Kathy's Quilting Blog

Friday, April 16, 2021

Scrap Crystals Quilt Top Is Complete

I'm so excited that I finished piecing my Scrap Crystals quit top last night. Scrap Crystals is a Bonnie Hunter design in her book More Adventures With Leaders & Enders. Here it is in the 6pm sun & wind:

I'm super happy how the colors play in this one. It was pretty windy.

The next step will be making a light/bright blue pieced backing for this. I may also look through the orphan blocks to see what blue blocks I have. I'm sure there are a few.

I'm linking up at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Soul Searching is Complete -- WIP Wednesday 4.14.21

It's been another fantastic week of quilting. This week I completed my Soul Searching quilt. Woohoo, the grass is green and starting to grow in this part of the yard. (We just planted this part of the yard last year after some earth work.) The sun was shining!!!

The cool thing that makes this quilt special is that this quilt top was made by my quilty friend, Julianne, that used to blog at Quilting With Calicos. We decided to make quilt tops and swap. I received this quilt from her on 8/29/19. It's a fine time for a finish. The rich colors remind me of Julianne's bright personality. We secretly made blocks and didn't post about them each month of the RSC in 2018ish.

It measures 72" x 80". I made this yellow back in February when the color of the month for the RSC21 was yellow. I made the binding in March when the color of the month for the RSC21 was green. The RSC has been helping me cross things off my WIP list one at a time.

Here's a close-up photo of the quilting while it was still on the longarm frame. The pattern is by Urban Elementz. It is called Ba Da Bing.

Soul Searching was part of a quilt top swap that Julianne of Quilting with Calicos and I decided to do. We both secretly made Soul Searching blocks starting in 2016. Life happened and we both got a little behind. Kevin the Quilter did a gorgeous Soul Searching quilt in purples and blues. You can see it on his blog here. "Soul Searching" is a quilt design by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession. Luckily my local library has this book when I need it -- FOR FREE USE!!!

I'm happy to announce that my OMG (one main goal) for April is already complete! Woohoo! I am crushing my WIP list one item at a time. I will be linking up at Elm Street Quilts here.

I love how it looks in the sunshine.

Here's the pieced yellow back that I made in Feburary when yellow was the color of the month for the RSC21. I'm finding that I can move quilt progress forward setting goals with the RSC group. I also did the binding in green dots because it was the color of the month in March for the RSC21.

Again I tried to get the outside cats to pose on the quilt. No luck. This is as close as one got this time.

Yet I did have several onlookers... They deemed this quilt unsafe to inspect, but seemed to enjoy taking in the sunshine on the old concrete.

I put my owl blocks together from the quilt called Owl's Well That Ends Well. I altered the size of the blocks of a quilt designed by Judy Gauthier in her book, Quilts for Scrap Lovers. I will add a light/bright blue border from my stash to move this quilt along. I think it will be a great quilt for a kid.

I finished assembling all of the main blocks of my Scrap Crystals. This is a Bonnie Hunter design from her book More Adventures With Leaders & Enders. I am loving the blue/green combination. The sashings and cornerstones really adds a lot of interest to this pattern. It is on the bed on top of my Ohio quilt.

I still have a table topper on my longarm. I am playing with some of the quilting on it and it will take some extra time.

I quilted this design on the Mariner's Compass blocks;

The time consuming part is that I quilting a maze micro filler design from Circle Lord on the rest of it.

I now stand at 54 projects on my WIP list.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

1. Cheddar Jack cat pattern from

2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3. Rock Island Campfire Quilt

4. Picadilly Circle

5. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

6. RSC16 Folk Art Birds

7. 2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

8. Leah Day Building Blocks QA

9. Jelly Roll Rug

10. Classic Meets Modern BOM

11. Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

12. Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13. Stay Centered started February, 2021

14. Rail Fence Blocks 64/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15. Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021

16. Kite Girl (RSC14)

17. Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18. Cabins at the Lake (from Fons Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

19. 2.5" Scraps from Dani -- making "cracker" blocks

20. Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21. Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22. Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

23. Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

24. Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go-bag

25. Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26. Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

27. Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

28. Full Stop, started RSC21 (January)

29. Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

30. Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

31. Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019

32. GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1. Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

2. Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt

3. We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

4. Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

1. Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

2. Cruise blocks won from Libby

3. Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

4. Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

5. African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

6. Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; October 2012)

7. Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

8. Sonja's Windows string quilt

9. Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

10. Scrap Crystals (RSC15)

11. Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1/26/19)

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1. Card Trick (pink and blue)

2. Hunter Green Star Quilt

3. Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1. Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2. Bricks and Stepping Stones, Bonnie Hunter Free Pattern started 3.2.21

3. 9-Patch Scrap Quilt (CM) received 3/19/21 to quilt for a friend

4. Mariner's Compass table topper (on the longarm frame now.)

Needs Binding

Can you believe I'm down to 54 projects? My list used to be up in the 90's! This is serious progress.

I'm linking up with Midweek Makers. Check out the pretty blue scrap blocks Susan is making to play along with the RSC21. Way to use up those blue scraps!

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Tuesday To Do

I really like making lists. I like it so much I plan on linking up at ChrisKnits each Tuesday that I can. The linky party for this week is here. I did get all my Scrap Crystals (a Bonnie Hunter pattern in the book More Adventures With Leaders & Enders) stars assembled.

I arranged them on the bed on top of my State of Ohio quilt. The block in the bottom right has the sashing fabrics on three of the sides. I like it. This week I will work on the cornerstones and sashing. I love that I am interested in this one again. I'm really loving the green and blue combination.

Here's my list from last week, April 6th:

~~1. Make all of the Scrap Crystal star blocks (from above).~~

~~2. Clean the top of my desk by cutting the pile of scraps into 1.5" Accuquilt squares.~~

~~3. Pull light/bright blue solids for Full Stop asterisk block row.~~

~~4. Longarm quilt my Soul Searching quilt.~~

~~5. Put away green scraps and get out more light/bright blue scraps for Stay Centered quilt.~~

Here's my list from this week of April 13th:

1. Make sashing and cornerstones for the Scrap Crystals quilt. Start assembling the rows.

2. Complete the turkey blocks with bright blue backgrounds for Gobble Gobble (Lori Holt) quilt.

3. Cut light/bright blue 2.5" strips for the Stay Centered quilt.

4. Find a light/bright blue fabric in my stash to use as a border for Owl's Well That Ends Well.

5. Make asterisk blocks for Full Stop quilt.

Monday, April 12, 2021

Owl's Well That Ends Well

It rained most of this morning. I couldn't work in the garden. I put together my Owl's Well That Ends Well blocks.

Check out Judy's quilt at Bungalow Quilting & Yarn here. The original pattern can be found in the fun book, Quilts for Scrap Lovers by Judy Gauthier. The book has the blocks to measure 20.5". I scaled it down so that the blocks are 12.5" and changed a few of the owl poses by rearranging blocks to form a different wing.

Next up I will pick a light/bright blue fabric from my stash and put a small border around it.

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Scrap Saturday -- Light and Bright Blues

Since I had all of the sub assemblies done for the Scrap Crystals quilt it was easy to assemble all the blocks while my son had to go to school for a few hours for state testing. It is on top of my Ohio quilt.

Scrap Crystals is a design by Bonnie Hunter and can be found in her book More Adventures With Leaders & Enders.

I took a few photos of it in the layout just in case I forget where I am when I am webbing them together.

Looks like I'll be working on the sashing in blue and green this week. It is cut!

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC21. The party starts here.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Playing on the Longarm -- Scroll Hearts and Maze Micro Filler

I'm started playing with this on the longarm yesterday. The temperature in the quilt room is perfect! I am so blessed that I got to quilt all winter this year. These are orphan Mariner's Compass blocks that I found in the yellow bin back in February.

I used a quilting motif I haven't used before but have had for quite a while. This design is called Scroll Hearts. I don't even remember buying it. You can see it on Urban Elementz here. I think this motif fits it well.

Another board I haven't used much is my Circle Lord maze micro filler. Oh how I miss the fine people at Circle Lord! I did not use my ruler for this. I just put it there to show you how fine it is. I really hope everything matches up nicely when it's time to move the board. Fingers crossed. That's the plan for today while my Mr. Sunshine has to go to the community center for state testing.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Soul Searching Quilting Complete WIP Wednesday 4.7.21

I had another really productive week! I completed the quilting on the quilt called Soul Searching. It is also trimmed. This quilt is my April OMG (one main goal). I quilted it with a very dense pattern from Urban Elementz called Ba Da Bing.

Oh how I love the dense texture on this quilt.

I made this large, pieced yellow back in February when yellow was the color of the month for the RSC21. It worked out great for this quilt.

This stripe looks great on the back with these two different sized gingham checks. I love the rich texture. It looks sort of tribal to me -- or like gears and swirls.

I finished the Patriotic Folk Animals quilt (pattern by Sandy Bonsib.) You can read details here.

I finally finished a dark green Picadilly Circle block. I made a few rail fence blocks too. 81/900

I opened the shoe box containing my Scrap Crystals project (pattern by Bonnie Hunter). It's like greeting an old friend. Now that I have this opened and I'm starting to sort it, I just want to keep going on it until it is a finished product.

I needed two more owls for my Owl's Well That Ends Well quilt that I started for the RSC19. I didn't have dark green owls, but now I do. Hooray for moving another quilt closer to a finish.

I now stand at 55 projects on my WIP list.