Cats Cats Cats
This quilt is one of three recent finishes in a similar style. This Cats Cats Cats design is great for digging into your fabric scraps. One black cat is my feature cat and the binding was made to match. The backing has goldfish in a pond, but needed a little
Catholes quilt finish
For those of you who aren’t offended by a cat’s butt… Thank you for understanding why I had to share this design. Cat’s don’t mean to offend anyone either. Happy cats like to hold their tails high. Like a mood gauge, you can tell a cat feels comfortable around you
Farm Fun and some sun
On June 21st, my sister and I celebrated the first day of summer and National Indigenous Peoples Day by taking a quilt for a drive to Kettle Point, Ontario. Just across the lake from the USA. The shore was covered in shale. A very pleasant place for dipping your toes
Hay is for Horses
Finally some sun! I have been busy working on my flower gardens… and was finally able to get some photos of my latest finishes.… The quilting was done using a blue variegated thread on top and in the bobbin. I love the special sparkle it adds to this quilt. The
It’s Trash Day!
Today it really is trash day here on William Street. And it’s Monday. Oscar feels the same way about Monday’s every day. I had a narrow strip of the rubber duckies left over for widening the backing. Quilted in my organic wavy lines! Added two small strips to my binding
How to get to Sesame Street
Today I’m sharing my Ernie and Bert wall hanging. This quilt was hung in my backyard on the old bed headboard I found roadside. Ernie requested rubber duckies for the backing. Quilted in my organic wavy lines! I added triangle corner pockets for easy hanging. My Ernie & Bert quilt
MOD PODS
Fresh rhubarb? Hello SPRING!!! It has been cool, damp and cloudy, but I consider it officially spring when I can post a photo of quilts hung outside without snow as a backdrop. This quilt was hung in my backyard on the old bed headboard I found roadside. I mish-mashed a
Cat House
Welcome SPRING!!! It has been cool, damp and cloudy, but I consider it officially spring when I can post a photo of quilts hung outside without snow as a backdrop. This quilt features a house full of cats. One is really enough… My pre-quilting model was crying from the wrong
Field of Poppies
I’m back, baby! It’s been a while since I have gotten any quilting done. But now I’m on a roll! Quilted in white on top and variegated blue green on the back. Binding in black gives a handsome frame. I am digging everything about this design! Gotta love that POP!
Ernie and Bert
Hello again!!!Can you tell me how to get… How to get to Sesame Street? I must be getting closer because I see Ernie and Bert! Ernie and Bert quilt finished sizes are 22″ x 22” and 44″ x 44″. My test quilt was made in the smaller size. I hope
Winter Wonderland – Winter Birds
This is my Winter Birds from the Winter Wonderland quilt pattern! It was a sunny but windy day when I went out to photograph this newly finished beauty. I love the background fabric which was also used for the BIG Winter Wonderland quilt shared here. Quilted using organic wavy lines
NEW Baby Animals Series!
As I stated in my last post…. I am developing a pile of unquilted tops! Who can blame me! I just want to keep making all the things! Next month it will be six years since we left the farm and moved into town. You can take the girl out
Winter Wonderland finished
This quilt managed to get finished on December 18, 2022, and I shared it on Instagram and Facebook, but I didn’t realize I forgot to post about it until now. So technically it’s my last finish for 2022! Thank YOU for sticking with me to celebrate the NEXT 10 years
Farm Fun pattern release
Thank YOU for helping to celebrate the NEXT 10 years of Sew Fresh Quilts! MOOOOVE over 2022! Today, I would like to introduce to you, my first pattern release for 2023… Farm Fun! This 18 page pattern includes 3 Quilt Sizes and 3 Setting Options, as shown in these photos.
Winter Wonderland
Thank YOU for helping to celebrate 10 years of Sew Fresh Quilts! Today, I would like to introduce to you, my final pattern release for 2022… Winter Wonderland! For my background, I chose Snow Drops from the Most Wonderful Time of the Year collection by Jane Dixon for Michael Miller
10 Year Celebratory Giveaway – December
Thank you ALL!!! We are having another GIVEAWAY!!! It’s time to celebrate YOU! I began this little blog back in 2012, keeping a diary of my quilting journey, while searching to connect with the online quilting community. That lovely group of online supporters and encouragers that I have been blessed
I’ll be Home for Christmas
I have thought of making a block like this for some time now….. Cute little cars with Christmas trees being toted home… But when I shared about Passport to Quilting Holiday Edition… I was totally sucked over to the North Pole and went straight to the Elves’ Workshop. I began
10 Year Celebratory Giveaway – November
Thank you ALL!!! We are having another GIVEAWAY!!! It’s time to celebrate YOU! I began this little blog back in 2012, keeping a diary of my quilting journey, while searching to connect with the online quilting community. That lovely group of online supporters and encouragers that I have been blessed
Passport to QUILTING!
Passport to Quilting-Holiday Edition Event Get ready to access the Passport to Quilting-Holiday Edition Event!!! Mark your calendars, the Passport to Quilting Event runs from November 10-14th! If you’re a fan of: …then this major event is FOR YOU! The best part is, this 5-day event is totally free. We
Flying Geese table runner
These flying geese are in perfect unison. Again, as I did in making the Flying Geese quilt, I used some of my new floral fabrics from Mad About Patchwork. The backing and binding are an old plaid print. Along with a few interesting strips. Quilted in organic wavy lines from
