craftsy class

Hi friends, the good folks over at Craftsy are offering my readers a free quilting class, and I think it's a cool one--Quilt-as-you-go Patchwork bags by Tara Rebman (of Tinkerfrog).  I have not had a chance to make this bag yet, but I think that even I (who doesn't make bags) could make this one.  Plus it's cute, and a great way to learn and use the quilt-as-you-go technique.

All you have to do is follow this link, sign up for Craftsy, and you are entered in the drawing.  Or if you already have an account, use it to log in and you will be entered (just follow the link).

I'm headed out of town next week, so the giveaway will be open through Tuesday, July 16th.  Good luck!  The winner will automatically have the class dropped right into their account.

sadie quilt

my neighbor down the street had a baby a couple weeks ago and I could not decide what to give her...her mom and grandma and aunt are all quilters, so I just felt like a quilt would be overkill...but she was in need of nothing else.  In the end I made her a simple quilt.  

Quilters like to receive quilts too!

I used leftovers from this quilt, I still really like the colors, and sewed simple squares together.  I always love these simple patchwork quilts.  Plus it went together FAST!  

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.

granny square

I first saw this quilt here, and LOVED it.  Some quilts I like and some I love and this one I really, really loved.  I had to make one too.  

I made a few blocks and got pretty frustrated.  I don't know if I have terrible piecing skills or what, but I couldn't get the edges to work.  (I should've taken a picture, but I'll try to explain it, and my solution). I basically didn't have enough fabric to trim the block decently.  When I trimmed, I was cutting into the point of my square.  It bugged me so bad, I put it away for a long time. 

But after seeing so many really cool quilts, I pulled it back out and came up with a solution.  It does cause extra waste, but I don't care, it was worth it to make it work.  The colorful squares are all 2.5in squares, but the white/low volume squares I cut to 2.5x3inches.  This gave me enough room to trim without messing with the block.  Once I figured that out, I became a granny square quilt block making machine.  They are fun.

in progress

My machine has been in the shop for the past 2 weeks, and will probably still be there for 2 more weeks...I started having some issues with my pedal-it was being really sporadic-sometimes it wouldn't stop, so my husband took it apart and we found a piece of paper in it, but when we put it back together it didn't work at all.  So I took it into the repair guy and figured if I was taking my pedal in, I might as well take my whole machine in for a tune up...

 I couldn't stay away from quilting completely and decided to cut up some triangles.  I just love green and navy together, this should go together quickly once I have my machine back.  I can't wait.

 Linking up with freshly pieced.