giant star quilt

Finished this quilt based on Jeni's tutorial over at in color order.  I was also inspired by Katy's velveteen version over at  imagingermonkey.

Mostly Anna Maria Horner fat quarters that I had in my stash.  I added the small bits that were trimmed from the fat quarters to the border.  I really like how it added to the frame of the star

Close up of the straight line hanging basket quilting

Back is a stripe by Denyse Schmidt.  Really like this stripe and it is on sale at  a number of on line shops.

I just love the citron crosshatch sketch.  This will be mailed off to my former graduate school advisor tomorrow.  He recently moved and I thought it would be a nice house warming gift to let him know he is in my thoughts.
Quilt stats:
Finished size:  ~68x68
Quilted:  by me in a hanging basket design.

Valentine bot

I made this bot from a free pattern over at ric-rac.  I left in at my husbands breakfast spot on valentines morning and he did not even notice it (big sigh).  The note in the pocket says be my valentine.  He said he would and claims to love the bot.

Be My Valentine

Simple

 Fall Bloggers Quilt Festival entry

 I needed a quick and easy quilt for a co-worker expecting a baby boy soon.  I was inspired by Ashley at FITF striped quilts.

Baby quilt made from my stash

Back

Front

Orange filter applied to show off Ed Emberly's giraffe print

Quilt Measurements:  ~39"W x 42" L
Special techniques:  Bias binding
Quilted by:  by me in straight lines on my home sewing machine
Best category:  baby quilt
More pictures and detail are found here

Quilt top and back finished in a day

I was inspired by these stripped quilts made my Ashley over at FITF.  I looked through my stash and came up with this.

My stripped quilt

I was able to put the front and back together in an afternoon.  The stripped fabric was from a shirt maker tent sale from when we lived in Columbus.  Boy have I been moving this fabric around for a long time.  Glad I was able to use it.

The back used up all my leftover pieces

The back was another piece of fabric from the tent sale.  Just need to get it basted and quilted.  This will be for a co-worker expecting a baby boy soon.  I just love the Ed Emberley happy drawing giraffes.

Our weekend here is Michigan was fantastic.  Hope you had a good one.

Liberty Scrap Challenge

When I saw these over here.  I just had to make some.  Works in progress with prototypes

These just need the frames glued on.

By accident it turned out that these little coin purses fit bills and credit cards just perfectly.  Tutorial found at sew together.

Moo

A baby quilt I finished for my husband's co-worker. The first time dad grew up on a dairy farm so I thought this would be perfect.  I fussy cut the centers to have the critters and a farm.

Back is a solid with an aged look.  I got it on sale at pink chalk fabrics but I cannot recall what the fabric was.  I quilted this one with straight lines set on an angle to create a cross-hatched design.  I love how it crinkled.  Rest of the fabrics were from my stash.

This is my second quilt based on this tutorial by teaginnydesigns.
 Have a nice weekend.

I read . . .

banned books

 





A little kindle cover I make with a free embroidery design from .  They have some really cool free stuff that you can find here.
 I used the perfect zip bag pattern from Elizabeth and modified the zipper placement and dimensions.  The main fabric is an organic canvas that I got from nearsea naturals.  The linen is from my stash.  Love the leather handle that I picked up at a knitting expo.

I love how it turned out.  Just the perfect size.  I added some embroidery to the back too.





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