Double Double (25)

Now that Christmas is over

I can post my gift quilt

Earlier this year, 

on one of my parents visit to my house,

my mom commented how nice it would be to have 

a nice lap sized quilt

That statement set into motion

a special quilt

My daughter wanted to help too

We decided to use the same fabric line as moms other quilt

Double Chocolate by Moda

We picked an easy pattern

the Double slice

which is where the name Double Double comes from

My daughter pieced the quilt top, and I did the quilting and binding

for the backing we used cozy chocolate brown fireside fabric

it is -30 Celsius in my area of the world these day

perfect for cozying up under a nice quilt

Merry Christmas

and Happy New Year

Happy Monday

Stay warm

Quilt repair

My grandma used to make quilts

She used all kinds of scrap fabric, mostly old Polyester and Fortrell

those quilts are going to last forever!!

Sadly she also used cheap flannel for the backing

I was asked by my sister a few weeks ago,

to repair a grandma quilt, that had seen the inside of a washing

machine, one too many times

Once I got it taken apart, and got a good look at the quilt,

I decided the best way to repair it, would be to do it the same

as grandma had made it. 

Sewn right sides together, 

and then flipped outside in

and tied

I am very happy to be carrying on my grandmas quilting 

I did get a good laugh at her pattern

small squares, larger squares

and rectangles even

I have given my sister many more years with her quilt

Happy Sunday

Stay Warm

Merry Christmas

Christmas Cards

I got a call one Thursday morning, from my sister in law

"Can you make me 12 Christmas cards...

for tomorrow?"

well of course I can!!

complete with hand colouring, embossing and fussy cutting

not to bad for 1 days notice!

Happy Saturday

Stay Warm

Merry Christmas

Postage Stamp (24)

I finished up my 

Postage Stamp quilt!

Love it

Love the bold colours and the white!!

I have decided to give this quilt as a 

Christmas gift, so I guess I will have to make another one for me

One more quilt to finish up and my 

Christmas quilt giving will be wrapped up!!

(ha ha good one there) 

I used a SoHo Chic Jelly Roll and Kona Snow fabric

This time of year, it is SO hard to photograph

a quilt, the days are short, and the good light is gone

and then it also seems like if I don't have full sun, 

I have WIND!!!

Happy Tuesday

Stay warm!!

Postage Stamp in Progress

I have wanted to make a Postage Stamp quilt for a while now

When I seen the Soho Chic jelly roll from Sandy Gervais,

I knew that was the fabric I wanted to use!!

first you sew a whole lots strips together, then you cut them all apart

just to sew them back together again!!!

but it sure beats sewing all that many 2 inch squares together

thats for sure

Happy Wednesday

Little Drummer Boy....such a cool version

I just thought I would share, 

it is December 1st after all,

according to my husband

now I can listen to Christmas music

Little Drummer Boy....such a cool version | Britta

Happy Sunday!!

Starry Night Giant Star Quilt (23)

23 quilts

I have made 23 quilts

and 

finally 1 will live on my bed!!

I finished up my 

Starry Night Giant Star quilt

last weekend,

but had to wait for a time where I had extra hands, 

and not bright sunlight to photograph it

4 corners on this quilt I have to pick the one that my quilting was NOT straight to photograph!!

I used Jeni Bakers'

Giant Star quilt tutorial, 

but made my squares bigger to begin with

so I ended up with a larger star

then I added 2 borders to make it queen sized

I used a mix of blue and grey fat quarters from my stash

and backed it with grey fleece

Straight line quilted it with 1.5 inch spacing

on my own home machine

Happy Friday!!

WIP Starry Night

I have pulled out another quilt top that has been on my to-do pile for way too long

I wanted to make myself a quilt

I pieced the top a while ago

........

like last June or July

I finally got what I wanted for the backing,

only to find out it really wasn't big enough

so I pieced the backing

and got to work on the quilting

 This is where I do my basting

I use 505 Spray Adhesive to baste, so the tile floor in the dining area

makes the most sense, and it is the easiest to clean up

It is a good thing we have a huge dining table

for a queen sized quilt

(I usually use painters tape to tape my backing to the floor during the basting step,

painters tape doesn't like to stick to fuzzy backing like minky, fireside or fleece. My helpful hubby suggested I use Tuck Tape, DO NOT DO THIS

I had THEE worst time getting it off of the fabric, and in some spots ended up cutting it off. 

That is what the red stuff on my quilt in the picture above)

I had a lot of fabric to deal with, and work through my machine

But in the end

it was all worth it, it turned out great

I will get some finished pics soon

the weather has to cooperate

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Wednesday

Swoon in Progress

4 blocks down

I have no idea, how many to go, lol

I want to make this for in my living room

my furniture is chocolate brown, and my accents are blue

I have been mixing all shades of blue and brown

But can't decide if I want to make it 2x3 for a rectangle

or if I want it 3x3 for a bigger square

???????????????

Happy Sunday

Mini Starburst Table Topper

I finished my Mini Starburst Table topper!!

I wanted a few more table toppers, and runners for the holiday season

I have had my eye on the 

Mini Starburst pattern

from Canoe Ridge Creations 

I plan on making one 

in pink, yellow, blue and grey,

the colours of my Impromtu quilt

to go in my spare room

But first wanted to make one in

holiday fabrics

See the snow flakes and swirls

This will sit on my radio stand for this year

In other news

it is very chilly this weekend -30 C

when we got up this morning!

More projects on the go

picked up some batting yesterday in the city

so I can get quilting a few of my other projects that are the waiting pile

Happy Saturday

Stay warm!!

Blogathon Canada

I am very excited

I found a whole bunch of great Canadian quilt bloggers

The Sew Sisters are hosting the Blogathon Canada

to introduce us to more great Canadian bloggers

I would like to thank Flo at Butterfly Quilting

for adding me to her blog list

I will share a bit about myself

I grew up in a city

fell in love with a farm boy

married that farmer

we have 3 children

We live on the farm and honestly

there is no place I would rather be

We grain farm and raise cattle

I have always had a love for all things home-made

I am a scrapbooker, and a card maker

I am also a quilter

About a year ago now 

my husband said to me

"you should make quilts for the twin"

the other day I said to him

"look what you started"

These are the quilts that started it all

Royal & Scarlett

my great granny quilt

My Giant Star

my Irish Chain quilt

Impromtu

my Darkside quilt

and last but not least

my Hockey Mom Quilt

I have found the blog world is a great place for inspiration

I could spend hours looking on the internet

I am glad to be making my own place in this blog world

Thank you for stopping by, I would love if you stop back again

Happy Thursday

Swoon in Progress

Swoon quilts seem to be popping up all over the blog world again

Once again reminding me of my 2 lonely swoon blocks

hanging on the design wall, waiting to be finished

Just seems like other projects keep jumping to the front of the line

So the other night I pulled out my 

already cut

pieces, and got to work

and, yes that is my seam ripper sitting

be the pile that was sewn together wrong

and so it sits

another project

I have made another table topper, 

got it all sewn together

and then sandwiched with the batting and backing

just waiting to be quilted

As I mentioned in yesterday post, 

I have changed my blog name and address, so make sure you update 

your bloglovin

Happy Wednesday

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I have been wanting to make a few changes around here for a while

bear with me while they are in progress

as I am learning to do things myself, lol

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Hockey Rink quilt (22)

Ok, New Favourite!!!

But don't we say that about each new quilt we make??

I asked a question on Facebook 

a few weeks ago

"would you buy one of my quilts"

I had lots of people say, YES they would

The cradle quilt in my last post was the first one

This is the second one

I was asked to make a quilt

for my friend and her little twin daughters to use

while they are at the cold hockey rinks, watching their bigger sister

at hockey

She said it was up to me what pattern and fabric I choose

she only asked that I used Red, Navy and White,

the teams colours

This idea popped in my head right away,

I wanted the navy to be the main fabric because of where it will be used,

and tried to use as little white as possible.

the backing is supper cozy grey Fireside fabric

if you have never used it, it compared to minky for softness

hard to capture "softness" in a picture, lol

and finished it all off with a scrappy red binding

I have sent her pictures and her response was

"I LOVE IT"

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and now to show you a new addition in my house

yup, I got a wooden ladder finally

My wonderful hubby made it for me!!!

We are at odds right now over finishing it though,

he wants to stain it, I want to antique paint it

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Thursday

Stay warm!!