Last year at retreat, I bought a couple of layer cakes (10 inch squares) in addition to the jelly roll (2½ inch strips) I used in the Harvest Moon Lanterns quilt. I’ve been trying to figure out how to use them in quilts, and finally landed on the First Night pattern by Villa Rosa Designs.… Continue reading First Night in The Great Outdoors
Tag: charity quilts
Pennies from Heaven (variation)
My Thursday quilting group made up kits of green 2.5-inch strips, similar to the blues, and I thought about doing Tiffany again, but the Pennies from Heaven quilt design came to mind. I altered it slightly, because it was originally a 5 blocks square design. I figured up that if I knocked off one column… Continue reading Pennies from Heaven (variation)
Tiffany in Blue
I was excited to get this fabric kit from my Thursday quilting group last week and try the Tiffany pattern by Villa Rosa Designs. I don’t buy many jelly rolls, but I really liked Pam’s idea of color-themed packs of around 40 2.5″ width strips to make charity quilts. We could make a jelly roll… Continue reading Tiffany in Blue
Square Donut quilt
I finally finished piecing the blocks I’ve had in progress for a few months. This was mostly a jelly roll, and I added the navy blue because I thought it needed a little something extra to go with the maroon, green, gold, and cream/light tan. Another one checked off the list. This quilt top will… Continue reading Square Donut quilt
Aunt Beulah’s Arrowheads v.2
This is the second set of blocks that I’d made of the Aunt Beulah’s Arrowheads. I put it together as a more muted variation, and with the arrowheads going from side to side, alternating left and right blocks orientation. This will be another charity quilt. There was one block left over, and I’ll probably put… Continue reading Aunt Beulah’s Arrowheads v.2