A Special Finish

      My older GD will be starting the University of Georgia in a couple of weeks and I have been making her a quilt for her dorm bed. She shared pictures she found online of GA quilts that she liked. Thursday I finished her quilt; its labeled, bound and stored in a coordinating pillowcase waiting for delivery to her before she moves into the dorm.

     Then I took some time to play, made more continuous bias and practiced sewing it to petal shapes. Here is what I have now. I know I need to make a variety of bias tape.

No telling where this will go but I am enjoying the challenge. So much so that I signed up for Sherri Lynn Wood's online workshop

Freestyle Curve Engineering. She is offering 3 different improv curve workshops this fall. Check the link for more information if you're interested. 

Stash Report for 2026

this past week - Used: 5.625 yds Added: 2.375 yds

So far this year - Used: 73.01 yds Added: 10.375 yds

Net decrease 62.635 yds

I'm linking up with Alycia's Finished or Not Friday. Check out all the creative projects.

Have a great weekend and week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

Progress on Comfort Quilts

       As I was planning to be out of town visiting, I packed quilt projects in progress that I could easily work on when I had a few minutes and I made a lot of progress on a few. First I added a simple border to this top (pieced by someone else) to increase the size and then pieced a backing so we can sandwich it Wednesday at church quilt group. I am wondering what else it might need to be more interesting but maybe quilting will be enough.  

     Next I laid out my blue green potato chip blocks and sewed the top. I will probably add a simple narrow border to frame it and control all the seams on the edges. Potato chip blocks are my current favorite scrap pattern for a fast simple quilt because it has no nesting seams to match and looks so different depending on choice of fabrics.  

     Then I worked on my “Rainbow Crumb Chain”. I cut and sewed the alternate blocks with the black strip and pieced the top. I added a 2” border to help control all the seams on the edges of the crumb blocks.  

     I had some time Sunday afternoon so decided to try a fun new challenge - making continuous bias strips and sewing them to some improv petal (Orange Peel) shapes. I was inspired by Sherri Lynn Wood.   An 11” square made 3 yards of bias 2” wide. This is a technique I want to practice more. It is difficult to get them to lay flat but I did okay.  

       Stash Report for 2026 (finally updated correct year)

this past week - Used: 1 yd Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 67.385 yds Added: 8 yds

Net decrease 59.385 yds

I'm linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Friday  

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

GA Quilt Progress

      Last week I did a lot of cutting: 192 – 4.5” squares, 192 – 2.5” squares and 384 – 2.5 x 4.5” rectangles. I wanted more variety so ended up buying 3 new pieces. Then I started sewing. Chain piecing was a friend although a little boring. I needed to stop and press for a change. I finished piecing all 192 blocks. My design wall is only large enough for about a quarter of the quilt so I sorted blocks into 4 groups. This photo shows a little more than a quarter of the blocks.

I have the top half laid out, rows pinned and I started sewing rows. The G will be appliqued about in the middle.  I may make it a little larger.  I am excited to see the quilt top coming together.

    For a change I pulled some very old adopted double wedding ring units. Several years ago I used some of them for a small quilt. I had pieced some into curve units that I want to use in a more modern project. I plan to applique the curves so I pulled out a small paint brush and liquid starch to turn under the curved edges. That is done. Next I need to choose a background but there is no rush.

Stash Report for 2026

   this past week - Used: 7.625 yds Added: 2.5 yds

So far this year - Used: 66.385 yds Added: 8 yds

Net decrease 58.385 yds

      This week I will be helping with Art and Bible Camp 2 days, then I will be visiting family for the rest of the week. I'm taking a couple of projects with me so I expect to get some sewing done.

Have a great week. Stay cool and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.