Quarantine Quilting – And Quilts for Sale

Have you spent quarantine quilting like I have?  I have done so much sewing in the last few weeks, I’ve got quilts for sale, and I’m super excited to share it all with you!

Quarantine Quilting

Now, I was always going to spend my extra at-home time sewing.  That was a given as soon as the stay at home order was given.

My original plan was to write a bunch of tutorials as I cut and sewed.  I’ve got several partly completed tutorials that will hopefully become complete blog posts at some point.  Eventually.  Fingers crossed!

Unfortunately, this is not that post.  The day I took these photos of On Point and Checkered Stars in the cherry trees, I dropped my phone after I got home.  The phone is fine.  The crystal surrounding the camera not so much.  It’s completely shattered.

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Now, we’ve all got lots of different opinions about the necessity of the Stay at Home orders, as well as what qualifies as essential.  This is not that post either.  The only part of THAT conversation that I’m willing to have is to say, I didn’t think phone shopping to replace a perfectly functioning phone counted as a good reason to leave the house.  I also wasn’t committed to buying a new phone anyway.  Maybe my phone no longer has a camera, but my actual camera still worked, so I could continue with my sewing/tutorial writing plan.

Photography Troubles

For about 24 hours that is.

Then, out of nowhere, my decade-old camera decided it no longer wanted to participate and flashed a message that it didn’t recognize the battery.

I bought a new battery.  Still no recognition.  I bought a new battery charger.  No change.

I had several moments of panic.  How was I going to continue my blog?  How was I going to keep myself busy if not quilting and writing tutorials? Did I want to buy a new phone or a new camera?  How much was I willing to spend?

Sewing Is My Therapy

The solution to all of these questions – is to sew!  To have free time, and to use it sewing, but to turn off the business part of the brain, and only sew for fun, without pattern writing or tutorial creating content.

It was so freaking freeing!  I had so much fun sewing, and really got back the creative spark that I hadn’t even realized I had lost.

All of the quilts seen in this blog post are new versions of old tutorials and/or patterns.  All photos link directly to the original post so that you can see the directions for how to make one too.

Quilts for Sale

And, even better!  (Maybe).  All three of these quilts are listed on Etsy in the new Quilts for Sale section of the shop.  If you love quilts, but aren’t here because you are a quilter, they are available to purchase, as are several others.  Hopefully more quilts for sale are coming soon.  I’ve still got to sort out this whole camera situation…

But first, some photos of the recently completed quilts!  How did I take these photos you ask?  Only one camera on my phone shattered.  The selfie side of the lens is still working great.  I’m just not a selfie taker!  So, I’ve been setting the phone onto selfie mode, then flipping it over and blindly taking photos of quilts.  It’s been tons of fun!  (Can you hear the sarcasm?)  It’s sort of workable.  Workable enough for this post.  But it’s not a good long-term solution.  If you’ve got any DSLR recommendations that won’t break the bank, hit me up with your suggestion!

Blitz Quilt

I’ve been wanting to make another version of Blitz, this time with lighter fabric in the blocks and darker fabric in the triangles.  I think Blitz looks amazing in every color combination, even here in gray scale!

I had tons and tons of mint-to-jade greens, and used them all. 

I even used some smaller scraps to make itty bitty 4-patches, before sewing them in the 16-patches.

You can find the original Blitz post here.

Flying Geese Quilt

Next up, was this fun fabric called Dreamweaver!  It reminds me of the spirographs we played with as kids.

It took me a while to decide what to do with it, but ultimately, I decided it would make a great background for flying geese blocks.

I love how soft this sweet baby quilt turned out!

This is where you can find my Flying Geese tutorial.  I honestly don’t remember what size I made these flying geese blocks; I think they finish at 2½” by 5”, but don’t hold me to that.  The tutorial has a chart for all of the flying geese sizes you could possibly want to make.

9-Patch Rail Fence

This 9-patch and Rail Fence combo was a tutorial from just a few weeks ago, and it got such rave reviews, it immediately got me thinking about making the quilt in another color combo.

I am IN LOVE with the way these dark and light purples, navy, red and aqua fabrics play together.  It’s so gorgeous!

After making this quilt, I kept the fabric pull set aside, and have started another quilt design with the same fabrics that will be one of the tutorials that will hopefully be coming your way in the next few months.

So, there you have it.  Lots of productivity from me while stuck at home, a new Quilts for Sale section of my Etsy shop, and it’s time to start researching camera specifications.