Saturday, December 22, 2012

Just in Time for Christmas!

 I put the last stitch in the binding last night.  Notice my husband's "Christmas Story" leg lamp in the window.
 
 The back is my very favorite color, RED.
 
I think Kate Spain's "Twelve Days of Christmas" and Dutch Pinwheels go together nicely.
 
I love it more and more every time I look at it.  It is 86 x 86, perfect for our bed.



Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Dream On!

 My latest finish is a charm pack quilt made completely of the Dream On collection by Urban Chiks.  Sorry the pictures are a little washed out,  the winter sun is very bright this morning.
 
 These fabrics are reproductions of vintage sheets and very much remind me of the sheets I slept on in the sixties and seveties.
 
 Lucy needed to get in on this photo shoot.
 
 The quilt is made up of 10 charm packs that I collected over several months so it took me several days to sew 420 5 inch squares into strips and then all together.
 
The back is white with orange flowers and green ribbons and the binding is the yellow stripe.  It measures 90 x 94.5 and is on a bed already.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

12 Days of Christmas!

 Last year Moda produced this cute holiday collection designed by Kate Spain.  It is called 12 Days of Christmas and I loved it as soon as I saw it.
 
 I decided to make a bunch of 1/2 square triangles and then turn them into Dutch Pinwheel blocks.
 
I have wanted a Christmas quilt for our bed for a while so my plan is to make 16 of these blocks (they measure 17.5) and then add two borders so that it will be a square queen size quilt.  I will post pictures later when the project is finished.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Birthday Quilts!

 I made this Union Jack quilt for my sister Sara in honor of her birthday which was yesterday.  I've had it finished for a while but had to wait to show it. 
 
 Sara served a mission for our church in England when she was younger and has always had a great love for that country and people.
 
 I used whatever red and blue fabrics I could find in my stash, most of them are from the Connecting Threads Canning Day collection but I also used a red from the Sherbet Pips collection.  The pattern is called Victory Garden by Busy Bee Quilt Designs.  It measures 56 x 62, a perfect lap size.
 
 Yesterday was also my sister-in-law Stacy's birthday so I made her this sweet lap quilt.
 
 I used FigTree Quilts Butterscotch and Roses collection, a charm pack and honey bun plus fig tree cream for the sashing.  The pattern is called Square One by Camille Roskelley found in her Simplify book.  It measures 56 x 65 and both quilts have a 80/20 cotton poly batting.
 
I loved making these quilts.  They both turned out just the way I wanted them to.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Quick Baby Quilt!

 Miranda and I have been invited to a baby shower this weekend so I needed a quick quilt.  Luckily I had some charm packs of Strawberry Fields by Fig Tree Quilts. 
 
I used 72 squares so the quilt measures 36x40.  I pieced together a binding and back with some leftover larger pieces from Whitney's birthday quilt and the X Marks the spot quilt.
It turned out very cute and will be perfect for a sweet baby girl.

Sunday, September 30, 2012

BOM #9

 I truly am behind but I will surely catch up.  This is the block from April and it is called a Jewel Box.
 
Here is a picture of all 9 of the blocks I've made so far.  Only 4 more to go.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

On Its Way to Whitney

 Whitney will celebrate a birthday next week and so this quilt is for her.
 
 I used 2 Jelly Rolls of Strawberry Fields from Fig Tree Quilts by Joanna Figueroa and Bella Moda White.
 
 I used this pattern.
 
The colors in this fabric collection are beautiful. 
 
 I tried a new quilting pattern and I think it turned out very well.

 The binding is made up of different prints that I had left over.

 
The back is the beautiful yellow print from the collection.
 

The quilt measures 88 x 96 and has a Hobbs 80/20 batting.
Happy Birthday Whitney and sweet dreams as you lay under this cute quilt.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Prize at the Fair

I was excited when my Swoon quilt won the prize for best machine quilting at the county fair.  This was a surprise because it was the easiest to quilt of the 3 that I entered.  I also entered my Cameo and X Marks the Spot quilts.  They both received blue ribbons.  I now have a gift certificate for $10.00 to spend anywhere in the county, except Maverik.  Pat's Sew and Stuff, here I come.
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