Design Wall Monday 10.5.2026

 I volunteered (or rather, was persuaded) to do a demo of the Crumb Chaos blocks I like to make, tutorial found here, at this month's retreat. I wanted to take a few quilts as examples and found that there is a simple rainbow row quilt that I want to recreate. Here is one of the quilts I have made in this style.

So, off the the 'parts department' I go and look at all crumb chaos blocks I found! I only have a few to fill in.

pattern: crumb chaos blocks, found here

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SoScrappy Saturday 10.3.2026

Today is the first Saturday of October of the color 'neutrals' or 'fill in your projects as needed'. This is a rather broad assignment this month but the 'rainbow scrappers' are getting ready to turn the monthly blocks into tops in November and finished quilts in December. 

I decided that I wanted new mats around the house, so I quilted down a 2 yard hunk of sunflowers with a large meander. Looks pretty boring, eh?

First I cut it up to make a mat for my credenza in the family room where I store a few seasonal quilts that I change out.

Next, I wanted a new mat under baby Brother in the sewing room.

Next, I wanted new placemats on my kitchen table. I opted for my own placemats instead of Meals-on-Wheels but I did get more (and different sunflowers) for the Meals-on-Wheels donation this month.

So...my neutral today is the dark brown binding on my mats!

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Finish or NOT Friday 10.2.2026

 My finish this week is my Dog Rail Fence quilt.

pattern: rail fence: public domain

                What I did: rails cut at 3.5 inches, sewn along long edge, sub-cut into

                                    6.5 inch units. Novelty cut at 15.5 inches x 'the

                                    measurement of the rows of rails. Sashings and inner 

                                    border cut at 2.5 inches by length needed and 

                                    outer border cut at 4.5 inches by length needed.

panto: serpentine

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WIP Wednesday 9.30.2026

It's a short week here at Bell Creek Quilts as I was traveling home Monday and Tuesday was my re-set day. I did load the next donation quilt, the dog purple rails. All that is left is the binding, label and turning it in! 💜

pattern: rail fence: public domain

                What I did: rails cut at 3.5 inches, sewn along long edge, sub-cut into

                                    6.5 inch units. Novelty cut at 15.5 inches x 'the

                                    measurement of the rows of rails. Sashings and inner 

                                    border cut at 2.5 inches by length needed and 

                                    outer border but at 4.5 inches by length needed.

panto: serpentine

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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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Finish or NOT Friday 9.4.2026

I have a small finish but it is a squirrel!

I have lots of parts leftover from last year's donation Christmas stocking program so I'm helping to organize the 'parts' and running the sew-in. I did zig zag lots of left over batting and cut them up for the panels in the stockings. I also cut a few backings and my friend, Y cut all the muslin I had for the linings. Of course I needed to make one up to re-fresh my memory! 

This is my Friday finish this week... Ho Ho Ho!

pattern: a combination of tutorials from mr friend, Y

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Design Wall Monday 8.31.2026

I've started my next project and it's a big one! 

My son reminded me that I had agreed to make him a Milwaukee Brewers baseball quilt. I'm like, 'me?! I don't remember that!' His response was yup and I want it as big as you can as my bed is a king. I'm like, 'well, DD can only quilt up to 90 x 90' He's like, 'perfect'. I think I got 'played'. So the queen Brewers quilt has begun.

I brought (lots) of fabric and picked the pattern Button Box by Fabric Cafe.

I sewed alternate blocks on Saturday and Sunday. I still need to make two more rows but this is all that fits onto my design wall...that I can reach. :)

pattern: Button Box by Fabric Cafe

If you need me...I'll be thinking about sewing these rows together...

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SoScrappy Saturday 8.29.2026

Today is the fifth Saturday of August of the color yellow. Yellow was not completely lost in my vacation as I sewed a few yellow/gray 4 patches. I did take the fabrics to guild one Wednesday and thanks to my table mates who pressed my 'parts' as I made them and even 'frogged' my sewing errors. :) The yellow/gray is a little difficult to 'see' against the design wall...

pattern: 4 patch: public domain

                    I cut my strips at 3.5 inches, sew the long edges together, subcut at

                    3.5 inches and sew into pairs. My result is 6.5 inch unfinished 4 

                    patches.

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Finish or NOT Friday 8.28.2026

I had a very productive week with the long arm!

First, I finished the Disappearing 9 Patch Quilt of Valor. This was the August challenge quilt for my FB QOV Working Stars group.

pattern: Disappearing 9 Patch using 5 inch cut charms

panto: serpentine

My next finish is a UFO. The main print is a Noah's Ark print that I paired with various animal prints. I really didn't follow a pattern but the animal prints are cut at 6.5 inches square and the brown/tan frames are cut at 1.5 inches.

pattern: see above

panto: serpentine

My last finish is a quick one. I purchased the panel for $1.00 donation at the AQS Grand Rapids Quilt Show Quilt of Valor booth Fabric Relocation Station. Whew! Try to say that three times fast...

pattern: none...it's a panel!

panto: serpentine

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WIP Wednesday 8.26.2026

I'm making progress in the sewing room!

I added the binding onto the D9P.

I also quilted down the Noah's Ark UFO.

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