Fruit Quilt

The Produce Section: fruit sampler quilt by Elizabeth Hartman

My quilting bee is making this quilt for an auction to benefit the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston. These are the blocks that I have made. We are using solid fabrics and the same light background. The auction will be in January of 2025. More information later.

Pick a Petal BOM

And here it is, my first month block with a few extra arches for future borders. I will be making a few extra arches to add as suggested.

Pick a Petal SAL

 

Pick a Petal quilt image from The Quilt Show website

The 2024 Sew Along (SAL), for The Quilt Show is called Pick a Petal by Jen Kingwell.

It is a beautiful quilt, and I plan to make it with a lot of scrap fabrics. I made 2 other quilts by Jen and they are wonderfully complicated and stimulating. 

Happy New Year 2024

                        

                        Happy New Year

                       Love

                         Peace

                      Health

                        happiness

                     Prosperity

                       to all of us💖

                Happy 2024

Homeward Bound Quilt

I finished the 2023 Quilt along from The Quilt Show. The pattern is called Homeward Bound.

The top is done and the photo is from the "floor design wall". So, it is not the best. 

The pattern designer is Sarah Fielke, and my quilt top is 70 1/2 inches square.

I am very happy with the result of this 12 months journey. Not always straightforward. The big blue birds were too large for the area, it took some "fudging" to fit it.

If I ever to this again (no way), I would edit the birds and make them more in proportion with the rest of the quilt top.

January 1st, 2024, I will start the new sew along. 

Bakers dozen

My Bakers' Dozen quilt is finished.

This is a Jan Kingwell pattern that finished at 73 inches square. 

I used a Gelato fat quarter bundle and a variety of white fabrics from several collections and even a piece of white fabric that was made in North Carolina, probably quite a few decades ago, since all the mills were closed in that state when manufacturing moved to Asia.

I am calling my quilt "Humble Pie Bakers Dozen". I had to remake the blocks more than once. This quilt requires attention to detail and correct positioning of the various pieces that are very similar. Not a good thing when you are distracted by life events.

But I am very pleased with it. I quilted the top in the embroidery machine hoop using an Amelie Scott design.

Bakers Dozen Back

Potato Chips Block Quilt

This quilt is completed and ready to be donated. The 12 inches blocks are made of 2" by 3 1/2" rectangles. 

I used Tula Pink fabrics from a couple of different collections that were left over from other projects and added some black and white fabrics to create the square design. 

The quilt finished 60" by 72" and is a perfect size for a twin size bed.

It was quilted using a Amelie Scott design on a Bernina domestic machine.

Quilt front

Quilt back