Tuesday, October 7, 2025

2025: Midnight Manor, Pumpkin Mug/Candle Mat, Autumn Nights, and Autumn Bloom

Midnight Manor
Designed by Joanna Figuero of Fig Tree Quilts
Completed quilt top September 19, 2025

Audiobooks: Ink Black Heart – Robert Galbraith
Memorial Days – Geraldine Brooks
Die Around Sundown – Mark Pryor

This pattern and its fabrics were the main features of my autumn issue of Little Box of Figs subscription, which is better for me right now than a traditional block-of-the month program - I have so many projects on my list! The pattern is a simple house framed by two trees, flying geese, and stars. 




Pumpkin Mug/Candle Mat
Mini quilt top completed September 30, 2025

Audiobooks: The Correspondent – Virginia Evans

The pattern for a pumpkin mat was included with the Little Box of Figs which used leftovers from the main project. At just 8 ½ by 12 ½, it worked up quickly. This would be great to make small projects for Christmas gifts.




Autumn Nights Mystery Sew Along
Designed by Fat Quarter Shop
Competed quilt top September 20, 2025

Audiobooks: Die Around Sundown – Mark Pryor

This mystery sew along took place at the same time that I was working on Midnight Manor and the pumpkin mat. I was in an autumn project mood, so I used leftovers from Midnight Manor and mixed in my own fabrics. It turned out to be cute as a wall hanging or table topper.




Autumn Bloom
Designed by Lindsey Weight
Completed quilt top October 4, 2025

Audiobooks: The Correspondent – Virginia Evans
Isola – Allegra Goodman

This pattern was offered as a free Friday pattern of the month project by Primrose Cottage. Except for two of my own fabrics for the main flower, all the fabrics for this project came from the leftovers of Midnight Manor, plus a pack of mini charm squares included in the Little Box. 




2025: Pumpkin Pillows

Designed by Buttermilk Basin Design Co.
Pillow tops completed September 5, 2025

Audiobooks: Union Street Bakery – Mary Ellen Taylor
    Memorial Days – Geraldine Brooks

I rarely buy “cute” kits, but I found these little pumpkins irresistible! They worked up very quickly, and I made both pillow tops in one day. 





2025: Wandering Star

Designed by Melissa Corry
Completed quilt top September 3, 2025

Audiobooks: The Lion Women of Tehran – Marjan Kamali
A Week in Winter – Maeve Binchy
The Once and Future Witches – Alex E. Harrow
To Die For – David Baldacci
We Used to Live Here – Marcus Kliewer
The Piano Tuner – Daniel Mason
The Great Circle – Maggie Shipsted

Wandering Star was my second quilt class at the 2025 Cedar Chest Quilt Retreat. This was much more complicated than I had first thought. I had to use my library for the room to lay it all out. It measures 90” x 90.” I had not planned to make it so big, but I got carried away.
The fabrics are mostly Botanical Journal by The Smithsonian Institute for Marcus, a palette of soft greens, raspberries, purples, and golds. The backing is AMAZING – a botanical floral from the same line.