Treadle Quilts

I came across a pattern at The Balcony Quilt Sutdio called "Pull up a Chair".  What a fun pattern.  The pattern is available online as an instant download.  I dug through my fabrics and found...

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We received the March block for the Positivities stitch along designed by Rachel Hauser.  It was a fun block to do; the center is paper pieced and the rest is done with templates.  The colour ...

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 Rachel Hauser of Stitched in Colour is hosting another stitch along.  Ever since I did the Pas de Deux Quilt two years ago, I've been hoping she'd do another one.  I had purchased a bundle ...

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 I finished and delivered another baby quilt last week for baby Brynlee!  It matched the baby room perfectly.  Don't you love it when that happens? The pattern is "Through the Looking Glass" d...

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We recently held a baby shower for a first baby born to Hannah and Alex and of course I had to make a quilt to welcome the new baby girl, Kinsley.  This is a pattern called, "Through the Lookin...

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 Seven years ago I started cutting 1 1/2" squares from various Kona cotton fabrics to sew this pixelated version of Van Gogh's Starry Night painting.  The pattern is from Carolina Patchworks by...

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I took a workshop with my small guild yesterday to do a collage project!  That stretched me somewhat!  Lots of fiddly cutting and messy scraps using steam a seam.  But, I'm happy with the c...

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 Last year, Rachel Hausser of Stitched in Colour , hosted a stitch along for a quilt she designed called "Pas de Deux".  I totally loved the colours she used and used similar colours from my st...

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Awhile ago, I found this wonderful panel at a quilt shop which had old hymns printed on it.  I started with this Amazing Grace panel and added colours around it from the panel.  The flying gees...

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 I picked up this tulip fabric at a quilt shop quite a few years ago.  I really didn't need any fabric, but I walked by it a few times, then picked it up and carried it around and the rest is h...

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 A friend of mine, Deb and I did the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, "Chilhowie" this year.  It really helped doing it together as we kept each other motivated.  Deb suggested that we get the top...

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 My nephew and his wife came to visit us awhile ago and I had leftovers from another quilt from these jelly roll strips so I finished this baby quilt for them. The print is like a Little Red...

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 In October, my friend Els,  came for a two week visit from Holland.  We had a lot of fun in the sewing room and gallivanting to quilt shops in the area.  One day, Rachel of Stitched in Colou...

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Some new Christmas pillows got finished here last month.  The first one was on a panel I received from a friend a few years ago.  I did not know what to do with it - make a quilt?  I got it ou...

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After some pondering, I've decided to join the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt again this year.  It is called Chilhowie this year. The first post on the mystery can be found here . This post gives i...

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 Since April, we have been busy making quilts for Ukraine refugees.  A friend of mine was collecting quilts to send to a local Ukrainian center and my grandkids came over several times to make ...

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While browsing quilt ideas awhile ago, I came across this quilt by Tilda called Windy Days .   I sent the link to my daughter in law as it had my granddaughter Eleanor's name all over it! She c...

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 In December of 2020, Rachel Hauser, of Stitched in Color" posted on her blog with a challenge to join her in making a quilt to reflect the many emotions of that year and presenting it to someo...

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Summer has begun officially and school's out so we are in the garage fixing and testing sewing machines.  We haven't been able to ship out any sewing machines for charity for two years now, so w...

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 I found this blog post in my drafts yet waiting for my sister to receive her little quilt in the mail!  And promptly forgot to write it up!!  I'm woefully behind on blogging.   I started ...

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Two more seniors' quilts were finished in January and I had a lovely visit with the two ladies when bringing their quilt over.  I found a panel depicting old hymns at the fabric shop in Stratfor...

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 My aunt Mary is moving to a new apartment at the end of January, so this was a perfect time to make her a quilt to take along.  I was shopping with a friend of mine and we came across this pan...

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There were still a lot of Kaffe Fasset scraps in my bins everywhere so last summer I got them sorted into a couple of baskets and came across a photo of this quilt on the internet.  I had lots o...

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I finished two more blocks in the last month or so.  Happy to make a bit of progress again.  I am now finished 82 blocks. Both of these blocks were paper pieced. C 2 Streak of Lightning ...

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 The London Friendship Quilt Guild started up a Dear Jane support club last week and I got a chance to work on some Dear Jane blocks again.  The first one was done awhile ago, but I finished th...

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