Another week has come and gone. We are all feeling more restless, but also enjoying the wonderful weather we have been blessed with. Here are this week’s quilts!

This is a free tutorial from Fat Quarter Shop called Jolly Bar Meringue.

Another version of Dutchman’s Dilemma (and my favorite version by far!) The pattern is available in my etsy shop.

Oh Tessie. How we love you! This is Tessellation in original V and Co. Ombre and is a quilt that looks harder to make than it is. Truly! It brings me so much joy whenever I see it.

This was Fat Quarter Shop’s St. Jude’s charity quilt from 2018. I LOVE how creative they get with the settings for their quilts. Never in a million years would I have thought to do it this way, and for that reason alone it is one we love!

Garden Snails by Pen and Paper Patterns with my very favorite Pink Flamingo kona cotton background. This one just makes me smile, and how could it not!

Fall Breeze by Vanessa Christensen in original Ombre. I’ve lost count of how many ombre quilts I’ve made, but I am pretty sure it’s more than 7….. why reinvent the wheel??

This is a 2×4 quilt (tutorial by Film in the Fridge) that includes blocks made in a swap that I participated in a few years ago. It was meant to mimic a similar quilt that Holly Lesuè of Maker Valley made. I hand quilted it and it is one snuggly quilt!

When I saw Cluck Cluck Sew’s new free pattern, I knew immediately I was going to make it. I love house quilts. I didn’t always, but they have grown on me immensely over the last few years. I have been struggling with finding a new balance in this weird new “normal”. I’ve wanted to sew, but it’s hard to find something I can work on in 5 second increments. I knew this pattern would be conducive to being interrupted as it doesn’t require a ton of concentration, it can all be chain pieced, and I knew it would be super cute.

I used Sweet Shoppe and Sweet Shoppe Too by Andover Fabrics and used up 37 fat quarters from my stash! I LOVE a quilt like this! When I finished the blocks I was having a really hard time trying to decide how to lay it out. I had an idea. … I decided to turn over the layout of the quilt to my adorable 8 year old son.

He stacked the blocks into groups of 10, then I sewed them together without changing much. I pressed the rows, then he decided how the rows would fit together. It was HARD to give up that much creative control to a cute 8 year old, but he was sure it would be cute and I just loved how enthusiastic he was about it.

Once I finished the top, I quickly made a backing, got it spray basted, and then did the trusty straight line quilting 3/4″ apart with Aurifil thread. By this point my son was asking if the quilt was done yet because he wanted to use it on his bed. Cue squeals of delight! Is there anything better?!?!?

We happily displayed it as part of the Quilt Porch Parade, then it got washed, and I imagine it will be his bed quilt for awhile. Have you ever given up creative control like that to your children? I must say it was really hard, but I knew on a quilt like this that was inherently busy it would look awesome no matter what, and it does! It will forever be a memory of this hard time, letting my sons participate in something I love to do.

Well… here we are… still at home. Let’s get on to the quilts from this week’s parade!

The ever classic, always beloved Moda Modern Building blocks started us off with a bang this week. I made this quilt when I was 8 months pregnant with my 2nd child and whether he wants it or not, it will belong to him one day 🙂

Half Dash, the 4 color version, was a neighborhood favorite. I love the bright, happy colors of this bold statement quilt.

This is Cluck Cluck Sew’s Stay Home quilt and it has such a fun story it will be getting its own blog post. Let’s just say this quilt will be my oldest son’s forever and ever whether he wants it or not. 🙂

Rising Star by Vanessa Christensen, which as 11 billion tiny pieces, packs a mean visual punch. This quilt took soooo long to make, but i love it sooooooo much now!

Sewology by Pen and Paper Patterns was one I debated not showing. It is clearly a sewing themed quilt, but it was surprisingly well received by the neighbors. Any chance to show off kona pink flamingo is a win in my book.

My take on Cherry Tree Lane by Aqua Paisley Studios for the men-folk out there. I really enjoy the greens and blues in this one and the lattice pattern the gray creates.

This is flying geese log cabin, which is a free tutorial by Missouri Star Quilt Co. I was a guest blogger in 2016 for this tutorial reboot. The gradient has my heart.

Week 4 coming right up. I really wonder if I’ll run out of quilts…. it seems like I might….. whoever would’ve thought we’d still be in isolation now basically 4 weeks later!