Ahhh. Aren’t they pretty?
The stripe will be my new duvet cover. I've already sewn together the top, just need to purchase the bottom part.
The block - a block made from my PTQB last year. That's on my list to finish!
The solid - a silk fabric...I am thinking of using it for drapes for the French Doors in our bedroom. I am still debating if it is too dark...
1. Laying out the quilt pattern, 2. coolsizzle closeup, 3. Scrappy Starlings Hedgerow Quilt, 4. pillow, 5. quilt #2, 6. Munki Backing, 7. Two Baby Quilts, 8. Mini Quilt Monday - May 09, 9. Amy Butler Brick path quilt top, 10. Red Patch Quilt - the front, 11. Emma's Baby Quilt, 12. Emma's Baby Quilt, 13. Georgie's folded quilt, 14. Larger DQS Inspired Quilt 1, 15. window panes pillows 002, 16. Color Stripe Block, 17. Winter Rainbow Quilt Top, 18. amelie horse quilt, 19. Scrap Quilt, 20. DS Quilt, 21. Hello Sunshine! Quilt - tree detail, 22. A Valentine Peek, 23. Common Threads: Rebekah Craft, 24. Block 1 for Maripenquiltmom, 25. Sherri's Block---February, 26. ATB - block 4 for Sheridan, 27. lilly scarf no.21 pink green2, 28. Black and Cream Damask Print Jumper, 29. hot house garden reversible jumper, 30. Owl Dress #1
Even though I am working on a new quilt, my mind continues to go towards the other quilts and items I want to make. I am so inspired. I am craving spring and sunny days...can you tell by all the color in these photos?
I’ve been sewing again. I’ve not been posting, but trust me, I have been sticking to my goals of sewing this year. I am sewing for my house and family. It’s been great!
I started this quilt this week, thanks to the snow that pounded us this past week. The pattern is Amy Butler’s Brick Path Quilt. I’ve had this on my “to do” list for quite a while.
Wednesday I cut out all the bricks and this morning I finished the strips. I may get to pressing the seams later today. My goal is this week to get all the strips sewn together.
I really like the way the colors have come together. I am still rather new to the quilting thing..and the hardest part really seems to be picking out the fabrics and choosing a design!
Like my flannel design “wall”? I am going to do something more formal, but don’t have the resources this weekend. So, I used my son’s flannel bed sheet. It’s working so far!
As promised, here are pictures of the finished quilt. I am very happy with the way it turned out.
I had a lot of fabrics I chose for this one, and I re-designed this quilt about two times before completing. I ended with the design I thought best showcased the different fabrics.
I chose to free motion quilt the whole thing. That was an experience! I liked the way it came out, though. I guess I’d try to do that again…I think it’s one of those things you get better with time!
I made this quilt reversible. That was probably a big part of the many re-designs. I knew I wanted the back to look like this, but the front was not as easy!
The best part about this quilt is the story. Prior to this blanket, Nathan would not sleep with a real blanket. He would only sleep with baby blankets, and always the one you see behind him in the picture. Well, the night I put this on the bed, he let me cover him up with it and he settled in. I guess he knew how much I had worked over it and that it was his own unique piece.
My first quilting bee block! Katie wanted a block that was based off of Denise Schmidt’s Project Improv. OK, I took the challenge, did some flickring around for inspiration and I came up with this.
I hope she likes it. I really wanted to try a diamond within a square, and I am happy with the way it turned out...I really like that it's off center. I was a little challenged in doing this because I normally lean towards for a balance with the colors and patterns.
I was surprised at the time it took, so I am really glad that I only had to do one! I also used just about every scrap that Katie gave me, and added 3 other fabrics of my own…I can’t help but wonder if her strategy was for us to really work with the scraps to get more of an improv look??!!!
Katie, I will have it in the mail to you this week. I really hope you like it!
It’s been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been busy with life, work, and that always leaves little time for crafting. I got some time in recently, though, and did some more work on Nathan’s quilt. I am feeling a bit of pressure with timing on finishing this. He’s over 2, still in his crib, and about to go into a big boy bed. I have GOT to get this finished! I am hoping I finish this before the bed is in his room. We still haven’t bought the bed, so I think I still have some time.
This is going to be the front. It’s going to be reversible. Remember this post? I decided to go with adding the extra gingham. I was very happy with it, but something was still missing. I felt I was copping out of doing a real quilt. And, I had made all those squares of strips! Well, after lots of market research (aka viewing all kinds of other’s peoples quilts on flickr and other blogs), I came up with a layout and design idea. I wanted to have some feeling of lots of fabrics, yet, also showcase some of the really cute fabrics that I purchased for this item. I am going to use a white sashing between each square.
I am hoping to make some progress on attaching all the pieces together this week. We’ll see. It’s a very busy week.
I redesigned the quilt for Nathan. I just didn’t like the way the squares were turning out. I really loved this, and thought I could use the fabrics I had to make a version of it. However, I really didn’t like the way my fabrics were turning out. I think it is because my fabrics contrast so much, and the design would do better with fabrics that blend better.
So…I went back to my original design before I thought I’d try a bunch of squares. It’s not done, but I am so much happier with it. I really wanted to showcase the cute fabrics I found for this, and the little squares was not cutting it!
So, now, here’s my dilemma. I am not sure…do I repeat the blue gingham between the white and red fabrics or not? I can’t decide. Without it, it’s going to be about 82” long, so it can take a little length. What do you think?
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Please comment with your opinions. I really could use some input here. I haven’t asked my husband yet. But, I know, if I ask “should I add the gingham”, I’d get an answer like “what’s gingham?” or “sure”.
