Monthly Archives: January 2024

Homecoming

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Homecoming
January 2024

Since receiving a box stuffed full of various fabrics from Jocelyn over at Happy Cottage Quilter back in 2022, I continue to incorporate her scraps where I can. The box she sent was stuffed to overflowing with small scraps, a few orphan blocks and a few larger backing-sized fabrics. I’ve featured two of her orphan pinwheel blocks in the center of this baby quilt and made two more of my own to complement her two. I then used other orphan blocks from past projects of mine, including some from, Onshore Breeze and Palahdee. I think that all these orphan blocks have joined together quite nicely into this “homecoming”.

My plan is to set this aside for now to include in this year’s Hands2Help Challenge, which is usually hosted by Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

Walk in the Woods

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Walk in the Woods
January 2024

I finally finished my Jacquelynne Steves Secret Garden BOM from Summer 2022! While I had completed the top in 2022, I spent most of 2023 looking for that “just right” backing fabric, but was having no luck. I finally got the push I needed to get this off my UFO rack when a local group was wanting donations for the holiday season for the Good Shepard Shelter, a long-term treatment and education-based shelter for women and their children who are healing from domestic violence. So, I gave up looking for the “just right” backing fabric and finished this as a quanket (fleece backed).

The main character of the quilt pattern was supposed to be fairies, but I decided to use a gnome as my main character instead. However, I did give a nod to the fairy with my small blue fairy in the bottom right corner. I used fabric paint for the center pieces, and the butterflies were pre-made appliques. A funny story on those: my nephew received them accidentally with an order he got from a big name online retailer. The retailer told him to just keep them (cheaper than shipping back), so I lucked out and he gave me five boxes full of colorful applique butterflies! I thought they worked perfect with the woodlands theme. 

If you are interested in making a similar quilt, the digital pattern can be purchased from Jacquelynne’s online shop at https://jacquelynnesteves-shop.com/collections/digital-patterns/products/the-secret-fairy-garden-block-of-the-month-quilt-pattern-digital?fbclid=IwAR1iBfZzpry0eykKsxWs2mPy34OofqrWOiagABhnHDNux1lmurKDbuylaUU