By His stripes

 I saw a quilt on Facebook that inspired me. I had things in my scrap bin and fabric tubs they could make a quilt...and in my head they came together. There is no pattern followed but I can make a tutorial if you’d like. Here’s the quilt I’m calling, “By His stripes”. 

Slanty Stars

Ok, I remembered this concept but couldn’t find any pics with reference to the original title or pattern. So, I’ll share it here, as I created it.

Sew three 2.5”x6.5” strips together.





























Next, cut 5x3.5” rectangles if accent fabric, and slice once on the diagonal. Set them on the 3 strip patch like so
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I believe it was 2 3/4” in on the bottom. I used a tiny piece of tape on my small cutting board so I could do the same all the time. See 1/4” into the yellow.


Cut along the right edge of the yellow triangle. Flip and iron.


Now trim to a 6.5” square. Place four together and sew into a block! Trim edges to make square. Sew together with others to make your quilt! I did 5x7 blocks, with two non-star blocks at the edge, alternating which side. This set them diagonally to create movement but isn’t necessary. My completed quilt is 63x80.

Pastel chains

For the longest time, I’ve wanted to make a quilt from this gorgeous cool tone FQ collection I found. These are all my favorite colors! So, I give you my completed top! (One overall picTwo border pics so you can see the ombré effect!

Batik Daisy Wallhanging

Needed something new for my wall so I made this during the last week. :D 

Yay! Mystery quilted!

I just received my quilt finished from the quilter and I couldn’t wait to share it with you! No room in my house to photo right now so I took it outside. Sorry for the shadow. 

Gift quilt

A dear friend of mine gifted me with a couple quilts. Lemme show you:73x5975x56

Both lap quilts as we would call them today, these lovelies are now mine to adore and treasure! 💛💕

Old BOM

Found another of the BOM blocks. Went ahead and assembled. Can’t find the others. Lol! 

Christmas Bento throw quilt

I made this to use up the blocks I had leftover from my Christmas quilt. Just added another border, cut them in quarters, mixed em up, and Re-sewed! Lol!

Cobblestone brights quilt

Ok, so several months back we did a cobblestone swap with my forum friends. I of course made way more than required! Lol! Here’s my first quilt out of it! 50.5x84”

New Christmas quilt

Don’t remember the pattern name. Found from Pinterest. 65x48. 

Pink n yellow cont’d

I posted a mock-up of my pink and yellow quilt here while back. Now I’d like to share the finished top! Yippee! Lol! It’s 48x84”, long enough for anyone to nap under 😁

Challenge quilt

So at the 2017 retreat we were challenged to take home a panel of fabric and bring it back as a completed project for a contest. Most of the year this panel sack pack to still with the 2017 retreat stuff and I didn’t look for it and I didn’t know what I was going to do with it. Sometime in December or January I decided what I was going to do with it and pulled it out and put it with some string blocks I had started and began to make a quilt! I had to request another panel and everything was down to the wire and I completed it at 6:30 PM on Tuesday and I was supposed to leave on Wednesday at 8 AM. It still wasn’t completed because I went to my friends house and washed it and found that there were three more arcs to quilt! Lol! So it was really finished like 11 PM Tuesday night! Talk about down to the wire! 😜 Here’s 

The panel, and the quilt!

Mystery quilt

 Went to quilting retreat In Phoenix Arizona with the “Valley of the Sun” quilters where I try to go every year :-) this year we had a mystery quilt and I just completed it. Laid it out on the floor. This picture makes it look like it’s very uneven on the bottom but I promise it’s pretty good! Was fun and scrappy—just my style!

Snacking is important!

A friend posted this reminder and I think it's a great one...

Don't forget your SNACKS! Two snacks a day keep your metabolism going and keep you from reaching for the bad stuff later in the day. Here are some great ideas:

Snacks Around 100 Calories
• 1 piece of string cheese
• 1 cup of grapes
• 1 cup of strawberries
• 1 large apple
• 10 baby carrots with ¼ cup hummus
• An orange and 5 or 6 almonds
• 10 cashew nuts
• 10 almonds
• 2 ounces of lean roast beef or turkey
• Half of a small avocado
• 1 hard-boiled egg and half of a sliced cucumber
• ¼ cup of cooked brown rice, with 1 fresh tomato and ½ ounce of hard cheese
• 4 mini rice cakes, with 2 tablespoons of lowfat cottage cheese
• 3 ounces of lowfat cottage cheese and 3 whole-wheat crackers
• ¼ cup fat-free ranch dressing, with mixed raw veggies
• 1 small baked potato, with ½ cup salsa and 2 tablespoons of fat-free sour cream
• One 5-ounce tossed salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and ¼ cup fat-free dressing
• 10 ounces of coconut water
• ¾ cup of cooked edamame
• One 8-ounce nonfat, soy, or almond milk latte (no flavor syrups or sugar added)

Snacks Around 200 Calories
• 25 almonds
• ¾ cup of strawberries with ½ cup of nonfat cottage cheese
• 4 ounces of grilled chicken
• Turkey-and-cheese roll-ups (144 calories): Cut 1 part-skim mozzarella cheese stick in half lengthwise. Roll about 1 ounce of sliced roasted turkey breast around one half of the cheese stick and repeat with the remaining cheese stick and another 1-ounce slice of turkey to make a total of two roll-ups.
• 3 ounces of deli turkey slices with 1 ounce of lowfat Cheddar cheese
• 1 apple with 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of peanut butter or almond butter
• 2 tablespoons of hummus with 2 rice cakes
• ½ cup slow-cooked oatmeal with ½ cup nonfat milk
• 6 whole-grain or multi-seed gluten-free crackers with 2 teaspoons of nut butter or hummus
• Half of a baked sweet potato (bonus when sprinkled with cinnamon)
• Half of a whole-wheat English muffin with 1 hard-boiled egg, sliced tomato, lettuce, and onion
• 1 small whole-wheat pita (4 inches in diameter) with ¼ cup of baba ghanoush
• 2 ounces of shrimp cocktail, with ¼ of an avocado and 1 tablespoon of cocktail sauce

Pink and yellow

So here while back I got some flowers and they were so pretty and cheerful. They made me happy just at a glance! I was moved to run and pull some fabrics and start a quilt (which I’m just pulling back out now!). Here are the flowers (from September) and the mock-ups of the blocks! What do u think?

Block Lotto...??

First, it's been forever since I've put stuff up on this board. I was trying to put all my quilts in one place, and I fell down on the job! I'll put more old quilts later, but let's keep it current!

So my friends posted a block for a block lotto for retreat.  I decided to make 20 (max #) for more chances...I never win these things anyway! It was a disappearing 4. A pattern I've always admired and have pinned multiple times.

DANG, this is the most frog stitching, most piddly block ever! I may be exaggerating with the word "most" but I sure did frog stitch A LOT!!! (rip it! rip it! rip it!)

Here are the finished products (and let me say that after all that work, I'm not sure I want to trade them...they look so pretty....):