Tiled Blooms Quilt Block

 For the latest Bees Knees Quilting Bee block

I made

Tiled Blooms

for Sinta Borland (Pink Pincushion)

 Sinta made this so easy for us.

She mailed most of the sections Pre-cut.

All we had to do was 

cut the petals,

iron on fusible

sew applique

and then

assemble the block.

 This is what Tiled Blooms will look like once it's all put together.

Pattern by
Corey Yoder of

Little Miss Shabby

can be found

HERE

Scrappy Crossroads Quilt

 It's beautiful here in the winter in Arizona  :)

Even with a little cloud cover outside today

it's still warm and inviting.

I just finished

Scrappy Crossroads

 Pattern with Free Tutorial

by my friend Lori Holt

of Bee In My Bonnet

can be found 

HERE

 A great way to use up scraps!

I knew I saved those little itty bits of leftovers for a reason.

 A total of 

1440

2 1/2 inch scrappy squares 

were used in this project

 For the X part of the block

I used

American Made Brand Cotton

Dark Turquoise

It's the first time I have used this solid

and it was wonderful to work with  !

High thread count and solid to the touch.

 Hey, I remember some of these fabrics

from quilts I made long ago  :)

 And these too!

A trip down memory lane.

 The actual block 

measures 16 1/2 inches unfinished

 You can make the quilt any size you desire.

I opted to make it Twin Size

by putting 

5 rows across

and 

6 rows down.

 I even used some of Lori's fabrics in the scraps

Remember her first fabric line Sew Cherry?

And Millie's Closet ?

Thank you Lori for such a great Tutorial  !!

I feel like I now have a Free Quilt

I'm even considering being brave and

trying to quilt this one myself.

We'll see.

Modern Maples Throw Quilt

 The last few days have been some very productive

sewing days.

Love it when that happens  :)

I was able to put a top together quite quickly for

Modern Maples Throw Quilt

59" X 70"

Designed by Amanda Woodward-Jennings

for Lark Crafts

Free PDF pattern can be downloaded

HERE

 I made this quilt as a store sample for 

Mad B's Quilt and Sew

a quilt store in Mesa, Arizona

It's also available as a kit.

Contact Mad B's 

HERE

if you would like to purchase one

 Love this fabric line

Let's Go!

by Camelot Fabrics

Perfect for a little boy, or a little girl

To be honest, I'd like this one for myself  :)

 Fox

Fox in canoes

(*I've kind of had a Fox thing going lately)

 Fox in Indian headbands

 Teepee's

Polka Dots

 I even added a few pieces of Grunge in the mix

We really don't have much of an official "Fall" here in the Phoenix Metro,

(we are just grateful for the cooling temperatures)

but 

Modern Maples 

makes me feel like we are in the midst.

Fancy Fox Quilt

 I have finished the top of

Fancy Fox

Pattern by 

Elizabeth Hartman 

of Ohfrannson

 I really enjoyed making this quilt!

 Who doesn't love these fancy fox faces?

 The pattern is Jelly Roll friendly

I found an old "Nest" jelly roll by Tula Pink

tucked away in a box, and knew it would be perfect for this project.

Cleaning out boxes can feel like Christmas :)

 The pattern comes in several sizes

but I decided to make the lap size 50" X 62"

which requires 42 Fox faces

 Soon I was chain piecing the sections

and the design wall began filling up fast.

 For the background I used the color gray

by American Made Fabrics

 My grandson Noah loves to sing the song

What Does The Fox Say? by Ylvis

I sang the lyrics a lot as I sewed 

Kind of an addictive tune :)

Your fur is red, so beautiful!

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding! 

Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! 

Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! 

Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff! 
WHAT THE FOX SAYS! 

So Many Patterns...

Especially after viewing quilts on Pinterest and Instagram,

I want to make them all  :)

Ticket Strips Halloween Quilt

 My friend Vicki

recently made this wonderful Halloween quilt

Ticket Strips

The pattern uses

3 Mr. Chillingsworth panels from Andover Fabrics

 It's really fun to see the creative use of these panels.

 Ticket Strips is designed by

Sew Many Creations

Vicki purchased her pattern and the Chillingsworth panels

at 3 Dudes Quilting in Phoenix

If you have any questions,

I'm sure Jeff, Ray or Bam would be happy to help

480-598-8601

or 

email at 

3dudesquilting@live.com

I recently taught classes with the Mr. Chillingsworth panel

at 3 Dudes

He also comes in bright orange.

Kind of a skinny guy, but he does 

catch your attention :)

Tone It Down Quilt

 Months ago in the

February 2014 Edition of American Patchwork and Quilting

I saw Lissa Alexander's (Moda Lissa)

Tone It Down Quilt pattern 

and knew I wanted to make it.

And then when I saw various versions and fabric combinations

contributed by 10 top designers

for a Quilt Along  

I knew I had to play right away, too!

I started collecting fat quarters of 

Low Volume and Text Prints for backgrounds

to make a real scrappy look.

I'm so happy with the result :)

My

Tone It  Down Quilt

is now finished !

 As you can see,

each  block is quite scrappy.

I followed Lissa's original color pallet of using

aqua, orange, green, yellow and navy 

with red as the predominant for the chains

 The 15 inch blocks were fun to make,

 and actually were much easier

than the over all quilt appears.

Lissa gives good instructions in the magazine.

 It was fun to mix the colors up a bit.

20 blocks total

Add in 9-Patch Corner Stones along with sashings 

and the final quilt measures a large

75 1/2" X 93 1/2"

(Twin size with an 18 inch drop)

Now, it's off to the quilter :)