Here is a sweet little baby quilt I made for a friend of the family. A Swoon block with Kona Ivory in the background with a spearminty and light pink border. Candy pink binding and rounded corners for an extra girly touch.
Fabrics from the Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley line.
Really proud of this filler quilting
I have to say, I think this is my best free-motion quilting yet. You can see the block details better from the back…
Climbing flower vine in the borders…
It’s been an amazing year for me, quilting wise. I definitely learned a couple of new tricks and improved my skills. I also pushed myself and created my first ever quilting pattern and hosted my first quilt-along. No regrets!
In 2013 I hope to finish my swoon blanket and a Granny Squares quilt – both which would be for ME to enjoy in MY home. I will be honored sending two of my quilts off to QuiltCon and to hopefully receive some nice feedback. I also am looking forward to doing a couple of commission quilts, and am looking forward to maybe cooking up some other special occasion presents as we watch how the year unfolds.
I would also like to try and get more into garment sewing. I would certainly love to have some custom-fit items in my closet : )
Happy New Year, everybody!
YAY!
Thanks everyone who voted in the Fall for Solids contest (hosted by Pink Castle Fabrics). I am so pleased to post that I won in the viewers’ choice category for mini quilts!
Look at all of these fabric winnings I received?! A KONA color card from Robert Kaufman, and bundles of solid fabrics from Michael Miller, Bella, Free Spirit, Dear Stella, and Riley Blake! Thanks Pink Castle Fabrics !!
THANKS TEN TRILLION!
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Annie’s Tiles has a little baby brother now…
Essex tiles! A wall hanging for my very.own.wall.
about 38″ square made out of Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Black and Flax.
Echo line quilting and in-the-ditch. Done by me on my machine, as always, for better or for worse.
Special faux corded binding with some marbled black for a framing effect.
This dude is entered into QuiltCon under the piecing category. Wish him luck!
I’ve been eyeing this tree from my sons’ “I Can Fly” book for a while! It’s an illustration by Mary Blair.
So I decided to make an applique quilt based on this image! I used my inside-out applique method (might have a Craftsy video class for this in the works – stay tuned) so it has the look of needle-turn. I could have cut out the extra layers under the appliques to have a flatter appearance to the quilt top – but I love the quasi-Trapunto effect!
Woodgrain quilting inspired by Angela Walters. (Great book!)
Cute leaves.
Happy curved free motion rainbow type quilting.
The colors for the illustration were so captivating. Red, True Yellow, White, and Bright Pink… should those work together so happily? At first I chickened out from using such a bright Pepto Pink, and I originally bought Kona Melon. But that didn’t work – even though I thought the more orangey pink would be visually pleasing it.was.not. So back to the store, and hello Kona Bubblegum! I love it. It’s bright and fabulous and enticing and confusing.
Look at this backing fabric – pretty perfect.
This little lady is entered into QuiltCon for the applique category. Wish her luck!
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Woops! I sure let time slip by and forgot to mention that – oh, hey – the deadline for voting in the Fall for Solids contest (hosted by Pink Castle Fabrics) is TODAY.
So if you love this mini quilt I made…
You’ll need a Threadbias account – it’s free.
THANKS TEN TRILLION!
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Here’s ANOTHER Positive Space quilt! I COULDN’T RESIST.
This one is actually smaller than any of the sizes featured in the pattern. I really wanted to use Moda Crossweaves for the squares, but there aren’t that many in the line! I used every option I could get my hands on and still had to fake two squares with imposter fabrics in order to have 16 blocks.
The orange in the upper right is actually this random cotton cheese-cloth type fabric I had laying around that I layered over a different solid orange. The blue beneath it is a quilting cotton blender pattern that has the look of denim, but works as a fake-crossweave here.
A little visual interest, adding some of the backing white fabric to the front.
I love the binding – transitioning plum to maroon to red. The thicker binding has a nice framing effect.
This quilt is being submitted into the Negative space category for QuiltCon. I’m not sure if that’s the perfect category, but it seemed like an bit of a kismet option, considering this pattern’s name.
I was SO in love with THIS QUILT I just made, I just couldn’t resist making one extra block, which I set aside to make into a mini.
I was very inspired by the book, “Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters” – so I took this tiny opportunity to experiment with more elaborate quilting.
Ready to hang
This mini is entered into Brenda’s For the Love of Solids contest, over on Threadbias.
And then I’m going to enter it into the QuiltCon challenge for mini quilts! Wish me luck!
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I’ve been doodling clouds for a while now, dreaming of quilt designs. Finally, after reading Cloud Atlas, I grabbed all of my blues, whites, and greys, and started sewing!
I was very inspired by these images…
Cloud Song quilt from Little Bits Quilting Bee
I opted for going with my gut and pieced the blanket in an improvisational manner. Once I had my twelve clouds, I added a border (with a little flashy detail).
I backed the quilt with this fabric, which is such a sweet match.
And then I started quilting! Inside the clouds I added little white-threaded quilting clouds.
In the blue I just went with a meandering breeze.
I’m entering this quilt in the QuiltCon Improvisation category. Wish me luck!
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Here’s a quilt that’s been done for a while but has taken a bit to get featured on the blog:
I call it the “Over-Under Bite” quilt. At first, I was planning on just calling it the Under Bite. But that was when I had this sketch and intended to make a quilt that fit the picture:
Why did I think I wanted the base of the triangle to be 6 inches when I wanted the quilt to be ~50 inches wide? These are the unsolved mysteries.
I thought the “Over-Under” name would better reflect the gamble that always takes place when I try and turn a diagram into a quilt : )
The original idea for this quilt just came from a desire to find a fitting pattern for this fabric. I don’t know what it is about this stuff, but I just love it. The saleswoman said it would make for an attractive binding – she’s right, but I wanted to feature it more prominently. So I drew some bold triangles, reflecting the geometric nature of this pattern, and paired the burnt orange with some bold purplish/blue and laid it all on top of a geometric beige print.
The mustard yellow border is Robert Kaufman Gold Ultra Sateen.
Check out the random purple/orange be-speckled fabric I found from my stash. Works great in the binding!
Pieced back was pieced in a piecing fashion.
It measures 60″ x 60″ and is available in my Etsy shop.
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