Girly Dress

Last weekend I was in the mood to sew a little girl dress. I chose a fat quarter bundle ( plus a larger cut of the white background print) from the Country Girls line by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake and the Olivia's Best pattern by Emily Taylor.

 

After a very long winter ( with lots of complaining ) spring has finally arrived in Minnesota.

I photographed all of these in our yard on the way out to the mailbox!

 

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Baby Quilt

One of my best friends at work before I retired is having her first baby in July and when I got the baby shower invitation, I got busy and made her a baby quilt.

 

I chose Miss Rosie's X-Rated pattern, but rather than use charm packs or a layer cake, I wanted to use a Lily and Will jelly roll from Bunny Hill Designs. This required a little adjustment to the setting triangles and the border squared, but it worked out.

 

I quilted 1/4" inside every X which required tying off and burying 96 knots! The border only needed a zig zag. I am very happy with the texture the quilting provided on this baby quilt.

I finished my part on Kristine's traveling quilt from our IGTQB. This was so fun and I can only show a peek of what I added.

 

Today I finished ans sent off my block for Carla in the Mid Century Modern Bee. She provided the tutorial for the arrow.

How about a peek at Brandon?

 

I can't believe he is almost three months old already.

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Blogger's Quilt Festival

Lot's of quilters are in Pennsylvania participating in the International Quilt Market while we stay home and use up our fabric.

Amy of Amy's Creative Side has been hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival for years and I've been participating every time.

This year I saved my Marcelle Medallion finish for this occasion!

The pattern is by Alexia Abegg and the quilting was done by Teresa Silva of Quilting Is My Bliss .  The quilt is 56" X 56" and was so fun to make.  I paper pieced the center and the rest is patchwork.  All of the fabric came from my stash. 

I was waiting for the sun to shine for photos, but that hasn't happened much around here lately!!

Thanks for stopping by.  Go visit all the other quilts.

 

Finish It Up Friday = Facade

This quilt top has been hanging around a while & I got the bug to get it finished!

The pattern is Facade by Rachel Griffith of P.S.I Quilt and the fabric is Terrain by Kate Spain for Moda.

See those shadows? This is the first sunshine in a week!!

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts - Finish It Up Friday!

 

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