I've been working on 3 small, non-quilt projects lately. First up is a bench pillow from a kit from Riley Blake Designs "Bring May Flowers"
Next is an 18" pillow, again from a kit from A Quilter's Garden in Montpelier, VT. The pattern is named "Coming to Center".
And, lastly is a pair of Patriot's pillowcases I made for Nick from the burrito pillowcase pattern (free) found here.
This was a kit I picked up at Quilt Away Fabrics in Westminster, VT. I added additional borders (1 1/2 and 3") to bring it up to 50 X 58 inches in size. The original kit finished at 40 X 48. Quilted with Around We Go by Nancy Haacke.
This block is known by several names, including Hugs and Kisses and Arkansas Crossroads. I made another version back in April from 2 1/2 inch squares. This version uses 2 inch squares and 35 blocks to get to a finished size of 46 X 64. Quilted with Westphalia 3 by Christie Dillon of My Creative Stitches. I bound this with the same fabric as I used for the backing.
This quilt was created from a pattern named Dot to Dot by Nancy Mahoney. Machine appliqued circles. Quilted with Dash it All pattern by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches. It measures 59 1/2 inches square.
The first quilt is made from a pattern in the book "More Quilts For Baby" called Ladybug, Ladybug Fly Away. It measures 40 1/2 X 46 1/2 inches and quilted with Element of Water by My Creative Stitches. I used a fleece backing on this with no batting. The color of the fleece pulled through to the top when I quilted it. Never again a fleece backing without a batting! And, after this I had stitch issues with my Gammill.
Then I wanted to use up the construction fabric so I used the cut off triangles from the first quilt to form pinwheels and winged the rest of the creation of the top! This measures 49 inches square and I also used Elements of Water to quilt it with.
This is a quilt using the "no more tears" paper piecing tecnique from a class I took with David Sirota at the Vermont Quilt Show in June 2026. Love this technique - no mess!. The quilt measures about 48" square. I used the Skewed Blocks quilt design from Karen of Wildflower Quilting. I used almost all of the leftover fat quarters pieces for the binding.
This is a pattern from Villa Rosa. It measures 66 X 82 and was quilted with Bugaboo by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches
I made this quilt after attending a lecture by Susan Cleveland at AQS in Harford, CT in April 2026. It's based on a pattern from her book Dynamic Dresdens with some liberties taken on the background and placement of the dresdens. Approximately 48 X 71. Quilted with Westphalia Edge-to-Edge 2 by Christie Dillon of My Creative Stitches.
I took a class at the Vermont Quilt Show in June where we made a block using a specialty ruler. Here's a link to the pattern. Poinsettia Then I purchased the coordinating design set from Sweet Dreams so that I could custom quilt it. I wish I had not used the silver thread on the red petals but everywhere else it blends in nicely. This is about 20 inches square.
Here are a couple of 4 Ever Scrap Buster from Aunt Em's Quilts quilts that I recently completed. I used different layouts for each. They measure 57 X 65. One with a black trail and one with a white trail. I used quilting patterns from My Creative Stitches on both. The white trail quilt used Pirouette - Ivy. The black trail quilt used Westphalia 3.
This was made with a lot of leftover brown and tan 2 1/2 inch strips and a free pattern (Scrap Strips Diamond Trip) from Jordan Fabrics . I added 2 borders and used up the cutoff half square triangles from making the diamond inserts. It measures 56 X 70. Quilted with Element of Water from Creative Stitches.
This is Strip Twist from Bonnie Hunter's free patterns tab. It measures 60 X 76. I used Christy Dillon from My Creative Stitches Dash It All quilting pattern. I backed it with a couple of pieces of leftover wide backs.
This started with a panel I bought at Middlebury Sew & Vac I then used the Villa Rosa card named "Paint Chips" to finish if off. Quilted on my Gammill with Post Modern Round by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches. This measures 45 X 66.
This is Blueberry Kisses, a pattern by Thimbles & Needles. It measures 60 X 68 and was quilted with Baby Blue Eyes pattern by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches.
This is a Jen Kingwell pattern. I paper pieced it (paper and acrylic templates are also available). I added borders, changed the size of the sashing strips to make this 80 X 80. Quilted with Harmony E2E breeze by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches.
This is Be Unique, a pattern from Villa Rosa. I had a half yard pack of coordinating fabric so I made 2 of these with similar background fabrics. These quilts finish at 45 X 54 and were quilted with Tendrils pattern by My Creative Stitches.
This block is known by several names, including Hugs and Kisses and Arkansas Crossroads. Made from 2 1/2 inch squares. The quilt uses 20 blocks and finishes at 48 X 60. Quilted with Sorchas Hearts by Christie Dillon of My Creative Stitches. I used pieces of leftover backing on this one.
This is Funny Farm from the book "Fat Quarter Fun" by Karen Snyder. Measures 68 X 84. Quilted with Smoke and Mirrors pattern by Christy Dillon of My Creative Stitches.
Another completion. This is Twilight Paths, a free pattern on the Studio 180 website. https://studio180design.net/pages/free-downloads
Quilting design is Helene from My Creative Stitches
Quilt size is 60 X 70
