Michelle made this man’s quilt for a gift. She chose Pinecone allover design, rust brown thread and Warm & Natural batting. I think someone is going to be really happy to get this.

What a bright cheerful quilt. Cathy pieced this quilt & chose a lavender Minkee backing.  The quilting design is Circles, the batting is Hobbs 80/20 & the thread is white. Cute quilt!

Liz made this beautiful blooming 9 patch quilt. I took extra photos of the rich dark prints. The backing shows the quilting design well. The quilting design is Falling Leaves, bronze thread & Quilters Dream batting. She did a lovely job piecing this quilt.

Jelly Roll Jive is a pattern from a quilting cruise workshop Martha took with instructor Peggy Martin. It’s made with Jelly Roll Strips with 4 strips sewn together lengthwise. Then the strip sets are cut into triangles and sewn into squares. If you look close at the blocks they are mirror images. The quilt is a beauty with all the jewel tone batik fabrics. The quilting design is Luna by Ann Bright, the batting is Hobbs 80/20 and Martha chose a deep purple color thread.

This is a Missouri Star Quilt pattern called Good Night Irene https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/37260/msqc/msqc/goodnight-irene-quilt-pattern-by-msqc. Pam pieced this cute quilt using the video instructions from Missouri Star Quilting.  The pattern uses 4 charm packs of prints and 4 charm packs of solids. She designed the border using some coordinating fabrics. The quilting design is Circles, the batting is Hobbs 80/20 & she chose a red thread that goes well with both the front & back of her quilt. The backing fabric is from Fabric.com.  The backing fabric is the softest fabric I’ve felt in a long time. I hope to make this quilt soon too. I love it!

Looking for something to do during this rainy weather?  Going through my email today & found this cool looking easy quilt pattern.

I get the QuiltHome.com email and this quilt was featured today. They’re offering 25% off on the same fabrics if you want to make this exact quilt & free shipping.

I’m sharing this with you not only because it’s a great deal but because it’s a great pattern for using up your stash. The pieces are large so choose your fabrics wisely and make sure that they look great together. I like how they pair up the larger bold prints with the smaller, muted ones.

http://quilthome.com/images/patterns/CX_TH_EclecticElementsNaturesPaletteQuilt.pdf

What’s one more project?

Happy Quilting!

This is Connie’s Triangles theme baby quilt. The back is an ABC flannel. The quilting is Geometric B2B, pale yellow thread & Quilters Dream batting. Another cute quilt!

I’m finishing up come quilts I’ve had in house for a while. This is Martha’s October Lily quilt. Martha pieced this at the 2016 Quilt Retreat with Great Lakes Heritage Quilters.  The quilt pattern is by Coleen Merte of Northwater Quilts.  http://www.northwaterquilts.com

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This is Martha’s Satellite quilt. One cold winter weekend we took an online mystery class with Sharon Blackmore. Sharon was using FB live to share each step from her retreat in Canada. Martha was in Mesa Az and I was at home here in MI.  We texted each other during the process, sharing photo’s of our steps and got a lot of the quilt pieced that day. I still haven’t finished mine but here are photos’ of Martha’s finished quilt. It consists of 2 blocks, a 9 patch and a snowball. If you play magic eye you can see the orange star blocks it creates. The quilting design is Curling Ferns, teal thread, the batting is Hobbs 80/20 and she made a really cool pieced back with the extra blocks. Her hubby, Dean, helped pick out the retro brown and orange print for it. It was a fun project. We got to see the others working on theirs and the nice facility that they had retreat in.  Thank you Sharon Blackmore for doing this for the group & sharing it on FB Live.  She’s a great instructor if you’ve never taken a class from her DO IT!  https://www.loveshackquilts.ca

I hope to get mine finished by the end of this month.

The Great Lakes Heritage Quilters held their last meeting and potluck dinner last Thursday.   This years Challenge was to make a quilt using Spools.

Here are a few photos of the quilts from my Sewing Group that I quilted.

This is Amy’s Spools Quilt. The larger spools are pieced and the smaller ones are embroidery.  The quilting design is Simply Squared.

This Hawaiian Wallhanging is Cathy’s. This is her first Custom quilted quilt. The thread is neon orange.

Martha’s quilt is a mix of spools and log cabin blocks. The color of her fabrics is striking in person. The quilting design on hers is Brittany B2B.

The last one is my own quilt. I pieced this top in 2011 and have stalled on quilting it. I used a digital rose that I designed and custom quilted it. It has wool batting. Its nice to finally have it finished and out of the closet.