Cozy Cottage

Cozy Cottage, Useful Remnants 2022

Sweet vintage style prints are the perfect choice for this quilt. Soft aqua, green, lilac, and blue fabrics remind me of a country getaway spot or a beach house.

I used EQ8 to experiment with color placement before cutting the 12” blocks. This snuggly 48” throw was quilted with light gray thread, using a wiggly wave ruler. The backing is a cream vine design.

I may just brew a cup of tea and settle in with Cozy Cottage quilt and a good book. 

By the way, for those who are keeping track, my final 2022 project count was 50.  I was a busy girl!  

Happy New Year everyone!

Dies used:
Blue Wren 6958 Candy Star
Accuquilt 55017 Strip 2½”

Sand, Sea, & Stars

While wishing for a beach vacation, I designed this calm and peaceful quilt.

The two sea green fabrics came from an antique mall near Foley, Alabama. I chose light and medium gray for contrast, with a white on natural print background. Alternating two blocks, Blazing Star and Hourglass in Square, adds to the vintage look.  I framed it up with a sea green border. 

Sand, Sea, & Stars finished out at 55” square. I used dark cream thread for quilting scallop stitches 2” apart in one direction. Backing is a simple natural muslin.

Picture this sweet quilt in a beachfront cottage. I would love to be there right now!

Accuquilt dies used:
55051 Blazing Star BOB 12” finished
55002 Quarter Square Triangles, 6 ½”
55006 Half Square Triangles 3 ½”
55032 Strip 3 ½”
55017 Strip 2 ½”

Let's go to a place

where the stars

kiss the ocean

Star Island - Done!

Star Island

I'm finally back to normal around the house so this quilt is finished. I think it was worth the wait. Nine-patch blocks in light seaside colors of lilac, aqua, tan, and sage are lovely with the white star points.

Star Island is 45” square. I quilted diagonally across the blocks in a straight stitch, using a light lavender thread. Then I added serpentine stitching horizontally and vertically in the same color.

Can't you just picture it lying across a wicker chair in a beach cottage?

Accuquilt dies used:

3 1/2" Square 55006

3 1/2" Triangle in square 55027

Cottage Charm

What a sweet soft quilt made for a country setting. I cut scrap pieces in neutrals and brights with Accuquilt 3 ½” square and 3 ½”x 6 ½” rectangle dies. 

Making the modified log cabin blocks was my camping project, stitched on a portable machine while we were at Defeated Creek Campground in April.

I finished it off here at home, adding 2” sashing in a pale spring green. Backing is cut from an old soft floral sheet. I mounted it on my Flynn Quilt Frame, free motion quilting in a meandering pattern with tan thread.

Cottage Charm, 45” x 55” in size, could be the perfect accent to someone's shabby chic décor. Can't you see it in a log cabin or cottage, draped over a wicker chair or an iron bed?

Beautiful things

come together

one stitch

at a time