in Doodle-Doo By Palmer Bixler in Quilter's World Late Spring 2025. I ran out of fabric for the nests so some chickens are standing. (Richard says they are wearing yellow gumboots)!" Also included is a picture of a funny block with the beak not connected to the body. We all had a chuckle about it, then Linda fixed it. :D

UFO From 2014 Completed

This was a mystery quilt, "Grand Illusion" in 2014 hosted by Bonnie Hunter. I hadn't done one of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilts before, she does a different one every year. From now on, I'll wait until seeing the reveal before making one again. All of her other ones looked fantastic. Don't get me wrong, I love Bonnie Hunter's quilts and patterns! When the fabric requirements were given, I went out and bought several pinks and aquas because I didn't have those colours in my stash. The rest of the colours I had in plentiful supply. This turned out to not be my favourite quilt. I made most of the blocks and then shoved them away in a box. Years later, I sewed them into a quilt top. Because I hadn't made all the blocks that were required, the top didn't look right on a bed. It was wide enough but not long enough. It was hung up in the quilt top closet for a few more years. One day I hauled it out and wondered what to do with it. I had a brainwave- take a row of blocks off one side and sew it to the bottom. Then the top was long enough but too narrow. I solved the problem by adding a wide border on each side. I certainly wasn't going to make any more blocks because I didn't really enjoy making the existing ones. So now the quilt is completed and I didn't waste all the work that went into making the blocks. One of the reasons I didn't care for this one is, the eyes don't have a place to rest, it's so busy, almost chaotic. Oh well, live and learn.

Pinwheel Quilt By Linda H.

Linda just finished this lovely pinwheel quilt. I really like the blue and yellow combination.

Day Three Of The March 2026 Quilting Retreat

Today I worked on this 25+ year old UFO. It shouldn't take too much longer to finish because it's a wall hanging size.