Another heart quilt in the making, I just love heart shapes and always love the opportunity to make heart quilt blocks.

Previous Heart Quilt on the blog

• I Heart Quilt
• Scrappy Heart Pillow
• Patchwork Heart Quilt
• Free Motion Quilting Hearts

This quilt in progress is a new start late last year. When I first saw the pattern, I knew straight away that I wanted to make it. Something about the alternate blocks and the varieties of the heart quilt blocks that makes me want to jump right in and start piecing. 

I also love the idea of making a few of the same quilt blocks on repeat. I find myself getting bored of making too many of the same quilt blocks, so patterns like this are always something that interests me. 

Using fabrics from my stash of pinks and corals, I started making the blocks for the quilt.

Together Quilt Pattern and Tutorials:

• Together Quilt Pattern
• Together Quilt Moda Stitch Pink Sew Along using this pattern – video tutorials

Quilting Tools and Notions I used:

• My trusted workhorse, Janome Horizon Memory Craft QCP8200
• So Fine Thread for piecing
• My ergonomic Rotary Cutter 
• Large cutting Mat
• Wool ironing Mat (I have no issues with the smell, but sometimes it can burn if the iron is way too hot and no steam)
• Sets of Trimming Rulers (small rulers makes a difference when you need to trim small units)
• Stripology Ruler ( Absolutely love this ruler – makes cutting lots of tiny pieces and strips so easy)

Heart Quilt Blocks 

The pinks and corals of this quilt are making heart fleet around as I make these heart quilt blocks. 

I love it when I get to mix and match what I have in stash in a quilt. 

Strip Pieced Heart Quilt Blocks

These strip pieced ones took a little longer to piece, but they are fabulous. The more patches the better right?

And then there are the alternating blocks. 

I am using these mushroom fabrics for the four patches, they’re super cute and have been in my stash for quite a while. I thought it would be nice to finally use them since I have the required amount just for the job.

The only thing about using this mushroom fabric is that it is directional, so I have to make sure that the mushrooms are all upright.

Well, will anyone notice? But I try to anyway cause it’s fun. 

Strip Piecing Four Patches

Stripology Ruler helps make strip piecing a breeze. I highly recommend this ruler. A little pricey for the large one, but so easy to use. And I can’t tell you how often I am so glad I have this ruler and how it has help in making tons of scrips in matter of minutes and without the hassle of moving the rulers and the fabrics for each cut. 

You can check out Stripology Ruler here or here on Amazon. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Finding time to sew

I am hoping to finish off the alternating blocks in the next few weeks as I sew a couple of minutes a day. Yes, lately I have not had much of a sewing time but a little progress can go a long way!

Even the above video is not even done in one day. Can you believe it?

I sometimes only have time to do one step of the process. Sometimes I get to press a couple of strips. Sometimes to sew a couple of seams. It all adds up. Trust me. This is why I love patchwork! 

If you have been struggling to find time to sew, maybe you’re aiming to sew for a whole block of time of an hour. Ideally, that would be awesome.. but sometimes, a few minutes can also do wonders!

Till next time, 

Let me know in the comment, do you like heart quilt blocks too?

Happy quilting!

Another baby clothes memory quilt is done, this time for a girl. I don’t usually take commission quilts, but sometimes I do, just to challenge myself and hopefully to help others cherish their kid’s baby phase memory.

Read also: Baby Clothes Memory Quilt (Boy)

It took a while as I worked on several projects at a time. This was not my usual colour palette too, and it was a little challenging when working with something that is a little different than what I usually prefer to.

This is another post for the update on my Sewcialites Quilt. This is a FREE quilt along that has just ended but you are free to download the patterns even though the QAL has ended.

(The QAL began on Friday, September 25, 2020 and ended on Friday, July 2, 2021)

You can check out some of my previous posts on the blocks and some of the tips and things I learned as I made the blocks and the quilt top. 

• The start of Sewcialites Quilt – trimming units down to get more accuracy
• Progress of the Sewcialites quilt #1 – pinning and notions to help with accuracy
• Progress of the Sewcialites quilt #2 – keeping up and catching up when you join a QAL
• Progress of the sewcialites quilt #3 – thoughts about mismatched backgrounds

In this post, I have a finish quilt to share with you!

Update on September and October quilting updates.

Another month has passed. Last month I didn’t get to do this, so there’s a lot to share with you this time around. 

I hope you’ll enjoy it and find some inspiration from some of the projects I share here. I love listening to other quilters talk about their projects and progress while sewing.

So, come and visit me in my sewing room, have a chat while you work on your project.

You can watch the video below, come and visit me on the channel to follow me there too!

All the links to the things mentioned in the video are below. 

*QUILT LABELS* 

~Quilt Label Wizard

~Quilt Label Blogpost

*KALEIDOSCOPE BED RUNNER* 

~Kaleidoscope Sew-Along

~Art Gallery fabrics solid pure elements

*JELLY ROLL SPINNER* 

~ Free Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern : Jelly Roll Spinner 

*GOOD TIMES QUILT* 

~blog post of Good Times Quilt

~Quilt Bee book

~Sunday Stroll fabric 

*ALL THE TRIMMINGS* 

~Free Pattern

~Fabric Baby It’s Cold Outside 

* SWEET HOME QUILT* 

~ Sweet Home Pattern 

~ Quilt Along Page 

*100 DAYS 100 BLOCKS* 

~Kinship 100 days 100 blocks: use coupon AMIRA for 10% off pattern

~Tula Pink Fabrics

*HAUL* 

~Farmhouse Gathering Fabric

~Hands On Design Cross Stitch Let’s Talk Stitching

~Chalkboard Linen 32Ct 

Some of these are affiliate links in which I may earn a small commission. However, all the links are all listed here to make it easy for me to share them with you.

While I love making large bed quilts, it does take a long time to finish one. This is when I love the easy quick quilt.

And sometimes, I just need the kick of having some finishes to keep me going with those large bed quilts. 

So lately, I have been trying to make a couple of smaller quilts. Something to keep the creative juice going and keep me motivated while simply just having fun in the sewing space. 

Are you fond of those mini charm squares precut? The itty bitty 2.5″ squares of swatches are really fun to buy aren’t they? 

Maybe you collect them and have yet to find the perfect project for them. 

Maybe this is it!

You can use up different collections and make it as scrappy as you like. 

Or you can just cut scraps into 2.5″ squares, with some background fabric and you’re good to go!

Free Mini Charm Quilt Pattern: Mini Charm Chiffon Quilt

Get the free pattern here or if you want to make the same one in the tutorial, buy the kit here. 

In this one, I am using Robin Picken’s collection Cottage Bleu. You can check out this fabric line here. 

I love the saturated blue and yellowish green in this collection.

And the florals are just gorgeous. I have a thing for floral fabric. There are beautiful butterflies too in this collection. 

The quilt was a super quick project and I chose to make the smallest size in the free pattern. It can be used as a baby mat, a table topper, or a drawer throw-over. 

I had some fun free-motion quilting butterflies on this quilt. Just something to match the fabric.

You can read more about Free Motion Quilting using a domestic machine HERE>

As for the backing, I am using a floral fabric I had in my stash and I put a label on the back after quilting using the applique method. 

This quilt label is also a part of the Quilt Label Wizard Ready-to-use Template. I absolutely love having a stash of ready-printed quilt labels for me to use. Makes it so much easier to put labels on the quilts just before it is finally bound and finally done with. 

Machine bound with the contrasting

green, I am loving the vibe of this quilt.

I made a fun Instagram reel for this project. You can watch it below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It is always fun to see projects come together from the beginning to the end in a matter of seconds! Oh, how we wish it would be that fast don’t we?

What do you think of this project?

Want to make use of your stash of mini charms too?

Get the free pattern here or if you want to make the same one in the tutorial, buy the kit here. 

It’s time for an update for the All the trimmings Mystery Quilt Along! Last week was our last week, and I am done with the quilt top and the backing piece. Yeay!

Download the FREE PDF patterns for Mystery Quilt HERE>>

The pattern will be FREE and will be available weekly when the Mystery Sew Along starts on 7th of September. 

I posted about my fabric prep here. I starched all of my fabrics and I love it when I have the time to do so. It makes a lot of difference to my peicing process. 

This one is Seasonal and perfect for the winter holiday! There are so many perfect fabrics selections for this sew-along, but you can also follow along with the exact fabric they use, which is the beautiful Christmas Morning HERE>. The layer cake may already be out of stock, but you can still grab other layer cake like Red Barn Christmas instead for a similar look to the one shown in the QAL. 

Holiday Christmas Quilting Fabrics

Check out some of these Holiday Fabrics that I think would be perfect for this sew along!

• Christmas Time by Tim Holtz
• Cozy & Magical by Maureen Cracknell (I love this one and it is going to be a beautiful magical quilt with these)
• Red Barn Christmas – Sweetwater design the sweetest fabric and so sophisticated! Love this collection too.
• Yuletide Gatherings  -Flannel Quilt! O so perfect to cozy up under in the winter. I do love the classic prints, and I think it’ll be perfect for this sew along too. 

As for me, I will be using Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside” which has the cutest little illustrations. I love the sweet holiday wintery colours of this line. 

Mystery Quilt-Along 

Even though the quilt-along is over, you can still get the free pattern and make the quilt!

Download the FREE PDF patterns for Mystery Quilt HERE>>

Watch Week 5 video for the All The Trimmings Quilt below:

Fat Quarter Shop does awesome tutorials. I have learned so much from Kimberly! So, I’m telling you, you definitely don’t want to miss out to subscribe to their channel. 

I absolutely love this row of quilts. I think this is my first ever Row Quilt – quilts with rows of different blocks. 

This quilt turned out just I wanted it, A cute “brrr cold” feelings! 

This fabric line is so cute and fun. Even the name of the line is cute.. check it out>>Dear Stella’s “Baby, it’s cold outside” 

Quilt Backing

I even made the backing from the leftover fabrics I had! Inspired by my Jelly Roll Spinner Quilt, this one also has a beautiful backing.

And not to forget the labels! Isn’t that the perfect place for a label? I am loving this method.

You can still enrol in Quilt Label Wizard and you’ll get instant access to make your own quilt labels with your name using the same template I use.

Check out Quilt Label Wizard HERE>

Are you sewing along to make All The Trimmings Quilt?

Share your progress with #allthetrimmingsqal. Check out some other fun ones other quilters are making too over on Instagram.

And while you’re there, come and follow me on Instagram too. 

Download the FREE PDF patterns for Mystery Quilt HERE>>

See you online!

I love house quilt blocks, they’re pretty cute don’t you think?

I have made an animal house quilt before, here> Animal House Quilt, and really enjoyed making that one. 

Sweet Home Quilt Along

Pattern: Sweet Home Quilt

When the Sweet Home Quilt Along was announced a few months ago by Sharon and Maureen, I kind of wanted to jump in. 

I had previously joined their quilt along and would love to continue to support their work while making something cute. 

Previous quilt along by Sharon and Maureen that I have previously joined in:

• Community Sampler Quilt
• Sewcial Bee Sampler Quilt 
• Sewcial Bee Sampler Quilt version 2

It wasn’t planned and I was already in the midst or have just finished some of the other quilt-along; Kaleidoscope, Sewcialites, All The Trimmings and the 100days100 blocks.

Hence the late update here on the blog for this particular quilt.

Nonetheless, I just had to record this. Even though the quilt-along has just ended, I am still working on the quilt and nearing the finish line. 

Working from the fabric stash

With very little in the plan, I started off with the mix of Art Gallery Fabric I have in stash. Since both Maureen and Sharon are AGF designers, I thought it would be a great time for me to bust into my AGF stash anyway. 

Most of these are from Katerina Rocella’s line Floralish (out of print). I do love Katerina’s fabric line –> you can check out some of her latest collections here. 

If you love the look of the Quilt on the Pattern, you can also get similar look with the Kit for the Sweet Home Quilt here. 

I have talked about picking out fabrics and mix-matching before in this post here>. But here is another tip to mix and match easily : get fabrics from the same manufacturers. They usually have similar colours used in them, making them blends in seamlessly.

The piecing was easy once the fabric are all cut to size. It was all about chain piecing. 

I am loving the bright colours and the florals!

It is a very bright, fun cheery neighborhood for sure. I have a person in mind to gift this quilt to, and I am hoping to get it done soon and gift it out.

One of the weeks in the quilt-along we were piecing all the log cabin house.

And the following week, we were piecing bungalow house blocks.

Scrappy Background Fabric Quilt

As you can see, I used a scrappy background for the blocks. Just because I wanted to use the stash I have and I have always loved the look of a scrappy quilt.

You can read more about choosing quilt background fabrics in this post here> 

Scrappy sashing or not?

When I was done with the blocks, at first I thought it would be way too scrappy if I were to put the sashing on, hence I stalled a bit.

I even pieced it together without the sashing at first, but I had to rip it out as I did not really like where that was going. 

After stalling a while, I popped in the feed for the Sweet Home quilt-along over on Instagram and was scrolling to see if anyone else had finished a quilt top with scrappy background. And I found it!

Lorraine has done a great job with her cheery quilt, that I had to continue on with mine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I love the scrappiness of that! 

It may be a little busy, but a fun busy neighborhood is awesome right?

So, I decided to stick with the original plan to make the scrappy sashing and scrappy cornerstones. 

Let it be wild and fun! 

Quilt Alongs Inspires You!

This is why I love quilt-along, seeing other quilter’s versions and getting inspired to go on is key to get to that finish line. 

I’ll be piecing the rows together sometimes this week and hopefully, I’ll be able to share a finish soon.

Till then, have fun quilting!