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...

WIP wednesday

Finished quilting my scrappytrip quilt, and am not sure what to use for binding.  I'm leaning toward the plummy print...but still not for sure.   And I kinda want to start another one of these...it was so fun!

linking up

star wars

 

made for my Star Wars loving(or should I say obsessed!) five year old, he asked and I delivered.  I'm not usually into the character fabrics, but I had to do it for him.  He knows the name of characters from Star Wars I had no idea existed...I know some of you know what I am talking about.  Seriously...it's like a cult following for little boys.

 I made it to fit on his bed, hoping he'd stay in bed at night, and it worked for about one night...

 We've got millenium falcons and xwings...

darth vader

He was so excited for this...until he saw the finished top and said, Mom, I like it, but I thought it would have more star wars on it...so I repented and purchased this fabric, that is truly an abomination, and put it on the back.  He was happy--actually would prefer to have it backwards on his bed.

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.

new starts

I'm sure you've seen this one around, the scrappy trip along.  I didn't think I wanted to join, but once I saw everyone elses, I just couldn't resist.  I am so happy I did.  This is one fun quilt to put together.  It's fast and you can use just about any combination of fabric...it all works.  I have to say that I haven't enjoyed making a quilt as much as I did this one in a LONG time.  I am now waiting for some supplies so I can finish it off.  

There's a trick, so don't be intimidated.  Here's a tutorial if you want to try it out.

Then Megan started another quilt and I thought I could resist starting that one too, but it looked too good, and I enjoyed using scraps in my scrappytrip quilt, so I started that one too.  And again, it's fun.  This one is a little more time consuming, but not much.  Once you get going, it can go pretty fast.
 xplusalong. 

tutorial.

This is just a sneak peak, for a new nephew born a week or so ago.  I don't want his mom to see it, so this is all you get.

And finally, I have a bin of triangle scraps, you know the ones, that is overflowing, so I started putting those together.  This will just be an ongoing project.  They are cute though, 2.5 inches.  We'll see what they become, they would make great placemats...

excuse my absence

Life has taken me away from my quilting blog, it was already a pretty busy year, with the addition of our fourth child, but then we decided to move, again, back to texas, and my life is just now starting to feel normal.  I am almost unpacked, and we are starting to feel at home.  

I honestly feel like I miss this blog and my quilting friends, I hope to be back here more often this year!

I have found time to quilt, and have a few to show here on my blog that I finished back before we put our house on the market (and I had to put my sewing machine away)...

 swoon!

this quilt is big, so excuse my not so pretty pictures.  It's an oversized queen, and very difficult to photograph.  I love this quilt, it was fun for me.  I made it for my daughters bed.

I stuck with a blue and pink pallette.  

I opted to send it out to have it quilted, my first time ever, and what a treat that was!  It turned out perfectly, and I probably wouldn't have finished it otherwise.  I had Emily of Emerson Quilting do it for me and it looks sooo good, and she was FAST!

 I bound it in a blue and white stripe. 

 I let my daughter pick the backing...pink mermaids, from sarahjane (I love everything she does!)