Philomena

 I wanted to share this glorious fabric with you! I wish I could afford the entire line! 

I'm offering it to Humble Quilt readers for $13.00 yard. Send me an email at humblequilts@gmail.com if you are interested. I accept paypal, venmo, cash or check. Please send me your zip code so I can figure shipping charges. 

Philomena was inspired by Michelle Yeo’s love of 1830-1840s fabrics, particularly those with birds and flowers. In 2023 she was lucky enough to find three fabrics dating back to this period that featured birds, flowers and baskets. Right away, she knew this was the start of a new fabric collection.

This is a lovely toile!

Quirky Swirls red or Prussian blue

Tossed Calico Red

Vines Prussian Blue

Thanks for taking a look!

Happy October!

Miscellany Monday

I found this cool cigarette/cigar flannel inserts appliqued together with a fancy stitch. I think I've seen a quilt with silk cigar ribbons but not sure about the flannel ones. I found some info HERE  about tobacco inserts.  You can see more photos of my unique find, including closeups HERE. 

On another note, this was left as a comment but is anonymous so have no way of reaching out:

Saw 12 days of Christmas poem related to quilting on Pinterest. Your blog was credited with image in 2021. Can you help me find this pattern?

I need clarity on what you are looking for. Happy to help if I can!

I met my sister and her grandson for a weekend of camping. The tamaracks/larches are usually showing their color by now but it looks like fall color is slow coming this year. The weather was beautiful! 

Elsa snugged up against Zack. It wasn't cold but looks comfortable. 

Magone Lake. 

Planning on getting my sewing room cleaned up so I can SEW this week! 

Next week I'm heading to the Houston quilt show. I won't be there on the weekend, but if you'll be there during the week let me know!

Have a wonderful week.

Love one another.

 

Peppermint Twist and Conquering Mountains!

Here is my Peppermint Twist machine quilted! The center toile was left open so I will need to hand quilt in that area. I'm not quite ready to share any more YET! 

All 4 of us on the summit of Mount Saint Helens. It was a beast!

I did a lot of training with my daughter this summer and she was a big encourager. Because of her head injury she told me later hiking with a headlamp the first 45 minutes was a challenge for her brain. It never even crossed our minds that may be a problem. 

Mt Hood at sunrise. 

The view from the top. Straight ahead is the dome, upper right Spirit lake and off in the distance is Mt Rainier. 

We had about 2miles of boulder fields. Going up was actually okay, coming down was the challenge. There isn't a designated trail- choose your own adventure! The following day I was sore from my neck to my feet!! But I believe the days put in at the gym and trail has helped me recover fairly quickly. 

Thanks for coming along on my journey! 

Have a wonderful week!

 

Tree of Life

If you remember I was going to make 2 Tree of Life quilt blocks a month, well, I'm missed a couple of months but finally finished the final 3 blocks! 

Whoop! Whoop!

Here is the layout- these are 16" blocks so the lumpy grass was the best I could find. I am excited to get this top put together!!

 

The final layout according to EQ will measure about 72" square. 

This was taken of Mt Hood on my final long hike before the summit of Mount St Helens! We are hiking that on Friday!!

My daughter's partner (2nd on the left, Anish Savjani) was in Los Angeles recently and they won an Emmy for Rebel Ridge! They filmed it during covid so they had a lot of hurdles! It was released on Netflix. I'm proud of his accomplishment!! 

Rebel Ridge took home the award for best TV movie at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Next up, working on the 2025 quiltalong! I likely will not get this released until late October since we are going to Portugal in a few weeks. 

I hope you are having a good week. 

Love One Another....