A Finish & Progress

It’s a wrap, a finish, Roll, Roll Cotton Boll is DONE! Full pictures will have to wait for a visitor to help hold it and for the mighty winds to die down. 

The Cheddar & Dill blocks are together! Tomorrow I’ll add the cheddar border and finish sewing the HST’s. Once they are trimmed, I can start sewing them into twosie and foursies.

Yahoo!  Cherie

Help - Project Looking for a Home - Found!

Edited 12/27/25 7:40 pm:  I have found a home with someone I know and has made a de Jonge quilt before.  I am so happy!

I am looking to gift this project to a perfect home. 

It is an unfinished project of a friend who is no longer with us and you will receive everything in the box. 

Ideally I’d like to gift it to someone who wants to finish this challenging project. There are more completed sections besides what is shown in the picture.

I’m posting here and will also network to see if I can find a quilting match for this project as I know the pattern itself is expensive.  If not, then I’m looking for someone who enjoys working with batiks. If you are not this project’s match, perhaps you know of the perfect person.

It will be a stunning project when finished……notice I say when as I am ever so hopeful there’s someone who loves challenging projects like this.  It will give me peace of mind to think of it finished.

Thank you for helping me play matchmaker.

Cherie

Last 2025 Friday

It is a cold, rainy, dark day…..so a PJ’s day for me! Nothing to do but sew and rearrange/declutter the sewing room. I finished the golf club covers…..and I’m never making golf club covers ever again!

The pink sleeper was made from thicker fabric so it turned okay.  The blue sleeper was much thinner and has a zipper. I’m really not happy with it but I did the best I could….

I really don’t know the purpose of golf club covers but hopefully mom & dad will be happy to use their favorite sleepers from the baby years.

I have three corners finished on RRCB so I will be able to have it finished before year end, yay!!

I used my Studio cutter and whipped out 164 (I think 🤔 ) triangle pairs needed for the Cheddar & Dill borders. I even sewed a bunch of them while zooming with former colleagues.

Now to get them trimmed.

Linking up with Alycia’s Finished (or not) Friday post.

Cheers, Cherie 

Mountains and a Project

Now that Starfire is off the wall, it’s time to work with the Scrappy Mountain Majesty (SMM) blocks. I want to use all the blocks (note the ones on the floor), and I’ve been moving them around for a couple of days. I’ll start sewing these later so if you see something that bugs you, let me know 😆

Sooooooo, the project is to make golf club covers out of two baby sleepers 😳.

A sample club and club cover has been obtained, minky, on the right, has been located for test covers, elastic has been sourced, the baby sleepers, on the left, have been delivered and I’ve scoured the internet for tutorials. I’ve successfully procrastinated for a couple of weeks so it’s now time to get to it 😬. Wish me luck!

Cherie

Some Finished Steps

Starfire is a top!! Yippee!! And I have a fun wide back that will do nicely so all that’s needed is quilting and binding.

I also finished 25% of the RRCB binding, so there’s a chance this will make it to a 2025 finish just like the label says 😉.

In other news, Cheddar and Dill fabric has arrived from the Fat Quarter Shop. I CAN NOT get a photo that shows the true colors….the green is not this “pine-y” more, well, dill colored, lol. And the cheddar isn’t this intense.

Hoping to get the potholders finished for Thursday 🤞🏼🤞🏼and then on to sewing the scrappy mountain blocks together. I am also thinking about what I’d like to do for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2026. I haven’t participated in years so it will be fun to join along again.  

Linking up with Finished (or not) Friday.

Cheers, Cherie 

Dill & Cheddar

Thank you to the Fat Quarter Shop! They identified the Moda Bella colors as Dill and Cheddar…..sounds like ingredients for a chip dip recipe, no? They were so kind as the original email must have gotten lost in my in-box and they responded promptly to my inquiry, amazing service!

It’s hard to get a photo that shows colors accurately and this one isn’t that close ☹️.  My order has been placed and I’m anxiously awaiting the package!

Speaking of packages, I received my copy of Kathy Doughty’s Making Quilts (2012) in the mail yesterday. 

I went looking for a copy after seeing several quilts from Making Quilts that Cathy has or is making…most recently Fairlawn Roses. She is also making Sunburst. I’ve had friends that made Soul Searching so I figured I’d be interested in all projects in the book. So many of the quilts are inspiring……so pleased with this addition to my library 😃.

Happy Quilting, Cherie 

Finished Friday

Well, not fully finished but I did finish machine stitching the binding on RRCB 😁. It’s all ready for me to hand stitch the miles and miles 370 inches of binding.

I finished preparing the bindings for Quadrangle and Starfire.

And whilst procrastinating on baking biscotti, I started in earnest sewing the blocks for Starfire together and leader/endering Celtic Solstice units.  I’m down to needing 16 more blocks of Birthday Girl and 30 of 54-40 or Fight.

And here’s my sewing machine still life.

I’m linking up with Quilty Girl’s Finished (or not) Friday. 

I’ve also managed to keep my cutting table cleared off……..and I did finally make the biscotti 😏 so life is good.

Cheers, Cherie

Loaded and Binding

When I unfurled RRCB from Sophie, I loaded Scrap Confetti so it’s a ready when the quilting mood strikes.  

My friend Jan, The Colorful Fabriholic, explained how she handles large quilt binding….by making an octopus. Here’s mine 😁.

 

I got the quilt label made because it gets sewn down with the binding.

I mentioned I love the green backing fabric that is a Kim Diehl design. I didn’t have enough so there’s a red and a pink fabric on the back as well.

I cut the binding for the Starfire quilt, hoping I get motivated to get the blocks together. I need to find some backing fabric for this one too.

Oh, and I got the backing pieced together for Quadrangle!

Funny, I didn’t think I had gotten much done, lol.

Happy Quilting, Cherie 

Roll, Roll Cotton Boll Quilted!

On the 5th day of December 2025 I finished quilting Roll, Roll Cotton Boll. She’s a big one, coming in at 85” x 100”.

The first thing DH said was it has frogs 🐸 , lol. And it does, frogs and polka dots, oh my!

RRCB is my oldest UFO with the top being pieced at least 14 years ago. This was the 2010 Bonnie Hunter Quiltville mystery quilt. It’s on my fall UFO list so I’m going to do some quilt wrangling to get it trimmed and the binding sewn on.

Linking up to Alycia’s with Finished (or not) Friday.  

Cheers, Cherie

Potholders & RRCB

I had a couple comments about my potholders so when I pulled several out of the dryer, I thought I’d share the older model and the new style. The ones on the left were sewed and turned right side out which I could manage because they have one layer of batting and one layer of Insul-brite. They work okay as you can see they’ve seen some use, but I wanted to add another layer of batting, thus the ones on the right that have binding. They washed up quite well.

The layers are stacked and pinned and I am ready to add the binding to the new ones.

Sophie and I have been busy quilting Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll and the end is in sight!

I think I can finish this quilt before year end, yes, I think I can 😃

Happy quilting, Cherie 

Catch Up Post Thanksgiving

 We hosted family for Thanksgiving with everyone bringing food so it was pretty stress free. DH cooked the turkey on the Big Green Egg and it was fabulous…..moist & tender. Yum! So many things to be thankful for this year.

I have finished the 12 cheddar solids blocks and can sew them together now. Then it’s just waiting for The Fat Quarter shop to get back to me on the correct Bella colors.  

I received a request for jar covers to keep dust and fruit flies out of the kombucha. I’m waiting on delivery of the elastic but these are ready to go otherwise.

At Thanksgiving it was noticed I made our potholders (um, yeah, lol) and I thought I’d use some crumb blocks to make some that family members can take at Christmas if they want to. I used corduroy to back the last ones I made and really like it so that’s what I’m using on these. Below it’s the checked pieces in back along with binding leftovers in front.

For the group below I’m using grey corduroy.

I layer the backing, batting, insulbright, batting and the top. Then I sew the binding on the front side. I hand sew the binding down and put a simple star stitch in the center through all the layers, no other quilting. So far, we like this model the best.

Currently, we have a steady snow coming down with probably 4-6 inches accumulated so far. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 

‘Tis the season! Cherie 

Thanksgiving

Wishing you all a day full of reasons to be thankful.

Cherie

Pre-Thanksgiving Friday

I’m linking up with Alycia’s Finished (or not) Friday. I can report I’ve finished all 40 uphill and 40 downhill scrappy mountain majesty (SMM) blocks, whoop, whoop!

It will either be very easy or very frustrating getting these SMM blocks laid out, lol. I’m working on the Starfire units to free up the design wall.

I quilted a couple more passes on RRCB.  Both Sophie and the quilter did well 🤓. I do better quilting in short sessions…….it will be finished soon enough.

I’ve made progress on the backing for Quadrangle. I over cut some 2” orange pieces so I’m noodling over how to incorporate them.

And in other news, Julie let me know the fabrics for the cheddar solids quilt are Moda Bella and suggested I contact the Fat Quarter Shop about sending them a swatch to color match. Done & in the mail!! I went ahead and asked to match the cheddar as well……then I can use it for the backing if I want. I decided I’d be happier getting as close of match as I can and will sew up the non-matching HST’s and start yet another project 😂😂😂. Thanks for your thoughts about my dilemma !

Thankfully, Cherie

Quilting Started and Backing Play

I spent some time with Sophie, my longarm, and quilted a bit of Roll Roll Cotton Boll (RRCB). Sophie is quilting well. The quilter, she is a bit rusty. RRCB needs concentration because it’s hard to see where I’ve quilted, although you can see it in the side picture below, lol. I love the green print on the back which I believe is a Jo Morton.  

I’ve also started puzzling the back for Quadrangle. It takes way more time to piece a backing but I have fun doing them.

We’ll see where it goes from here 😃  

I’m continuing to sew the Starfire units and hope to get the top together this weekend. Another cheddar block is in the works as well  and I have the parts needed to make three more for the 3 x 4 setting. 

It appears, before this went into time out, I found a cheddar in my stash that was almost the same cheaddar color (really, really close, like same color, different color run close) and used it to get the pieces for these extra blocks. It also appears I had a green that wasn’t so close of a match but used it to finish cutting enough HST’s for the border so some original green, some replacement green. None of the replacement green is in the blocks. 

Julie has since let me know the fabrics she sent were Bella solids so do I use the green I’ve cut already or go on a search for the matching Bella green that may be a closer match. I’m am of two minds here. The triangles are already cut, but the green really is different 🤔🤨🧐

Any thoughts?

Cheers, Cherie 

Progress……

……on two projects. I continued sewing units for Starfire and parts are hanging off the design wall now, lol.

I’ve added another block to the cheddar project. Still toying with the idea of making this one three by four blocks with a cheddar border followed by a HST border. I can do this *IF* I have enough fabric.  

I also sewed a heap of crumb blocks and over did trimming them as now my left wrist aches. I know better…..I know I have to spread trimming over multiple days. <<shakes head>> 

Time to come up with a plan for some of these…….😜

Happy sewing, Cherie