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Summer Sewing Class – Turning Twenty Quilt

August 15, 2014Family, Quilts, Sewingeasy quilt to make, grandma's sewing class, how to sew a quilt, making a quilt with fat quarters, piecing a quilt, quilts, sewing class, turning twenty quilt, turning twenty quilt patternRita

With all of my recuperating time from my accident and now with summer coming to an end really quick (the kids start back to school next week!) I did not get to my usual sewing classes for all the granddaughters. But I decided that I would do a class with my oldest granddaughter because she is now old enough to do most of it on her own! Eight years old is a great time to start your little ones sewing, because they are so excited about it and they are getting the coordination that is needed to run the foot pedal and guide the fabric at the same time!
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Block of the Month Quilt

June 23, 2014Patterns, Quilts, Sewingblock of the month quilt, learning quilting techniques, pieced quilt blocks, quilting, quilts, sewingRita

I finally got my “Block of the Month Quilt”, quilted and the binding on! Yahoo! Continue reading →

Star Quilts

May 9, 2014Gift ideas, Patterns, Quilts, SewingChristmas gifts, country threads pattern, country threads quilt pattern, easy star quilts, gift idea, machine quilting, quilting, quilts, sewing, star quiltsRita

I am so happy to announce that it is Christmas in May!?

I decided right after Christmas last year that I was going to make these two quilts for gifts for this year. I went out and got the fabric last January and I have slowly been working on them during some of our weekend trips up to our cabin, and they are now finished and I can put them away until Christmas! Continue reading →

Block Of the Month Quilt-WIP

March 11, 2014Patterns, Quilts, Sewingapplique quilt block, block of the month quilt, Gigi's Thimble pattern, Gigi's Thimble quilt pattern, Just Sew quilt shop, paper piecing, pieced quilt blocks, quilt blocks, quilts, sew classic sampler, sewingRita

This project is a work in progress.

It is my quilt top from the block of the month that I just finished! This is from the quilt shop, Just Sew, in Highland, Utah.

I love the fun, bright color combinations in the quilt with the white sashings to set it all off!

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Floral Quilt

October 11, 2013Patterns, Quilts, Sewingappliqued quilt, how to sew a quilt with charm squares, pattern, pieced quilt, quilt pattern, quilting, quilts, sewing, thimble blossom patternRita

I have another quilt post today! :)

Here is the quilt that my daughter made for her daughter. She sewed this quilt top several months ago and we just needed to add the outside borders to make it a little bigger, then I quilted it for her and sewed on the binding, because she said the binding would take her another month to do! She exaggerates!

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Easy Chevron Halloween Quilt

October 8, 2013Halloween, Patterns, Quilts, Sewing, Tutorialschevron quilt, chevron quilt sewn on the diagonal, halloween, Halloween chevron quilt, how to make a chevron quilt, pieced Halloween quilt, pieced quilt, quilting, quilts, sewing, tutorial to make chevron quiltRita

Here is one of the quilts that I have been working on this past couple of weeks!

I was a little bit worried about how this quilt would really turn out because I bought some of the fabric at a quilt show that I went to and after getting part way done with sewing the quilt, I realized that I had only gotten 1/2 as much fabric as what I needed! So I went to my fabric stash and got enough to sew about 3/4 of the quilt and then I had to go buy the rest of the fabric! So this is really a mismatched quilt, but I actually like how it turned out!

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Stitched Christmas Quilt Blocks (WIP)

October 4, 2013Halloween, Patterns, Quilts, Sewing, ThanksgivingBird Brain Designs, Christmas quilt, Halloween quilts, KimberBell Designs pattern, patterns, quilt patterns, quilting, quilts, redwork Christmas quilt, redwork quilt block, sewing, Stitched quilt blocks, Thanksgiving quiltRita

I have so many projects going on right now that I am driving myself crazy! I tend to do this every year in the fall, I get the bug to start sewing, crafting, reading, baking, canning and organizing! I just need to pace myself and finish one project before I start the next one! Do any of you do that too, or am I the only crazy one???

I am working on 4 different quilts right now with the patterns and fabric for several more! I bought my quilting machine a few months ago and now I think that I have to use it all the time… it just keeps calling my name…but I love learning how to use it!

This quilt that I am trying to get finished up this week, my WIP (Work in Progress), is from Bird Brain Designs and the name of the pattern is Snowmen & Reindeer Bluework Quilt. I got this pattern last spring when we were in Arizona on our little annual vacation. I am doing it all as a redwork so that it will match my other Christmas quilts that I have already made.

I have been working on these block since last spring and I have all but one of the blocks completely stitched and I am hoping to get the last one done this weekend!

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Red and Yellow Quilt

August 9, 2013For the Home, Quilts, Sewingfor the home, pieced quilt, pieced quilt block, pieced quilt top, quilting, quilts, red and yellow quilt, sewingRita

Have any of you ever had a project that you worked on so much or for so long and had so many problems with it that you were sick of the project before you ever got done with it? Well that describes this quilt perfectly!

I sewed this quilt top 5-6 years ago in a Relief Society class that we did a block a month. I was learning how to do some of the different quilt blocks, so I can’t say that they were my best work, but I always have loved the colors in this quilt and I finished the whole top and the sashings, but I felt like it needed some borders, but I just never got the fabric, so I just never finished it!

Fast forward 6 years- I got this quilt top out a few weeks ago and found some fabric for the borders and the back. I put it on to quilt and the tension on my quilting machine was way off and it took me several attempts and phone calls before I finally got my machine working right, I was just about ready forget about this quilt, but I finally got it quilted only to find that when I loaded the quilt on the machine, I was 1/2 inch short on one end, after it was all quilted! So I had to trim the outside border all the way around! But after I got the binding on and hung it up to take pictures, I decided that it turned out OK after all! I still love the colors in this quilt, which is it’s redeeming quality!

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Humanitarian Quilts

July 15, 2013Quilts, Service, Sewingcommunity service, easy to make flannel quilts, flannel quilts, how to sew binding, how to sew binding on a quilt, humanitarian quilts, learning to quilt, quilts, service, sewingRita

I have been practicing my quilting techniques again lately. I decided that I would make some quilts that I could give away to a charity and practice my quilting skills at the same time. I figured that a small child somewhere would not care what the quilting looks like in a new blanket, right? So this is a perfect combination for me. I practice quilting and someone, somewhere will get a new quilt! A win, win situation!

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Flag Rag Quilt

July 3, 2013Crafts, Decorating, Holiday, Quilts, Sewing4th of July quilt, crafts, decorations, flag quilt, flag quilt pattern, pattern, quilts, rag flag quilt, rag quilt, sewingRita

I saw a flag quilt on Pinterest the other day and decided that I needed to make one! So I ran and got some fabric and put this together last night! It was really easy to make, but when I washed it to make it “rag” out, some of the fabric shrunk differently than the other and it came out a little bit crooked. I was just going to leave it, because it is just a seasonal decoration, but my OCD got the better part of me and I had to straightened it out! :)

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