Rowing Along In 2020

Here is the start of my Sunflowers Row by Row Quilt.

I am sewing this as a new bed quilt with these beautiful ... 

 Clothworks Sunflowers fabrics from my stash.

This fabric line is circa 2012 and is out of print.

The yellow on the left is a Kaufmann Fusion tonal which is also out of print.

Here is the main page for the 

 Row By Row ~ Canadian Quilters" Association

There are three rows up.

If you want this pattern,

download these free patterns now as they will be removed later to

make room for the newer rows as the years goes on.

As you can see, I am getting a late start,

but a new row is posted every other week so I have plenty of time to catch up soon.

I have more yardage than what is called for to make the quilt, 

but I want to make a larger quilt widthwise

so I am hoping to have enough

to finish the quilt.

Here is a direct .PDF link to the Row 1 Pattern

These are all end of bolts bought when this fabric went into the clearance section

of my favorite local quilt shop.

I am saving the green and brown in the upper right for the binding. 

I am making this bed quilt to match this wall quilt,

which was made from a kit in 2012 ...

... and this table runner which I designed and made from the cutaways from the wall quilt. 

I am really enjoying sewing these pretty fabrics again

and am working on row 2.

More photos soon!

May you be well and safe in your happy sewing place.

<3 

My Favorite Quilt

This is my favorite quilt!

Sew Mama Sew

is hosting a

My Favorite Quilt Link Up

and this made me really think about "my favorite quilt."  

I have a lot of favorite quilts for many different reasons.

After thinking it over, I have picked this quilt as my personal favorite. 

This photo of the quilting has been featured on my sidebar for a lot time.

It tells a story of who I am.

It is a simple quilt.

It is not trendy or new or designed by me.

It is not perfect.

It just hangs on my wall and makes me happy.

I have blogged a lot about this quilt.

   Here is my post about quilting and finishing it. 

I took my time quilting it and enjoyed the process.

My quilty kitties helped, of course,

Butterfly helped.

Katniss helped. 

It was made from the pattern that came with the fabrics.

 This is my top without the extra borders.  

By the time I had reached the outer borders, it did not look quite right to my quilty muse. 

I had actually already finished the quilting and had trimmed it bind it

when I decided that my quilt was not done.

If I could rewind and do over, I would not have trimmed that quilt before
reaching for the binding fabric.

The pattern called for this teal as the binding.

It did not really speak to me.

When I auditioned fabrics for the binding I could not decide. 

Even after the advice of my friends I could not make up my mind.

So I decided my quilt was not done. 

I actually made the quilt larger by adding an extra strip of batting
and an extra narrow border in yellow.

This warm yellow is my favorite color!

  

My grand kitty stopped by and helped when she was just a baby kitty to help bind the runner.

I bound the quilt with the last of my brown fabric.

It has turned into my favorite wall quilt and it hangs somewhere in my home all year round.  In the summer it is in my dining room.  Then it moves into my bedroom.  

It has also hung in my sewing room, which is not my sewing room for a few months. 

Because I added the extra batting and border strip the outer edge has a slight wave.

It is not a quilt show worthy quilt.

It is not perfect.

This matters not at all to my enjoyment of this quilt.

I love this quilt so much ... the sunflower prints, the colors, the layout, the quilting.  I never grow tired of looking at this quilt.  I always makes me smile and brightens even the grayest days.

When Life Gives You Scraps!

The free pattern used a stitch and flip method that resulted in many good sized HST,

 so I made large table/bed runner with the scraps.

Right now my favorite quilt is hanging in my bedroom ...

... where the walls are the same warm yellow.

This is the story of my favorite quilt.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at with me.

Thanks for stopping by for a moment.

<3