My Sizable Spool Soon to be Sporting a Sofa

My One Monthly Goal for March is complete. This quilt top and back have been neglected in my cedar chest since about June of 2019. I decided to bring them out to see the light of day. 

This quilt is about 58" X 74" and the problem for me is usually the basting. I just tend to put that off, especially on a larger sized quilt. Once I started quilting it, though, it went pretty fast. 

The backing is a tiny bit not centered on the right side compared to the left side gray check. I did try to get the back centered but such is life. The problem was that I didn't have a lot of extra room on one side. I'm fine with how it turned out though. 

I did my usual cross hatch using my walking foot. I zig-zag my quilt sandwich before I bind it. That makes it easier for me to add the binding. It won't take me long to put the binding on. Then I will be taking it with me on a camping trip to hand-sew the binding to the back. I enjoy having some hand work with me while I am on a camping trip. 

Will be linking my March finish to March OMG at Elm Street Quilts

 Thanks to Patty at Elm Street Quilts for helping to complete my goals. My original post was here.

Sweet Potatoes and Mini Marshmallows

I finished this month's Color Challenge at Patterns By Jen. March's color was to represent Yams or Sweet Potatoes. In fact, I just bought a couple of  Sweet Potatoes for my Easter dinner. I do love sweet potatoes. I like to bake one just plain for myself. Then I cut it open and add brown sugar, plus marshmallows. Then I put it back in the oven for a few minutes to toast the marshmallows. So delicious!  

Sweet Potatoes and Mini Marshmallows

I am now sewing the 6 1/2" blocks and hope to make a mini quilt when the 2021 year is complete. Will be linking my finished block to Patterns by Jen March Color Challenge.

Strawberry Season is on it's way.

 The final challenge at Persimon Dreams Blog was for us to think of our inner self. I think that I would love to live on a farm. I probably have gotten this way over the past 10 years or so because of my drive to work.

My drive to work each day is 1/2 hour each way through farm country. It gives me something to do - watching for all of the animals. There are cows, horses, goats, calves, ducks, dogs, and even a petting zoo with camels and many other exotic animals. 

As a result of my inner self wanting to live in the country, I have created this pot holder or trivet. 

One of the farmers that I pass each day has a large strawberry patch each Spring. He puts a painted strawberry sign out and then I know that I can buy some strawberries. It is a very short time frame because they when they are ripe, he has to pick them quickly. I have been making strawberry jam for quite a few years since I can purchase fresh strawberries from this farm. Also, I have a rhubarb plant in my backyard that I will make strawberry/rhubarb jam. Soon it is going to be Strawberry-picking season and I am looking forward to it!

I have a few Strawberry jam jars left from last year. Delicious! 

Thanks to Kim at Persimon Dreams for these awesome quilting challenges.

Animal Crackers Baby Quilt for newborn

 I finished this baby quilt for a new grandson of a coworker and friend. When Sweetwater came out with this Animal Crackers fabric, I pre-ordered the baby quilt kit from them. I have had the kit sitting in a dresser drawer for a few months. 

My coworker's son had a baby boy and our office decided to have a little shower. I did pitch in for the gifts that they bought, but I wanted to make a baby quilt for her. 

So I went to look to see what I had that could be completed fairly quickly.  Of course, this one could, so I got started on it. I just had to cut out the panel animal squares and add honey buns strips. I gave this to her a week or so later. She was very appreciative so I was glad that I made it.  

There's a lot of animals that the baby can name when he gets older. 

The backing is this cute animal fabric. 

It made a nice-sized crib quilt.  

Will be posting this finish to Lets Make Baby Quilts

A Somewhat Crazy Kind of a Pillow

This is my completed pillow for Challenge 12.5 which was to make a project inspired by the crazy quilt. 

I started with these kind of crazy-pieced blades for the Dresden Plate.

 I used the Feather stitch, plus a Patchwork decorative stitch on my Brother machine. 

Also, I decided to use these ribbons that I have had for years. I wanted to kind of frame the center Dresden Plate. 

So that is my Somewhat Crazy kind of a pillow.

I have completed all 5 of the challenges so far, this year. Might as well try to make a project for the final Challenge in about a week or so.  Will be linking my completed project at

 Project Quilting 12.5

March mega-quilting project ahead

 I really hadn't even thought about a goal for March and it just dawned on me to figure something out. I have quite a few quilt tops, both small and large, that need quilted so I decided to pull out this one:

 

 

This is the completed Threadology Quilt top and back.

This has been completed since June of 2019. I think that is long enough to sit in my cedar chest. So this is my March goal - to have it quilted. I will wait to put the binding on for one of my camping trips. Sewing the binding to the back of the quilt gives me something to do before my husband wakes up in the morning. Camping season will be coming soon so I want to have some binding projects to work on. I have a few other ones already set aside, also. I am linking to Elm Street Quilts OMG for March 2021