FALL BREEZE KINDA WAS A BREEZE

This was a quilt my friend Kathy Guenther made 

and I fell in love with it.

Yes, I'll make it too.  

I've always wanted a vibrant fall quilt.

I love the fall colors, and I love GRUNGE fabrics.

Seemed like perfect choice for...

FALL BREEZE

I drug my feet on making this one.

I was leery of all the HST.

It took a while to cut, bag and label all the

pieces and then it SAT for about a year.

I like to use a KEY card to label my fabrics

and make sure my colors will fit nicely into

the layout of the pattern colors

Just change color names as needed.

And here I sewed the stems my way, I didn't like

the way the pattern directions said to make them?

The pattern needed 12 large maple leaves.

I made them with my 5 vibrant GRUNGE color choices

on the light gray background.

There are 28 small leaves.

Gotta say...this pile of leaves is

looking very good!

I selected a light gray for the background.

All blocks made and

the top was laid out on the design wall.

and sewn!

Ta-DAH!

    Such a pretty finished top.

So off to Kim Hensley for the Longarm Quilting.

We selected an E2E design Fizz and it 

showed up beautifully on the backing

and all the neutral space on the top.

Binding was same background fabric.

I wanted the leaves to float.

Cause when leaves fall in the breeze...

They float.

I am thrilled with this beauty!

And the hubby here with his obligatory photo

seems to like it too!

I don't know why I was so worried...it kinda was a breeze!

FALLING FOR SOFT EUCALYPTUS

It's Fall Y'all!

I have a few decorative items that I recently

updated for my home. I used much of what I

had on hand and added some dollar store items.

And a few things from a cr

Since I am more drawn to neutrals in my home decor...

I have fallen hard for the soft eucalyptus colors!

This old antique vase...

added some dollar store flowers

and a tiny burlap pumpkin

I had the giant white sunflowers.  

Added some dollar store leaves and mums.

Tiny pumpkins from  TJ Max

The ceramic vase is a BIG LOTS $3 clearance. 

and voila...a new arrangement

TIP: buy garland when half-off and cut pieces vs.

buying picks...much cheaper.

That's what I did with all the eucalyptus and lambs ear

you will see in these designs.

Found a wooden box in the basement

and filled it with some of the same items

Added a few burlap leaves with some old leaves 

I had on hand.   I love these centerpieces!

I have always wanted to do a Hoop Wreath

TJ Max pumpkins with a bit of euylaptus, lambs ear 

and tiny pine cones was perfect 

Sorting thru a closet...I found this BIG pumpkin I bought

a couple years ago for  $5 on clearance

I simply added the pumpkins I had left, some eucalyptus and

 lambs ear to kick it up a notch.

Next I actually made something I saw on Pinterest.

I have another post coming to show you how easy this is to make.

I guess I need a CRAFT ON signature.

Anywhoooo Martha Stewarts's got nothing on me!

THE GREAT PUMPKIN...quilt!

It's PUMPKIN season.
I only like Pumpkin Spice...in a candle...
But I do love me a pumpkin quilt.

I have saved orange, gray and white fabrics forever.

I didn't know what design I wanted to use for this quilt.
I just knew this color combo was a must.

THEN I saw the Pumpkins quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew
and the long awaited journey thru a pumpkin patch began.

Click here to purchase you copy!
There is also a mini pumpkin pattern available.
Didn't take long to cut the pattern pieces
and sewing ensued.

I took it to quilt retreat lat May as my main project.

Pattern calls for several solid pumpkins.

I had some Lotta Jansdotter that had to go in the mix.

Several strip set blocks.

You know, sew the strips into rows, cut, resew

I used the same brown for stems

the same green Grunge for the leaves.

I used two different white Grunge fabrics for the background
There were some blocks sewn with horizontal strips.

I have a mobile design wall.  Its made by Fons & Porter
and you can find them easy enough. Use the Joanne's
40% off coupon if you can.
Command Strips make it easy to hang!

Sewing the top was easy and quick
putting a pumpkiny smile on my face!

Looks good to me!

I decided to quilt this one myself.

That being said...pin basting is the hard part.

No I don't use spray basting.

My traditional roots are showing!

It's a bit larger than a lap size, but my Bernina 740

has great throat space and a dual feed walking foot!

I used a 4 length and the serpentine foot.

My 740 has a 9mm width so I set it at the widest.

 Slow and steady...start at the middle

And remember to flip the quilt horizontally on each row.

I do random widths between rows...
(I forgot to do this and has a bit of distortion on one side)

I washed and laid flat to dry...stretching it
to get it as "squared" as possible.
I used the backing fabric as the border and love it.

My GREAT PUMPKIN quilt
looks great hanging in my hallway!

Speaking of pumpkins...
This gorgeous display greeted everyone 
at the Columbus, OH
Country Living Magazine Fair
Sept 14 - 16, 2018

Is there a Pumpkin wine?
🍷

SWEET RETREAT COMPLETES

After a long weekend of retreating with 30 fun kwilters

I finished these fun baby quilt tops.

ALL FROM MY STASH!!!

Check out the before and after pics.

FOR TWINS

I didn't get to these kits...but first hot summer day...

I'm all over it!

Happy Halloween!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

I also put binding on this kwilt that was already done.

and it is now in my Etsy shop.

Sew tell me...what did you work on last weekend?

AUTUMN CHARMER

This kwilt was in the works for a couple of years!

It all began as a swap with my work guild.

I finished the top and it went into my UFO pile!

Then finally it hit the "big" machine!

Meandering softened the view.

 All done.
I find it very difficult to get a good photo of batiks!
It is sew much prettier than my photos!

Any suggestions for photographing batiks?

This is a free ePattern (in several sizes) 
courtesy of LynBrown.com, click here

Why not make it modern? Try solids. Leave off the borders.
 What about a baby kwilt?  Something masculine for
your favorite guy?  Team colors?  

Hope you give it a try...
it's fast and easy and mine is FINALLY FINISHED!
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