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POD Cats quilt finish!

Posted on: October 12th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

This vintage inspired cat and colourful pod blocks were made in a mid century modern style. It was the purrrr-fect opportunity to use some pieces from the Alison Glass Cross Stitch collection for Andover Fabrics. I used a white tone on tone dot fabric for the background and quilted organic wavy lines from edge to […]

Bear and Bear Paws quilt finish!

Posted on: October 9th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Today’s finish is the quilt design that started the trend! My “Bear and Bear Paws” quilt is the first in a series using a combination of 10″ blocks that feature both animal blocks and traditional quilt block designs. I took the original Bear Paw block and added points to make a 10″ block. I am […]

Deer and Goose Tracks quilt finish!

Posted on: October 1st, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

These quilts, made using a combination of both traditional blocks and animal blocks, have been sew much fun!!! Both of these quilts use 10″ blocks and include instructions for borders. These Deer and Goose Tracks are both so sweet!!! Again, I quilted my organic wavy lines from edge to edge, in white thread. My “Deer […]

Economy Fox Birches quilt finish!

Posted on: September 29th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

My “unquilted pile” was getting bigger. But now I am working on these as I go along and have some finishes to share! This is my “Economy Fox” quilt on the left. This quilt finished at 50″ x 62″ Fall is in the air! I quilted this in cream thread, using my usual organic wavy […]

Paws Off {my table runner}!

Posted on: August 22nd, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to my day on the Purr-fect Patchwork blog tour! I was thrilled to be invited by the author, Pamela Jane Morgan, to be a part of the blog tour and get a chance to make something from her fabulous new book! This book is for serious cat lovin’ quilters – filled with fun projects […]

Happy HumpDay!

Posted on: July 7th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

My Camel quilt is finished!!! Took my quilt on a little tour for photos, but the ones I took at home turned out the best. Too windy sometimes! Everything was made from stash. I just mixed a bunch of orange and yellows together that I liked. I quilted edge to edge horizontally using a sunny […]

Let’s Go Camping Again!

Posted on: July 2nd, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Today’s Camping quilt photo shoot took place in Dublin, Ontario, Canada. This is my second time making the Camping quilt. If you missed the first one, you can see it here. The backing was made from two widths of fabric, with the seam down the center vertically. I quilted in my usual organic wavy lines […]

Camel

Posted on: May 28th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the NEW Sew Fresh Quilts BLOG!!! I was emailed a request for a camel quilt pattern. Want to make one too? You can buy the pattern using the coupon code 25percentoff to save now! The Camel PDF pattern includes two sizes: Small 38” x 46” and Large 58” x 68”.Camel Blocks finish 20” […]

Let’s Go Camping!

Posted on: May 27th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the NEW Sew Fresh Quilts BLOG!!! This Camping quilt is my favourite finish of the year so far! We recently acquired two truck campers. But although I LOVE fishing, I don’t have a boat. I had a lot of fun choosing fabrics for this one! The little wee boat motors make me smile! […]

Puffer Fish – in prints!

Posted on: April 26th, 2021 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to the NEW Sew Fresh Quilts BLOG!!! Today I am sharing my Puffer Fish quilt finish, made using prints! The urge to use prints was incredibly strong… I quilted in my usual horizontal organic wavy lines from edge to edge using my walking foot. Using a blue variegated thread. I used another pond print, […]