Just a few quilts

The sewing room and I seem to be apart this summer. I just came back from a nice vacation in Maine. While there, I attended the Maine Quilt Show in Augusta. There were so many beautiful quilts and lots of inspiration.

I organized the sewing room again. Just enough to not know where things are. There are thirteen community tops to quilt plus another four larger ones. It’s time for the basting frame to come down from the attic. I pin basted a scrap quilt today. I haven’t decided if I will free motion quilt it or use the even feed foot. The inspiration will hit when it is under the needle.

I’ve finished the top of another quilt made with the Japanese Kauffman fabric. It is made with a dragonfly fabric. There wasn’t enough to make the size that I wanted so I added some floral fabric. It’s called Dragonflies In The Garden.

This is an easy pattern. Stripes were sewn together. Squares were trimmed from the joined stripes. The squares were cut on the diagonal. Four were sewn together in a pinwheel. Then sashing and two borders. It’s a masculine quilt.

I can see at least three more quilts using the Kaufmann fabric. One will be the first quilt in a Miss Rosie book. It has flying geese on the diagonal with some stars here and there. Then I will make mile a minute blocks with the rest of the fabric. They can be used in many ways. It will be great to use another fabric. I’ve made a lot of quilts with the free fabric.

I had been saving my small scraps in flannel pillowcases for dog beds. An article on Facebook stated that this was not a good idea. The dog would chew the pillowcase and swallow the scraps. I’ll have to come up with plan B and figure out what to do with the scraps. The pillowcases can be joined for backings for baby quilts.

The Hexagon Star quilt is coming along slowly. It’s enjoyable to sew the hexies together while watching TV in the evening.

Have a great day and happy quilting.