Last week I looked back through the blogs to find my Rainbow Scrap Challenge finishes for the year. But there were other finishes too, to celebrate. So let's see what else I got up to in 2025. I took part in the Chookshed Challenge, and in January completed my Wheels on the Bus quilt. This boy's quilt was made from a recycled duvet cover, has been donated, and was fun and easy to make.
Wheels on the Bus donation quilt
Two Chookshed Challenges completed in March. Some pencil pouches, which should have been finished in February, and a pink and grey cot quilt, nice and cozy with a flannel backing.
Pink and grey cot quilt
April was a busy month too, and I finished a memory quilt for my great nephew Adam's 30th birthday, using shirts I had received from his late grandfather. Just a simple four patch, I decided, framed in red and black.
30th Birthday quilt for Adam
And after 32 years I finally finished my clam shell quilt in shades of purple. Big stitch hand quilting, I decided, was the way to go, and I used a variegated pastel thread. I don't do a lot of hand quilting, but really enjoyed working on this quilt, but I think I would like to add more hand quilting to the clam shells sometime.
Purple Haze
And just before the end of April, I completed the Chookshed Challenge for the month, a little cot quilt featuring houses. I was rather pleased how this one turned out.
Cot quilt, donated to The Nest Collective
And in June I completed that month's Chookshed Challenge to get my Christmas wall hanging completed. All the little blocks had been embroidered and put aside, now was the time to get it assembled. I really enjoyed stitching these little beauties.
Finally completed, and now hanging on the wall this Christmas
And I managed to complete the Chookshed Challenge in July with just a day to spare. This was a zoo panel, donated to me from my elderly neighbour's stash when she went into a rest home. There was no piecing involved with using this panel, so it was just a matter of smoothing the layers out, pinning them together, quilting and binding. This one went to The Nest Collective, an organisation offering help and support to new mothers.
Zoo panel cot quilt
In September I finally finished my daughter's 60th Birthday quilt, I had been working on this off and on for quite some time. Nicky had requested 9 patch blocks in pink and green, and I added an applique border. This was beautifully custom quilted by Jacki, who worked so hard to get it completed in time. I had spare blocks, so added two matching cushions too.
Nicky's 60th birthday quilt
In November I completed three teddy bear cushions from small panels I had been hand quilting. Very cute I thought, and maybe good for little girls to cuddle. I donated these to Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in time for them to be passed on as Christmas gifts to the children.
Teddy Bear Cushions
And my final finish for the year was my memory tablecloth, stitch to commemorate the coach trip I did in October to the Far North. It is made with fabric featuring New Zealand flora and fauna, both batiks and prints, and is a wonderful memory of my trip away.
Memory tablecloth
I've still got plenty of projects to keep me busy in 2026, some need quilting, some are block sets, and some are just a bunch of fabrics gathered together with an idea of what to make. Another year of happy stitching time to look forward to.
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