Midweek Makers #377

 Welcome to Midweek Makers!

And spring has sprung! Now is the start of strawberry season, though the delicious berries may be tough to find for awhile given the flood damage in Pajaro, CA, a major strawberry producing area. So, I'll just content myself with the fabric kind, decorating with my Strawberry Splendor wall hanging, and a runner of Chocolate Dipped Strawberries - they'll do the job nicely!

Sadly, no other Midweek Makers party guest shares my love of spring strawberries. That means I'll go with my second best feature theme, which is celebrating spring with green!

From Sew Preeti Quilts, this beauty,

a very refreshing green block for March RSC2023 from Alycia Quilts,

and this wonderful scrappy top from Bell Creek Quilts.

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Butterfly Block

I've got a playful new block to share - a Butterfly!

Notice that my Butterfly has wings made from scraps. That's because I designed and made this when the first color, blue, was announced for RSC2023 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2023). 

Of course, the wings made from scraps is not necessary - squares from fat quarters works just fine. But it is important to have two values or different prints for the wings to really make my Butterfly sparkle. Here's what it looks like with solids, and the values reversed.

After I made my scrappy version, I fell completely in love my little Butterfly block! It's charm then led me to design a full quilt, in several sizes even. But then life happened, and I haven't had a chance to make another block, let alone a quilt. It will happen someday.

So, for now, I've decided to release my Butterfly block as just a block pattern, with the quilt to follow later this year. The block features super easy stitch-n-flip piecing, perfect for a beginner quilter. The block finishes at 10.5" x 10.5".

Find my Butterfly block in my Etsy shop and send me pictures of yours - I'd love to see!

And if your wondering about the colorful butterfly props in the photo, they are from Send A Cake. They wind up to flutter out when released from a gift box. A friend sent them to me for my birthday - they were quite the surprise!

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Midweek Makers #376

Welcome to Midweek Makers!

I'm certainly keeping busy with client quilts, quilting up these two adorable heart quilts, one for a wall hanging and the other for a lucky little girl.

Even though it's a bit early for patriotic decorations, I'm a sucker for anything red, white, and blue which means I can't resist featuring these!

From Julie's Quilts and Costumes, her finished SAHRR, which looks like a bursting firework! 

From Making a Lather, a patriotic Ohio star block,

and from Alicia Quilts, Big Star Country, a mystery quilt she designed and this one made by her friend Donna.

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Midweek Makers #375

Welcome to Midweek Makers and Happy early St Patrick's Day to you!

I have another client quilt to share, this gorgeous Homebody Vintage Lace quilt. Cathy chose the pantograph Chantilly in Glide's Peach thread to further the lace theme - both perfect!

There were a ton of finishes seen at last week and so hard to choose my favorites, but here goes. 

From Scrapbox Quilts, shared her Train Wreck,

Melva Loves Scraps created this beautiful mini full of vacation memories,

and Quilting Gail shared her batik Baby Stars quilt.

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Midweek Makers #374

Welcome to Midweek Makers!

I have another client quilt to share, though the picture is just of the border. Somehow, I completely forgot to take a picture of the entire quilt! Guess all my brain power went into the quilting, leaving me little after the finish. Or maybe it was a senior moment.

Anyway, my client, Denise, wanted a wavy-vine theme quilted in the border. After quilting the Daydream pantograph in the main body of the quilt, stopping and starting at the border, I redrew a portion of the pantograph to use as a motif in the border, adjusting the spacing to fit the top/bottom and side borders. She was very happy with the results!

Moving on, let's see the shares from last week, specifically, blocks. Making a Lather showed off these three pretties,

Gretchen's Little Corner shared this blue cutie,

and Not Afraid of Color shared an adorable bird block.

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Rose of Sharon for the March Quilt Block Mania

It's March, and how better to celebrate spring than with Quilt Block Mania's 'floral' theme! And I've got the quilter's favorite, a Rose of Sharon block.

Our 'quilting' garden is bursting with flowers - just look at all the pretty floral themed blocks this month!

Have fun visiting each designer for their block, and please, thank them for creating such beauty!

Chubby Daisy Quilt block by Carolina Moore
Violet by Inquiring Quilter
Dahlia by Inflorescence Designs
Poppy by Boberry Design Co
Summer Poppies
Coronation Bloomd
Rose of Sharon by QuiltFabrication
Irises by Paleofish Designs
Lavender by Palm Creations
Crocuses at Patti's Patchwork
Tulip by Penny Spool Quilts
Improv Pansy at Lovingly, Lissa
Daisy by Appliques Quilts and More
Cone Flower
Summer Flower by Crafty Staci
Mother Nature's Memos
Kaye Collins- Big Blossom
Flower Shop
Star Flower Quilt Block
FPP Flower at The (not so) Dramatic Life
Spring Tulip by Around the Bobbin
Pretty Pot
Happy Sunflowers by Blue Bear Quilts
Poppy by Sallys' Sewing Circle
Reversible Flower Block | Happy Hippie Studio
Primrose Pinwheels by A Piece of Quiet Quilts
Flower power

So, here's the story of my Rose of Sharon block. Many years ago, I entered a block designing contest, sponsored by Electric Quilt, for a future book by Sharon Pederson. I submitted several block designs, and though I didn't have a winning block design in the final quilt, I do have one or two that are in the book, The Rose of Sharon Block Book (affiliate link). Unfortunately, I don't own the book, so I really don't know for sure!

When the QBM floral theme came up, I searched through my original rose designs and found this one, updating it here and there. As usual for my blocks, fat quarters are all that's needed to make one 12" x 12" finished block.

For fun, here's how several of these would look in a simple quilt.

Sorry, the time is up for the Rose of Sharon block - I'll let you know when it becomes available again. Until then, feel free to tell others about QuiltFabrication and become a follower yourself through any or all of the following: direct delivery of posts to your inbox (sign up below), or by following on Bloglovin, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube.

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Midweek Makers #373

Welcome to Midweek Makers - nice to see you!

I have another client share this week, a giant queen size quilt called On Eagles Wings.

This quilt was so big, it was hard to get a decent picture. The pantograph Fresco Feathers, in Glide's Cleopatra, was perfect for this quilt. Mary is so happy to have it finished, as it's been several years in the making. And in case your wondering, these blocks were not foundation pieced - she did a great job stitching!

This week I'm featuring anything red from last week's party. Vicki's Crafts and Quilting created this adorable Sweet On You wall hanging,

Alycia Quilts shared an RSC2023 block, which looks great though it's probably more red than the February pink,

and Not Afraid of Color sent me down memory lane with her Fun with Dick and Jane book.

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