What's In The Hoop?

What's in the hoop?

Carpenter Star

I've been big stitch hand quilting it. 

Back in November 2021 I made one Before-I-Forget block as a reminder of what I wanted to do with a pile of 30s reproduction scraps. 

Then in December 2021 I made 396 HSTs with those scraps and Kona Snow. 

Also in December 2021 I made Carpenter Star blocks and assembled them into a top.

In March 2023 I added scrappy borders.

And now mostly what I have left to hand quilt is something in the white space around the blocks. I found a simple stencil in my collection I think I will use. 

And sew on...

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

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Oh what beautiful weather we have been having! I've been spending as much time as I can out working in my gardens. 

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Oh joy! In the last week or so I received two boxes of fabric and scraps from Teresa and a box of quite an interesting and eclectic variety of scraps from Sandi.  I just love sorting through scraps! 

Stars

Hollow Stars

10.5 inch finished

Made with 4 inch and 3 inch squares

Earlier in the year I emptied out a box of 4 inch width scraps by making a variety of blocks.  With the longest pieces I made Hollow (aka Wonky) Stars.    I ended up with about 30 of them. I decided that next year one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects would be to make Hollow Stars each month with scrap chunks.  Then at the end of the year 2027 I will have a big pile of blocks to make into comfort quilts. It's always fun to see how many quilts I can make. 

Since neutrals is the RSC color this month I made some gray blocks. I didn't have very many gray scrap chunks to use. 

And this week I finished making those 320 Quarter Stars into 80 Whole Stars.  Now there is some assembly required. 

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

 

Farmer's Wife Samper Finish

It's a finish!

Farmer's Wife Samper

66 x 84

Most blocks can be found in the book Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.

I started making blocks way back in January 2011.

The actual Farmer's Wife Samper has 111 six inch finished blocks. I think I made about half of those blocks.  In March 2023 I dug out the blocks and made a decision to do something with them.   I decided to use an Hourglass as an alternate block. I counted my blocks and decided I needed a few more. I had belonged to a 30s Reproduction Yahoo Group that swapped blocks made in 30s repros so found a few six inch orphan blocks from previous swaps that would fit the theme. 

In March 2023 I made the QSTs and assembled the top.

And here we are in October 2026 and I finally have a finished top. This is one of my oldest UFOs.  I quilted it on my sewing machine with horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. 

I added a scrappy binding. 

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

 

Spiraling Flying Geese Top

It's a top!

Spiraling Flying Geese

64 x 76

Found in the book "History Repeated" by Betsy Chutchian and Carol Staehle

This UFO was started waaaaay back in 1921. I made a few Flying Geese from scraps as a "Before-I-Forget".  And then promptly forgot about them and put Flying Geese, book and box of civil war reproduction scraps away until a few days ago. 

A few days ago I remembered that box and made more Flying Geese from the scraps. 

I had no idea what I was going to use for the spiral between the Flying Geese. I didn't really have enough of any suitable civil war repro fabrics. Finally something guided me to a piece of brown plaid that was exactly long enough so I guess it was meant to be. 

And sew on...

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Oh gosh, I've been so busy that I hardly have time to get out a blog post. We've had such beautiful weather so I'm still out doing lots of gardening and taking photos. I have PT twice a week and exercises to do at home. Had to grocery shop, take John to appt. and get gas and pick up prescriptions. And I finally had my long-awaited rheumatology appointment. Now I'm waiting for a long list of test results.

I'll catch up with more later!

 

It's A Finish!

It's a finish!

Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) 2025 Row Quilt

40 x 56

This is one of five row quilts I made following the prompts for the SAHRR 2025. 

My center starting row for this one was the Basket Blocks in 30s reproduction fabrics. 

I made the rest of the rows with 30s repro scraps. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine in a few different ways in each row. 

The binding is scrappy - again made with 30s repro scraps. 

Now ready for a wee one's hug!

And sew on...

 

90 Flying Geese

90 Flying Geese

4.5 x 8.5 unfinished

For Spiraling Flying Geese found in the book "History Repeated" by Betsy Chutchian and Carol Staehle. 

It was one of many Before-I-Forgets I started back in November 2021 to use up civil war reproduction and similar looking fabric scraps. 

When I dug out this UFO box in it were 14 Flying Geese, body parts cut for 5 more and lots of scraps 4.5 inches or wider.  Now all my Geese are made and box emptied and the scraps from making these are now in the box with all the other civil war reproduction scraps. Some scraps here are a little snobby and don't mix in with the general population of scraps.  Other snobby scraps who have their own place - 30 reproductions, rose prints, solids, plaids, novelties, animals...

Now I need to find a fabric for the spiral and assemble my top. 

And sew on...

 

Sixteen Patch Finish

It's a finish!

Sixteen Patch

56 x 72

This month the theme in my sewing space is "reproductions". That means I've been working to move some UFOs forward that contain civil war repro fabrics or 30s repro fabrics. I might even work on my reproduction of a vintage quilt.

In 2022 I made 33 blocks to use up some civil war reproduction scraps. There's probably not strictly repros in there. I probably used other scraps like Thimbleberries and Kansas Troubles. 

In June 2023 I found more scraps to make 30 more blocks and had a complete block set that I set aside in my SAR (Some Assembly Required) bin. 

In February 2024 when the theme in my sewing space was "browns and blues" I assembled the top. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine on the diagonals. 

The back is a soft plaid flannel. 

And sew on...

Monday Musings at Brenda's Songbird Designs

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Finished a book - The Alchemist by Paul Coelho. What a lovely parable.