Flying Geese Quilt (no. 4)

Finally got pictures of this colorful quilt.  I used a bloc-loc ruler for these flying geese and I'm happy to report that it worked like magic.  Usually my flying geese blocks are a little wonky, but the ruler helped sooo much.  Each block is 3"x6".

backing is a favorite print by April Rhodes (triangle tokens). You can see the quilting in this pic too--horizontal loops.

Strawberry Fields quilt (No. 35)

 A super quick baby quilt made for a friend's baby girl.  Half Square Triangles are my favorite block.

 The cutest Heather Ross print on the back.  This might be a new favorite, it's adorable.  

gold dots on the binding.  

I try not to be critical of my quilts, but I do wish I'd changed up the layout of this quilt.  It's not my favorite.  I know I'm the only one who notices, just have to share for future reference.  

(In my mind I think I am still a blogger...but I was shocked to go back and look at how infrequently I post here...I don't want to make promises that I will do better, I know that won't happen.  I think I will just keep doing what I'm doing.  Life is busy as you all know, now is not my season of quilting I guess.  I do have several finished quilts to share, so I'll get them posted sometime.)

Little Half Square Triangles Quilt

I can't even remember when I started making the blocks for this quilt.  All the half square triangles (HST) are from previous quilts that would have been thrown away, each finishes at 2 inches.  This might be one of my favorite quilts I've made.

I sewed the HST into 9 patches, once I had enough I sewed them into a bigger 9 patch.

I quilted in the ditch.  That is not my favorite way quilt, but I do like that the quilting is hidden in the blocks.

 I've had this fabric for a while, from Cotton and Steel.  I love the color and love the whales.

Another yellow binding.  I'm surprised by how often I use yellow as binding.  It's not even my favorite color, but it seems to work on so many quilts. 

Quilt stats:

Finished size: 59"x76" (washed)

Pattern: no pattern

Fabric  

front: scraps

back: Cotton and Steel-S.S. Bluebird

binding: Cotton and Steel- Panarama Sunrise

Batting:  Warm and White

Suburbs Quilt

This quilt is 100% inspired by this quilt designed by Alison of Cluck Cluck Sew.

I think it's the perfect not-so-Christmasy Christmas quilt.

Used this fabulous starlight mint print from Heather Ross and a candy cane stripe for the binding.

You can see the quilting I did in these two pics.  I quilted in the ditch and and then on the diagonal (both ways) in each block.

 Original pattern here.

tree block pattern here. 

Even Steven Quilt

I love this quilt!  

(Inspiration found on instagram, here.  Pattern is from Kitchen Table Quilting and is called Even-Steven.)

Another year has flown by and as I looked back on my finished quilts, I'm shocked by how little I finished!  I started plenty, but didn't finish many--hoping to do better this year.  As my kids get older and we get busier, I find myself gravitating toward simple quilts with simple patterns. This quilt pattern was perfect for me. Easy cutting, easy construction.  This would be perfect for a beginner. 

I used stash stash for this quilt, but it would make a fabulous scrap quilt too.

 I quilted straight lines on the diagonal, which worked great...I just regret using dark thread.  I matched it to the green backing and wish I'd used a lighter color.  Next time I'll know better.  :)

Quilt stats:

Finished size: 60"x72"

Pattern: Even-Steven by Kitchen Table Quilting 

Fabric  

front: stash

back: Cotton and Steel Mesa, Stars Hunter

binding: unkown

Batting:  Warm and White

Sweet Baby James

I've had this baby quilt sitting in my dining room for weeks!  If I don't finish it in time to gift it at the baby shower, it feels like it takes me forever to drop it off!

 This quilt is a knock off of this pattern by Then Came June.  I didn't use the pattern, just sewed blocks together in rectangles.  

I bought a couple solids and then used what I had.  

 I had originally planned to use the black and white stripe in the quilt top, but I ended up using it for binding.  Black and white stripes are always a winner when it comes to binding.

 The backing is probably my favorite part.  I love these happy moons.

Quilt stats:

Finished size: 38" x 47"

Pattern: see notes above.  Inspired by this quilt

Fabric

front: solids from my stash

back: Happy Moons by Art Gallery

binding: timeless treasures stripe

Batting:  Warm and White

Matchstick

I'm still trying to work through my scraps.  I know I've mentioned it before, but I am trying to get rid of all my scraps.  Haha, sounds ambitious-- and it is!  This is one of the fastest and easiest ways to work through strips of scraps.  I made a blue one a couple years ago and like it so much I make a colorful one.  (I explained my method in this post, or send me an email and I'll try to help).

 There's minimal quilting in this one.  I sewed in the ditch along each row horizontally and then vertical lines about every 3 inches. I also added a few horizontal lines on the taller rows.

Binding is scrappy...I used up my leftovers from other quilts.

Quilt stats:

Finished size: 58" x 68"(after washing and drying)

Pattern: none.  (see method here)  

Fabric  

front: scraps

back: April Rhodes--Bound for Art Gallery, Macrame Lace)

binding: scraps

Batting:  Warm and White

kaleidoscope 2.0

This quilt probably looks a familiar.  I made the same pattern here.  Just changed up the colors.  

 It's made up of 64 half square triangles (if I counted correctly) and 8 5in squares.

 To make the half square triangles, I started with 6 inch squares and trimmed to 5.5 inch squares.  Once sewn together they all blocks finish at 5 inches.  I use this method to make half square triangles, but I want to try this one next time.

Quilt stats

Finished size: 40in x 45in

Pattern: half square triangles, see above

Fabric: front-stash ● binding-Dear Stella, Hearts in Raven● backing-Heather Ross, Tiger Lily

Batting:  Warm and White

Stripes Quilt

I'm almost caught up on all my pre-Christmas sewing.  I have one more quilt to share. I guess that means I need to get busy basting my quilt tops. 

This is a very simple quilt and came together pretty quickly.  I wanted stripes and I wanted to use my solids.  I love how it turned out.

 I've already given this one away, and forgot to measure anything, but I think the stripes are all 2 inches wide.  I wanted to keep them all the same width for some uniformity, but it would probably look pretty cool with varying width stripes.

backing from Cotton and Steel

 I tried almost every print in my stash for binding and finally settled on this light floral print.  Not sure if it's my favorite, but It worked better than anything else I had!  :)

Quilt stats

Finished size: (forgot to measure before I gave it away.  I usually make my throw size quilts around 60"x70")

Pattern: no pattern, just sewed 2.5 inch strips together.

Fabric: front-stash, solids ● binding-not sure name, but it is Art Gallery● backing-Cotton & Steel XOXO chocolate chip

Batting:  Warm and White