We’re adding new plants to the garden this year!

We’re planting Marionberries; they are a type of blackberry created in Marion County, Oregon.   Morning Shade Farm is where we purchased the plants.  This year we are also planting a variety of Blueberry plants that are new to us!

Here is a picture of the flowing buds of the Marionberry plant.

The ground was rota-tilled to prepare for planting.

The posts going in to support the new Marionberry  and Blueberry patch.

The quilt room is in the foreground.  My there have been some warm and beautiful days in that room lately.

Hope you’re having a good weekend!

~Molly

I finished this little quilt top made of scraps from past projects.

I wrestled with how to put this quilt together.  Even though it looks simple to make…It was a challenging project for me. I’m learning I’m not gifted at working without a pattern in mind.

When I am putting a top together my hope is for each piece to find a home.  This little blanket is going to a good place…I’m quilting this top for a child’s first bed!

Hope you’re having a great week!

~Molly

Hand Pieced Blocks from Pennsyl-Tucky!

Before I moved to Oregon, I found these blocks at a second hand sale.

This is what they looked like when I first showed a picture of them on my blog a few months ago.

This is another project whose time has come to finally  become what it was designed to be…a cool blanket!

There is something about the colors of the fabrics used to make these blocks that give this quilt a unique texture and design to it!

I pressed each block and sized the edges to be a 9 1/2″ square. I plan on adding one more boarding onto this single bed sized quilt, and then I will quilt it.

I hope you’re having a great weekend!

~Molly

Sisters Scrap Quilt of Many Colors Made at the Stitch’in Post in Sisters, Oregon.

I saw this quilt posted on Facebook.  I was drawn to the colors, and I thought I could give this quilt a try without a pattern…just make a quilt from a picture.  I have to admit I’m terrible at doing projects without a pattern.

I grew up in a time when art class was doing the exact picture of what the “Art Teacher’s Work Looked Like.”  There was no free wheeling or doing things your own way, that wasn’t considered art or doing it right.  Just for the record, I loved my art teachers and my art classes; they were all great!

I’m so nervous about doing projects like this that I stayed up last night and made my own pattern by drawing a set of rows I want to piece together today, so I would have something to follow.

I already have all of the scraps!

In all honesty, it is very difficult for me to even visualize, let alone lay out, and sew together a top totally from a drawing in my mind without a plan or some kind of structure. So, that’s my confession…I’m terrible and very nervous about not using a pattern or some formula I’m familiar with when making quilts.

This is what I have sewn so far.  I’ll admit this project has been both hard for me and good for me at the same time.

I’m about 2/3 of the way done.  You wouldn’t know it when you look at it, but I’ve done more ripping out of seams and colors on this top than any other quilt I’ve worked on before.

I’ll keep you posted on the progress!

Happy April!

~Molly