Hope everyone is having lots of quilting time!  I've been working on more patterns. I agreed to have some patterns ready for the Iowa Shop Hop in June. I'm also working on a presentation I am going to do for a quilt retreat the first of May.

The presentation is on Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice. I will post the lesson here when it is done.
In the mean time I'm having fun working on putting some poster boards together to show the steps.

I teach my shortcut methods which save you time and effort and little math. so I offered to show how I would do Bonnie's Celtic Solstice using my methods.

Here are the fabrics I decided to use.

And this is the pattern -  Bonnie's Celtic Solstice 

This is my version -  My EQ  pic using the colors I chose

As I get this lesson ready I will share with you my progress on this.  

You can find Bonnie's directions here -  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html

I enjoy showing how you can take a traditional quilt and use my shortcuts to make it quicker and easier to make.  I don't like to do anymore math than I have to and I am easily bored LOL so I want it to be quick!  

So check back and I hope to show some progress on this soon!! 

Wishing you all Sunshine and Laughter!!    

                                                                       

          

                                                                 

Here is a quilting poem I wrote  Hope you enjoy it!

                                                Quilting quilting as we go

                                                Where it ends we do not know

                                                One day we started and

                                                Now we can't stop!

                                                One bright fabric I see

                                                then there were three

                                                Oh me oh my I believe

                                                They are calling to me!!!!

                                                 I shopped and hopped

                                                 til I hopped no more

                                                 I'm done! I declared

                                                 As I lay on the floor!

  

                                                But one more fabric

                                                Beckoned me more!

                                                I wished and wished

                                                As I went out the door!

                                                For just one more sale

                                                Which should be my last!

                                                But I guess the quilt pixies

                                                Had to have the last laugh!

                                                I saw blues and reds

                                                and yellows galore

                                                They had browns and greens

                                                That filled the store!

                                                Colors danced and cavorted

                                                Round my poor head

                                                as I stared at the racks

                                                filled with quilts for my bed!

                                                Plaids and Cottons and

                                                Batiks by the bolt!

                                                Stacks of Homespun that

                                                Gave me a jolt!

                                                I needed them all

                                                but my money was low

                                                I hoped and I hoped

                                                for a sale don't ya know!

                                                From the corner of my eye

                                                I spied the very thing!

                                                A 50 per cent off sale!

                                                Yes! Now I can sing!!

                                                I get to buy some

                                                Of all of those prettys

                                                Now to go home and

                                                Make quilts for my Kiddies!

                                                Oh My! Happy days!

                                                I will be able to say!

                                                It won't be my last!

                                                But I had a great day!

These are some of the items I have been making for my Etsy store and my online store. You can find them here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/PatchworkbyRhonda?ref=si_shop

http://www.bitsnpiecesworkshop.com/

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Snickerdoodle Picnic Quilt pattern

Here is my Snickerdoodle wall hanging or quilt pattern.

It uses my shortcut blocks. Once you learn to make these blocks the quilt block is easy to make!!
To order click here - http://www.bitsnpiecesworkshop.com/catalog.php?category=12

To make this the size shown you will need a 2 1/2" template. these are available on my website
You can use any size template you like to make this larger or smaller.


                                           Snickerdoodle Picnic
                                             size - 32" x 32"                                $5.50