Birthday Quilt

Well, this Sunday is my Momma's birthday. I decided last minute (5-6 days ago) to make her a quilt, so I threw this together over the week and finished up with the straight line quilting and binding today. I really like it, although I will say, piecing it was a pain in the neck, because my 1/4" seams were not as perfectly 1/4" as they should be.... Either way, don't look at the hourglass blocks too closely - they don't all measure up. :)

The Months all fly together

There's been so many changes in the past month and a half. I'm moving into a new apartment in 10 days, so I thought I should really take a few minutes to post my newest quilts.

The first is a Sparkling Cider quilt that I made at the request of my brother's co-worker. He's going to ask his lady to marry him and for their anniversary he wanted to give her a USC quilt since she is currently pursuing her Masters. Since USC is my alma mater, of course I had a hard time saying no. Here is the finished result, It makes me quite happy and I don't want to give it away.

This was my first foray into Flying Geese, which was obvious when I made all the small stars in reverse of what I intended them to be. This resulted in a whole bunch of extra, useless, geese. I used some to make a star on the back too. 

You'll notice my sad messed up star. :P

Next, on a whim I started improv piecing some materials together with yellow as the main focus color. The results are a perfectly charming lap quilt that is splendid for napping since the backing is Minky! It was my first time working with minty and I was a little worried about how well it would quilt, but the final results are amazing and I don't want to share it with anyone ever. :)

The wee little animals that make an appearance are probably my favorite part.

I love love lOVE how soft the back is.

Spooky!

I've been working on my super creepy lovely Ghastlies quilt since pre-October. I decided to do some basic kinda-log cabin-esque patchwork so I could display the amazing prints on the fabric. All the people remind me of the Adams Family, which I came to love late in life (and by late I mean early 20s as I was not allowed to watch them as a kid).

So, here's my newest finished project.

In other news, I finally got a stipling foot for my machine so I'm learning how to free motion quilt. I'll keep this lovely blog updated on my adventures there. :)

Quilt!

It feels like it's been forever since I was able to post pictures of a finished quilt. But after finally settling in to my new house,  I can talk about one of the two I finished. This quilt has been in progress for what seems like forever. Honestly it's been several months since the first set of HSTs and then I lost the motivation to sew them all together. But here is the quilt. Finished and lovely. :)

I think this quilt is lovely. The colors are my favorites. :)

The quilt finishes at 69 x 57.

4 Star Quilt

Well, as you know I've been on a fabric fast, which has given me lots of time to put together all those WIPs lying around. This quilt has been waiting for the perfect binding material, which I promptly purchased at the end of my fast. This quilt is special to me because it was the first time I used free-motion quilting. I also outlined the stars with 3 different Aurifil thread colors 1/4" apart each. The quilt is about 61" x 61" and it's the perfect size for snuggling. I truly love this quilt, but I'm thinking of possibly putting it up on Etsy. Any thoughts?

Quilt Top

Quilt Back

WIP baby quilt finished.

One of my co-workers is about to have his very first baby girl. So I finished up this WIP and have decided it will be for him. :) It was meant to be a disappearing 9-patch, but I didn't do a very good job following the  directions and ended up with this. Hope you all like it!

Star Quilt!

One of my friends is having a baby. :) She's not due for several months, but it's never too soon! I've been drooling over all the star quilts I've seen everywhere online, and so I leapt at the opportunity to try out Cluck Cluck Sew's Star Block Tutorial. Thank you, by the way, I LOVE IT!

I made the wise purchase of a Nest Fat Quarter Bundle from the Fat Quarter Shop, and I used 15 or 16 of the 24 fabrics. For the center images I fussy-cut Ikea farm friends fabric! :)

The backing is mostly a Robert Kaufman fabric, and I also made one more Star Block with my favorite character (the lady-bug) in the middle and rainbow points!

The Binding is a polka-dot fabric from Jenny's flat fold section. :P It just happened to work perfectly with this quilt.

Here are some close-ups of my favorite blocks!

This is my favorite block.

this is the square on the back of the quilt!

The finished quilt is 40x40 inches, which I think should give her some room to grow into it! :D

I love it so much, and I can hardly wait the few months it will take this baby to join the ranks of living people.