Entries for the 2025 Fly-In Quilt Show

Initials Challenge Quilt: Koi Pond Mini Duckworth Quilt

Here is my contribution to the 2025 Initials Fly In Challenge Quilt.

    M = Midnight Blue Color

    L = Log Cabin Block

    M = Matrix Quilting Pattern

This pattern / technique is designed by JoAnne Merril-Duckworth, who used a wonky log cabin as a scrap busting quilt.  Usually, they are done up in a dominant color (in this case, blue) with a corresponding and contrasting center (orange).  

It reminds me of a pond with goldfish swimming through it.  RELAX! 

 

Wandering Vine Woven Coverlet for Bed Turning

This is not a quilt, but quilt adjacent.  Although I could not enter it into the official show, it was welcome in the bed turning section.  Read more about this woven project. 

It's a woven coverlet for a bed.  People used to weave these at home back in the day, sometimes with wool from their own sheep!  I wove it on a four-shaft floor loom in 2 panels that are pieced down the center.

This is an old overshot pattern popular in colonial and Civil War times.  The red wool thread makes the pattern, while the white background is the plain weave that holds it all together.  

The wandering vine pattern is also known as Cat Track,Cat's Paw, Snail Trail, Rattlesnake, Dog Tracks, and Flowering Vine, among many other names.

How long does it take to make something like this?  About 1 year of Sundays, with a couple months to plan, 3 months to set up the loom, and 6-8 months to weave it--That's the fun part! 

 

 Sling Bag in Oshkosh B'Gosh Colors 

During the pandemic, I was making bags (among other things).  This is one of the patterns I worked up.   This will be displayed in the bed turning, since there is no official category for bags.

The pin-stripe denim and bandana fabric from my stash reminded me of the bib-overalls that farmer's used to wear--made by Oshkosh B'Gosh, which used to be based right here in town.

This bag gave me some good practice installing 4 separate zippers with good tutorials that help you succeed. 

 Read more about it here.

 

I am looking forward to the show (as always!)  I am in charge of the registrations again, so here's hoping that all goes well with that end of things! 

The FlyIn Quilt Show is always the Thursday of EAA Week.  

This year, it's July 24. 8am-4 pm at the Senior Center in Oshkosh. 

See you there! 

Koi Pond Mini-Duckworth: Fly-In Initials Challenge Quilt 2025

Koi Pond Mini-Duckworth: Fly-In Initials Challenge Quilt 2025

After multiple ideas, this is my contribution to the 2025 Fly-In Quilt Show Initials Challenge.  It is just under 1 yard square in size.

M = Midnight Blue [Color]

L = Log Cabin [Block]

M =  Matrix [Quilting pattern]

It's a mini-Duckworth scrap-busting quilt, made with a wonky log cabin block.  The dominant color is blue (of course!).  The orange center blocks are supposed to simulate goldfish in a pond, swimming languidly through the blue water.

My own additional stipulation for this challenge was that all the fabrics had to come out of my stash.   

 From the back: 

Here's a shot of the quilting pattern from the back.  It's a simple matrix grid pattern holding it all together.

I had many other ideas for this Initials Challenge Quilt, but this is the one that actually came to life -- mostly because I was already working on blocks for the twin-size Duckworth Quilt, so what's a few more? 

The most challenging part of this challenge was to find creative ways to make your project fit into the parameters.  After a while, you figure out that there's a lot of latitude in the words and descriptors.  For example, it was blue, but B isn't one of my initials, so I added midnight as a descriptor to blue and voi la! 

Quilt Guild Rummage Sale - My Haul

Every summer, my Quilt Guild has a summer picnic potluck and a Quilter's Rummage Sale.  Lot's of good food -- summer salads and desserts. Yum!

The guild has gotten several large donations from the families of Quilters who have died.  Lynn has more than enough for several lifetimes of making charity quilts, so they decided to bundle things up and sell them at the annual guild rummage sale.  Some will go for Quarter Chances.  Most of the things I purchased in the rummage sale were from Carol K. who died a few months ago.  She was also a nurse at my hospital, so I knew her 2 ways.   I am happy to have some of her things now, because I liked her so much.

What I brought home: 

 

Wool yardage.  I can cut this up for rugs, or save it for some other project.  I have learned to never pass up wool like this when I see it.  It's harder and harder to come by!

Plus 2 elegant fat quarters.

 

Bag O' Zippers for $2.  I can use these for making little zipper bags.

Zippers are ridiculously expensive if you buy them 1-at-a-time. 

A Box of Taylor's Chalk for marking.  All colors.

This is one of my preferred methods for marking fabrics. 

Did I need any of these things?  No, but for a total of $7.50, how could I pass it up?

Koi Pond / Duckworth Quilt Top Finished

Koi Pond Duckworth Quilt Top

This one didn't really take long to pull together -- and I used up some scraps from the stash.  I've really been chugging along getting quilt tops together this year!  That said, it may be YEARS before any of them are actually finished.  It will come ... 

I made 6-1/2 blocks / 6 inch finished blocks, set in 4 quarters (4 6-inch blocks set in a 4-patch).  Then 5 quartos across and 7 quartos down.  I think that's about about twin size.  I considered adding 1 more row, but I think this will be big enough.