Sugary sweet.

I finished up my Flower Sugar baby quilt and dashed outside to take some pictures in front of my neighbors' beautiful azaleas before it started raining (and before my neighbors got home from work to find the weird quilty lady from next door prowling in their yard...and rearranging their lawn furniture). Of course, it would've been more appropriate if I had a blooming rosebush as my backdrop, but alas, I had to make do with what I what my neighbors had.


I had some squares of the Flower Sugar fabric left after making this quilt, and sewed them together for a simple patchwork baby quilt.


I used some of Anna Maria Horner's premade binding again. Not the last time you'll be seeing this.


I had just enough of this yellow print left for the back.


This is a small baby quilt (about 28x35), but I'm glad to put the last of this fabric to use!

I'm linking up to Slash the Stash!

WIP Wednesday

I took a spring break from WIP Wednesday last week, but I'm back now with my latest progress!



Finished:
Scrappy blocks for do. Good Stitches

Paula asked for blocks using this tutorial. Her only parameters: use a solid red center and don't overthink it. Check and check! I'm interested to see how this quilt comes together.

Strip quilt

Done!

In progress
Flower Sugar baby quilt

Got this one quilted this week. Should be done soon!

Lorax
Got some new yellow fur, so I should be working on this again soon.

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
Postage Stamp quilt
Kaleidoscope baby quilt #2 (got this one basted)

To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Block for Megan
do. Good Stitches March block
Blocks for Elizabeth
Swoon (Sigh.)

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

Twofer.

Gettin my baste on.

Keeping it simple

I won a jelly roll of Alphabet Soup on the Riley Blake blog. In the interest of putting my stash to use, I decided to sew it up into a simple strip quilt. I added a few brown and white strips to made the quilt a little longer.


The larger scale patterns aren't ideal for precuts because they're not the best for fussy cutting, but this happy strip worked out just right!


I quilted it ini an all-over loopy pattern. For the binding, I used the premade AMH bias binding. I've been wanting to try it out. Just one note: If you're using it for quilt binding, you'll want the 1 1/8 inch width. I bought the 2 1/4 inch by mistake, and it's really 5 1/2 inches folded in half (if that makes sense). But no biggie--I just cut it in half and got double the amount of binding.


For the back, I used a flannel from the same line. I'm surprised it didn't shrink up more (I didn't prewash). It's very snuggly!

That's it! Simple and straight-forward--that's kind of where my mind is right now.

WIP Wednesday

Wednesday kind of snuck up on me this week. Here we go!



Finished:
Fabricland!

Finished. Love it.

In progress

Swoon-along
SMS! (SAVE MY SWOON!)

Strip quilt

Just need to sew on some binding, and this one will be heading to the dunzo list.

Lorax

My sister asked me if I could make a Lorax for my nephew. Here's my prototype. The fur I ordered for the mustache isn't furry enough, and Luke says he needs to be fatter, so I'll make a few adjustments and try again. Luke, of course, has claimed Prototype Lorax as his own.

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

To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Block for Megan
do. Good Stitches March block
Blocks for Elizabeth

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

For the love of solids!

I received my For the Love of Solids swap package this weekend, and I'm thrilled! I have to say, I was really hoping this messenger bag and zip pouch were heading my way. There are a ton of incredible projects in the Flickr pool, but this package from Sarah/FairyFace Designs was squarely at the top of my wish list.


I need a bag like this, and I fell in love with Sarah's design and craftsmanship. I know I'll be using it all the time!



The zip pouch will be put to use holding my cross-stitch and embroidery supplies. I love the hand-stitching around the star. Sarah also sent me some delicious Irish chocolate but, erm, it didn't make it to the photo shoot. (Promise I shared!)

I'm so excited! Thanks again, Sarah.

Fabricland!

Oh, Fabricland. I want to go there.

I'm so excited to show you this finish! I sewed up the quilt top several months ago, and then it languished in the dreaded UFO pile. I think I stalled out on piecing the back, but once I decided to splurge on some yardage, things moved along much more quickly. (Moral of the story: Treat Yo Self!)


And...here is a peek at that backing fabric. It's Tarika Gem from Kumari Garden. Lee sent me some of it for our bee's Christmas fat quarter swap, and I fell in love. I think the print complements the colors of the front nicely.


Fabricland is an original design by Elizabeth/Don't Call Me Betsy (you can buy a copy from her pattern shop). Elizabeth made her version with lovely Free Spirit Solids.
I enjoyed the challenge of making mine from small-scale prints from my stash (along with some matching solids).


I bound the quilt in this Running Stitch print from Lush by Patty Young. I wouldn't mind buying up all of the colors of this print and using it to bind all future quilts. Really.


At first, I thought this might be a gift, but the boy and his partner in crime have made it clear that Fabricland is staying put. Luke thinks it makes a fine road for his cars.


This is a big quilt (70x80)! It took me longer than expected to finish, but I enjoyed every minute.

WIP Wednesday

Back again with another edition of WIP Wednesday...



Finished:
Gray/green quilt



Done! I have no plans for this quilt, but it is done.

In progress

Swoon-along
Ack, officially stalled out. Seeking motivation.

Strip quilt

This one is ready to be quilted.

Fabricland!

Just a few more feet of binding to stitch! I should be finished in about one episode of Criminal Minds.

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

To do:
Half Moon Modern quilt
Block for Megan
do. Good Stitches March block
Blocks for Elizabeth

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

Gray/green quilt: Part deux.

Thanks so much for your input on my gray/green nine-patch quilt. I neglected to mention in that post that my walking foot is the devil (I must remedy that soon!). I wanted to try some of the cool straight-lines pattern you mentioned, but the foot was giving me fits. So I went with wavy lines!


These 9-patches were a happy find during my scrap bin overhaul. I honestly didn't remember having any blocks left over when I made this quilt, but I excavated 6 of them and paired them with some Kona Coal.


I had some major pulling issues in the middle of the quilt, which distorted the middle blocks. Devil walking foot. I'm not sure if I'm going to try to fix it or not. Probably not.


I used a piece of Kona Cactus I had on hand and added a strip of some black and green scraps.


I find myself liking the back better than the front. Again.


The binding is a Full Moon Dot print from Amy Butler. I think I'm finally reaching the end of my Full Moon dot stash!

The quilt measures about 42x44. Another stash quilt, dunzo!

Input.

How would you quilt this?