Little Quilt Swap

This swap was taken for the book Little Quilts by Sarah Feilke and Amy Lobsiger.  In this swap, you had to make a quilt from the book for your swap partner.  My partner was fond of the bee quilt so that is the one I made for her.

Everything about this quilt was a first for me. I have never made hexagons or have done English paper piecing.  the hand sewing was new to me along with embroidery for the bee.  By the time I managed all of that newness I was not up to hand quilting, so I cheated and machined quilted it.  

I love how it turned out even though it was out of my comfort zone.

Upon finishing this quilt it was shipped to my partner in Missouri.

Hazel Hedgehog Quilt Along

If you are looking for a fun Quilt Along to participate in, go to The Hazel Hedgehog QAL being hosted by Gnome Angel

This cute pattern by Elizabeth Hartman can be found at her shop.  I have several of her patterns and have loved everyone that I have made.

This past weekend I made a Hazel mini quilt just for myself.

I have fallen in love with text print fabrics which I used in the background.  I used Kona Cotton and Kaffe Fassett fabrics for the hedgehogs.

I love everything about this quilt and it is now hanging on my wall in my sewing room.

Instagram Mini Quilt Swaps

I have participated in several quilt swaps and would like to share these with you.

For the Instagram Mini Quilt Swap I made the Supernova Quilt by Jacquie Gering from the Modern Quilting book.

The pattern made a 66" x 78" quilt using 6.5" unfinished blocks.  In order to make this a mini quilt, I made 2.5" unfinished blocks.  The finished quilt measured 22" x 26".

I used circular quilting and randomly placed small beads throughout  the quilt.

I was excited with the quilt and it was shipped to New Zealand to my swap partner, who was just as pleased with the quilt.

A New Year

The new year has arrived and I am going to work at posting on a regular basis this year, but we will see how that goes.

I have recently started working on English Paper Piecing and think I am addicted.  I started the year with The New Hexagon Millefiori Quilt Along hosted by Katja's Quilt Shop.  Click here for more information regarding the quilt along.

This is the progress that I have made and of coarse I sewed one block upside down so I will have to redo that one.

My hand sewing is slow but I am really enjoying working on it in the evenings while watching television, that could explain the upside down block.

This quilt along will be for the entire year and hopefully I will finish the 78" x 78" quilt.

I will continue to post my progress on this quilt.

I hope you have a wonderful year of quilting.

Cleaning Out The Old Update

I have not shared anything in awhile, so I thought I would start with an update on all the squares that I cut.

 

  I ended up with a twin, full, and king size quilt tops.

 

I am really glad to have them all sewn together, that was a job.

 

 

The pictures show the twin and full size, my arms were rubber after finishing the king quilt top, so I did not get a picture.

 

Now I need to put together the backings and get them quilted.  As soon as that is done, we all have a new quilt for our beds this winter.

 

Not bad getting 3 quilts from 5,000 squares.

 

I will post again with the completed quilts.



Cleaning Out the Old

I have decided to clean out all my older fabrics and reorganize.
I have started with all my smaller scraps that I  have been collecting over the last 12 years.
  Yesterday and today, I have been cutting 2 1/2" squares and I now have 5095 squares.
They may not be the most beautiful quilts when finished, but I am hoping to get some new quilts for our beds.

How many quilts do you think I can make?

Let the sewing begin, I will post updates as they come along.

Nautical Quilt

As you now, I auditioned for Sewvivor and did not make the top 16.  I have decided to participate in the sewalong for each of the challenges.

The first challenge is a nautical theme. When I think of nautical, I think clean, crisp, and simple.  I have never seen myself as nautical, but this has to be one of my favorite quilts.

I got my inspiration from two of my favorite blogs.   I love the nautical quilt by Red Pepper Quilts and knew if I ever made a nautical quilt I wanted to use Kona Modern Quilts collection.  I combined these fabrics and used the scrappy triangles tutorial from Film in the Fridge.

 

I love how it pops against the Carolina blue sky.

 

I used a red and white striped fabric for the binding.

 

 

Along with the Kona Modern Quilt fabrics, I added some Kona solids and a yellow chevron print.

 





 

The quilting is awesome, if I do say so.

 

Last is my beautiful granddaughter, Selena, modeling for me.

 

I can't wait to see what the top 16 come up with.  Keep following along, the next challenge is a quilt as you go bag.