Pretend Potted Plants

My March goal is now complete. 

I enjoyed sewing and quilting this Potted Plants pattern from Make Mine Mini. I may hang this once in a while on a wall in an area of my camper. I will just hang these smaller mini-quilts with those Command Strips. 

My original post was here.

March Goal - Pick a Patch of Potted Plants

 I chose 12 projects to complete for the year 2026.  I do tend to stray away from my goals, unfortunately. So I will declare a March Monthly Goal and see if I can finish these within a month. Plus, with the UFO Challenge, maybe I will keep my goal.

For the Month of March, I would like to finish Potted Plants. This is one of the projects on my Annual Goal.

There is a space on my Camper that I can hang small quilts. This one would be good to hang in that space. It's kind of outdoorsy, too, for a camper. I think I can just hang my small quilts with those Command Strips - I do not want to drill any unecessary holes into the camper walls.

Completed Swallows Quilt

 This is a quilt that I started a little while back. I put it on my 2026 Challenge and I decided to try to finish it in January. This was my original post where I just had it basted. Surprisingly, I did finish it! 

The back is just plain orange and so is the binding. I had a little extra orange fabric so I figured that I might as well just use it for the binding, too.

I really like my new Swallows quilt. I kind of like the size of this one, too. It will be good to throw on my legs or just lay on the back of the couch. This pattern is by Elizabeth Hartman and it came in a Sew Sampler box.

I am definitely not the best at posting blogs (or Instagram, or Facebook, or anything else). So this challenge might help me to make a few blog posts, too.

I am linking up my finish to Connie's Completed January quilt project

Thank you, Connie, for helping me along with my unfinished quilt projects.

A Red Heart for February

 

The Color of the Month for February is RED. Seems logical. I sewed this heart block. It has yet to be attached to anything yet - possibly a small basket down the road. 

I am linking my Red Heart to Connie at Freemotion by the River.  Thanks, as always, to Connie for these small challenges throughout the month. Sometimes I need a push to get started and keep me going.

Teal Mittens for a frosty day!

 I thought that I would like to participate in the Color Challenge of the Month at Freemotion by the River. Plus, along the way I can actually sew some of the cute patterns that I receive monthly from Make Mine Mini membership. I have sewn a few, but I would like to try to sew one each month. 

This month, I decided to sew the Mittens and combine it with the Teal Color of the month. Of course, I had to take a photo of my mittens in the Pennsylvania snow. This is snow on my front porch.

Thanks to Connie for this fun Color Challenge!

My 2026 Unfinished Quilt Project Challenge

 Well, it has been ages since I posted on my Blog. But I decided to post my uncompleted project list for 2026.  Connie Kresin is having a challenge so I figured why not challenge myself to Finish some projects instead of starting new ones which I do quite frequently. 

First up is my Swallows quilt top that I finished maybe about a year ago. I did start working on getting this quilted in January. Not sure if I will have it quilted and bound by the end of the month but I am going to try.

Another quilt top that has been neglected in my cedar chest is this Diamond Divide quilt top. This was a Sew Sampler project from 2019 so I would say that I have had the quilt top completed since 2020-2021. I loved it when it came and ordered the paper pieces and worked on it right away. But it has sat and not been quilted for going on 5 years now. I hope to have this completed as a gift for my Brother and Sister-in-law.

This is the Ultimate Sewing Case. It has only been partially completed since the Fall. So one month I would like to work on it to finish it.

This quilt top is Shine by Sweetwater. I've only had this top completed a month or so. So not too bad for me.

This Pam Kitty Morning quilt top has been collecting dust for well on up to 10 years. It really is not even very big so why it has not been quilted is beyond me. It would make a cute table cover when I'm done.

This is part of Make Mine Mini membership - Potted Plants. I just love this and would like to get it quilted and bound. It's small so I'm sure I can get this organized.

A Sew Sampler box called Spring Flags.  I've had this top done for about a year. 

My Gingerbread Man is from Make Mine Mini,  also. I would like to add him to a bag or basket or something. That is yet to be figured out.

This is my completed "Goodness Grows" monthly Quilt along from Sew Sampler. I really do need to complete this one. 

I am not pleased with this Tula Pink quilt top so it sat forever. It did not fit together nicely in the center. So I will try to just do some extra quilting in the center at first. Not sure what else I can do to help it. Yikes!

These little guys are from Make Mine Mini, too, and I would like to add them to a bag or basket, also.

I'm going to add this quilt top, too because I would love to have it finished. This is the Potting Table Block of the Month by Rachael Rossi. It was a 2023 Block of the Month and I did enjoy participating.  It needs quilted and bound.

 

I do have a few more quilt tops needing quilting but I can only get so many projects together. This list leaves me with 8 quilt tops needing completed - that may be doable for me this year. My main problem is sewing the back together and basting the quilt sandwich to start my quilting. I am very lackadaisical (I looked the spelling up on dictionary.com) about doing that. I am linking to Freemotion by the River

The Falling Leaves

 I sewed this Leaves table runner last year, but realized I had not posted these photos. I will be getting this table runner out to display on my coffee table since it is now becoming Autumn. These leaves were all sewn from fat quarters that have been in my house for a few years.

The backing is left over from a much larger quilt. I thought that it went well with the colors of the leaves. I quilted this in a slight wave using the edge of my walking foot. It's a fun way to get a smaller quilt completed. 

The label is indicating 2024. That's how long it takes me to finish blog posts.

Effervescence Quilt Along - finished quilt top

I participated in Yvonne's Effervescence Quilt Along this year. The Quilt Along started in January and just finished up now in July.  

I enjoyed this Quilt Along very much. The blocks were pieced at a slow pace throughout the weeks. I appreciated this because I didn't have to rush. 

Another great thing about this Quilt Along is that I was able to use all fabrics from my stash of batiks. For some reason years ago, I received monthly fat quarters of batiks. However, they have been left forgotten about in a box.  Some of the pieces for a few blocks required more than a fat quarter. So I just picked a couple of fat quarters that were kind of similar in color to use for those pieces. 

I kind of like the dark colors on this. The Effervescence is a very unique pattern. I will be piecing the backing out of more fat quarters in my batik stash and then get to the quilting soon.

I am linking my quilt top to Effervescence QAL Final Linkup.

Dust Off a Book Blog Hop - Sewing Mat

 I decided to join in with Bea for the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop. I'll admit, I have purchased too many quilt books through the years. 

I finally did give some of my old books to a church located by my office. The church gives everything away to area residents. The quilt books that I gave away were mainly ones that created quilt blocks using templates. I have never enjoyed sewing with templates. There are many more time-efficient techniques than templates to create quilt blocks.  Here is the book that I decided to sew my project from:

Quilt Petite by Sedef Imer .This book is not really, really, old - the copyright is 2016.  This book contains quite a few small quilts, such as doll quilts and place mats. But I have never sewed anything from it.  So I decided to sew this Sewing Machine Mat.

The pieced section of the mat is set on point, which I do like. I had a charm pack of this Leila Boutique Farmer's Daughter fabric, plus I had some fat quarters for the bigger sections.

This is my finished Sewing Mat, along with a Thread Catcher. I had some black and white striped fabric that I cut on the bias for the binding.

The book said to sew a snap to the left pocket to hold the thread catcher. I used this type of a magnetic snap because that's what I had on hand.

 This is how I covered the back of this magnetic snap. Of course, I was concerned about putting my hand in and out of the pocket and getting scraped up. So I sewed 3 small rectangles together and added this heart label, just because I had it. I did hand stitch it down because it was too hard to put through my machine. 

This is the inside of the thread catcher, also, showing the back of the snap. I did not want to leave it this way, it is very sharp.

So I made another little patch and added this "sweet" label.

I just used some leftover low-volume prints for the back and pieced them together. I chose this "Sewing Heals the Soul label. I thought it fit since I made the Sewing Mat. 

Here is my new Pfaff sitting on my new finished Sewing Mat. I am able to have my cutting mat on my table and still have this sewing mat fit in my workspace. It will look nice once everything is cleared off, but, in reality, that does not happen often.  I am glad I finally sewed something from this book. Also, I'm glad I was able to use this fabric because it has been sitting in a basket for quite a while.   

Thank you Bea for Hosting this fun Blog Hop. Please visit everyone else that is participating in this Blog Hop.  They have some awesome quilt projects to show you. 

March 3

Karrin’s Crazy World

Textile Ranger

March 4

Alyciaquilts

KathleenMcMusing

March 5

MooseStashQuilting

WithStringsAttached

March 6

NettieSews

Beaquilter

Next Round #4 for Stay at Home Round Robin

 The SAHRR 4th Round is held at Wendy from Pieceful Thoughts. I have done "slices" before and I did borrow my block from Happy Quilting Melissa's Fast & Fun Lap Quilts Book. I am kind of lazy when it comes to figuring out my own blocks. I knew that she had a "sliced block" in this book because I have sewn each of the blocks in this book for a Quilt Along.

Here is my block that has 4 sliced sections. 

Here are the blocks that I have sewn so far from the prompts. I honestly don't know how to put this all together. I guess I'll figure something out for a table topper. I do need to add another block beside the green 6 1/2" block.

Who knows? I may decide later on how to arrange this. Everyone's SAHRR Quilt tops are really coming together nicely. It is fun to play along.

Next Round SAHRR

 Gail at Quilting Gail indicated to us to sew some stars for our Stay at Home Round Robin for this week. I chose to sew one big, bold, bursting 12 1/2" star to add to my quilt top.  My low volume background has little stars on it, too.

This block is actually called San Diego. I chose this from All of the Star blocks that they have for free to download. I'm considering completing a table runner with all of my blocks. Plus, I'm wanting to kind of sew a rainbow of colors.  These are my past blocks which are not sewn together yet.

I'll try to figure it all out down the road. It is fun to organize your own quilt top, plus to see what everyone else comes up with. Linking up to SAHRR Round 3

SAHRR - Next Round - Half-Square Triangles

The next round of the SAHRR has been chosen as Half-Square Triangles at Anja Quilts.  I decided to sew a border around my center block.  I liked the look of this framing of the block that Kathleen McMusing showed on her blog.

I decided on yellow for the border. Not sure how I like this so far, but we'll see as I add other parts according to the prompts. 

I did not do anything yet with the previous week's block. This block was called "Sunshine" for my initial. It was similar to King's Crown.

This block is 6 1/2" so I'm hoping that I can add a few more blocks to put on the sides of my center framed block. Then maybe I'll frame the other blocks somehow, too. It is yet to be determined. 

Stay at Home Round Robin

I was doing a little search for a paper-pieced block - because, well, sometimes my points don't come out too great for half-square triangles. I found this block on Generations Quilt Patterns and I thought it was the same as King's Crown Block. However, now when I snapped a picture and posted it here, there is 1 extra hst in each section. My eyes must have been deceiving me.

But a light bulb went off - Kathleen also said that you could sew a block that begins with your initial. Well, by the stretch of my imagination, this block that they call "Sunshine" begins with an "S" which is my last initial. Now, I guess, I'm working within the guidelines. As quilters, we are allowed to be subject to our own imagination. I am linking up to SAHRR Linkup

Stay at Home Round Robin 2025

 I decided to join in with all of the fabulous quilters for the Stay at Home Round Robin, I have not participated before and would like to try it this year. It's always fun to have friendly quilters sewing along. I looked through all of my orphaned blocks and came up with this one. 

It is rather pink and red. There are some green and white flecks that I can work with, also. I guess it is better to use this block up instead of having it sit in my dresser drawer for another 5 years or so.

I would like to have a smaller quilt completed for a mini instead of a large quilt. This is a 12 1/2" block so I will keep the piecing small for the remainder of the SAHRR. But that's ok, hopefully I can figure it out.

I will be linking up to Quilting Gail

Tiny Tote Bags for Christmas Treats

 I have not done any blogging for quite a while. So I thought I'd post a few of the items that I finished recently. Christmas has long past and we have been moving on into 2025; however, I did sew Tiny Tote Bags for my coworkers. 

I will tell that it was a bit of a time-consuming project. The pattern makes 10 tiny totes. I did sew 11 because there was some little squares left from the strip-piecing. 

I'm glad I sewed the extra one because I wanted to keep it for myself. Selfish, I know. But sfter all of my hard work, I wanted to be reminded of it each Christmas. I can hang it on the Christmas tree in future years.  Plus, the fabric is left over from a quilt top that I hope to have quilted and bound for Christmas 2025. The quilt top has been done for  probably 3 years, Deer Christmas fabric

Tiny Tote

Luckily there were 10 coworkers in my office so it made just enough. I filled the tiny tote with candy and added these fanciful "disco balls". John Travolta would be proud. I love his commercial at Christmas where he is the Santa Claus! I believe it is for Capital One.

Lining

A few of my coworkers really liked this. They commented: "it even has a little pocket". 

Linking to Sew & Tell

 

Star Pulse Bonus Quilt

 When piecing the Star Pulse quilt top, there were extra half-square triangle blocks that developed. Then, an additional small quilt top can be sewn out of the extra blocks. This is my completed quilt from the bonus blocks.

I quilted it in a cross hatch and then added these small curves crossing the center. It does make the quilte a little puffy which is nice.

I used this cat Tula Pink fabric for the backing since I had a couple of yards. 

The binding is "bubbles" leftover from a baby quilt a few years ago. I have been collecting leftover bindings in a basket that can quickly be pulled out. This binding was just big enough for this quilt. 

I am now enjoying my small quilt from the bonus blocks. Thanks to  Quilting Jet Girl for this "extra pattern". Plus, it's always great to use up leftovers. I am posting my finish to the Star Pulse Quilt Along Linkup

 

Star Pulse - Shades of Teal and Blue

I had been following along for the Star Pulse Quilt Along at Quilting Jet Girl's Blog I finished my Star Pulse quilt top a few weeks ago. I chose teal colors for the quilt top. I worked at it to get it quilted and bound. 

The quilting was done in a wave following the edge of the walking foot. It did get very repetitious but I like how it came out.

For the backing, I pieced some yardage that I had in the house that were shades of blue.

I am posting my finish at Yvonne's linkup for Star Pulse QAL. Thank you so much, Yvonne, for this fun pattern and Quilt Along. I will be looking forward to the next annual Quilt Along.