Quilts and salsa

 I finished a quilt top today!  

I purchased the pattern about 2 weeks ago.  It's from Treehouse Textiles, The Crossroads Quilt.  I got it here.  It goes together pretty quickly, and I love the scrappiness of it.  Of course it barely put a dent in my scraps!  It finishes at about 57"x64", so lap sized.  Of course it could easily be made larger or smaller.  I am planning to hand quilt it, it's time for a new hand quilting project! I will use the #8 pearl cotton.

I also made some salsa today - 2 kinds, tomato and pineapple.  I made a big batch with tomatoes, a friend of mine had given me a bunch from her garden.  All the ingredients used were fresh, with the exception of the jalapeno's.  I didn't have any fresh on hand, so I opened this huge jar of them that I had.  

And here's the pineapple -

I also want to show you a recent quilt finish -

The color looks a bit hazy on this picture.  It really is a vibrant, bright red.  Moda's Bella Solids, Betty's Red.  This is the Dutch Rose pattern.  It was a freebie I found online, and looks a lot like the Swoon pattern that has been quite popular.  This is a late graduation gift for a great niece.  She graduated last year, before all this Covid stuff.  She lives in Arizona, and I'm not too excited to ship it, I'm afraid it might get lost.  Maybe that's irrational on my part.  Anyhow, I think it will have to wait until I can deliver it in person.  I made this with the tutorial found here.  

That's all for now........ more projects in the works and I'll have stuff to blog about again in a few days! 

Random projects from the past few months

I have been keeping busy with projects - working on them in the evening and weekends, as I've still been going to work every day during this pandemic.  Here are some things I've been working on, totally in random order - 

This is a jellyroll race quilt.  It was a jelly roll that I purchased at a quilt show several years ago.  I can't remember the fabric line, or anything about it.  I added the squares.  It was my winter hand quilting project.

This is a quilt I made for a bridal shower gift for my neighbor .  It went together fast, I made it from start to finish in less than a week.  That's the beauty of rag quilts.  They are quick.  The deer heads are appliqued on to random squares.  

The red quilt below is finally at the quilters.  I made this for a graduation gift for my great niece.  She graduated in 2019.  It is similar to Swoon, but it is a free pattern I found online.  When I find it again, I'll link to it!  😀

I had a bunch of solid scraps that I purchased at our quilt guild's "trash to cash" a while back.  It was at least last October, maybe longer ago.  I had seen Bonnie Hunter's Bricks and Stepping Stones pattern (free on her blog) and thought it would work well for these scraps.  It's waiting to go to the quilter.

Many more random projects coming to you in the days ahead.  Stay tuned!

A few projects...  Quilts for babies - one for a baby girl, one for a baby boy.  Both are ready to be gifted.

I love a simple patchwork quilt.  These were made with 2.5" squares.

I am going to see my granddaughter this weekend.  They are moving to a new place.   I thought she could use some new pillowcases.... Ideally the pillowcase in the middle should have had the fabric running the other way, so the overall design would show on the width of the pillowcase.  Unfortunately, I did not have enough fabric to make it that way.  Oh well, it's for a 3 year old, she'll enjoy it just as much this way!

I seem to be obscessed with donut fabric lately.  Look closely, both the pillowcase on the left, and the one on the right are made with donut fabric.  I made a stop at Joann's yesterday, and guess what?  I bought more donut fabric.