Fun on a Friday!

My son sent me this photo recently and asked "how do you know how old a quilt is" 

I said you have to be experienced and know fabric. How much were they selling it for and what kind of shape was it in? (He loves to go to yard sales and I assumed that is where it was)

His reply- This is on the ground in my recycling room. 

A little back and forth and I told him to grab it- likely 1940-1960

He kept it in a bucket for a few days. Then I told him what I would do if I had found it. 

Several days later I get this photo. He is washing it until the water runs clear. 

Then he was going to put it all wet in a bucket to give to me when I visit today. I told him if he can get out a lot of water he can put it in the dryer. No need to keep it all wet in a bucket for a couple of days. 

I rec'd this photo last night! LOL Not sure I'll be getting it now or not! 

Here was a sweet quilt top I got at a destash sale recently! It is charming and quirky as all heck! I snapped photos yesterday and it has already sold. 

Have a blessed weekend quilt friends!

 

First 2025 Finish

I put the final stitches in my liberated string quilt! I had it going for awhile thinking it would be a larger medallion but I couldn't add anything I liked. 

I can use this for my quilt class "Bounty of Baskets" and "String Quilts Your Way" 

If you can spread the word about me teaching or giving a trunk show to your guild I'd appreciate that. Thanks!

I'm a fan of French General fabric and I thought this was perfect to use my FG stash. 

This is a bit wavy because I gently laid it in the snow (Our first accumulation and we are getting more) yesterday when I took this photo. 

 

My retreat girls and I came up with the name- in English Basket of Flowers. 

Love this cheater cloth for the backing. 

I made a few more houses with my FG fabrics at retreat too. I need to take them all out and do a true count. They are so adorable in any combination.

I hope your week is going good. I had a little road trip yesterday that I'll share later. 

Spread LOVE!

Happy Valentines Day!

My heart is full and I feel very blessed! Thank you all for being a part of my life, online and in person! You all enrich my life immensely! 

A reader made a suggestion to replace a couple of strings on the basket, but I'm still stuck moving forward. 

Using the background as a border gives me the illusion of a window.

checkerboard on the right, pretty fabric on the left. Neither is working for me.

Maybe I'll just leave it as a top to bring to class.

Speaking of class.. thank you to those who passed the word about me teaching! I've got a couple of things in the works. 

I made a trip to WA state where a quilter passed away and her daughter was selling and cleaning out her mother's house. Oh my goodness, what a job!

If you zoom in on these books and see any you'd like to purchase please send me an email at humblequilts@gmail.com and I'll tell you the price and availability. Most of the Kaffe books have been put on Etsy- HERE 

I'm being considered as a board member for Faith Seeds Guatemala, the ministry I went to last fall. I'll meet everyone tonight on Zoom, then they will vote on me. I love this ministry and look forward to helping them in any way I can. 

Have a blessed week!