Photo © 2015 Lauren Hunt for Lucky Spool Media.

Time to share another quilt from my book, Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle! You can find all the posts about Patchwork Essentials using the MY BOOK link at the top of every page, or here.


I'm going to share each quilt, in order, with the exception of a few that I've already shared. We are in the block chapter now, which is the last chapter in the book. I'll be sharing the rest of the quilts this month! Today we're chatting about the Convergence Quilt.

For more on how the book is structured see this post.


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Photo © 2015 Lauren Hunt for Lucky Spool Media.

This is the largest quilt in the book, and it has the most half-square triangles too. It's 84" square and is made from 576 half-square triangle blocks! This particular quilt was quite the undertaking! I designed it using block quarters from different blocks included in the block chart that is part of this chapter.


Despite it's size, I ended up doing the quilting for this one myself. Timing wise it just worked out that way. I actually ran out of basting pins partway through and had to run out for more! It was basting it in the lab kitchen in the building at UW where Michael worked. I was nervous to leave it there, but I had no choice! Thankfully it was the weekend so there weren't many people around.


I quilted an X across the quilt from corner to corner. I then echoed those lines within each quadrant, quilting lines about an inch apart. It took a long time, and the lines aren't super straight, but I love how it turned out. I am happy that it didn't loose any of it's softness.


It's backed in a print from Urban Mod* by Art Gallery Fabrics. I had picked up almost an entire bolt of this print on clearance and managed to squeeze two backings out of it. I still love the colors, that dusty navy in particular.


Is it weird to miss a brick wall? I took so many photos in front of this wall. It was the wall of our apartment building back in Madison, and I do miss it!


For each quilt in the book I showed an alternate version of the quilt in either a single block or entire quilt top. I this case I made a block, and a few years ago I turned it into a baby quilt. You can see that quilt here: Convergence Baby Quilt


Happy Quilting!

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Christmas Two by Four Quilt

Happy Thursday! I'm excited to share my finished Christmas quilt today!

My new quilt happens to match the pillow I made a couple years ago. See more of that project here: Patchwork Christmas Projects


I started working on this quilt last year before the holidays. I had just finished my tree skirt and my stocks and was on a holiday sewing roll. I pretty quickly landed on using the two by four quilt tutorial by Ashley of Film in the Fridge. I started cutting all my Christmas fabrics into strips, but only got about halfway through the cutting before I had to stop. Too many gifts to make! Fast forward to this Fall when I picked it back up!


I didn't have a huge stash of Christmas fabrics, so I used a little bit of everything. It's based around leftovers from a bundle of Tinsel* by Cotton & Steel. I added in prints from their other holiday collections, plus an assortment of prints that aren't holiday, but coordinate.


Once I really got going, this quilt came together fast! I do love how many different prints ended up in this quilt. I made 56 blocks, it's approximately 60"x80".


I kept the quilting simple, my favorite diagonal lines! Nothing fancy, but I enjoy it.


In October I picked up yardage of this starry print from Daisy Chain* by Annabel Wrigley for the backing. I love how festive it feels alongside other holiday prints. It's bound up in a red-orange print from my stash.


We got our first real snow of the season early this week, so I took full advantage of the fresh snow for a few photos before I shoveled the driveway. So happy to finish this quilt, we've already been enjoying it!

Happy Quilting!

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November Monthly Report

Happy December! It's time for November's monthly report. See past reports here.

Thank you to everyone who purchased patterns over the weekend during my sale! I really appreciate it!


I dug into some of my very smallest scraps this month to make this tiny drawstring bag! I've had a bag of super skinny Liberty lawn scraps that have been patiently waiting to be used. A tiny drawstring bag seemed like the perfect use! This is the foundation pieced variation in my Lined Drawstring Bag Expansion Pattern.


My ironing board cover was looking a little worse for wear, so I decided to make a new one. I used my old one as a template to make the new one. I used this adorable strawberry fabric designed by Kim Kight. It was originally part of her Yours Truly* collection, but is also included in the new Ruby Star Society Darlings* collection.

My obsession with strawberry fabric is still going strong, and I know this cover will make me happy every time I see it!


The big project I worked on this month is my Christmas quilt. I'm happy to say that I finished it! I'm hoping to photograph and share it here this week.

To keep myself accountable for my stash goals, I track my yardage for fabric and yarn each month. Read more about how I track here. Here is how I did in November:

November Fabric
Used up: 15.5 yards
Brought in: 0 yards
Net: -15.5 yards
Year to date: -89 yards

November Yarn
Used up: 0 yards
Brought in: 0 yards
Net: 0 yards
Year to date: -426 yards

Back on track this month, used up a good chunk of yardage without bringing any in! I'm setting myself a mini goal for the end of the year to end up at -100 yards or better. Not quite to the level or some of my previous years, but that's okay!


The last few flowers came in the day before our first hard frost, which wasn't until November 9th! I can't believe how late it was. They all happened to coordinate nicely.


George the bunny, always finding the sunshine when he can!

Have a Great Month!

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Black Friday Pattern Sale

It's time for my annual Black Friday Pattern Sale! I'm making things easier for you and me by skipping the coupon code, patterns are already marked down. Save $2 on all patterns, except for the Lined Drawstring Bag Expansion Pattern (which is already on sale through the end of the year) and the cost saving pattern bundles.

Sale runs through Monday, December 2nd. Shop the sale here: jenibakerpatterns.com

Thank you for supporting my small business this holiday season!