Polite Society

Welcome to Polite Society.

Polite Society

Designed in EQ8 and made with the Island Batik collection, Essence, Polite Society is a precut-friendly design published in Precut Quilts Made Easy (A Quilter's World publication).

This is a beautiful collection. Look for it in your local quilt shop. For background, I used the Island Batik Neutral Egg White. The binding is another neutral named Glaze.

Published

I quilted using a variegated thread and my trusted walking foot. You guessed it - my favorite squiggly stitch :-) 

Beginner Friendly Quilt Pattern

 

Polite Society is a super easy, beginner-friendly, jelly roll pattern that you can put together easily without any special tools/templates.

The magazine (which is available in stores) has several other precut patterns. I recommend that you check it out.

Check out my Etsy Shop for many precut-friendly patterns as these.

Yamini

Niko

In Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) updates,  I completed Red Blocks for March.

Did you notice that the blocks for January & February are different. Well, I am working on two RSC quilts - separated into cools and warms. The cool colors + white background will make a log cabin quilt and the warm colors + black background will make a "to be named" quilt.

I also picked out my pinks for April. Sharing with all my favorite linky parties (see full list on the sidebar)including Angela's RSC.

Island Batik Pinks

Magically, Nature too got Angela's memo.  All pictures were taken this week.

Lilac

Tulip

Azalea

Pink Dogwood

In other news (and my excuse for no blogging activity in a month), I traveled to my alma mater to reunite with old classmates and reminisce about fun times on and off-campus. 

Glass(es) Reunion

I hope you get to hug your friends. 

A Chilling Year

"You are exactly the kind of loud-mouthed, wise-ass, brown woman who will be made an example of."

Paul's fear for my safety was obvious. Partly at his urging and partly out of caution, my blog focused on "just quilting" in 2025. As articulate and courageous I may have appeared to you,  I was chilled into silence.

I kept my head down. A new job meant I had plenty to occupy my time. A long commute gives me time to meditate.

Not my most productive, but here are a few of my favorite projects of 2025.

1. Honi - A modern interpretation of Irish Chain, and made with Island Batik collection Fusion, Honi was a nod to our Hawaii vacation. Honi also won the Viewers' Choice Award.

2. Nirali - A modern interpretation of a Crazy Quilt, and made with the Island Batik collection Everlasting, Nirali was also the post with most comments.

3. Leader of the Pack - The greater the challenge the greater is the sense of accomplishment!

4. Hot Stuff (Oliso Cover) - An unlikely project but I love how it turned out.

5. Doblest - Doblest is the most meaningful quilt I made this year. Channeling my frustration, and honoring a nation, my work speaks when I may not. 

My patterns were published a few times.

1. Dreaming of Daylilies - Dreaming of Daylilies was published in Annie's "For Love of Precuts". I used the leftovers to make a baby quilt which was promptly gifted :-)

2. Joyful - Joyful was published in the Special Christmas Publication by Annie's Attic Quilting. 

3. Stella - Stella was published in the We Like Quilting digital/online magazine's September 2025 issue and she made the cover! I am thrilled.

Picture Courtesy - We Like Quilting

4. Milo - Milo is a layer-cake friendly quilt published in Annie's Perfectly Precut - Simple Quilts With Precut Squares - of Quilter's World. 

5. Let's Dance - Let's Dance was published in Quilter's World. Purple stars (secondary design) emerge when blocks come together and that makes me dance :-)

6. Trillium Trail - Trillium Trail was published in the January 2026 issue of American Quilter.

And I wrote a few new patterns.

1. Garden City (68" by 84") - Layer Cake Friendly Pattern

2. Westfield (67" by 81") - Layer Cake Friendly Pattern

3. Veronica (60" by 84") - Layer Cake Friendly Pattern

4. Yamini (60" by 80") - Jelly Roll Friendly Pattern

5. Niko (60" by 84") - Jelly Roll Friendly Pattern

In conclusion, Rosemary kept us occupied.

My friends kept me sane. 

Paul kept me. 

What can I say about 2026?

"Hope is the consequence of action more than its cause."

The events of this year have chilled me into silence. But I urge you to speak up, show up, and stand up for truth. All my positive energies are with you.

I will be sharing with Meadow Mist Designs - Best of 2025 and all my favorite linky parties. See full list on the sidebar. 

Milo

 Meet Milo.

Milo

Milo is a layer-cake friendly quilt that was published in Annie's Perfectly Precut - Simple Quilts With Precut Squares - of Quilter's World. 

Milo on the Cover!

I designed Milo in EQ8 and used the Island Batik fabric collection Essence and the neutral Egg White.

Essence is a beautiful collection. Look for it in your local quilt shop.

Milo was completed earlier this year. Pictures were taken in January. See the icy backdrop.

Icy River, Hot Model :-)

I used Hobbs Thermore Batting. The backing is Dark Grey Solid. The binding is Egg White Neutral.  I used walking foot quilting to quilt squiggly lines 2" apart. Milo finished at 60" by 84".

Of course, I will sleep with you!

Here are a few more pictures. 

So cool

Hi Handsome!

Picnic Ready

Crushing on You

Milo is Mine!

Hope you will check out the magazine in your local quilt shop. It contains 23 precut friendly patterns including one from Connie Kauffman, a friend and a fellow IB ambassador and one from Vasudha Govindan, a friend and a former IB ambassador.

The weather is changing (I am channeling Mari). Time to get your shots. Stay safe and hug your loved ones.