While I love making large bed quilts, it does take a long time to finish one. This is when I love the easy quick quilt.
And sometimes, I just need the kick of having some finishes to keep me going with those large bed quilts.
So lately, I have been trying to make a couple of smaller quilts. Something to keep the creative juice going and keep me motivated while simply just having fun in the sewing space.
Are you fond of those mini charm squares precut? The itty bitty 2.5″ squares of swatches are really fun to buy aren’t they?
Maybe you collect them and have yet to find the perfect project for them.
Maybe this is it!
You can use up different collections and make it as scrappy as you like.
Or you can just cut scraps into 2.5″ squares, with some background fabric and you’re good to go!
In this one, I am using Robin Picken’s collection Cottage Bleu. You can check out this fabric line here.
I love the saturated blue and yellowish green in this collection.
And the florals are just gorgeous. I have a thing for floral fabric. There are beautiful butterflies too in this collection.
The quilt was a super quick project and I chose to make the smallest size in the free pattern. It can be used as a baby mat, a table topper, or a drawer throw-over.
I had some fun free-motion quilting butterflies on this quilt. Just something to match the fabric.
You can read more about Free Motion Quilting using a domestic machine HERE>
As for the backing, I am using a floral fabric I had in my stash and I put a label on the back after quilting using the applique method.
This quilt label is also a part of the Quilt Label Wizard Ready-to-use Template. I absolutely love having a stash of ready-printed quilt labels for me to use. Makes it so much easier to put labels on the quilts just before it is finally bound and finally done with.
Machine bound with the contrasting
green, I am loving the vibe of this quilt.
I made a fun Instagram reel for this project. You can watch it below.
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It is always fun to see projects come together from the beginning to the end in a matter of seconds! Oh, how we wish it would be that fast don’t we?
Want to make use of your stash of mini charms too?
It’s time for an update for the All the trimmings Mystery Quilt Along! Last week was our last week, and I am done with the quilt top and the backing piece. Yeay!
The pattern will be FREE and will be available weekly when the Mystery Sew Along starts on 7th of September.
I posted about my fabric prep here. I starched all of my fabrics and I love it when I have the time to do so. It makes a lot of difference to my peicing process.
This one is Seasonal and perfect for the winter holiday! There are so many perfect fabrics selections for this sew-along, but you can also follow along with the exact fabric they use, which is the beautiful Christmas Morning HERE>. The layer cake may already be out of stock, but you can still grab other layer cake like Red Barn Christmas instead for a similar look to the one shown in the QAL.
Check out some of these Holiday Fabrics that I think would be perfect for this sew along!
As for me, I will be using Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside” which has the cutest little illustrations. I love the sweet holiday wintery colours of this line.
Even though the quilt-along is over, you can still get the free pattern and make the quilt!
Watch Week 5 video for the All The Trimmings Quilt below:
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I absolutely love this row of quilts. I think this is my first ever Row Quilt – quilts with rows of different blocks.
This quilt turned out just I wanted it, A cute “brrr cold” feelings!
This fabric line is so cute and fun. Even the name of the line is cute.. check it out>>Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside”
I even made the backing from the leftover fabrics I had! Inspired by my Jelly Roll Spinner Quilt, this one also has a beautiful backing.
And not to forget the labels! Isn’t that the perfect place for a label? I am loving this method.
You can still enrol in Quilt Label Wizard and you’ll get instant access to make your own quilt labels with your name using the same template I use.
Share your progress with #allthetrimmingsqal. Check out some other fun ones other quilters are making too over on Instagram.
And while you’re there, come and follow me on Instagram too.
See you online!
I love house quilt blocks, they’re pretty cute don’t you think?
I have made an animal house quilt before, here> Animal House Quilt, and really enjoyed making that one.
Pattern: Sweet Home Quilt
When the Sweet Home Quilt Along was announced a few months ago by Sharon and Maureen, I kind of wanted to jump in.
I had previously joined their quilt along and would love to continue to support their work while making something cute.
Previous quilt along by Sharon and Maureen that I have previously joined in:
It wasn’t planned and I was already in the midst or have just finished some of the other quilt-along; Kaleidoscope, Sewcialites, All The Trimmings and the 100days100 blocks.
Hence the late update here on the blog for this particular quilt.
Nonetheless, I just had to record this. Even though the quilt-along has just ended, I am still working on the quilt and nearing the finish line.
With very little in the plan, I started off with the mix of Art Gallery Fabric I have in stash. Since both Maureen and Sharon are AGF designers, I thought it would be a great time for me to bust into my AGF stash anyway.
Most of these are from Katerina Rocella’s line Floralish (out of print). I do love Katerina’s fabric line –> you can check out some of her latest collections here.
If you love the look of the Quilt on the Pattern, you can also get similar look with the Kit for the Sweet Home Quilt here.
I have talked about picking out fabrics and mix-matching before in this post here>. But here is another tip to mix and match easily : get fabrics from the same manufacturers. They usually have similar colours used in them, making them blends in seamlessly.
The piecing was easy once the fabric are all cut to size. It was all about chain piecing.
I am loving the bright colours and the florals!
It is a very bright, fun cheery neighborhood for sure. I have a person in mind to gift this quilt to, and I am hoping to get it done soon and gift it out.
One of the weeks in the quilt-along we were piecing all the log cabin house.
And the following week, we were piecing bungalow house blocks.
As you can see, I used a scrappy background for the blocks. Just because I wanted to use the stash I have and I have always loved the look of a scrappy quilt.
You can read more about choosing quilt background fabrics in this post here>
When I was done with the blocks, at first I thought it would be way too scrappy if I were to put the sashing on, hence I stalled a bit.
I even pieced it together without the sashing at first, but I had to rip it out as I did not really like where that was going.
After stalling a while, I popped in the feed for the Sweet Home quilt-along over on Instagram and was scrolling to see if anyone else had finished a quilt top with scrappy background. And I found it!
Lorraine has done a great job with her cheery quilt, that I had to continue on with mine.
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I love the scrappiness of that!
It may be a little busy, but a fun busy neighborhood is awesome right?
So, I decided to stick with the original plan to make the scrappy sashing and scrappy cornerstones.
Let it be wild and fun!
This is why I love quilt-along, seeing other quilter’s versions and getting inspired to go on is key to get to that finish line.
I’ll be piecing the rows together sometimes this week and hopefully, I’ll be able to share a finish soon.
Till then, have fun quilting!
Free Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern for all my subscribers to celebrate me completing a jelly roll project this year!
Last Saturday I joined in the fun to unwrap a jelly roll to celebrate National Jelly Roll Day on the 18th of September. I had very little planned in my head, but as I power through the day and night till late I got more and more excited with the quilt!
I was so happy with the finish and the way it turned out that I decided to make it into a pattern to share it with all my subscribers. It was the adrenaline that really pushes me to get the quilt just done and done.
For this quilt, I used a jelly roll from my stash from Bonnie and Camille called Happy Go Lucky. This was one of my favourite line ever!
I am quite certain that this pattern will look beautiful in any of Bonnie and Camille’s lines. Or even any other Jelly Roll actually.
If you can’t tell just yet, this is a very quick quilt project as it is made of precut strips and very little cutting is required. So you definitely can make the quilt top and backing in a day!
I hope you’ll have as much fun as I did making this.
The best thing about this quilt is that this quilt uses up every single strip of the jelly roll.
I had 42 strips in mine but I wrote the pattern to call for 40 cause I just used extra to piece in the labels. I didn’t need my backing to be as large as I quilted the quilt myself.
Save some backing fabrics, one of the perks of having to quilt it yourself.
Don’t you think this quilt label perfectly matches the joy of this quilt? I used a micron pen to add in the date.
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If you want to make your own quilt labels, make sure you check out Quilt Label Wizard where I teach you how to make your own quilt labels.
I would love to see it.
Share this page so that others can also get the free jelly roll quilt pattern.
You can see some of the processes of me making this quilt in this Instagram Reels video:
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Other Jelly Roll Quilt on the blog: Jelly Roll Jam II
It’s time for an update for the All the trimmings Mystery Quilt Along! It is week 2 and this row is super fun and cute!
The pattern will be FREE and will be available weekly when the Mystery Sew Along starts on 7th of September.
I posted about my fabric prep here. I starched all of my fabrics and I love it when I have the time to do so. It makes a lot of difference to my peicing process.
This one is Seasonal and perfect for the winter holiday! There are so many perfect fabrics selections for this sew-along, but you can also follow along with the exact fabric they use, which is the beautiful Christmas Morning HERE>. The layer cake may already be out of stock, but you can still grab other layer cake like Red Barn Christmas instead for a similar look to the one shown in the QAL.
Check out some of these Holiday Fabrics that I think would be perfect for this sew along!
As for me, I will be using Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside” which has the cutest little illustrations. I love the sweet holiday wintery colours of this line.
I forgot to update here my Week 1 finish. It is the first row of the quilt with the beautiful Holly blocks.
Holly leaves reminded me of my childhood skating in the park. My sister was new to skating at the time and she accidentally hold onto the holly bushes leaves to get up after she fell. OOps, Double ouchies! Poor her, but it was definitely a memorable moment in our childhood.
As you can see, I am working on different colorways, still a wintery seasonal look but a less Christmassy one I guess. Winter has to be my least favorite season, but there are always so many things to be appreciated even it is way too cold for my liking.
Week 2 is already out! And here’s blocks for my row!
It is already on the page ready for you to download, and the video is also up on Fat Quarter Shop Youtube Channel.
Watch Week 2 video below:
Fat Quarter Shop does awesome tutorials. I have learned so much from Kimberly! So, I’m telling you, you definitely don’t want to miss out to subscribe to their channel.
I absolutely love this row. Mix matching fabric for cute stocking blocks is so much fun.
I love socks. Or stockings. The heel change was a thoughtful one. Perfect to mix in a bit of color to the block.
My favorite block of these 4 is the floral one on the top left and the little cute cats one on the bottom right!
This fabric line is so cute and fun. Even the name of the line is cute.. check it out>>Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside”
Share your progress with #allthetrimmingsqal. Check out some other fun ones other quilters are making too over on Instagram.
And while you’re there, come and follow me on Instagram too.
See you online!
You can find more about the Sew Along HERE.
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With this sew along we will be making a bed runner. This pattern has to be accompanied by the book itself, so make sure you get the book if you want to sew along.
This is a great project if you don’t want to make something big a whole bed quilt.
But if you want to make the quilt, go ahead too! This book includes patterns for:
It’s a fun colourful book and I love that it is spiral bound.
Size:
I opted for a straight line quilting this time, cross-hatch using my walking foot. The lines were 1″ apart. I first do a 2″ apart line, then when it is all done, I went over with the 1″ lines. I just love the denser quilting look.
The cross-hatch reminds me of the lense of a toy kaleidoscope and I thought it would perfectly match this quilt pattern.
As for the backing, I chose an old sheet (maybe vintage) that I already have in stash. I always love using other options than full-priced yardage, simply because I feel like the backing is not going to be shown off as much.
I can’t justify spending too much for the backing, but I do love cute ones like vintage sheets.
Read more here for 8 tips on quilting on a budget.
Before quilting, I secure the quilt labels using the lite Heat and Bond and simply machine blanket stitch it in place.
It is so much fun to put the labels when the label is already done and ready to use.
As for the binding, I chose the same solid fabric as the border. It is called Honey from the Pure Elements collection.
The binding blends in with the border and it was the exact look I was aiming for. The center row of blocks takes the show.
I have never made a bed runner before, but I thought this was such a great idea. Pairing it up with a plain bedding set, I think a bed runner is a great quilt to make as you can change them often to get a different overall look of the bed decor.
When I was making this bed runner, I was also happy to see some blooming sunflowers in my garden too. There were of similar colours, and I thought it’d be a great memory to remember them here too. So here they are…
Here is my current update on the stitches. I am going to be slowly progressing this as I have very little time to work on it. I really need to chill and watch tv more cause that seems to be the only time I stitch.
This is also one of two of my current cross-stitch project after a long time I haven’t cross-stitch, so I am having some mistakes here and there. and some of my stitches are also wrongly crossed! Which annoys me a lot and I may go back to those to fix it.
We have some talented friends joining us on our Kaleidoscope sew along. Take a look below to see who’s sewing along with us and give them a follow!
You can read more about the Sew Along HERE.
Hey, hey hey..
another sew along that I’ll be sewing along this year. I guess this year is all about sew-alongs for me.
Download the FREE PDF for the fabric requirements HERE>
The pattern will be FREE and will be available weekly when the Mystery Sew Along starts on 7th of September
As I mentioned in my previous July Update Video, I find that sew-alongs seems to be the thing that I go for these days because I just find it so relaxing after hectic work-from-home days.
This one is Seasonal and perfect for the winter holiday! There is so many perfect fabrics selections for this sew-along, but you can also follow along with the exact fabric they use, which is the beautiful Christmas Morning HERE>
Last year’s mystery quilt sew-along was a beautiful one. I am still yet to make that one too.
Quilt along is fun when you get to anticipate the quilt together with others. Seeing other quilters moving along also motivates you to keep on sewing.
And it is even more fun when it is a mystery quilt along!
All the trimming Mystery Quilt Sew Along is starting this 7th September!
Check out some of these Holiday Fabrics that I think would be perfect for this sew along!
As for me, I will be using Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside” which has the cutest little illustrations. I love the sweet holiday wintery colours of this line.
I have my fabrics starched and ready to go!
Can’t wait to start this sew-along starting on the 7th of September.
Check out what you have in stash or grabnew fabrics and let’s join along!
I started another sampler quilt, a little modern one this time using modern fabric.
I am joining along the 100days100blocks sew-along hosted by Gnome Angel.
If you want to join along, the quilt-along is made using the Kinship Sampler Quilt Pattern. You can get the pattern for 10% off with code AMIRA here.
It is never too late to join in,
dive into your beautiful colorful stash,
or you can also get the kit for the Kaleidoscope bed runner that we will be sewing along HERE>
or get some new fabrics to get a different look!
I recommend going with basics such as
Basics and small prints would work great for this pattern and let the block design and the colours shine!
You can find more about the Sew Along HERE.
With this sew along we will be making a bed runner. This pattern has to be accompanied by the book itself, so make sure you get the book if you want to sew along.
This is a great project if you don’t want to make something big a whole bed quilt.
But if you want to make the quilt, go ahead too! This book includes patterns for:
Make sure you follow along with Kimberly and Lori Holt as they host this sew-along. Even if you are not sewing along, I think you’re going to enjoy this series. You’re going to be up for some eye candy.
I am also doing the cross-stitch too, but I’ll do it at my own pace if I can’t catch up with the stitch-along cause the pattern is just simply gorgeous!
This is my current update of the stitches. I do love the lacey look design and it is a fun design! I am using my own DMC colours, something that I already have in stash and it seems to match well with my bed runner.
We have some talented friends joining us on our Kaleidoscope sew along. Take a look below to see who’s sewing along with us and give them a follow!
You can read more about the Sew Along HERE.