Scrappy Bargello

The Olympics started on Friday and by Saturday night, this quilt was finished.  Ye Gods ….. there is still another week to go!  Don’t worry, I have projects to keep me busy!  LOL

This quilt was made mostly from stash with a few scrap fabrics thrown in.

Quilt Details:

Pattern source:  Bonnie Hunter's "Scrappy Bargello" with a twist.  I had my fabrics carry completely from left to right side.  The method used was the same.  I just had to ensure there was enough fabric to do it this way.

Quilt Started:  January 2025

Top Done:  Feb. 19, 2025

Quilt Finished:  February 7, 2026

Quilt Size:  55" x 75-1\2" (top size before quilting, washing and drying:  59-1/4" x 80-3/4")

Batting:  Hobbs poly

Machine quilted by:  Kathy Wareham using Baptist Fan Curl by Nancy Haacke Designs".  I have used this quilting design in a number of my old fashioned looking quilts.  It just suits the look.bit

The weather has finally warmed up a bit and will stay in the minus single digits for the next week.  This was a break we really needed after the bitter, bitter cold.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country.  My country will always be CANADA!

Elbows up!

January and February Goals

It has been a while since I last posted, but I have been busy.  My computer is old (like me ... LOL) and is giving me a bit of grief every now and then.  I know that a new computer needs to be bought, but darn it, I like this one and to learn new computer functions is not enticing me to go out and buy one.  If it ain't broke, don't change it!  You know what I mean!

Also, I'm busy doing other things now around the house and don't have as much time to sew as in the past few years.  Life happens and I have to go with the flow.

Anyway, my January goals for the Chookshed Stitchers Challenge have been met and then some.  Two tops completed.

First one is "Scrappy Xmas Trees" by Coriander Quilts.

This one is a scrappy log cabin.  I have no idea where this pattern came from.  It was started back in 2014 thereabouts.

Row 9 was added to my Chevron Log Cabin quilt-as-you-go quilt and Row 10 has been started.  This will be my goal to finish Row 10 for February.

Also, for finishing into completed tops will be these two projects.  The one on the left is "Unallocated" by Michelle McKillop and the one on the right is a scrappy bargello by Bonnie Hunter.  The difference with this bargello is that the rows continue all the way across the width.  I just had to do some math to make sure that there was enough fabric to go all the way across.  This is more of a controlled version.  I've been dipping into scraps and stash to make these two projects.

Our winter has been very cold lately and you know it when going out into public people are complaining about the cold.  With the snow and the cold weather, ice fishing has started and there are all kinds of huts out on our lake.  Also, our ski hill is open and I can see people coming down on skiis or snowboards as I drive by the hill.  Oh yes, winter is definitely here until we get a thaw and the snow and ice start to melt.

The deer have been visiting our garden in the front yard looking for food.  They were here last year and remember a certain shrub and are back again to chew down on it for food.  If they were to venture into the back yard, there are two more of that same shrub that they can eat.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your country!