A Musical Quilt

 

 

This quilt contains a whole symphony orchestra! 

A bundle of musical fabrics was sewn together to a charity quilt. 

This is my first charity quilt for the year 2026, and number 116 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Meadowland Quilt

My latest quilt is this colorful Meadowland Quilt that was finished late November, but not blogged before now. The pattern is great to show off wonderful fabrics, I used twelve different ones plus a white background fabric with a subtle yellow design.

 

 I free-motion quilted it with a meander design using Aurifil Dove thread. Finished size is 48" x 64".

 

I found two fabric pieces in my stash which were pieced into an interesting backing. Maybe this would be more popular than the front? A striped binding in red and white was added as the icing on the cake.

This is my fourth charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 115 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Plus and X Quilt

 My latest stash buster is this Twin Size 'Plus and X' quilt. I used a tutorial from StashBandit for the 10.5" unfinished blocks. All fabrics used are from my stash and scraps.

 

I wanted to get pictures in natural light, but the on the day in question it was drizzling all day. In order to get the pictures I just had to jump in and do it. Fortunately I was planning to put the quilt to wash following the photo session, anyway, because it got really wet afterwards. 

Before the wash and dry cycle the quilt size was 70" x 90". Following the cycle the quilt had shrunk a little and had that nice crinckled look. Now it is ready to be gifted to the student who is going to use it in his dorm room.

This is probably the fastest quilt I have made of this size with only one month from start to finish. I quilted it with the walking foot. 

 

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OhScrap   

Summer Scrap Bash Quilt

 My scrap bins are constantly overflowing, and this year I joined the Summer Scrap Bash 2025 to see if i could reduce them. I decided to cut scraps into 1.5" to make a scrappy log cabin quilt.

I dug through my scrap bins to find suitable scraps for kids since this quilt was going to be donated to the children's ward at my local hospital. There are novelty fabrics, different animals, cars and tractors, and lots of other interesting fabrics in the log cabins.

The placement of the 8.5" blocks (unfinished) are totally random, I only aimed for a very colorful quilt that will be suiltable for both boys and girls. 48 blocks ended up with the finished size of 48" x 64". 
 

A donated duvet cover made a perfect quilt back. The quilting ws done with the walking foot in a simple crosshatch design, using variegated Aurifil thread #3817 .

Photo session was done on a windy day with my apple tree in the background. 

This is my third charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 114 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Falling for a Puff Quilt

 
Fall is soon over us, with low sunrays and falling leaves, but nature gave us a few summery days with temperatures crawling over 20 degrees C. Perfect for taking the Puff Quilt outside for a photo session.

This is the first puff quilt I have made, and it was an interesting and fun process. It is made for a newborn baby girl, with lots of colorful and interesting puffs. The quilt is now gifted, so I can show you the finished project.

The quilt consists of 10 x 10 puffs, all made from fabrics from my stash. The intention was to make lots of focal points in the quilt, and at the same time get a very soft playmat. I raided my scrap bins for colorful, fun prints. 

 

Here you can see the gorgeous soft puffs in and angle. In addition to the puffs filled with PolyFil I added two layers of cotton batting in the quilt sandwich.

The backing is perfect for this quilt with a cute couple of teddy bears having picnic.

I was contemplating to hand-tie this quilt, but since it would probably be washed often, I settled on machine quilting in the ditch between puffs. I also added a fun striped binging in pink and grey.

The finished quilt measures  approximately 32" square.

 

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Baby Quilt For A Very Special Girl

Finally I can show this quilt here after the baby girl is born and the quilt has been gifted!

The design is called 'Crossing Canoes', and I was fortunate enough to be able to cut out the block pieces with my Accuquilt cutter. 

25 'Crossed Canoes' blocks  makes up a quilt of 44" square, before wash and dry cycle. It is quilted by myself in a heart and loops FMQ design.  

The quilt back is very interesting, it is pieced by 11 different pieces of  'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' fabric. This quilt back may be even more popular than the front for the little baby girl!  

 

The latest charity quilt

 

I totally forgot to blog about my latest charity quilt that I made in March, but better late than never, so here it is:

This quilt was designed by @ladybugsew and the pattern was published in @quiltemagasinet .

The size is 39" x 54", great for a young child. I like the design very much, and I had the perfect fabric line in my stash to make it;  Birchtreelane by Connecting Threads.

It is quilted by myself with the walking foot.

This is my second charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 113 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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New Colorwash Quilt

 

My third colorwashquilt was a joy to make, I love the process! A great way to use scraps, using Terry Rowland's tutorial, @trowstudios.

The very colorful baby quilt is even more fun when looking at the backing, consistingn of seven different pieces of The Very Hungry Caterpillar fabric, seven pieces for this one.

Finished size 39" x 45". 

This is my first charity quilt for the year 2025, and number 112 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Last Quilt in 2024

 

My last quilt finish for 2024 is this cute one with tiny cars in a checkerboard design. I added a blue border which completed the quilt to a 39" square size, perfect for a small child.

A quilt finished in December must be photographed in the snow! A scrappy binding gives a nice touch to the quilt.

The backing is a fun and colorful clown print. The quilt is freemotion quilted by myself on my domestic sewing machine .

This is my sixth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 111 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Christmas Quilt for Charity

  

It is late November, the snow has arrived and Christmas is right around the corner. I used a FQ from Riley Blake to make this winter themed patchwork quilt.The finished size is 43" x 56". Quilting is done with the walking foot.

 

The backing is filled with tiny, colorful Christmas trees. I haven't made many Christmas quilts before, but this time I felt like using a festive bundle from my stash for a charity quilt. It will hopefully brighten up the days for a sick child in the hospital during the dark days of Advent.

This is my fifth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 110 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Colorwash Quilt for charity

 

It is always fun to make a colorwash quilt from scraps and leftovers. I'm using the technique presented by Terry Rowland from @trowstudios . The different colored blocks glides into each other almost seamlessy.
 

 The small quilt on display on a park table.

 

The backing is a print of super cute puppies. This one will be popular with a small child.

This is my fourth charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 109 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Orphan blocks

 

 Last fall I made the four blocks in the Soulalong hosted by @mija.handmade. In addition to Mija's block, the three other designers were @lovesewmodern, @prairiequiltco and @corinne.sovey .

The blocks were put aside since I didn't have a project to use them in. But this year I was in need to make a baby quilt since my niece was expecting a baby girl in Septemer. I framed the blocks with a multicolored fabric from my stash. The bolden twigs in the fabric celebrate the newborn girl.

 

The backing is filled with cute bear cubs. Crosshatch quilting two inches apart and a double layer of cotton batting gives the quilt extra volume. Quilt size before wash and dry cycle was 40".

 The last picture shows the quilt after a wash&dry cycle. It really gave the quilt an extra poof and a cuddly feel. The crosshatch quilting with Aurifil thread Dove fits the design well, and the icing on the cake is the binding Duck Dance from RJR Fabrics with lots of tiny ducks.

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Spooky Sampler

 

Last year I participated in the Spooky Sampler quilt along where nine amazing quilters provided free blocks for the sampler. It was scheduled to be finished by Halloween 2023, but I was too busy at that time so I saved the patterns to make it for this year, instead.

The quilt was finished long time before the spooky season starts. It is a colorful and not so scary quilt. Each block is 15" square. I free motion quilted the blocks with a spiderweb design, using Aurifil thread 2600, Dove. The silvery thread thread mimics the spiderweb very well.

 

The backing is a fun print from Ikea from 2016. Binding is a multi colored stripey fabric bought at Hancock Fabrics more than 10 years ago. Finished size of the quilt is approx. 56" square.

The super cute (and spooky) quilt will be sent off to a little boy.

 

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Jelly Roll Race Quilt for Charity

 

This quilt started as a demo for my quilt guild of how to make a Jelly Roll Race quilt. I didn't use a jelly roll, but cut 2.5" strips from my stash in an attempt to reduce my stash. Random yellom fabric squares/rectangles were added in between the strips.

The backing is a duvet cover I had in my stash. As you can see in the next photo this inspired the quilting design I used.

It may be a little difficult to see, but I upscaled the design from the backing print for the FMQ on the quilt.

Finished size of the quilt is 53" x 64", quilted by myself. Binding is a dark brown solid.

This is my third charity quilt for the year 2024, and number 108 all time for the children's ward at the hospital.

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Jelly Roll Color Wash Quilt

 

This is the Jelly Roll Color Wash Quilt I made this spring, but didn't make a blog post until now. I had this great jelly roll from Island Batik that was perfect for this quilt. It reminds me of a beach sceneary.

Tutorial by Bethanne Nemesh, @bethanne.whitearbor on Instagram.

It is a small throw size of 48" x 57". Silk batting from Hobbs Batting inside, which makes it light weight, yet warm.

I used an old Ikea piece I had in my stash for backing. 

Here's a detailed shot of the organic quilting using the walking foot and Aurifil 50wt Dove thread. The striped binding is the icing on the cake.

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