OH-MI Shop Hop Alert! Had 2 very fun days this week going to 8 different quilt shops in Ohio and Michigan for the 2026 OH-MI Shop Hop. I've posted screen shots from the OH-MI Shop Hop Facebook page with all the details. I hadn't done this since 2018, so it was such a fun treat to be able to get out and participate. It's not too late to join in the fun. The hop continues until Saturday - get a passport at any one of the 8 shops.
As promised, here are some other of my Elizabeth Hartman quilts that I’m either already working on or need to start working on them. One of the things I love about quilting is that I always have something incredibly fun to sew.
Awesome Ocean – Cut and ready to be pieced;
Delightful Desert – to be cut;
Fab Farm – Cut and ready to be pieced;
Koalas – to be cut;
Norm and Nanette – to be cut;
North Stars – to be cut;
Penguin Party – all pieced and ready to be assembled;
Social Sharks – to be cut;
Spectacular Savanna – to be cut;
The Produce Section – to be cut
I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Hartman and all her quilt patterns. So, as promised, here are the quilts I've made, quilts in progress, and projects waiting yet to get out of my boxes. (ha ha). I'm limited to 10 pictures in a post - so today I'll post the completed quilts/quilt tops:
I spent last weekend at a quilt retreat at Sauder Village. What fun! I went with Mom, there was tons of good food and excellent sewing with old and new friends. I worked on a quilt called Cats in Space, a quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. I've done several quilts by Elizabeth Hartman and my friends asked me for pictures of all of them. So that will be the next post. Stay tuned......'
I've been wanting to teach myself how to make bags - all kinds. I've been making Mondo Bags and Zippy Strippy Bags for several years. At Threads of Tradition, the Sauder Village Quilt Shop, they had a sample up for a bag called The Hemingway Bag. This is a pattern from Center Street Quilts. As usual, when I start something new, I make way too many. But that's how I learn - if I do something over and over again, then I understand it. Anyway - I made many of these Hemingway Bags for Christmas gifts. They're great for electronic devices, because they zip across the top and the corners are highly padded. The extra large size is good for laptops (generally). The large size is good for ipads. And the medium size is good for kindles. Here's pictures of the ones I had fun making.
So the festival of quilts is complete for last year. As most of you know, I am retired now from long arm quilting. However, I will still be posting here from time to time of all the quilting things that I'm currently working on. Quilts, blocks of the months, visits to quilt shops, quilt retreats, new interesting quilt patterns and ideas, etc.
The next post will be some zippered bags I made for Christmas
And the final quilt for the 2025 Festival of Quilts are the quilts of Sheila L. The first is Allegheny, a colorful flying geese quilt. The second is a baby ladybug quilt. The third is Crimson Christmas. The fourth is a small metallic star quilt. The final one is Positive Negative, a block of the month from Sonflower Quilts.
