Oh My Deer! {Bloggers' Quilt Festival}

I love Bloggers' Quilt Festival! Twice a year, hundreds blogging quilters (quilting bloggers?) link up on Amy's Creative Side to share their creations. Here's mine.


I used the quilt festival as motivation to finish up this Christmas gift. The pattern is from Dare To Be Square Quilting by Boo Davis. I love this book, and I want to make several other patterns from it. I used Kona Cloud, Blue, Blueberry, and Cornflower for the background. The rest of the fabrics came from my stash.


Sweet face. I quilted in straight lines around the deer. (Thanks for the idea, Elizabeth!)


Red binding felt right on this quilt. I used Kona Chinese Red (the best Kona red!).


Boo emphasizes using fabric you have on hand: "Challenge yourself to keep your wallet shut and use just the fabric you have on hand." I took that to heart with the quilt back and used up some stash. Feels good!


I think you'll agree that this Deer Valley print belongs on the back of this quilt.


Thanks for stopping by! Head to Amy's blog to check out the other entries.

Welcome to Fabricland!

I'm so excited about the release of Elizabeth's (Don't Call Me Betsy) new (and first!) pattern! It makes a really fun quilt. If you've participated in Elizabeth's quilt-alongs, then you know the level of detail and clarity you can expect in a pattern from her.


Elizabeth used the glorious Free Spirit solids in her version. I opted to go stash shopping to make mine. I used mostly prints for the colored squares, with a few solids thrown in the mix. (I'm a little concerned that I found all of these fabrics in my stash. Remind me why I keep buying more...)


Luke has made me promise that we will keep this quilt for ourselves. See, the maze-like pattern makes the perfect road for his cars, the perfect town for his action figures, etc. (Note to self--finish this one fast!) I think it would make a great bed quilt. Luke thinks we should get rid of our living room rug and keep this on the floor instead.


(Blerg--just now noticing that I sewed those orange squares together incorrectly.)
Cutting up all of the squares takes some time, but I made quick work of it with this tool. I love the simple and striking design!

Now, head to Elizabeth's blog and show her some love! I'll be back soon with my Bloggers' Quilt Festival entry.

WIP Wednesday

Still Wednesday, right?

I'm feeling a time crunch on a few things, and Christmas is less than two months away, so it's about to get productive up in here!



Finished:
Sherbet Pips quilt

More here.

Ongoing projects:
Deer Quilt

Quilting is finished--just need to tackle the binding. I'm hoping to enter this one in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, so time is of the essence!

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Kaleidoscope baby quilt #2
Fabricland

To do:
superhero quilt
Pouch for PLP swap
do. Good Stitches word block
VIBees block for Angela

Head over to Lee's to see what everyone is working on!

Pretty Little Pouch Swap...received!

After seeing all of the great pouches pop up in the last round of the Pretty Little Pouch swap, I knew I wouldn't miss the next round.


I was hoping for a boxy linen pouch that I could use to hold my spools of thread. I got my pouch from Lisa, and she definitely delivered!


She used Terrain, which I love, and included this little embroidered K. Perfect!! This was Lisa's first time making hexagons, if you can believe that. They look great!


Lisa sent along some spools of thread and some Terrain fabric--both of which I'll put to good use! She also included a little hexie template. It might convince me to finally jump on the hexie bandwagon!

Thanks so much, Lisa! I love my new pouch. And now I'm feeling a little guilty for not starting mine yet... Lisa is a stay-at-home mom of 6 children, and she home-schools them. If she can finish a pouch, what's my excuse???

The Pips!

I finished up my Sherbet Pips quilt in time to give it to my niece for her baptism. I didn't buy any of the Sherbet Pips line when it first was released, and now it's getting a little hard to find. I just wanted some of the pinks, and I was able to find them (on sale!) here. I wanted the quilt to be simple and sweet, so I came up with this basic design using three half-yards of the prints and some solids.



I used the rest of the half-yards on the back, plus some squares from a charm pack. I just might like the back better than the front.


Aneela Hoey helpfully listed some matching Bella solids on her blog. I framed the prints with Bella 30s Pink, and then used the Bella Gray for sashing.


I used some more of the Bella Gray on the back, along with some bigger pieces of the prints and some patchwork.


Quilting? Loopy.


After seeing Adrianne's Pips quilt, I knew the scarf print was the only choice for binding. Done and gifted!

I'm linking up to Sew Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations!!

WIP Wednesday!

We've been enjoying some summer-like weather (yesterday's high=87), which has kept us outside, but that seems to be coming to an end (today's high=57), so my sewing machine should be getting some more attention.



Finished:
{crickets}

Ongoing projects:
Sherbet Pips quilt

Home stretch on this one!

"Fabricland!"

I finished another quilt top this week. Luke has dubbed it "Fabricland" (happiest place on Earth!). It is sneakily shown at the bottom of this stack. More soon!

Deer Quilt
No progress here.

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Kaleidoscope baby quilt #2

To do:
Deer quilt
superhero quilt
Pouch for PLP swap
do. Good Stitches word block
VIBees block for Angela

Head over to Lee's to see what everyone is working on!

Top-heavy.

Here's my stack of quilt tops awaiting further attention. Logic would tell me not to start anything new until I finish some of these...

WIP Wednesday

A little quiet around here... Here's what I've been up to.



Finished:
My Lucky Stars quilt

More here.

Ongoing projects:
Sherbet Pips quilt

The blocks are made. I need to get to work on the sashing (sooner than later!).

Deer Quilt
No progress here.

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Kaleidoscope baby quilt #2

To do:
Deer quilt
superhero quilt
Pouch for PLP swap
do. Good Stitches word block

Head over to Lee's to see what everyone is working on!

My Lucky Stars--Finito!

So happy to be finished with this one! I sent my Innocent Crush stash to my VIBee friends and asked them to make star blocks for me. They sent back this collection. Thanks so much, ladies! I never would've had the patience or creativity to come up with these.

From the front, the quilting looks like random lines...


But from the back, you can tell that I echo quilted this giant star. Thanks again to Kelly for this A+ quilting suggestion. I love it!! I used Jeni's tutorial for the giant star. I just made it a little smaller. I used the First Impressions print from Innocent Crush, plus some Kona Coal at the bottom to fill up the space.


The binding is Kona Mulberry. (Kindly ignore the green sludge in the ditch in the background. I picked this industrial location to add an edgy quality to my photos. Just kidding, it's my backyard.)


I'm pretty impressed that I remembered to include my VIBees label on the back!



I'm linking up to Celebrate Color!

WIP Wednesday

Hi there! Welcome. WIP Wednesday in full effect.



Finished:
Nada. (Again!)

Ongoing projects:
My Lucky Stars quilt

All quilted up! I'm just waiting not so patiently for my binding fabric. I'm sure the mailman is wondering why I'm giving him dirty looks. Cherie made this awesome star for me.

Sherbet Pips quilt

Not sure what I'm going to do with this...but it's going to be soon!

Deer Quilt
No progress here.

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Kaleidoscope baby quilt #2

To do:
Deer quilt
superhero quilt (just about done collecting fabric for this one)
do. Good Stitches word block

Head over to Lee's to see what everyone is working on!