Bubble Quilting!

I've done a couple of little quilts this week to practice my small circle quilting.  I think it looks kind of like bubbles.

I guess as I practice more I will be able to get the circles more round and closer together.  This is a quilt that Miranda made for a friend in Cedar.

Sisters Quilting in Illinois!

My sister(Anne Adele)from Illinois sent me these pictures of a quilt that she and her

daughter Rachel completed today.  I love the combination of peach, green and blue.

It was made for a neighbors new grandson.  Anne Adele quilted it on her sewing machine.  I'm impressed.

Rachel with the finished product.  The quilt measures 36x45 and has an 80/20 cotton batting for extra snuggliness.  Is that a word?  Good job girls, keep quilting!

All-Star Quilt!

This is my latest quilt.  The fabric is from the All-Star collection by Riley Blake.

It was a simple quilt to put together.

I used "Texture Magic" on half of the print squares.  This is my favorite one.

I quilted it in a loopty-loop pattern all over the quilt except the textured squares.

I especially liked this star print.

The backing is the big polka-dot print from the collection and the binding is the brown with circles just like the sashing around the squares.  The quilt measures 40x45 and the

batting is 80/20 poly-cotton.  I think this is one of the cutest baby boy quilts I've ever seen.

And the Winner Is....

The lucky winner of the Verna charm pack is Tana.  E mail me through my profile page with your address and I will get it shipped to you.  Congratulations. 

Playtime Quilt!

The Riley Blake Just Dreamy quilt is finished.

The batting is an 80/20 cotton poly and the measurements of the quilt are 39x43 after washing.

The back is the small floral print from the collection and I quilted it in a circular swirl pattern.  Sorry, I forgot to take a close-up of the quilting.

This one is in the Etsy shop.

Quick Apron!

I wanted to make an apron for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day.  I found this pattern online and used my new serger and sewing machine to quickly put this gift together. I changed the pocket and think I might have put it on a little low, Oh, well. It just goes on over the head and then ties in back.  Hopefully Marilyn will get a lot of use out of it.  Banner graciously accepted the job of modeling.  Don't forget to leave a comment below on the Verna giveaway.  I will be choosing a winner next Wednesday.

Giveaway!

I love the Verna fabric collection by Kate Spain.  I picked up a Charm Pack the other day at our local fabric store, Pat's Sew and Stuff in Ferron, Utah.  I want to give it away to one of my faithful followers.  Just leave me a comment about what you like about the fabric line or what you like to do with Charm Packs, or say whatever you want.  A winner will be chosen at random sometime next week.

Jim's Quilt!

The off-set square quilt is finished as of this morning.  I completed the binding and then threw it into the washer and then the dryer.  I love the crinkly look of a cotton/poly batting.

This quilt is 95 x 95, a perfect queen size.

Remember This?

I finished the Aster Manor quilt this week.  If you remember, my daughter Miranda cut and pieced the squares.  I had reported on an earlier blog that this was a charm pack quilt.  Miranda informed me that it was made using a layer cake.

Because she made this for a friend who is getting married, she wanted the quilt to be as close to a queen size as possible.  I added the borders to make it bigger and then because the outside floral print was nice and wide I decided to try a scalloped border.  I used a template by Darlene Zimmerman that worked really well. 

I quilted it in an edge to edge circular pattern.  The bias binding is an Aster Manor  paisley print and the back is a brown broadcloth.  I used an 80/20 cotton poly batting. It has already been washed on a delicate cycle in my front loading washer and dried on a low heat.  The quilt shrunk up a little and has that nice antique look.  What a lucky bride to get such a beautiful gift.

Mother's Day Gift!

My husband got me this for Mother's Day

and I got this free.

They're both wonderful.  They were supposed to get here on Friday, May 7th but they got here on Monday, May 3rd.  The serger is very easy to thread(I was nervous) and so fun to use.  The sewing machine is so nice I just want to sit in front of it all day.  Thanks Jim, I love them.

Miranda's Graduation Gift!

I'll bet you thought I had taken a break from completing a quilt.  I hadn't.  My project was top secret.  When Miranda and I attended the local quilt show together we saw a quilt like this that was being raffled off. She loved it.  Just by accident a few weeks later, Sew Sweet Quilts sent me an e mail about Simple Abundance being on sale.  I checked it out and recognized the fabric, saw this pattern and knew I had to make it for her.

It took me one full day to do the applique.  It shouldn't take that long, I was just slow.

I absolutely love the fabrics in this collection.  In fact, my daughter Whitney had chosen one of the fabrics to make a skirt earlier in the fall.

I quilted it in a simple back and forth pattern alternating side to side or up and down every other block.  The border was quilted in a loopty loop pattern.

Sorry for the bad picture,  This is the special label.  If you can't read it, it says

Handmade by Jennifer Fauver

For Miranda 

Presented on May 1, 2010

In honor of graduation from

Southern Utah University