Bonnie Hunter

Hello Everyone, My last post was about Autumn, this post is about Christmas. So if you don't want to even think about the Christmas word, stop reading now. I put a few Country Charmer kits together at the shop, and I liked them so much I decided to buy one! I have a issue with fabrics, kits, books and quilting notions coming home with me on my workday. It is a good thing that I only work one day a week. You know the phrase, Will Work For Fabric. I thought, I'll just make one block…

Give the Quilt a Color Theme or Do Anything-Goes Scrappy! One simple block creates the overall chain design in this beautiful quilt. Reproduction scraps give it an inviting appeal. The quilt shown below, by Barbara Bellar-Skladoni, uses the “Garlic Knots” block popularized by Bonnie Hunter. It’s a fun block to play with because the blocks …

I am a fan of Bonnie Hunter, the queen of scrap quilts. (You will find a link to her Quiltville blog in the right column of this blog.) I have purchased most of her books and have constructed nearl…

Hello Everyone, Is it really the 1st of April already? It's time for the Country Charmer Quilt Along update. I'm so pleased to show you Tina's blocks. Tina has been following my blog for several years now and I always love to hear from her. I was so happy that she joined the quilt along. Here's a few snippets from her email: "I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed making the blocks! Love, love, love the layout pattern - it sure helps with all of those little pieces. I can't wait to see…

Someone cue the marching band: another UFO (unfinished object) is complete. Behold the the long-time-WIP (work in progress) Scrappy-Trip-along is finished! This quilt was started over two years ago. I finally got serious about finishing it this past January when I became determined to start tracking and finishing all those (many, many…many) WIPS. This is such a fun project – a great way to use up 2 1/2″ wide scraps or to just bust through a lot of fabric stash. Bonnie Hunter wrote the…

Hello my friends, Here's a Smilebox creation to keep you inspired. I even included two blocks that are almost completed that you will be receiving soon. I've said it before and I'll say it again.....quilt every day even if you only quilt for 10 minutes. All of your "10 minutes" add up to hours and before you know it you have a completed block then a completed quilt. Break the project down into manageable sections and don't get overwhelmed with the big picture. Remember you are creating an…

Garlic Knots

Fun fabric fact: the National Quilting Association won’t consider quilts made from scraps in their scrap-quilt category unless they feature a minimum of 75 different fabrics. Whoa! And although we don’t employ any quilt police here, the number the NQA suggests offers insight into what can take a scrap quilt from good to gorgeous: plaids, …

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Update: Winner of the CCQAL giveaway, chosen by Random.org, is #3. Congrats to Nancie Anne Quilts! She has been contacted and will be emailed her $20 gift certificate directly from the Fat Quarter Shop. Thanks to everyone for coming by! Welcome to the final day of our Country Charmer QAL...a quiltalong that promised to be an easy peasy, no pressure, do it at your own speed QAL. It all started with a gorgeous quilt design by Lynn who blogs at Sew'n Wild Oaks. Her Country Charmer quilt design…

tumalo trail

Country Charmer is a quilt pattern designed by Lynn Wilder for Sew'n Wild Oaks. The finished size is 60" x 70". The finished block size is 8" x 8". This pattern is beautiful in reproduction fabrics as well as red and green for a cozy Christmas quilt. Each pattern includes a block layout sheet to assist you making each block. There is also an extensive tutorial on my Sew'n Wild Oaks blogs that walks you through the process step by step. Here is a link to the tutorial…

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