Category Archives: Quilts

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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Baby Quilt

June 25, 2013Quilts, Sewingapplique, applique quilt block, baby mine quilt, baby quilt, hand stitching, machine quilting, pieced baby quilt, quilts, sewing, thimble blossom, thimble blossom patternRita

I got one more quilt done for our new littlest granddaughter! She was a month early, so I told her mom that I still had a month to get this done!

This was a fun quilt to make. I made one of these quilts a few years ago, but added extra borders to make it a lap quilt. I had so much fun making it that I decided to make another one.

I got this fabric on my own personal quilt shop hop during our trip in Arizona last March!

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Thursday’s Thought-Quilters are Not Greedy…

June 20, 2013Printables, Quilts, Quotes, Thursday's Thoughtsprintable, Quilters are not greedy they are just materialistic, quilters quote, quilting, quilting quote, quilting thought, quote, Thought, Thursday's ThoughtRita

Since I have been doing a lot of quilting lately, I thought that perhaps I should do my Thursday’s thought with quilting in mind and I have this saying written in vinyl for my sewing room, I decided it would be perfect for this week!

This saying just makes me smile! :)

I hope that it will make you smile today too!

To print this, right click over image and go to “save image as” then save in a folder and you can print from there. It is formatted to an 8″ x 10″ size.

Hope that you are having a great summer day! Love Ya!

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Quilt Block of the Month(s)

June 18, 2013Quilts, Sewingblock of the month, Martha Washington star block, pieced quilt blocks, quilt block of the month, quilts, sewing, twelve triangle blockRita

I have both May and June block(s) of the month this time.

These were both so fun to sew and they were completely different techniques! One is paper piecing, the other one teaches how to make flying geese. I absolutely love learning a new technique each month. Some of these I have done before, but it seems like everyone does it just a little bit different and it is great to learn all the new ways!

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Minky Baby Blanket

June 7, 2013Quilts, Sewing, Tutorialsbaby blanket, baby carrier cover, crocheted receiving blanket, how to sew minky baby blanket, minky baby blanket, minky quilt, minky quilt tutorial, sewing, tutorialRita

Have any of you seen these adorable minky blankets for babies? They have got to be the softest, most cuddly blanket that I have ever felt! I want one for me.

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Pink Baby Quilt

June 6, 2013Quilts, Sewingbaby hugs baby quilt, baby quilt, flannel, machine quilting, minky, pieced quilt, pink baby quilt, quilt, sewingRita

I do not have a Thursday’s Thought this week. Instead, I have this really cute picture!

This is our newest little granddaughter! We are so excited to have her here and to know that she and her mom are both doing good! We were worried because there were some complications, so we are so thankful that everything turned out so well! Continue reading →

Block of the Month-April

April 15, 2013Quilts, Sewingapplique, applique quilt block, block of the month, dresden plate, dresden plate appliqued quilt block, dresden plate quilt block, Just Sew quilt shop, quilts, sewing, sewing tipsRita

Here is my new Block of the Month block from the “Sew Classic Sampler”.

It is called a Dresden Plate. I have never made one of these before and thought that they looked really hard, but guess what? It really was not that hard and I had fun learning how to make this block and making it!

I love the applique on this block and I learned how to make “perfect circles” by using a template and then run a gathering stitch around the outside and gathering it around the template. Then iron with a good spray starch that has been brushed around the edges to get that perfect circle! They also taught me how to get my corners matched up and make good points at the tutorial they had at “Just Sew”

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Sunny Arizona

March 26, 2013Christmas, Family, Quilts, Scrapbooking, Sewing, Shopping, TraditionsArizona quilt shops, Arizona vacation, Christmas, crafts, quilt shop hop, sewing, shopping, shopping finds, spring training baseball, traditions, trip, vacationRita

My husband and I just got back from our annual trip to Sunny Arizona! We go every year for Spring Training Baseball, well at least that is what we say we go for, but we pack a whole lot more into this trip than just baseball! My number one favorite reason for going this time of year is for the beautiful sunny skies! It is always so warm and wonderful every year when we go and I love just soaking in all of that gorgeous sunshine. It does make it a little difficult to come home when everyone back home (Utah) says that it is snowing again, but after a glorious 10 days we did decide to come back! :)

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