Sadie’s Charm – A Free Quilt Pattern

January 21, 2019January 21, 20197 Comments

Happy Monday! It’s Cindy reporting in from Ohio where it’s snowy and cold!

We are very lucky to have a Miniature Schnauzer named Sadie Sue. She likes to snuggle under blankets and quilts in this cold weather. I was working on this quilt design and she decided to come over and give me an hand…I mean paw!

Here she is again, giving me a look that says, “Hand over the quilt NOW and no one gets hurt!”

So…I decided to name this free quilt pattern after my sweet little Schnauzer…it’s officially called “Sadie’s Charm Quilt”.

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My dear friend, MJ, gave me several partial charm square packages from different fabric lines. At first, I wasn’t sure what to do with all these different colors and prints but then decided to just throw caution to the wind and sew them all together.

I used a burgundy inner border to pick up on all the burgundies in the charm squares. I decided to use a small floral print for the outer border to tie in the dark colors in the charm squares and the various shades of orange, blue, burgundy and green. I will be binding this in burgundy after it’s quilted.

You can download this free pattern by clicking on this link:

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FOUND: The Blues!

December 16, 20165 Comments

I’ve been looking for just the right blue fabrics to make a bed size quilt for a good friend. She loves the color blue but my stash is woefully lacking in blues. In my quilting travels, nothing materialized (pun intended!) until I found the blues in Annabelle by Williamsburg from Windham Fabrics.

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I’m using the “floating 8” pattern published in Precut Quilts by janie lou. This book is one of my favorites; it features modern, fresh designs using precuts. I think the mix of these traditional fabrics with janie’s modern design will be beautiful!

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My local quilt shop did not have precuts on hand, so I am in the process of cutting 5 inch squares from fat quarters. Once I finish cutting my fabrics, this quilt will go together quickly. I’ll add this to my Christmas vacation projects and soon I will be celebrating that I finally found the blues!

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A Berry Special Gift

October 31, 20164 Comments

Mom loves to pick berries–especially wild strawberries! Ever had one? If not, it is a delicacy to behold!

These teeny, tiny little berries are packed with unrivaled flavor and sweetness.

Every Christmas, we each get a small jar of wild strawberry jam. It is such a treat! Wild strawberry jam is great on toast, let’s say mid-January when the snow is blowing and we get to stay inside all day. My husband likes it as a sauce over vanilla ice cream. This small jar doesn’t go very far and needless to say, it takes a whole lot of tiny berries to make even a small batch of jam!

Growing up on the farm, we always picked wild strawberries mid-June, right before the hay was ready to cut. When my son and my nephew were young, mom always took them on a wild strawberry picking bonanza, they loved this time with Gramma! In my quilt shop travels, I saw the Strawberry Fields fabric collection by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree & Co. and I decided that Gramma would be getting a quilt for Christmas from her grandsons.

The fabrics are so feminine and pretty with images of strawberry blossoms, tiny strawberries, leaves and spring flowers. I decided on a pattern called “Nest and Feathers” from Janie Lou’s book entitled Precut Quilts. It’s an easy pattern that uses fat quarters cut into 6 inch x 6 inch squares. The squares are sewn together in random order, re-cut and then sewn together to make larger blocks. The solid brown sashing helps to showcase these bright, fresh prints.

My quilter, Ms. KB, quilted a sweet leaf and vine pattern for me. You can see some of the quilting on the front and the back. I just finished adding the label and the binding this morning.