finally finished

my christmas present to myself!
a completed, one and a half years in the making, quilt. this quilt was part of amanda jean's quilt along.
it is really big (for me), and i really love it!

i backed it in mostly blue, with a little orange

and bound with an orange stripe.this is my favorite staranother favorite star.
i really enjoyed the traditional-ness of this quilt. i love modern, wonky, unmeasured quilts, but i also love the order and straight lines that a traditional quilt provides.

small squares

I finished this quilt a couple months ago, but didn't want to post it until it was in the hands of it's new owner (my nephew). This was originally going to be a zigzag quilt, but at the last minute I cut up my 5 inch squares into 2.5 inch squares and sewed them all together. I think I really like it this way...a simple design.

color inspiration came from here.

I used heather ross buses again as the backing (I am quickly running out of this print, and it's my favorite...)it's been a long time since I've done an all squares quilt, and I forgot how much I like it!

Not much sewing/quilting going on here, we welcomed our baby girl, Ginger Anne, three weeks ago today. She's our 3rd--I swear time has sped up, days go by and I feel like I haven't accomplished much, lol. We are starting to find some routine now, and looking forward to the holiday season (which will add to the craziness!).

nine patch

i finished up my nine patch quilt, i realize it's not a stunning as the larger ones that many have made, but large is not my thing. I actually really like this and may even start making more 9 patches for another, a great way to use up scraps!
I pieced the backing with random fabric from my stash, i'm not super happy with it, but it does add to the scrappiness of the quilt.


close ups...and the binding, now this was a happy surprise, i don't even remember purchasing this fabric, but i think it works great with this quilt!

little red doll quilt

i confess i am not in love with this doll quilt, but my daughter tells me she LOVES it--so it's a success. i wanted something quick to work on, and settled on a doll quilt.

i used many of my little red ridinghood prints and was liking it okay, until i tried out a new quilting method (pebbles, first seen here). i think the pebble quilting is totally wrong for this quilt, and probably the reason i am not happy with it. the good news is i discovered that pebble quilting takes forever, and i probably won't try it again (maybe on a small quilt), but i do like the way it looks.

princess and the pea baby quilt

inspired by this quilt back
(sorry this image is blurry)
I finally got this quilt off to my brand new niece (i gave you a sneak peak here), so I can now show it in all it's glory. I like the quilt itself, but I just love the color combination which was inspired by a quilt seen here.

framed quilt

my husband tells me that this quilt looks like picture frames, so that will be it's name. i took my sewing machine pedal to the shop, and they fixed it in 5 minutes--no big deal. i was happy.

this quilt was started forever ago (seems like it, anyway). my sisters and i did a fabric swap last summer and i finally got a quilt made out of it. i'm really liking it.

i'm not in love with the back (particularly the daisy print), but i am happy that i used that huge piece of fabric up and it's no longer sitting on the shelf for me to wonder what i will ever use it for.

wagon wheels

I finished up my spiderweb quilt, and definitely think it looks a lot more like wagon wheels than spiderwebs.
It measures 40in X 40in.

I used the tutorial found here, with some slight modifications...It's made up of 16 blocks, but I didn't 'spiderweb' each block all the way. I wanted the wagon wheels to all be complete, so I omitted some of the piecing, I also didn't paper piece (not a fan of picking off the paper--I guess I am lazy, I would rather be doing something else).

One of my all time favorite prints on the back, happy campers by heather ross.

I didn't expect to love the binding as much as I do, but I found this really great red polka dot, and I think it just makes the quilt!

I'm nearly 31 weeks, and this will definitely be for our baby girl who's due to come in October.

mushrooms and coins baby quilt

this is a custom made quilt, with a request for lots of mushrooms!

my favorite part might just be the backing, originally i was going to put more mushrooms, but then i stumbled on this 3 little pigs print from sew deerly loved on etsy. i really, really like it.

scrappy rail baby quilt

I got this quilt finished up last night, and I am very happy with it.
I've mentioned that I really like anything American Jane, but I am so crazy about these doll clothes, cute!
I ended up piecing the back of this quilt, I am really trying to NOT buy fabric--I want to use what I've got--No, I must use what I've got.

and all 4 baby quilts stacked (my favorite) together.

jump rope baby quilt

I finished another on my list of baby quilts (4 more to go). I'm really happy with this one, especially since it sort of just fell together. I already had the strips cut out, with plans of making another quilt like this one, but instead chopped them up a little and made it into a coin quilt of sorts. this quilt measures 38x41in. Not too big. I try to keep baby quilts a reasonable size so mom can carry them around if needed, also the backing doesn't have to be pieced--which is a big time saver. i used this plaid piece on the back, it's not my favorite (i thought i was ordering something different online), but I really like it on this quilt.

raspberry stripes baby quilt

One baby quilt down, 5 to go. I am determined to keep these baby quilts simple since I'm already behind on them (the babies have been born). I did simple stripes with blues and pinks--not one of my normal color combinations, but I think I like it. I didn't really like this quilt while I was working on it, not sure why--maybe because I did some loopy quilting, but now that it's finished and washed, I like it. The back is my favorite part! The quilting is really sloppy--if I was a redo-er, I'd have picked it out and started over, but I'm not, so sloppy it will be.

scrappy circles quilt

I haven't been sewing as much lately, first of all because I am pregnant (#3) and just barely starting to feel like myself again, second of all the weather has turned beautiful and we've been out a lot. It's been a nice break. I feel like my quilting comes in waves...we'll see if I have the energy to get going again. I have about 6 baby quilts that need to be made for friends and family. I love making baby quilts, so fast and quick.

I used all of my Heather Ross stash for this quilt, and even received some rare pieces from Rachel and Amy (check out amy's stash, incredible!) to add to it, so generous of them. It's super soft, and I think we might just keep this one for ourselves...

I used some of my smaller scraps for the back along with the pink happy campers. I was going to quilt in circles, but chickened out and just did a regular stipple. I still like it alot.

several of you asked about the difficulty of the circles. I would say this quilt is intermediate, not hard, but not for the beginner. I have always been afraid to try curves, but I found this to be fun (especially since there are no corners to match up).

I purchased the pattern here.

twin scrappy log cabin

finally, i am finished with this quilt. i don't think i have ever been so ready to be done with a quilt. this was a slow one for me.

it measures approximately 74x90 inches (twin size), and i know i definitely prefer baby and lap size quilts. i might be done with larger quilts for a while, they are just not as fun for me. i guess i like quick fast results.

backing is apples and pears in blue.

i did a pieced binding because i just couldn't decide whether to use blue, green or yellow.