Finish or NOT Friday 9.25.2026

I have a few finishes to report. 

First, I finished the purple/gray 4 patch quilt with my novelties fabric.

pattern: loosely based on Bonnie Hunter ISPY a 4 Patch

                What I do: novelties are cut at 6.5 inches, 4 patches made by cutting

                                  two fabrics at 3.5 inches x WOF, sewing along the long

                                  edge and sub cutting into 6.5 inch units. Alternate the

                                  4 patches with novelties and try to have the same color

                                  run diagonally through the quilt.

panto: serpentine

I also finished the Purple Rail Kitties.

pattern: Loosely based on Sylvia's quilts. Where she has a novelty panel and

                string blocks. I used my rail fence blocks instead of string blocks.

panto: serpentine

I found a picture of Sylvia with one of her donation quilts. LOOK! She put the novelty on the bottom this time!

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WIP Wednesday 9.24.2026

I was going to make one lap size purple rail fence quilt but the top looked a little plain to me so I decided to add a chuck of novelty fabric that I didn't want to cut up. The imspiration for this setting is from my fellow guild member Sylvia. Sylvia is about 85, if she's a day and loves to make string blocks. She places the string blocks where I placed the rail fence in these two quilt tops. One has cats and the other dogs.

 

pattern: rail fence: public domain 

                strips cut at 6.5 inches, sewn along long edge and sub cut into 6.5 

                inch units

            setting: Sylvia inspiration

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Design Wall Monday 9.22.2026

I'm working on my purple projects this week. First, I paired the purple/gray four patch with novelties. My purple is more lilac and a little light, but it is pretty up close and in-person.

Next, I paired a darker purple with the lilac (from above) and made a few rail fence blocks.

pattern: rail fence: public domain

                rails cut at 3.5 inches, sewn along long side and sub cut into 6.5 inch

                 units

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Finish or NOT Friday 9.18.2026

I'm happy to report the Brewers' quilt is bound, labeled and delivered! I originally 'thought my son played me' to get an oversized quilt but it turns out he wanted for the back of his couch. Which coincidentally, is about 88 inches long...the quilt goes the entire length of his couch. After I left yesterday, he said he had taken a nap under it! :) 

pattern: Button Box from Fabric Cafe

panto: serpentine

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WIP Wednesday 9.16.2026

All that's left is the binding and label for the Milwaukee Brewers' quilt. It finishes as 88 x 88 inches and maxes out my 10 foot table on the long arm.

pattern: Button Box by Fabric Cafe

panto: serpentine

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Design Wall Monday 9.15.2026

I took a left turn on the Brewers' quilt. I decided to use the Brewers' fabric as the outer border. I was orginaly thinking about the gold splatter but in the end I went for the Brewers' fabric. I was thinking about a small inner border but it was quickly getting too large for me. It is 88 x 88 before quilting...

pattern: Button Box by Fabric Cafe

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SoScrappy Saturday 9.12.2026

Today is the second Saturday of September of the color purple. I pulled out some lilac and gray fabric to make 4 patches. Here are a few that I made, I do need to make a few more after the gray finishes in the wash.

pattern: 4 patch: public domain

                purple/gray cut at 3.5 inches, sewn along long side then sub-cut into

                3.5 inch segments, unfinished block is 6.5 inches

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*Has anyone else noticed a problem with blogger? My blog list doesn't update even when the posts do. I hope blogger fixes this bug soon!

Finish or NOT Friday 9.11.2026

This week is the 'NOT' for me. Although, I did finish piecing the inner portion of the Milwaukee Brewers' quilt. I'm leading towards a simple border as it is measuring close to 81 inches square.

 pattern: Button Box by Fabric Cafe

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Design Wall Monday 9.8.2026

I started sewing the rows together for the Brewers' quilt. I got 6 out of 10 rows together. 

All the rows won't fit on the design wall at once so I moved the sewn section over to drape on the long arm rollers. Looks like I'm a few pieced blocks short...

pattern: Button Box from Fabric Cafe

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SoScrappy Saturday 9.5.2026

Today is the first Saturday of the color purple. Confession time: I made a few purple Meals-on Wheels place mats in the summer so I could report them now...

pattern: whole fabric cut to size and bound

panto: serpentine

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