1 Day Virtual Retreat

On September 19th, my sister, my quilting cousin and I participated in a one-day virtual retreat with Gudrun at GE Designs. Here's my finished quilt!!! 

The three of us participated from our own home studios, keeping in touch by text. 😃 We were in Session 1, Saturday, along with 218 other quilters on Zoom. There was another group in Session 2 on the following Wednesday. 

Patchwork Door Bow 🎀

Have you noticed the giant patchwork bow trend? My sister and I jumped right in recently and spent an afternoon together starting our bows. I decided to make mine autumn, since I don't have an autumn wreath for the front door.

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Pattern: Patchwork Quilted Bow by Brooklyn Dawn Quilt Co.

Baby Quilts & Shopping IKEA🇸🇪

I have four baby quilts to share today, and three of the four have IKEA duvet covers for backing. Scroll to the end for my tips on buying IKEA duvet covers.

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Scrappy Plus Blocks 🩶🤎🖤

"Stitch With Rachel" on YouTube turned hundreds of mini "Plus" blocks into a gorgeous large quilt recently. I love "Plus" blocks and have plenty of 1 1/2" strips, so I started making some for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in September, 2026. Here are my blocks for October, "Neutrals".

These blocks take 4 1/2" of print fabric and 10" of background/white fabric. 

5 Baby Quilts

I have been majoring in baby quilts this year, which are fast and fun to make, and a joy to gift! Here are five I've finished recently.

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RSC Neutrals 🩶🤎🖤

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for October is neutrals (or catch-up). My RSC goal this year is to whittle down my stack of 5" scrap charm squares by turning them into baby quilts, 9 squares across by 11 squares down, therefore "99 Charms" quilts. Here are the neutral baby quilts I made.

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Dog 🐶 Quilts

We had two birthdays in our family this past week! Quilt gifts were in order!!! 

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Four Quilts

I have 2 client quilts to share today, and an update on Patty's Christmas tree quilt!!

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Maker: John

Scrappy Plus Blocks 💜

I recently watched "Stitch With Rachel" on YouTube, who has an adorable leaders and enders project that she's been working on for a year, making hundreds of mini "Plus" blocks from 1 1/2" strips! I happen to have a lot of 1 1/2" scrap strips and love "Plus" blocks, so I decided to make a few myself!

Twenty-one to be exact. I'm making them as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, starting this month with purple.

More 99 Charms

I have three 99 Charms baby quilt to share with you today--two are about Japan and one is about Minnesota!

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