September BOM

 This is September's block for the free BOM group that I am participating in this year. 

As you can see, one of my squares is slightly off.  I haven't decided if I want to unpick it and fix it or just let it go.

If any one wants to join in just go to the BOM button on this blog and follow the directions.

I have October'a block made also but haven't taken a picture of it yet.

Giddy Tumbler

I decided to make a tumbler quilt with the Giddy layer cake that I purchased last spring.

I added 3 borders to make it a little larger (full size).  The large border will be scalloped.  The scallops are drawn on but I will not cut them until the quilt is quilted. 

Cameos!

 I finished the Cameo quilt top yesterday.

 Between trips to Salt Lake and Relief Society business  I wasn't able to work on it much these last two weeks.

 I love the colors in the Mill House Inn collection.

 I added a 7 inch floral border to make it fit a queen size bed.

I probably won't quilt this one for a little while.  I want to enter it in the county fair next summer so I need to practice the perfect quilting pattern on some other quilts before I do this one.

This Week's Project!

 I've had the pattern and fabric for this project for a while,  it's been sitting in one of my fabric closets.  The pattern is called Cameos and the fabric is Mill House Inn, both are by Fig Tree and Co.  The green inner round is actually left over from the Fresh Cottons fabric I had for the Saltwater Taffy quilt.(also designed by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree and Co.)  figtreequilts.com

The pattern is for a lap size quilt but I wanted to make this one a queen size for our bed so I bought extra fabric because I need 42 cameos instead of 20.

 I started out with rectangles and then added a square to each corner then trimmed.

 I then pressed each corner out flat

 and added the top and bottom, then the sides and

 trimmed the corners again.

 Now it's time to open the Honeybun (I used 2)

and add another round.

 Here is one of the finished cameos,  isn't it pretty?

 I have finished 20 of these and have 22 more finished except for the 3rd round.  I had no idea these would be so time consuming, though I know once this quilt is finished it will be well worth the time and effort.

This is only part of what I have trimmed off of the corners.

Custom Quilting!

I had the opportunity to do the quilting and binding on this cute quilt.  Kristie, from Cottonwood Heights (formerly of Ferron) made the quilt for her daughter.  I love, love love it.  Because Kristie asked me to do the binding along with the quilting, I was able to watch "North and South"  again without feeling guilty for sitting through a 4 hour show.  And can I say,  I also love, love, love, Mr. Thornton.

She Did It!

 Banner finished her quilt yesterday.

The back! I think this is my favorite fabric in the "Just Wing It" collection.

This quilt was made with 1 layer cake and then the fabrics for the borders, binding and back.

 A closer look.  I did the quilting but Banner did the rest, even the hand-sewn binding.

This is Banner's second quilt made with Momo fabrics.  I made the "Glad All Over" quilt for her a year and a half ago using the "Wonderland" collection.  She seems to love the Japanese prints.  This quilt was done for her Divine Nature value project,  it took her just over 12 hours.  She is now completely finished with her Personal Progress requirements.

Groovy Quilt Top!

 Miranda sent this quilt top home with me to add the border.  I think the stripes really frame the rest of the quilt.

 These colors bring back memories of the 70's.

I look forward to quilting it when I get the back and batting .  The quilt measures 52 X 73, a perfect lap size quilt.

What Do You Think?

 I've seen this quilting pattern referred to as "Popcorn" or "Clouds".

 This was my very first attempt at this pattern.  Luckily, Miranda left this little quilt for me to do so I  had something to experiment on.

 My girls are pretty good at letting me practice new patterns on their quilts.

 So, what do you think?

Should I call it "Popcorn" or "Clouds"?

For Tennyson!

 Well, the Verna disappearing nine patch is complete.

 I used the light green and white print from the collection for the back and a stripe for the binding.

 I quilted it in an all over stipple  pattern.  This quilt measures 65 X 78 so it will fit on Tennyson's twin size bed.  She's not very happy about downgrading in size but most college freshman don't get to take their queen size beds with them when they leave home. 

I hope this beautiful quilt will take away some of her disgruntlement and when she snuggles under this quilt at night it will help her to remember how much her Mom and Dad love her.

Verna Disappearing Nine Patch

 Here it is.  All put together.

I love the scrappy look from all of these fabrics in the Verna Collection.

Disappearing Nine Patch!

 I started with six or seven Verna Charm Packs.  I arranged the 5 inch squares into 9 patches and sewed them together row by row.  I ended up with 30 of these blocks.

 I pressed the seams of the outside rows out and the middle row in so the seams would notch together.

 The nine patch is a 14 inch block so I cut it in half at 7 inches.

 I turned it and cut again at 7 inches.  This is the disappearing nine patch block. 

 Because I started out with 30 nine patch blocks, I now have 120 seven inch blocks.

I plan for this quilt to be 10 blocks across and 12 blocks down.  It should end up a twin size.

To lay out your quilt you put 4 of the patches together like this.  Arrange them so no seams are meeting.  It should look something like this.  I'll post more pictures when I have it all put together.

Just Wing It!

Banner completed her "Just Wing It" layer cake quilt top today.  Hopefully we will get it quilted next week and then she will learn how to sew on a binding.

A Couple More from Luci!

These are the same pattern, just slightly different fabric arrangements.  I love them both.  What lucky baby girls to be wrapped in these sweet quilts.

Zander's Cars Quilt

Cousin Luci's boys love "Cars", the Disney movie.  This is the quilt she made for her youngest.

Sorry, the picture is a little blurry.  This is the center panel.

Luci did all of the quilting herself.  She has perfected her circle pattern.  This is a twin size quilt with a poly cotton batting.   Luci had to hurry up to my house for the pictures and get back to her house fast because Zander didn't want the quilt off of his bed for very long.  You did a great job Luci and of course the most important fact is that it is a well loved quilt.