This is a 3-Yard quilt from the patterns Stacia, Deloise and I brought back from our trip to Houston. Some of the fabric came from the Guild’s collection; they were handing out bundles for the members to work on. I didn’t like some of the fabric in my bundle and I was able to substitute it with some from my own stash.

My Thursday ladies thought it was pretty bright (they were too polite to say too bright) but once it was together they liked it.

This second quilt was also a 3-Yard pattern. I used the bundle of fabrics I was given but the two pinks very much faded into one another so you can hardly see the star. I tried to quilt it to highlight those stars; if you look closely you may be able to see the stars.

I didn’t piece this quilt but after our Community Quilt weekend this was my “door prize” as I was walking out. The quilting is very simple and it went quickly. The Guild always tells us we should be using these donation quilts to learn or practice a technique – they generally mean fancy free-motion quilting or ruler work. I decided to try doing a machine-stitched binding rather than the hand stitching finish I usually do.

I have mixed feelings about the technique. I’m not convinced it is any faster and I enjoy the hand stitching on a binding. I attached the binding to the back first and then pulled it around to the front but if I do it again I’ll reverse that and sew to the front first.

I bought a booklet with eight patterns on a trip to Saskatoon and decided for my miniatures I would go through the book and make each one in order.

I made this miniature top when I was quilting with Stacia and Deloise last fall. I had it in a package to take to Texada to do the quilting. I hope that it was because I didn’t have the right sized scraps that this ended up so wonky.

When it was nearing time for another miniature meeting at the Guild I pulled out my book and started piecing. This time I used the precision piecing method (gluing each seam before sewing) and it came out much better. Note to self – always use the precision piecing method when you are dealing with squares as small as 1.5″.

It wasn’t until I was quilting the two of them one after the other that I realized how similar they were. Could that be right? Surely I hadn’t made the same pattern twice.

That, in fact, is exactly what I did. They ended up in two different sizes so they could be passed off as different I guess, and the wonkiness of one makes it appear quite different from the other.

This one has been finished for awhile but, for whatever reason, I didn’t record it. I’ll soon be looking at my 2019 accomplishments so I want to get everything in here before then.

The pattern came from Stacia, Deloise’s and my trip to Houston. We each bought a bundle of 3 fabrics (1 yard of each) and got a free pattern to go with it. This is the one I picked because I love love love pinwheels.

It was very quick to put together and the quilting was done on Texada on one of those weekends where I quilted to my hearts content in my workshop.

I’m not sure where this one will end up – maybe a gift to someone or maybe a donation quilt.

When we (Stacia, Deloise and I) were at the Saskatoon Quilt Show this fall both Deloise and I purchased a book of eight patterns (and shared them). There is no limit to the number of quilts I can make from these patterns alone.

When I see fabric on sale or fabric that I really like but have no real reason to purchase I think of these 3-yard patterns and purchase fabric guilt-free!

One of my favourite online resources is the Temecula Quilt Company. I’ve downloaded several of their quilt-alongs, and started quite a few of them, but this is my first finish.

The little 3″ blocks were difficult enough but when I put the quilt together getting them on-point almost blew my mind. And I realize that even though everyone loves the grey background fabric, stripes is not the best way to go unless you get them all going the right way. And don’t even get me started on those half-square triangles in the border.

I originally thought of this as a donation quilt but after three years of work this one is staying with me.