Free Pattern Friday

I found another free pattern that I think would be nice for a layer cake. This one is called Boardwalk, and it looks fast and easy! 

You can find the pattern link here. 

The finished size is 64” x 78”, which is a great size, especially for a donation quilt. 

The rectangles are cut 4-1/2” x 9-1/2”, but I was thinking a layer cake would work and just cut them in half. The rectangles would be 5” x 10”, and the background would have to be cut 5” x 5”. 

I have a couple of Kaffe Fassett layer cakes that I haven’t wanted to cut into small pieces that would work great for this. I’ll make a post if I get a chance to try it! 

Guild Workshop

We had a great workshop Tuesday and Wednesday sponsored by our quilt guild. Barbara Black is a quilter from Huntsville, Alabama who travels nationwide (and on cruises) to teach various workshops. We did the Western Sun workshop which is based on an antique quilt that is patterned in this book.

Barbara has made two versions; a king size

and a smaller, contemporary class sample.

I like the bright colors, but I had a pretty large fat quarter collection of Rene Nanneman fabrics I wanted to use. 

The blocks are super time consuming. It took the whole first day to get this far:

Some of us got our circles appliquéd on, and some (like me) didn’t. Mine is the top block on the second picture. 

The second day, we made more blocks and worked on the flying geese sashing. I didn’t get any pictures of the sashings. I hope to get pictures as people make progress on their quilts. I plan to hand applique the centers on my blocks, and I’m currently working on that at home. I’ll post pictures as soon as I get some done.

SAHRR Final Round

I got my final round done, AND I got my 2026 Stay at Home Round Robin quilted! 

The binding isn’t done yet, but it will be soon. I’m planning to bind it in the same fabric I used in the final border. I should have taken a picture of the back, but I forgot. I used a multi-colored swirl with a white background. 

It’s a fairly large quilt: 92” x 102”. It will easily cover a queen bed, and probably a king if the mattress isn’t really thick. It can be turned longways or sideways, so it should work for either size.

Here’s a closer view of the border: 

All those pickets about did me in. LOL. I’m happy with the way it turned out. I quilted it with a thread color called light turquoise. 

The final analysis: I really enjoyed this quilt-along. The prompts were interesting enough to spark ideas, without being rigid or restrictive. The time between clues was enough to stay caught up. Best of all, I ended up with a usable quilt instead of another UFO! So, thanks to all who hosted; I am linking up here today. 

Shiner Quilt Show Part 2

I realized yesterday I didn’t ever say specifically where Shiner is located. It’s a small town (population a little over 2000) about 50 miles north of me. 

It is the home of the Spoetzel brewery which is known for Shiner beer. If you are a beer drinker, I recommend you try it. Anyway, here are some more pictures from the quilt show.

This quilt was done by the lady I go on cruises and quilt retreats with. I quilted it. Her husband is an avid fisherman.

I really liked the purple and yellow combination in this one, and all of her points were so well-matched. It’s a simple design that was executed very well. Just a really pretty quilt!

It wasn’t a judged show, so the awards were all “Viewers Choice”. I can’t remember what I voted for in the small categories, but I voted for this one for large machine quilted: 

It is similar to the Barn Star quilt I have been working on. For the large hand quilted category, I voted for this one:

It was done by another friend named Donna, and she texted me Saturday afternoon to let me know she had won third place. How wonderful! It’s a beautiful quilt.

Today I have a three day class with Barbara Black called Western Sun. 

The blocks are paper pieced which I’m not fast at, so we’ll see how much progress I can make! 

Shiner Quilt Show

I went to the Shiner quilt show on Saturday. Betty went with me, and it was nice to get out of town after such a busy week. We also stopped at The Square Quilter shop in Shiner, and then we stopped in Yoakum on the way back and ate fajitas at Mi Pueblo.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the show. It was at the Knights of Columbus Hall, and the lighting was not very conducive to picture taking. I edited the pictures as best as I could to “brighten” them up some, but I apologize for the quality. 

Oh, this was interesting:

They have a quilt car. Apparently the guild members pieced the blocks to make the car cover a couple of years ago. It fits a large SUV. Funny!

Here are some of the quilts.

I’ll show some more tomorrow. If I’m still alive. When I was cleaning up the family room yesterday afternoon, I found this under one of the dog beds. 

I’m wondering if the dogs are planning to do away with me. I hope they remember I am the one who dispenses the food and treats! 

Scrappy Saturday

There hasn’t been a lot of sewing happening lately. Life is busy! I have been working on the Stay at Home Round Robin, and I was able to get the borders finished and get it on the frame.

I’m really trying to get it quilted and bound by March 25th or whatever the deadline is but I don’t know. ??? I know I can get the quilting done, but I’m not feeling too confident about the binding. I’ll go as far as I can. 

I’ve worked some on my RSC blocks. In fact, I still had some green strips cut that didn’t get sewn in February so I finished those two blocks. 

Then I did a red one.

I like the red. It’s my favorite color. I remember when I was a kid and my mom bought me dresses that were blue or green or worse yet, blue and green plaid. LOL. I wanted red or pink! 

I made a couple of the corn and beans block

and I hope to get a few more done. I just need to cut more red strips. 

I just feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done that I want to do! I still need to get started on the BOM from A Quilting Life. I have the pattern printed out and the fabric chosen for the block. 

I went to the Shiner quilt show today, and I will post pictures as soon as I get them uploaded from my phone to Google. They had it at the Shiner KC Hall, and the lighting was not at all good, so I will have to do some editing.

I Was Confused

You won’t believe what I did! I looked at the wrong week on my planner and thought I had bunco yesterday. I fixed sandwiches and drove to the location. I got there a little early because I was a hostess, and there were no other cars. I looked at my watch, and the date was the 12th. I have Bunco on the 19th. It turned out I had nothing yesterday and nothing today. I might actually get some of my stuff done!

I got the side borders made for the SAHRR, but not sewn on yet.

I hope I can do it this evening. I am so close to finishing; I plan to add one more border after this one, but it won’t be pieced so it will go fast.

I also worked on binding on a couple of baby quilts.

The back: 

And this one:

The back is Shannon cuddle.

These are both Rhonda’s. I have a couple more to finish for her. The quilting is done, and I just need to do the binding. I hope to get it done today. I still haven’t worked on the red RSC blocks—maybe this evening.