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Floral Chain

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This is a project that I started on December 26, 2009 with my good friend, Linda J. The center if this quilt was completed quite quickly and then progress stopped at attaching the borders. With the help of “I Love Lucy” reruns, I finally attached the borders a year later. I used to think I got stuck at the attachment of the borders but clearly it is the quilting part of quilt construction that stops me because this top sat in the flimsy pile for 15 years before I managed to get it quilted and bound in 2025.

After finishing this quilt to the flimsy stage, I asked my husband if he liked this one. He first asked if it was for him. Why is it when you are looking for feedback, they want to know if it is for them? I told him it could be for our bed and then yes, it would be for him and me…..but that was not really answering the question. Then he replied that he wasn’t sure he liked yellow and green together? I asked him if he didn’t think this quilt looked summery. I am not sure I totally heard the answer, nor did I ask him to repeat it. My daughter came by and told me that she likes it. Mental note to self…..don’t ask husband for opinions on my quilts….stick with daughter’s opinions!

Floral Chain quilt hanging on clothes line at Agassiz house after being finished to a flimsy.

The border fabric is a Hoffman print that has been aging in my stash for quite some time–just waiting for this project to come along.

Quilt detail.
Finished quilt hanging in Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show.

Quilt Pattern: Daisy Chain by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs.

Quilt Size: 84″ x 106″.

Quilted by me on my long arm using the Swirls quilt design.

Looking Sharp

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This quilt is made from a panel. I cut the panel into individual blocks comprised of cactus blooms and pieced them into squares using the Maple Island Quilts pattern – BQ.

Looking Sharp – Finished to the flimsy stage on July 4, 2011.

I bought the cactus block panels at the 2010 Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show held at Tradex in Abbotsford.

The BQ pattern is written for 12″ and 18″ sized blocks.  In order to proportion the block to fit the cactus prints, I resized the pattern to make a 9″ finished block.  I then set the blocks together with sashing and cornerstones from the same fabric as the background fabric in the blocks to give the appearance that the blocks are floating on the quilt top.  I used cornerstones to assist with lining the blocks up from one row to the next. 

This pattern remains one of my “favorites” as it pieces up quickly and is a great go-to for showcasing those prints that I seem to be attracted to.  This quilt was pieced to the flimsy stage on July 4, 2011 and was quilted on June 10, 2025 proving that we should never give up on even the oldest of our UFOs. 

Looking Sharp as a finished quilt – almost 14 years from the flimsy stage – hanging in the Chilliwack Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show.

Quilt size: 56″ x 76″

STS #3 – Purple Plus – Finished Flimsy

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PURPLE PLUS - 65" x 77" - May 21, 2018

PURPLE PLUS – 65″ x 77″ – May 21, 2018 

Today I finished my purple plus quilt to the flimsy stage.  This top is currently 65″ x 77″ which makes it a nice lap/cuddle size.

This is the third quilt in my STS (Slash the Stash) series and the second purple quilt in that series.

Two quilts that Cora posted on her blog, Carla Quilts were the inspiration for my quilt.  She had made a green colorway and a blue colorway of this same design.  The pattern is from a Modern Plus tutorial by Jeni Baker of In Color Order.

The pattern utilizes 4.5 inch cut squares.  I over cut and so I have a stack of purple squares leftover.  Those squares will likely find a way into a baby quilt at some point in the future.

I am back looking for suitable patterns for the next STS quilt.

 

Double Slice Layer Cake

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This was tonight’s finish…Double Slice Layer Cake.  At present, this is a flimsy measuring 52″ x 60″.  This is a pattern / video / tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

fresh-air-by-american-jane-modaAll you need to make the quilt top is a 10″ layer cake.  I made my quilt from a Moda Layer cake from Fresh Air by American Jane that I bought at our guild’s garage / trunk sale.  I love the 30’s retro feel to this fabric line.

This is the perfect quilt pattern for someone who is new to quilting as there are no seams to match up until you are sewing your blocks together into rows.  Even if your seam allowance is not a precise 1/4″, you have the opportunity to square your blocks to all the same size after piecing and before sewing your blocks together into rows.

This was the same pattern that my DIL used to make her first quilt.

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M with her first quilt – a Double Slice Layer Cake – photo taken January 3, 2016.