Connie made this strip quilt. The quilting is snowflakes, Lime thread and Quilters Dream batting.

The fabric is Seeing Stars Grunge.

Sew on!

This is Theresa’s really cute Pumpkin quilt. This is a pattern by Bonnie Hunter. It’s in her newest book String Fling… Pumpkin Patch.  I think this is just adorable. The quilting design is Feather Swirls B2B, & Green thread. This is prefect for the season.

I just returned from 2 back to back retreats. Yes, I’m a little crazy like that. I had a great time on both. One was on the west side of the state of Mich. and the second was on the Sunrise side of the state. The weather was great, cooler but not full on fall weather yet.

This is my Mermaid quilt. I saw Sharon McConnell’s trunk show and a group of us fell in love with her mothers version of the Mermaid quilt. Here’s a link to Sharon’s (Color Girl) website https://colorgirlquilts.com  She designed a special ruler for cutting curves. Sewing them was easy. I still need to find a backing but this will be hitting the quilting machine soon.

We did a lot of other fun things with my friends Terri & Sue, Yoga, hiking & lots of trying to win prizes. That group had a lot of prizes to give away. Their fearless leader did a ton of preparatory work. We had a great time.

I also worked on these Amish quilt blocks.

Moving onto the second retreat…. This is a mystery online quilt from last winter I wanted to finish up. I had most of the blocks done and just had to lay it out and put together. Once home I found a wide backing from Sew Batik’s that goes great with it. I lovingly called this quilt Mayonnaise because it’s kind of bland but I love the traditional prints up close.

This last quilt is fabric from my stash that I cut for a charity quilt. Our retreat group pieced the blocks and I sewed them together. Its a free pattern by Bonnie Hunter called Smokey Mountain Stars.  We made a Bonnie Hunter charity quilt this year! Can you tell I’m stoked about it?  They aren’t so hard, especially with a group helping.  Someone is going to love it! I have some tiny blocks to set into a backing but then its getting quilted.

Enjoy the day!

Maralee made this queen sized stripy quilt. The quilting design is a leaf print called Jasmine, green thread & Hobbs 80/20 batting.  Pretty!

Cathy whipped up a couple cuties. The first is quilted with Mary-Ann Edge to Edge allover design, & white thread.

Oops, should have turned this photo…. 

This little quilt top is flannel. The colors are lovely light shades of peachy pink. The photos don’t always represent the colors as they are in person.  The quilting design is Modern Flower. She chose a stripe backing non-flannel. Its a cute little quilt.

Happy Binding!

Bonnie made this pretty batik quilt. The quilt design is Cool Beans. Very cool right?

Here are some photos of Cathy’s quilts. Cathy has been sharing her love of quilting with friends & family. Her grand daughter made this quilt while on vacation. She’s a new very young quilter!  Her quilt is quilted with Paw Prints B2B by Ann Bright.  (I denote the digital designer to give them credit for their work and because other quilters often will like a design and want to know where to purchase it.)

Cathy’s neighbor, Trudy, is also learning to quilt. She already sews but had never made quilts. Her quilt is quilted with an Ann Bright design called Maryann B2B.

This is Cathy’s Good Neighbor quilt. It’s very cool and modern. She chose Chartreuse color thread. The design is called Figure 8 panto by Karen Thompson.

Happy Binding!

Here are 5 quilts made by Liz C.  She’s been busy piecing and is getting ahead of the holiday rush. Lovely! The first is a Winter Panel by Moda called Winter Woodland. The quilting design is Pixie Dust.

Next is a blue strip quilt. Quilting design is Midnight Sparkle.

This is Hopscotch, flannel front and back . The quilting design is Wack a Doodle.

This pink baby quilt has quilting design Daisy on a string. Its also flannel front and back.

The final quilt is Picnic Lunch. The quilting design is Dandy allover. The back is Minky or Cuddle type fabric.

Hope you enjoyed Liz’s quilt show!

OK, so here it is, my Spectrum quilt finished except for the binding. I decided to quilt it with a lot of texture and a violet thread. I used some white Hobbs 80/20 batting, a little flatter batting. It’s got a ‘lot’ of texture!

I learned a lot while making this. I hadn’t paper pieced in years but that comes back pretty quickly. The paper piece part of this quilt is very simple.  I should have taken the paper off the piece sooner and everything would have lined up perfectly but I learn my best lessons through hindsight.

Getting varying shades of grey is important if you want the gradient look. If you look closely you’ll see the colors also fade from left to right. I now need to pick a binding. I found this backing in my stash and it doesn’t photo well but has all the colors from dark to light so I might use that for binding. I found the best places to get solid fabrics was at Lolly’s and Yoder’s department store in Shipshewana In.

Now that I know what I’m doing with this pattern, I have some other ideas for making it again but with different colors and backgrounds. It won’t happen right away. I have many other quilts that need finishing first. Doesn’t everyone?

If you want this pattern here is a link to Coleens website: Northwater Quilts.  She will be teaching this class in Feb 9, 2019, in Evansville, Indiana for the Raintree Quilters Guild.