I've been doing autumn theme quilts since my early days of quilting. The second quilt I ever did was a huge, oversized king with tossed leaves on a beige background. One of the three borders has uneven numbers of flying geese on each side. It was only the second quilt I had entered into competition …
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Oregon Wildfire Quilts 2020
If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that charity work is a big part of our FMCH community. Several years ago, we organized making blocks and quilts to send to California for their fire victims. Then, starting in September of 2018, we spent an entire year making quilts and …
Scrap Dance Twist and Facebook Live
First, I need to apologize to those of you who were on the Facebook live video yesterday. I didn't have my screen set properly so the comments were not scrolling. So it looked like no one had anything to say, and as a result I ended the video too soon. When I realized my mistake, …
Embroidered Quilt of Valor
This Quilt of Valor was brought to me for quilting, and it is a wonderful study in design. Often, our local chapter of Quilts of Valor receives boxes of fabric scraps and orphan blocks. The supplies moved from one storage space to another, and the group had just found a nice space for monthly quilting …
Quilting the Sunset Dahlia for Bullington Gardens
The second Dahlia panel is finished, and the colors on this one are so vibrant! The colorway is called Sunset. I didn't have any threads to match the intense colors on this panel, so I went to Beginnings and purchased four Floriani embroidery threads in precisely matched colors. It was easy to find a good …
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Jolly Bar Row Along Finishing the Quilt
Now that the top is done, assembly went quickly. Sashing strips were put between the top leaves and between the rows. I assembled the top three rows first. I put the sashing strips between the leaf blocks and the next row's arrows and butterflies. Then, without really paying attention, I sewed the rows together with …
Finishing the Dahlia Panel
The Dahlia panel quilt is finished, and now hanging up. I did the back differently than usual as this wall hanging is too large for the quilt clips I have in the den. I have a curtain rod with ring clips for hanging quilts in my sewing space, but for this one, I wanted to …
Quilt Block Mania Back to School
Where has this summer gone? Staying at home is becoming a bit strange as the months are going by without the usual activities. For many, this school year will be different too, and what better time to sew up a Back to School theme quilt with sampler blocks of all kinds. Thank you to our …
Jolly Bar Row Along Update
We are more than halfway in the Jolly Bar Row Along. This is a weekly block and row quilt along on Jolly Jabber, the Fat Quarter Shop blog. We began with the Sparrow Tracks block, making a bunch of those for the top and bottom rows. I'm using the Harper's Garden Jolly Bar to do …
Quilting the Dahlia Panel – Part 3
The quilting on this panel was a challenge in more ways than one. When we left off here, the top section was done, and the machine was acting up. Thanks to a lot of help from both the excellent tech guy at A1, Randy, and My Sweet Babboo, the machine is now humming along and …
From My Carolina Home 