SheepFarmer | Quiltsby.me

I had made a triple Irish chain quilt for my son and his wife a couple years ago and had a lot of leftover Moda summer breeze fabric to make another. I used charm packs and jelly rolls and had a layer cake of white fabric to use for the background. I loved the quilt and decided to make one for myself. I don't like all the empty blocks, so I decided to include little 4-inch log cabins in the empty spaces. On my son's quilt I included their special photos in the empty spaces. This is a fun and easy quilt to make. I quilted it on my domestic Brother Laura Ashley sewing machine.

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North Star Quilt

Found this pattern in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of Quiltmaker magazine. Fell in love with the pattern. Very easy pattern to follow.

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Black 'n White Sampler

This started out as a Pat Sloan BOM which introduced me to techniques I had never tried before (applique, etc). So now I was hooked on trying new techniques and ended up using those trial blocks in this quilt. The result is what I've put together in my black and white sampler.

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Applique Wall Hanging

I took my very first applique class and really enjoyed. The instructor was Susan McCombs; a very good teacher and very thorough. This was the freezer paper method using starch and it was needle-turned applique. Susan designed several applique blocks and we worked on one of the blocks in class. I found some fabric that matched the design of the applique and used that in the border. I quilted this wall hanging on my sewing machine.

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Craftsy 2016 BOM

Our quilt club made this quilt last year as a BOM. It is a free pattern from Craftsy which is their 2016 Block of the Month along with online tutorials. We had a lot of fun making this quilt. I chose to use up my blue jelly roll fabric, so instead of making the applique flower/vine, I chose to applique red butterflies. I gave this quilt to my mom and she loves it.

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Falling Charms Quilt

I made this quilt for my niece who loves cats. The fabric was a layer cake called Wild Cats from RJR which has cute cat faces and paws. She loved her quilt. This was the very first quilt I had ever made. I made this as a very new quilter after viewing Jenny's tutorial on the falling charms pattern. Fun and easy quilt to make. It was quilted by a local person who has a longarm machine and quilts very inexpensively (mostly charity quilts). On the back of the quilt, I included photos of my cat that my niece fell in love with. Also included is a drawing of my cat that my niece drew when she was four years old.

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Modern Migration

I made this quilt for Hubby. I saw Sue Bouchard demonstrate this Modern Migration quilt on YouTube, and I fell in love with it. Last year while in Paducah I stopped by Eleanor Burns' shop and saw the pattern and bought it. I had the slate grey fabric laying around that I just couldn't figure out a purpose for and decided to try it with this pattern. I used batiks for the flying geese and it's got a nice soft flannel backing so Hubby can cuddle with it while watching TV.

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Crossroads

This is a free quilt pattern from Bear Creek called "Nordic Playlist" but I call my quilt "Crossroads." It was a very easy quilt using jelly rolls from the Bluebell fabric line by Nancy Gere for Windham Fabrics. Since the Bluebell fabric is no longer available, I had a difficult time finding a suitable border. Then I saw the blue "Secret Garden" fabric in my stash that I had obtained from a yard sale and it seemed to work fine. My daughter loved the Secret Garden border and has since claimed this quilt.

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Underground Railroad Sampler ala Eleanor Burns

Our quilt club did a BOM using Eleanor Burns Underground Railroad sampler book. It was a lot of fun and as a new quilter, I learned new techniques. I am currently hand quilting this quilt so it's not yet completed.

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Disappearing Nine Patch

The D9P is by far one of my favorite quilts to make. It's just so easy and super fun to put together. I made this lap quilt using a Larkspur Layer Cake by 3 Sisters for Moda. I bought the layer cake as a DD last year and couldn't figure out what to do with it. I wasn't even sure I liked the colors. One weekend I was bored and decided to grab the layer cake and make a D9P. I ended up really loving the colors. I also saw a tutorial on making a narrow flange, so I figured I'd try that on this quilt. The flannel backing was purchased last year from a store that had gone out of business and it just happened to match the colors in the quilt. I had my local long-armer quilt it for me. For beginner quilters, the D9P is definitely a winner.

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Christmas Stockings

Saw Jenny's tutorial last year on the Christmas stocking and thought I'd make these as gifts for this year. They were so easy to put together, so it made for a fun project. I also lined each stocking and quilted them on my Brother sewing machine. I added bells and a charm to the stockings as well. I made 26 of these stockings. I used the Mistletoe Lane fabric (I had charm packs and jelly rolls.)

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Quatrefoil Quilt

I made this quilt for my daughter who sometimes suffers with depression. I wanted to make her a cheerful quilt, and the Quatrefoil pattern seemed just perfect. It started out being a lap quilt, but I ended up adding more borders at the last minute, so now it's twin size. And, of course, since I added the add'l borders, I did not have enough flannel for the backing, so I ended up piecing the back with leftover blocks from other quilts I made. I only had layer cakes and jelly rolls to use for this quilt, so I used my 4.5" Sizzix die to cut all the squares. The layer cakes were a mixture of Zoey Christine and Fresh Lilacs. I used some Zoey Wisteria jelly roll strips for the binding. The borders were yardage of Violet Butterfly Garden fabric by Timeless Treasures. It was such a beautiful purple fabric with little butterflies. The little butterflies made me smile, so I'm sure this quilt will put many smiles on my daughter's face.

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