Another Bear quilt finished

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all staying safe and busy at home. I know I have lots of things to keep me busy right here. 

Spring is in the air, the trees are all in full bloom, the Red Bud and lilac is blooming, as is the iris's and lupine. The grass is green, it's all so beautiful.

I started this bear quilt back in 2016. Lorna was having a quilt along for her bear pattern, and I had just boughten a 10" stack of Robert Kaufman's fusion line (I love this fabric!).

So a few weeks ago, I pulled it out of the bin and decided to get it quilted up. It was fairly quick, the quilt is 42x48, so I was able to get it finished in a weekend.

Here's a few closeups.

You can see my minimal quilting. A bit in the paws and thru the sashing.

Isaiah, my youngest son, has claimed it for his bed :)

I think I'll quilt up one of my Irish stars next...maybe... I have so many to choose from! :)

Have a great day all.

Mystery quilt top finished

Hello out there,

For the last few weeks I've been following along with Edyta and her quilting mystery. I had a lot of fun with it, adding some fabrics as I went along, but mostly using my original six, these ones.

When we were done piecing all the blocks, we were to sew them into rows and then sew the rows together. I decided to put mine together a bit differently, it's easier on my back if I don't make long rows. So I made 4 blocks like this:

And I made 4 blocks like this:

Then I made the middle block:

I rotated the blocks until they were aligned  right and then sewed them together. Much easier for me. I did change one thing, and thats they way a few of the green 'arrows' were pointing. My quilty muse just likes it better :)




Edyta showed us some lovely borders that we could make, but I went with my own design. 

This quilt uses light, busy background and there is very little tone on tone or solids in it, so it's a little outside my box, but I had a lot of fun making it. Thank you Edyta!

Stay safe and have a great week!