Here is another quilt suitable for Jelly Rolls, this one was made by Denise. Aren’t the colours just lovely? And if you take a step back and/or squint, the layout seems to become almost three-dimensional, with half of the blocks floating above the others in a gentle wave. Or maybe that’s just the way my weird brain works but I absolutely love it. The batiks Denise used have floral and leaf patterns, and since green is the dominant colour in her quilt, we chose the leafy design “Jasper” to finish her project.

Here is another quilt made by Lillian. Aren’t the colours just striking? I love how the black strips pull it all together. The quilt didn’t need elaborate quilting, and Lillian chose the modern design “Taj Mahal” to finish her project.

This quilt in purple and pink was made by Lillian. What an excellent design for Jelly Rolls! Lillian liked the modern look of “Champagne Bubbles”, and all those quilted circles work nicely with the straight lines of the pieced top.

This cheerful quilt in bright colours was also made by Bonnie. I love this pattern, it can easily be used for a scrap quilt, and it is also one of those that shows secondary designs when you look at it long enough. In fact it has been a while since I quilted this, and I wondered why I called it Nine Patch Stars because I couldn’t see any stars at all… until my brain figured it out and presented me with Ohio Stars that have a Nine Patch block in the centre. The quilting design Bonnie chose for her quilt is called “Constance”. 

“Hummingbirds” is a lovely quilt in soft colours made by Bonnie. She chose the design “Ginger Flower” to finish her project. Once again I would like to point out that the quilting is not as visible in reality as it seems in the pictures. It does not take away from the quilt itself, there are some tricks to make it more visible in pictures.

“Beach Glass” is a Trip Around The World quilt made by Penny, using an assortment of batiks. Aren’t the colours just lovely? The pattern we chose for quilting is called “Felicity”, and its curves and up and down movement create the feeling of gently rocking waves.

Even though I haven’t been to Germany since the beginning of Covid, I am still sewing preemiequilts. These eight are from 2020 and 2021. I am hoping to visit my mom again next year, and hopefully I’ll have eight more little quilts ready by then. I usually have one feature fabric that I buy on sale and use for the back and outer border, and then make up the rest from my leftovers and stash. The NICUs prefer to have just a few seams and not too much quilting, so I usually just stitch 4 inch squares together and quilt through them diagonally.

Here is another of Peggy’s quilts, this one has a sports theme. The pattern she chose for quilting is called “Celtic Scroll”, and I really like it for sports quilts because with a bit of imagination it looks like baseballs. Or tennis balls. Or even hockey pucks, I have used it on a hockey quilt before, and it looked fabulous. Okay, not like an American football, I admit that, but the fabrics in this quilt have baseball and basketball motifs in addition to football, so for Peggy’s project it was a great choice.

Peggy made this lovely quilt in pastel colours as a gift for a little girl. The pattern she chose for quilting is called “Whisper”, a basic scroll pattern that works great with most quilts. Because people have been wondering I would like to point out that I edit my pictures to showcase the quilting. In reality the quilting is much less visible and doesn’t take away from the pieced top.

I made this little pillow matching the Monkey Business quilt quite a while ago but then got sidetracked by having too much going on at the same time. I am now working on cleaning up all the different projects I have been working on, trying to take a more focused approach. I used to only work at one project at a time, and I am not sure when and where I strayed but I am determined to get back to my old ways because it works so much better for me. Anyway, I have finally published the pillow pattern, and I have also created a bundle for those who never had a chance to download the Monkey Business blocks last year when they were free.

Click to purchase Monkey Pillow Pattern (English/Imperial)

Click to purchase Monkey Business Quilt Pattern (English/Imperial)

Click to purchase Monkey Business Pattern Bundle (Quilt & Pillow) (English/Imperial)

Für beide Produkte ist auch eine deutsche Version mit metrischen Maßen verfügbar, und auch hier gibt es ein Bündel zum Sonderpreis.

(Kauf)Anleitung Äffchen Kissen (Deutsch/Metrisch)

(Kauf)Anleitung Monkey Business Quilt (Deutsch/Metrisch)

(Kauf)Anleitung Monkey Business Bündel (Quilt & Kissen) (Deutsch/Metrisch)

I finished another scrap quilt that will be donated to my guild’s We Care program, and I managed to sneak the top into the quilting queue. For a scrappy quilt pretty much any pattern works, and I felt like trying out a new floral pantograph called “Hawaiian Vacation”. I took the pictures before I put the binding on but it is all finished now including the label and will be donated in September. I have already started the next one, piecing it by using the leaders and enders method. It always amazes me how quickly a top comes together when I consistently do this.

Carol is busy using up her scraps and ended up making not just one but two of these scrap quilts. I like how she framed the blocks and put sashing in between, it organizes the “chaos” of all the different fabrics and draws attention to the individual blocks. Lots of quilting designs work with scrappy quilts, and Carol chose “Ground Cover”, a leaf pattern, for the first quilt and “Ginger Flower” for the second.