I sewed this quilt in 2024 as a free sew along with Sew Very Easy on YouTube. It was a mystery block of the month. If you want to stitch up this quilt, the sew along is still on the Sew Very Easy channel.
I used mostly fabrics by Lori Holt, but the white (with teeny tiny yellow circles) background fabric is Basin Feedsacks by Stacy West. The red is a Kona Solid.
I believe the quilt finished up around 72″ square. I used a Lori Holt wide back and did some basic freemotion quilting with my Block Rockit. My new quilt is at home in our guest room.
My kitchen needed a Spring refresh, so I added a couple new pot holders to my cooking supplies. These sweet little chicken hot pads are stitched from some Lori Holt fabric.
I used elements from the Lori Holt Cookbook Panel to sew up these quick hot pads. The panel is perfect for pot holders because it is lightweight canvas and is a bit heavier that quilting fabric. When I closed my Etsy shop last year, I had some inventory left. If you are interested in one of the Cook Book kitchen panels, send me an email and I will send you info about the panel along with a great price.
I wanted to experiment a bit with my Ditto Pattern Projector, so rather than following the square pot holder cut lines on the panel, I downloaded the rounded corner pot holder pattern from Ditto. The pattern has two pieces, which I arranged to fit over the chicken for the front of the pot holder, and over the mustard color print for the back of the pot holder. I used my rotary cutter to cut the two pieces.
Then I projected the pattern pieces on my batting and insul fleece to cut those pieces as well.
After straight line quilting the front, back, batting, and insul fleece layers together, I finished off the pot holders with some Lori Holt 1/2″ Bias Tape. This was a quick, easy, and useful project.
I also quilted my wall hanging/table topper that I talked about in my February blog post.
I chose a combination of stippling and circles free motion quilting for the background. And to make the chicks stand out a little, I used a simple floral stencil for their bodies. Since they are not quilted as densely as the rest of the wall hanging, they show up as a bit ‘puffier’ than the rest of the project.
The backing fabric is by Lori Holt and the quilt label is from my Sweetwater Tagged monthly quilt label subscription.
The last project I completed this month was the next set of blocks for the Sew Very Easy – 2024 Block of the Month, Scrappy Sunshine. We made twenty four 6 1/2″ quarter snowball blocks.
I also chose to stitch the leftover corners into twenty four 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ blocks for the extra project that Laura will be showing at the end of the sew along.
As some of you already know, we moved to the east coast from Utah last summer. My husband gifted this great barn quilt to me a few years ago. It was hanging on my cute little she shed in Utah. I do not have a cute shed at my new home, so I chose to hang it on this corner of our side deck where it would be visible from the street. I love the homey feel it gives to our yard.
We are traveling for one week in April and I also have garden tasks to accomplish, but I have so many grand sewing plans! I am excited to see what April holds. 🙂
Happy Almost Spring, Sewers! February was not an overly productive sewing month for me. But I do have a couple little items to share with you.
I sewed up the four patch blocks for the Sew Very Easy – 2024 Block of the Month, Scrappy Sunshine. We started with 288 two and a half inch squares (144 white and 144 multi color). That gave us a total of 72 four and a half inch blocks.
It’s not too late to join the Scrappy Sunshine block of the month. Click here for a link to the introduction video. The best part of the block of the month is that it is free and it helps use up scraps. If you are also participating in the Scrappy Sunshine block of the month, please leave me a comment and let me know what colors you are using.
I purchased the Cupid Box 2024 Limited Edition Mystery Quilting Box from Fat Quarter Shop. It had several fun little items in it. It featured the project instructions and fabric for this sweet table topper.
The sampler box also included a small bag of pink, white, and red buttons of various sizes. For the little bird beaks, I added a couple of heart buttons that were included.
I used some Lori Holt fabric that I had on hand for the backing. I do not have my table topper quilted yet, but I plan to quilt it this month.
I am earnestly trying to not purchase more kits because I have so many in my stash, but I have absolutely no self control!!! I picked up the new Kimberbell Ladder Quilt Machine Embroidery book and CD, the embellishment kit, and the fabric kit from Sew n Sweep in Westminster, MD. I am hoping to start this one soon because I really would like to have it done before the end of the year.
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and to comment. I appreciate all of you very much. Until next month, Happy Sewing.
A Notion to Sew 