Sayonara 2021🐮, Yōkoso 2022🐯

Farewell 2021!  Welcome 2022!!! Here's a Grace and Peace Quilting review of 2021, and a preview of what's to come in 2022, the year of the tiger in Japan! First, 2021:

I quilted 135 quilts in 2021, 70 of my own, and 65 for others.

Of my own 70 quilts, here's the breakdown:

🏆Best Five of 2021🏆

Welcome to my Best Five blog posts of 2021!!! I'm Nancy, the quilter quilting these quilts. I've been quilting for 41 years. I bought my APQS longarm 9 years ago in order to get my own quilts quilted. I added a computer to my longarm in 2020. I quilt for family and friends, too. We lived in Japan for 24 years so a lot of my quilts feature Japanese fabrics. I love the modern fabrics and colors as well!  

Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs hosts a link party for quilt bloggers every year end. The guidelines for one's best 5 are open to interpretation. Here are my Best Five!!

2022🐯Planning Party

Welcome to my 2022 Quilt Planning post! Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl hosts a link party every year, and gives us an opportunity to share our plans for the coming year and link up with other quilters!!

Vintage Santa 🎅🏼 Main Course

Susan got one more Christmas quilt in before the big day!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Susan

Pattern: Main Course from Villa Rosa Designs

Athena Baby👶Quilt

I just finished this baby quilt made for our friends' granddaughter who arrived today!!!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Athena from Stripology Mixology 2 by GE Designs

🎭 Pride and Prejudice 📖 Quilt

Another beauty made by Missy!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Missy

❑ 16-Patch Baby Quilt ❒

Quilt Info:

Maker: Me!!!

Recipient: Jack's Basket

Fabrics: Tula Pink "Pinkerville"

Irish 🍀 Change #2

Here's Missy's latest beauty, placed on her own bed!!! Aren't the coordinating pillow shams and bed skirt a great match!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Missy

Christmas🎄Dandy🍬Candy

I made this Christmas table runner from my favorite pattern!!!⤵️ 

Quilt Info:

Maker: Me!

Kannon's Baby👶Quilt

Isn't this a beautiful baby quilt, made by Lisa for her newborn grandson, Kannon!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Lisa

Pattern: Athena from Stripology Mixology 2 by GE Designs

👔Necktie Braid

Here's another beautiful and unique quilt top made by Sunny!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Sunny

🇯🇵 Shibori Phoenix🐦 SAL

Here's Lynn's Phoenix quilt all quilted up!!! Lynn and I did the Phoenix sew along together on November 6th! This is her second quilt made by following a pattern, although she's made many quilt tops for Lutheran World Relief by just winging it!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Lynn--Japan Missionary, Hospice Chaplain

🎄Holiday 🎉Party SAL

I made this quilt as part of a six week sew along hosted by Suzy Quilts!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Me!!!

Pattern: Holiday Party Quilt from Suzy Quilts

⼆ Two Easy Peasy Table Runners🏃🏼

Quilt Info:

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

Pattern: Easy Peasy Table Runner from Primrose Cottage Quilts

🎄Yuletide Gatherings🎄Flannel

Here's a beautiful flannel Christmas quilt made by Quilter Bonnie!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

Sunny's🌞String Quilt

Another quilt from Sunny!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Sunny

Phoenix🐦SAL

On Saturday, November 6th, Gudrun of GE Designs taught her newest pattern, Phoenix, to several thousand of us quilters in a sew along via YouTube! My friend, Lynn, came over and we sewed our quilts together!!! Here's my finished quilt: ⤵️ 

Quilt Info

Maker: Me!

Pattern: Phoenix by GE Designs

Sampler Quilt 👶 Baby Size

Lynn made this fun, cheerful quilt in Beginning Quiltmaking class!!! 

Quilt Info:

Maker: Lynn, Japan missionary & hospice chaplain

🏠Sunny Cabanas🏠

Here's another fun quilt from Sunny!!!

Quilt Info

Maker: Sunny

🎼This Is My Song🎶

Here's a new wall hanging I made for my Mom recently!!!Quilt Info

Maker: Me!

Gift for: My Mom!!!

Fabrics: Songbook from Fancy That Design House for Moda

🌊The Great Wave Off Kanagawa 🌊

I quilted up this famous scene of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa", a copy of the original woodblock print made by the Japanese artist, Hokusai, in the year 1831!!!

Quilt Info

Maker: Me!!!

Fabric: Japanese Tenugui

🐱National Cat Day Quilt🐱

Happy National Cat Day!!! October 29th! In celebration, I have a new cat quilt to show you!

Check out the National Cat Day Quilt Link Party by clicking on the button below! ⤵️

Quilt Info:

Makers: Myself + 4 Japanese Quilters

☀️Sunny's Fun Flowers 🌻

Sunny has been known for having the most quilts in our yearly guild quilt show, and always trying out a variety of techniques!

Quilt Info

Maker: Sunny

✜ Quilter Bonnie's Gingham Quilt ✜

 Quilter Bonnie made her first gingham quilt!!!

Quilt Info

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

🎄A Christmas Stocking Quilt 🎄

Here's a Christmas quilt made from Christmas stockings!

Quilt Info

Maker: Kyle

Katie 🙋🏻

My own quilt!!! I'm so glad I had time to finish this for autumn!!!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Katie from GE Designs

🔗Chain Link 🔗

 Here's a fun, modern quilt made from charm squares!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Michelle

Pattern: Chain Link by Amy Smart

🎂Happy 1st Birthday!!!🎂

Our granddaughter had her first birthday!!! She and I are birthday twins, which is super fun! 

Our daughter planned her party with a llama and cactus theme! Here are a few things I made for our granddaughter's first birthday!!!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Circle Time Quilt by Pretty Little Quilts

Jelly Roll 🌀18 Patch

A real autumn beauty, made by Michelle!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Michelle

✸Starstruck✸

Another beauty, made by Missy!!! 

Quilt Info:

Maker: Missy

Pattern: Starstruck by Missouri Star Quilt Co.

⚓️ Nautical Swoon ⚓️

 Here's Missy's latest--a nautical themed Swoon quilt!!! 

Quilt Info:

Maker: Missy

Pattern: Swoon by Thimble Blossoms

✪ Cowboy Gilda ✪

 Howdy, partner!!! Here's a baby quilt for a new little buckaroo, arriving soon, in Texas!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Quilter Bonnie

☔️Downpour☔️

Welcome to my day on the Scrappy Improv Quilting book blog hop! Here's the quilt I made, "Downpour", which I call "Raindrops On Roses"!!! 

Quilt Info:

Pattern: "Downpour" from Scrappy Improv Quilting by Kelly Young of My Quilt Infatuation blog

More To Come 🙌

There's a lot of behind-the-scenes sewing going on in the Grace and Peace studio right now! Here are some things to look forward to:

Kelly Young is hosting a blog hop featuring her new book, Scrappy Improv Quilting, and I'm a part of it!!! I'm very excited to introduce the quilt I've made from this fun book on September 22nd! 

Kelly makes improv easy for everyone, with her illustrated steps and instructions to make 22 mini improv quilts!!! I'll be sharing my version of Kelly's pattern, "Downpour", on September 22nd, so come back on that day to see it!!!

Here's the full blog/book hop schedule with links:

Scrappy Improv Quilting Blog Tour Schedule-

8/31- Intro, Single Block Beauties, and Simple Shapes

9/7- Seasonal Sensations, Standards With a Twist

9/13- Summer Blossom- Lori @ Crossquilt
           Up, Up, and Away- Sandra @ mmm...quilts!

9/15- Flutter- Rose @ Something Rosemade
           Botanics- Diann @ Little Penguin Quilts

9/20- Face the Sun- Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts
           Full Spectrum- Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal

9/22- Prismatic- Anja @ Anja Quilts

           Downpour- Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting ➡️ ME!!!

9/27- Funkytown- Vasudha @ Storied Quilts
           Cherub Wings- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty

9/29- Chapel Window- Kris @ Sew Sunshine
           Winter Frost- Leanne @ Devoted Quilter

10/4- Heartstruck- Rebecca Grace @ Rebecca Grace Quilting
           Star Spangled- Christine @ Triangles & Squares

10/6- Birds of a Feather- Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts
           Fall Foliage- Susan @ Quilt Fabrication

10/11- Ornamental- Gail @ Quilting Gail
            Churn, Churn, Churn- Cynthia @ Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

10/13- Sunset Crossing- Kate @ Katie Mae Quilts
             Positivity- Sarah @ Sarah Goer Quilts

10/18- All Dressed Up- Linda @ Flourishing Palms
             Shockwave- Anne-Marie @ Stories From the Sewing Room

10/20- Sweet Bee (a bonus thank-you pattern), Finishing, and Wrap-Up 

The second event I'm sewing behind the scenes for is this little cutie's birthday party, mid-October!!!

We got to spend some time with her, our daughter & son-in-law and 2 granddogs over the Labor Day weekend! 

The birthday party theme is llamas and cactus, so look for some related stitching, to be revealed after the party, mid-October!!!

The third event I've been stitching for behind-the-scenes is the National Cat Day Quilt Link Party over at Susan's blog, QuiltFabrication. It will start on National Cat Day, October 29th, and run for several days. I have a new Japanese-inspired cat quilt I will share on that day! So get ready to link up your cat quilts and/or quilt cats on that day!!! You can link from a blog or Instagram.

I invite you to come back on these special days!!! Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Linking up with Midweek Makers, NTT, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Whoop Whoop, Peacock Party, Finished Or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, From Bolt To Beauty, Patchwork & Quilts.

➕Pretty In Pluses➕

Here's a super fun pattern to feature your favorite prints!!!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Pretty In Pluses by Michelle @ From Bolt To Beauty, pattern coming soon!

㆔ Three By Peggy

Quilt #1 Info:

🐶National Dog Day Quilt 🐶

Happy National Dog Day!!! August 26th!!! In celebration, I have a new dog quilt, dog blocks, and dog photos to share!!! 

Check out the Dog Day Quilt Link Party by clicking on the button below!!! ⤵️

Quilt Info:

Makers: Myself + 4 Japanese quilters

🔷 JoJo 🔷

Kyle stitched up this beauty!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Kyle, my co-worker at the quilt shop

🇺🇸 A Quilt of Valor 🇺🇸

Karen has been busy stitching this Quilt of Valor!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Karen

🔶Lil' JoJo 🔶

A new charm pack came in to the quilt shop that I just couldn't resist last week! ⤵️

Quilt Info:

Pattern: Lil' Jo Jo from GE Designs

♛ A Queen-Sized Bargello Quilt ♛

Peggy worked on this complicated and beautiful bargello quilt over a year's time!!!

Quilt Info:

Maker: Peggy

Number 800!!!

This is my 800th quilt to quilt on my longarm!!! After making so many gingham baby quilts, I thought I'd make a gingham throw size quilt for myself!

Quilt Info:

Fabrics: Linework by Tula Pink

15 Gingham Baby Quilts!!!

 A quilter can have a lot of fun making gingham baby quilts from one's "collection"!!! Here are 15 I made during May and June, 2021! ⤵️ They'll be going to Jack's Basket this week, where babies with Down syndrome are celebrated!!!

Quilt Info:

Pattern: How to Make a Gingham Baby Quilt from Simple Simon & Co.