A Messy House is a Sign of a Happy Quilter

Saturday, 25 July 2026

This Week in the Sewing Room...

I subscribe to The Inquiring Quilter and each month as part of Quilt Block Mania, there is a different theme. I was first introduced to Jennifer and the Inquiring Quilter many years ago as part of Partners in Design, and over the years I have made a number of the designs. July is movie month, and I liked six of the designs, so this past week I made two of them.

Above is movie clapper by Tammy Silvers. This was the easiest to make as I already had black scraps handy and wanted to use an aqua scrap fabric as the RSC colour this month is aqua. It was all paper pieced, and I'm enjoying paper piecing at present.

The block has 4 paper piecing sections and then added borders to make the block. I think each section of the paper piecing would make great borders on other quilts - in different colours.

The next block was Movie Projector by The Inquiring Quilter. I started cutting out the pieces and got confused. It's been a while since I made a block with so many pieces, and I couldn't remember where I put my little tags so made some new ones to label the pieces.

I made the 'base' block ready to applique and discovered that I only had one leg cut out. I didn't realise that the one piece was for two legs. I traced the applique pieces and ironed them onto the fabric.

I then realised that the applique legs would overlap and I thought they would look better if sewn into the top part of the block - so I unpicked the bottom section from the top

and ironed the applique on.

I then stitched the bottom piece back on.

All that is left to do is to finish the stitching around the applique, iron and trim to size. I'm thinking these blocks will be wall hangings or pennant type hangings used for theme parties, or movie buffs.

In years gone by I would save all the off cuts from applique and iron them onto calico, but I'm over that now 😀. Below is one I made that still sits pegged to my curtain.

Link Up Parties for Inspiration:

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilts

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Wednesday Wait Loss - The Inquiring Quilter

So Scrappy

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Fifth Finish for the Year

I finished pinning the layers of Old Town last weekend and this week I quilted it and hand stitched the back of the binding to the back of the quilt. Old Town was designed by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville. I made it as a single bed quilt, and here it is shown on a double bed

I almost forgot the label, but quickly grabbed one and stitched it into the binding. All that is left to do now is to embroider the details onto the label.

I started Old Town back in November 2024 and finished the top in February 2025. It has sat in my 'tops' pile until now. Which top should I finish next?

Link Up Parties for Inspiration:

Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilts

Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Wednesday Wait Loss - The Inquiring Quilter

So Scrappy

Saturday, 11 July 2026

Fourth Finish for the Year and I Needed....

So pleased to get back into the sewing room, although I didn't quite know what I was going to sew after completing my fourth finish for the year. I quilted the Solstice quilt mostly by echoing the shapes. So what to do next - I have heaps of tops to quilt and heaps of projects to complete but decided I would make a paper serviette holder. 😆

I Googled some paper napkins patterns and they were all just variations of fabric boxes - that I have made before. So I started to plan my own. I started with 10" squares for the inside and the outside, and decided to pad the centre.