Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Hemingway bags

 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.

 

extra large size - laptop cases 
 
 
xlarge size with hand for comparison 
 
 
xtra large size 
 
 
large size - for ipad cases 
 
 
large size for ipads 
 
 
medium sizes - for kindles, book readers 
 
 
medium size with hand for comparison  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Blog will keep posting on!

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

 

 

Thursday, February 26, 2026

And the final quilts for the 2025 Festival of Quilts are the quilts of Sheila L.

 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. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Susan M.

 The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Susan M. The first is Boxes and Bows, a pattern by Basic Grey. The second is Metro Rings - from a class at Sauder Village, with the pattern by Sew Kind of Wonderful. The third is a quilt called Stars Upon Stars, a lifetime masterpiece quilt. The last is a scrappy strippy bars quilt.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Monday, February 23, 2026

The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Sharon W

 The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Sharon W. The first is Windrifter, a pattern by Robin Pickens. The second is Crimson Christmas, a pattern by Krista Moser. The third is Astral Vision.

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Thursday, February 19, 2026

The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Sharon C

 The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today are the quilts by Sharon C. First is a colorful flannel quilt 1. Second is another colorful flannel quilt 2. Third is her grandson's picture quilt. Fourth is a purple quilt that we enlarged, after I had already quilted it.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Monday, February 16, 2026

The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today is a quilt from Peggy W.

 The 2025 Festival of Quilts continues! Today is a quilt from Peggy W. She made a Metro Rings quilt from a class she took at Sauder Village. The pattern is from Sew Kind of Wonderful. 

 


 

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