Scare the Gators....

I had some free time this past weekend to do a little bit of work on my quilt.

I managed to get the sashing around the blocks finished and everything sewn together, but only after I sewed it all together and took it all back apart THREE times!  Nothing was lining up, at all, and it was bugging me.  If it had been 'off' a little bit, I wouldn't have given it a second thought, but that was not the case.

I still needed to make it bigger so I made a black, red and white skinny border to go around it that you can see in the pic below.

I am currently auditioning fabric to make a wide border to go all around, but my choices are limited, and my goal has been to use only what I have on hand and not purchase any new fabric for this project.  We need the finished quilt to be big enough for our bunk in our camper.  (It is currently 48" x 70")  My man says this quilt will scare off the gators and raccoons, it is so bright!  ha ha

Playtime quilt

I took some time to work on my playtime quilt -- this is what it looked like when I first posted about it...I have since added more blocks, and took away a few that I thought were too dark and boring...

A majority of these 9x9 blocks were originally a 20" block that I cut up.  Yesterday I decided to sew them into 18x18 blocks by sewing the 24 blocks together in sets of four.  Then, wanting to make it all BIGGER, I added some horizontal strips that I had pieced together.

 

That done, I wanted to make it WIDER and so I added a vertical strip with the same fabric as the horizontal strips, by making thicker cut strips this time...

This quilt top needs to be way bigger.  I'll decide how to do that my next go around.  I'm thinking it needs some more blocks, or some black and white wild borders, or maybe some red....or purple, or even orange.  Maybe I'll add some borders on the individual 6 blocks...that might be cool.  Yes, that might be just what I need to do. I'll have to see where my thoughts are when I get back to work on it, but it will grow!  It's way too soon to start sewing it together, no matter how much I want to piece it together already!

Playtime!

I've been hanging out at 15 Minutes Play for several weeks now and have been playing with my scrap bin blocks.  I just love making these blocks!  Here's a few that are complete.  Hope to make two more rows and then it will be ready to sew together and quilt.

Quilt Story Block Party!

Quilt Story is having a much fun Block Party! You can read about it here.

I decided I wanted to try out the tute for the Mile a Minute quilt from Patchwork Pie, so I took some scraps of fabrics that I had used to make cloth napkins for the family and got busy sewing. No thoughts about what I was doing, no particular color order...just pick up a piece out of my scrap bin and let 'er rip!

Here's what I ended up with...in a flash!

The party ends tonite, so hop on over there and show off your stuff......

Red Letter Day Finished

I chopped up the FQ's of the Lizzy House Red Letter Day fabric that I talked about here, and put together this super fun and (ahem) colorful quilt for my newest grandson. Backed and bound with kona cottons. This one is sure to get his eye color story happening, don't you think!

Weather Change

Feeling a little crispness in the air down here in Florida.  Nice to have temps in the 60's when I wake in the morning.  This quiilt reminds me of late autumn in the mountains of Virginia, with nothing but earth tones in sight.

I watched the video tutorial by Victoria of Bumble Beans before whipping this together.  (No, it wasn't quick, but it was fun!)  She calls it the Waverunner quilt.  So have a look and start one for yourself.

It is on my design wall and I hope to get the blocks stitched together sometime today.  I have great plans for the back and for the actual quilting.  I'll post pics when it is finished.

Kiwi

I'm really loving this new quilt top I just finished.  It is made with KIWI fabric by Timeless Treasures.

Can't decide whether to put sashing on the top and bottom...probably will just to round it all out better.  It turned out a really nice size for snuggling on the sofa or for a toddler.  Love the colors!

I didn't use a pattern, just free form design.

finished quilt for grayden

I finally finished the quilt for little Grayden.

He was due in August, but came early. I was so close to having his quilt finished, but...

Although the top was complete, I had not done the quilting.

Now, here it is, blowing in the breeze (yes, the quilt is square, it was a breezy day outside :)



I used the 'yellow brick road' pattern that I had purchased to make a king size quilt out of batiks for me and mister. I like it! It was fairly simple. Grayden's mom and grandmom picked out the fabrics.

I hope you enjoy your quilt Grayden!

Hugs and Kisses to you little man!

vintage dresses into a baby quilt?

found these two vintage dresses at my local thrift and decided they would make a great quilt for my future granddaughter.

super psychedelic fabrics in a cotton pique waffle weave. gave them a good wash and dry, grabbed my seam ripper and started taking them apart. the darts were the hardest darned things to remove...making me remember what a perfectionist i was at sewing darts back in the 60's.

i will be posting pictures of my progress with this quilt if you are interested in following along.

chenile baby quilt - the 'real' quilt

finally finished the chenile baby quilt that was supposed to be the quilt for the baby shower.

after this project, i really don't think i will ever work with chenile again. but now i have a walking foot for my old viking sewing machine, which made the task much easier.

learning how to quilt

i am excited to have two grandbabies on the way - a boy and a girl. nope, not twins. one of each from both my son and my daughter!

yippee!

been working on making quilts since i found out that i was 'finally' going to be a grandparent. never have i made a quilt before.

this has been a real experience, but very enjoyable.

this is the first quilt: made out of fabric i had laying around. my very first quilt with many errors. unfortunately this quilt ended up being a shower gift for my future grandson because the 'real' quilt i was making for the baby shower created many headaches and wasn't ready in time.

i will blog on the 'real' quilt soon.