Little Quilt Finishes to Share

Hi friends. Not too much to report on this week, because I know you don’t want to hear about our budget process here at our condo HOA. Heck, I’d rather be doing anything else, but here I am, serving out the last  few months of my sentence term. Three meetings this week, two of which I shared leadership on. This long weekend is totally free, though, and I am taking full advantage of it. Bruce and I will have have a coffee date at Barnes & Noble today (among other things, like swimming), Church of Bernina on Sunday (friend Ruby and Cousin Kim come over for a day of sewing and fun), and dinner party with the whole fam-damily to celebrate granddaughter London’s 16th birthday on Labor Day. The closest I will come to anything responsible will be making the bed. 

On the sewing front, I finished up the remaining three little quilts I had layered up for Quilts for Kids. That makes for a total of five finishes this month. First was this string quilt number. I usually turn in my string blocks to Quilts for Kids to make into quilt kits, but these 15 string blocks were pieced on an old sheer fabric, and our coordinator said its lightweight nature confused the newer sewists. So instead I just finished them into a quilt myself with some old yardage. It’s quilted with a basic stipple.

It finished at 38.5x42.5”. The back is an old cotton sheet from a set I’ve been cutting up for a couple years. It’s gone now except for a few scraps. Thank goodness - it was cheap (yard sale find), but I thought it would never end. I bet I’ve used it on the back of four quilts now!

This next quilt is my favorite of all five quilts I’ve finished this month. 

This little purple, lavender and tealish-blue number measures 36.5”x48” and was quilted with a straight-line diagonal grid. 

And finally comes the teal and green panda quilt.

Measuring 42x49”, it was quilted with serpentine lines. These little bears were so cheery, and I was happy to use up every bit of the scrappy panda squares. 

In addition to finishing the quilts, I cut out 5 Strippy quilts from scraps and yardages given to me by friends Ruby and Wanda. I watched this video from my fellow Utahn, Merry, from Merry Mabel Market. Honestly, I already had about 40 kits to make into quilts in 2026, but I was so inspired after watching her video. So now I have 45! 

For the rest of this year, my goal is to finish all or most of my RSC block sets into quilts, which I call my usual Fall Finishing Frenzy. As well, I’ll be finishing up my Halloween quilt (no progress this week) and sewing eleventy bazillion string blocks for a change of pace. 

So, I’ll surface every Saturday to do my weekly “accountability” post (kidding/not kidding) and update you on the “A Quilter’s Cove Meets the RSC” 2026 quilt-along coming in January. Today I’m linking up, as always, to Scrappy Saturday at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend (for those in the States), and just a great week overall to everyone!