peaks

This quilt reminds me of the mountains.  We moved to Texas about 6 months ago, from Colorado, and boy do we miss the mountains.  I guess we just have to vacation to them...

 I pulled navy blues and grassy greens for this quilt and just cut away.  I am so happy with this color palette.  It's so pleasing to my eye.  I love green and love blue. 

 I'm not sure why this photo is blurry.  It's perfectly clear until I crop it (just a little bit), and then it goes blurry.  I'm using Iphoto, and have googled the problem and it seems many others have the same problem, but I can't find a solution.  It's just annoying.  I'll try to get a better picture tomorrow.

 I'm not sure how or why mustaches are kind of "in" right now, but I saw this fabric at Hobby Lobby, and thought it would be fun on the back of this quilt.  My kids think it's hilarious, and since this quilt is for a baby, I think it's perfect.

 I'm listing this one in my etsy shop...I can't keep every quilt I make, even though I'd like to.  :)

round and round quilt along

I started this quilt so long ago, it's almost embarrassing (3 years).  I don't know why some quilts sit unfinished for so long, I think I just get tired of them and need to put them away, but it actually ended up being a really great quilt. 

I used a Good Folks fat quarter bundle, by Anna Maria Horner to make it.  I do love that line, such great colors.

This was a quilt along with amandajean, so of course it turned out great.

 I used what I had for the back...since the top was made from a fq bundle, I didn't have any significant pieces to use on the back, I tried to just match colors.  It worked out fine.  At one point I regretted my decision to put the fuchia mermaids in it, and almost ripped them out to use on another project, but I couldn't bring myself to redo it.

I quilted it in spirals, all over, and I really enjoyed it.  They were fun.  I'm so happy to have this one finished!

damon quilt

I have a big family and my husband has a big family, so there are always babies being born, which means I make a lot of baby quilts.  And I LOVE baby quilts.  they are so quick and fast.  I haven't made one for every niece or nephew, but I do my best.

My sister recently had her first baby boy and I sent this quilt off to him. I love this quilt.  I love the colors and the design. (Inspired by this one.)

I loved making these blocks.  They are really quick, and almost mindless.

 I used a grey stripe for the binding

 and pieced leftovers together for the backing.

I can't wait to meet little damon.

out to sea zigzag II

I've had this quilt in my mind since I made a similar one for my daughter here, but I am just now getting it finished, can I just say I LOVE this quilt.  I don't know if I'll ever get sick of the zigzags, and the colors are so pretty and bold.

Fabrics are Out to Sea by Sarah Jane, and they are pretty! and the fabric is soft.  Perfect for a little one.

I quilted it on either side of the zigzag...not a lot of quilting, which keeps the quilt really soft. 

Mermaids on the back

and pink stripes for the binding

As much as I want to keep this one, I don't really need it, so I've listed it in my shop, 

I've also listed some kits if you want to make your own.

vanilla ice cream

I have been in love with Rita's low volume quilts for years, and lately  I've seen others all over blogland, so I decided to give it a go--and settled on the churn dash block.

I admit, I go back and forth on this quilt.  Sometimes I LOVE it!  Like, really love it! and other times I think it was kind of silly to do such a 'vanilla' color pallet.  Even as I just typed that, I thought to myself, that the monotony is what I really like about it, even with all that light, there is soooo much variety to it all. 

I did throw in a few bold churn dashes, just to mix it up a bit, and I like them.

Since the top reminded me a bit of vanilla ice cream, I used this fun ice cream print on the back. 

and bound it in a pretty mint stripe.

my kids love this quilt and call it the ice cream quilt.

I'm excited to visit these low volume prints again.

baby pow wow

my sister had a baby several weeks ago (a new nephew for me) and I finally got his quilt mailed, so I can show it off here.  

I used Allison's, of Cluck Cluck Sew, Pow Wow pattern, and it was awesome, easy to follow and came together perfectly. 

 I used some of my low volume scraps for the background and I like how it turned out.  I kinda vacillate between loving it and thinking it's too busy.  But I love using what I have, and I have a TON of design-on-light fabrics that just need to be used!

When I made this quilt, my sister was pregnant with this baby and immediately told me she wanted to have his name on the back.  I love how personal it makes the quilt. 

I quilted it in a spiral, which (I have to remind myself) seems like it will be really easy, but is in fact a LOT of shifting fabric, around and around.  Especially in the beginning.  I do love the result though.  I thought it looked like a target to go with the arrows.

I bound it (again) in a grey stripe. 

scrappy trip finished!

I love this quilt.  

I've already said a lot about it here, but I have to say it again--this quilt was so fun to make and I really mean that.  I enjoyed every minute of the piecing process.

 I decided on a zigzag layout because I love zigzags, and it was different from the traditional diamond layouts.  But I don't think you can go wrong on this one.  I want to make another one now and make diamonds.

I ended up going with the plummy architextures print for the binding

and I quilted in a dogwood pattern, which was my first time, and I love it.  It's definitely not perfect, but you really cannot tell.  I'll be visiting that quilting pattern again soon.  

 I used a Kaffe paperweight on the back, my very favorite kaffe fassett fabric.  It's such a forgiving print to use as a backing...

bee imaginative

My first official finish of 2013, I was about half way through quilting it before we moved, so it was a quick finish and a quick finish=FUN!

this is my last quilting bee quilt in my queue (phew!--so nice to have them put together instead of just a pile of blocks) and it is one of my favorites!  I loved each and every block, and all together, it's WOW!    You can see my inspiration pic in this post.

 I was way into rainbows at the time this quilt was started, and I still love them, but I am so in love with the two tone greys in this quilt.  I think they make the colors pop.

 I'm still not sure if this rainbow stripe is right for this quilt, I really wanted a grey on grey stripe for the binding, but grey is a tricky color and nothing really matched.  I even considered making my own striped fabric, but knew it would be too bulky.  In the end I went with rainbow, but I wish I could've made the grey work.

 backing, colorful zigzags and leftover grey.

Thanks to all my friends who made a block.  It's perfect.