A Fan Flower Finish!

It's a finish!

Fan Flowers

55 x 70

Free pattern Fan Flower Quilt at Tilda's World. 

I started making blocks in December 2023. It is one of those free patterns meant to be used with a fabric collection so it was kind of confusing to follow. I finally labeled each of my fabrics with a number to correspond to the number of the fabric used in the pattern and I had a much easier time. 

I finished the top in October 2025.  

This month I started big stitch hand quilting with perle cotton #8 in a variety of colors. I don't usually get anything hand quilted in the hot summer months. This year I bought a portable room air conditioner and so we had cool air in the living room. 

And this is what is on back.

And sew on...

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A Small Top

It's a top!

36 x 36

I've had that little piece of fabric in the center for a long time. I think it might be Maisy Mouse? I haven't watched cartoons or read children's books in a long time so I'm just not sure. 

Well, anyway, I still have quite a few small blocks that Jenny sent me a few months ago. I decided some of the 3 inch finished pinwheels would make a nice border. I chose ones that were made of 30s reproduction fabrics. 

One of these days I need to have another quilting marathon and get some quilts finished and donated. 

And sew on...

 

Cheerios Top

It's a top!

Cheerios 

(orange and yellow version)

40 x 60

Cheerios was one of my 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) blocks to use 4.5 and 2.5 inch width scraps in the color of the month.  In 2025 I divided the blocks into 4 piles for comfort quilts - greens, yellow and reds, purples and blues and pinks, and yellows and oranges.  I was kind of surprised I had so many yellow blocks.   I have already finished and donated the green and yellow and red versions. The purple, blue, pink version is a complete block set waiting for assembly.   The yellow and orange version needed a few more blocks. So I made six more blocks this week and assembled the top.

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

 

Courthouse Steps Top

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It's a top!

Courthouse Steps

45 x 60

I've been making 7.5 inch finished Court House Steps blocks all year as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) project to use scraps from the 2 inch width scrap bin. Earlier this month after I made my yellow (RSC color for August) blocks I noticed I only needed a few more blocks so dug into my scrap bin for scraps to make 8 more blocks. 

Then I assembled a top.

And sew on...

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I know Autumn is right around the corner when my Japanese Anemone border bursts into bloom. 

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Oh joy! Julie sent me a colorful box of perle cotton threads and a magical piece of fabric full of hummingbirds and butterflies.  Donna sent me a box of colorful scraps. My little six inch ruler got a work out sorting scraps by width. And I had fun looking at every piece.

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I finished a book! But Not Forgotten by BJ Bourg. It is Clint Wolf Mystery series book 1. There are 38 books in the series. I've started on book 2. 

Story Time Tops

Story Time

each 41 x 41

I received a baggie of charms/5 inch squares from Ry Lynn and on baggie was written  "Story Time squares".   There were 48 gray squares and there were 48 plaid squares. I wasn't familiar with Story Time quilts so went hunting and found a free pattern for Storytime Squares Quilt.

I divided the squares up for two quilts and used yellow sashing in one and...

...blue in the other. 

And sew on...

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The rain left for a day and the butterflies and bees came dancing around again. So instead of weeding as intended I decided to take some photos. I hope someday to document my gardens in a scrapbook full of photos, seed catalog pages and seed packets and info from old herbals. Then when I am too old or ill to make it out to the garden I can look through my scrapbooks. 

And sow on...

 

Hollow Nine Patch Finish

It's a finish!

Hollow Nine Patch

42 x 52.4

I thought this was a UFO; however, when I looked at past blog posts I see that I made blocks and top this year when I worked on emptying my 4 inch width scrap bin.  I have made Hollow Nine Patch quilts from all sizes of squares. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with horizontal and diagonal lines. 

It has a purple back and tie dyed binding. 

And it is one of the twelve quilts already winging their way to Oglala Sioux Head Start at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, SD

And sew on...

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What's In The Hoop?

What's in the hoop?

Fan Flowers

It was a free pattern called Fan Flower Quilt from Tilda's World. 

I started it in 2023.

I assembled the top in 2025.

And now I'm big stitch hand quilting it so maybe 2026 may be the year of the finish.

And sew on...

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