Pointless Quilter

 I can't believe I didn't blog at all in 2023.  I'd love to say I'm just too busy but that wouldn't be the truth.  I easily could have found the time to update.  I will try to do better this year.  I'm going to split my updates between quilting and cross stitching and other crafting stuff plus life updates to keep the post from being too long or picture heavy.  I did quilt some this past year, more than I thought I had.  Amazing when you have to go back to look to see how much you actually accomplish.  Anyway, here are the quilting projects I finished this past year.  (I just show finished stuff.  I have a top that is pinned but not quilted yet.) Moda Blockheads (given away already to Kathleen McGraff) A new valentine quilt for my guest room And pillows for the guest room (machine embroidered designs) This top was given to me with a light blue border.  I changed the border fabric to green and made it a Christmas quilt.   B...

  A Bonnie Hunter quilt minus the fussy sashing and border I started this quilt at the Seven Sisters Quilt Show class I took with Bonnie Hunter over two years ago.  It was sitting in a plastic box until a few months ago when I thought I better tackle it and get it over before I forget how to do it.  It had so many parts and those big triangles are my worst blocks ever to make and the sashing required teeny tiny blocks just like that and I thought there is no way I'll ever do those - so I simplified and just added a plain white sashing with green cornerstones.  I still love it.  I will use the strips on another project so no fabric was wasted.    I'm currently working on another quilt that I had kitted up for years.  It uses French General fabric and the pattern is from the November/December 2009 McCalls Quilting magazine.  I love the colors and can't wait for it to be finished.  It called for 544 half square triangles which I used the pa...

I finally finished the Orca Bay quilt.  I started this quilt probably 5 years ago.  I didn't work on it until 2020 though so it was just sitting collecting dust.  But now it is fully finished.  yeah! As with many Bonnie Hunter (Quiltville) quilts, it has many, many little pieces.   A few years ago I won some of our guild block of the month blocks.  My sister's mother-in-law moved into an assisted living facility and had to give up a lot of her fabrics which my sister shared with me.  She had this lovely Christmas fabric that worked great with these blocks.  And she had some floral fabrics that I was able to use for the back.  I will donate to the guild's boutique. Her mother in law also had some baby quilt kits - the fish one she already had pieced and pinned.  The pink one was a kit she had so I quickly put it together and did some basic quilting. I was also asked by my son-in-law to make a family sized Disney quilt with Minky on t...

 Here is my 2020 Goal list of quilt.  I updated in red.  It was not a good quilting year for me. ow sleeves I started 2 years ago.  (February) 1.  Finish the remaining 9 of the 12  pillow sleeves I started 2 years ago for the boutique. Nope - didn't even touch them. 2.  Orca Bay (Started about 3 or 4 years ago)  Top finished in November. 3.  Straits of Mackinac (Green & White)    Haven't touched it since the class in the summer of 2019. 4.  Summer Swoon 16  - Finished. 5.  Boutique Items -  Due to Covid, our boutique was cancelled for 2020 so I didn't bother. 6.  Frolic - Finished 7.  Aqua/White Circle of Illusion - Nope - don't even know where it is at the moment. 8.  Block of the Year Christmas Applique - I know I worked on one for a day at Debbies. 9.  Fall Runner for Brenda - Finished but she wanted a round runner so I made and will donate to boutique next year. 10.  Snowman ...