Sunflower Farm

I love making Elizabeth Hartman's patterns as baby gifts - this is Farm Fab - and sewing these animals and sunflowers was incredibly fun. I worked on them on retreat with friends and got to pin each finished animal on the design wall as they were completed.

The chicken was my favorite - such personality! - that I added another chicken to the back of the quilt.

Each year, Raleigh plants fields of sunflowers in Dix Park and come July, they are in full bloom and ready for visits. I like to take a quilt there each year and thought this one was perfect given there were sunflowers in the quilt! (See my sunflower quilt photos: Echo from 2023, Linked in 2019, and my granny square blanket last summer.)

The sunflowers were definitely taller this year than they have been in the past. We were there at 7pm and temperatures were in the upper 90s. (Note to self not to do that next time.)

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Bee Quilt - The Jetsons! (update 2)

Top Row: @sarahgoerquilts, @ellynz, @eacox24, and @scarf.mama

Bottom Row:  @bysarahruiz, @elizabethkray, @feltlikesweets, and @jenngeorgeburt

The Jetson's was my prompt for my year 2 @unscriptedquiltsbee bee mates. Using a color palette from the series, I asked bee members to be inspired by shapes and make a simple block surrounded that shape with background fabric. (Think square-in-a-square but instead with an irregular shape.) Everyone was sent a FQ of Painter's Palette Lapis.

As you can see, they hit it out of the park - the different blocks are just so much fun!

Although I'm not sure of my final layout, I do enjoy spreading them all over the floor to test out different ideas while I wait for the last two sets of blocks arrive.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Moon Joy

I, like many others, was excited about the Artemis II moon flyby on April 6  (photo sourced from Nasa.) When Kristy from Quiet Play offered a free Moon Joy FPP pattern, I jumped right on it, copying her rainbow color placement.

The flange binding was an experiment in practicing the technique so I could consider doing it for a larger quilt. The cross-hatch walking foot quilting is one of my favorite ways to finish a quilt. The mini finished at 17"square.

On this date 57 years ago, the very first astronauts landed on the moon. I am old enough to remember when this happened. Although my mini quilt has been done for awhile, posting on this anniversary seemed appropriate.

Have a wonderful day! Patty