Accuquilt Diamond Chevron

I usually wait and post a quilt after a finish, but I'll be hand quilting this one so who knows how long that will be.

Accuquilt sent me a Diamond 4" X 4" double die to use with my GoBaby and I wanted to try something I had never seen before.

I decided to use eight fat quarters of My Happy Garden by Cloud 9 Fabrics that I have been hanging onto for a long time. This is organic cotton that is softer than soft!

I cut a whole fat quarter at one time (eight layers) with no problem and was finished in about 20 minutes.

Next I put them on my design board one way, another way, mixed them up, sorted them out and this is how they finally ended up.

Since I took these photos I have spray basted the batting and the backing and it is all ready for hand quilting.

If you have an Accuquilt GoBaby, give this diamond chevron a try! Let me know what you think.

 

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Mid-Century Modern Bee Quilt

August was my month for the Mid-Century Modern Bee and I asked everyone to send completely PINK x & + block since I knew there were two granddaughters on the way.

It took me a while looking at them, rearraging them on my design board, adding and taking away sashing until I came up with this:

I wish you could see all the individual fabrics in this quilt in person:

The quilt is for baby Cecelia (Lia) Elizabeth who arrived last Thursday:

She is a little dolly and grandchild number SIX for us. We are bless to have one more arriving in March!

One last photo - our view this morning over the lake:

Have a good week.

 

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Argyle Alphabet

I finished this A B C quilt a few days ago.

It shows up a little better outside on the clothes line:

This was a kit from Fat Quarter Shop with the letter's cut from a panel by Holly Holderman from the Dolly Dresses / LakeHouse Dry Goods. The pattern is in the American Patchwork & Quilting magazine from October 2010.

 

The ric rac is part of the pattern and kit but I decided to add hand quilting with Aurifil 12/2 Embroidery in color #2265. I stitched in the ditch around each block and diamonds in the plain blocks.

My free motion quilting in the red polka dot is shown above.....I did this around the whole border. This was a fun quilt to make. It finished at 60" X 70. The backing is a matching print in green. Hope it keeps someone warm for many years.

 

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Happy Halloween from the Zombies

Made these "treats" to give to some little ones rather than candy:

I found the tutorial on the therm-o-web blog and had all the materials to make them.  I substituted the pom-poms for yarn because I didn't have any.

Something I embroidered for Quilt Market

My friend Victoria of Bumblebean Quilts asked me to do some embroidery for her to use in her quilts for Quilt Market.  Here is one of her embroidery designs that I completed for her:

Here you can see how she made it into a quilt with a pattern now available on Craftsy.
And you can get a free download of the embroidery pattern here!

Bloggers Quilt Festival

This quilt has been a LONG time in process and I am so happy to have finished it in time for the Bloggers Quilt Festival created by Amy of Amy's Creative Side.

The name of this pattern is Stars Over Fort Sumter by Bonnie Blue and I bought it and the fabric in Charleston when my daughter and son-in-law were living there.

It took a few years before I cut it out and then another few years before I started piecing it.

I knew once I finished it that it would need quilting that exceed my ability on my domestic machine so I sent it off to my longarm quilter with no deadline.

Once the date of the Bloggers Quilt Festival started popping up, I called her and asked if she could finish it by October 22nd.
I couldn't pick up the quilt until October 23rd and I just finished the binding this morning (October 24th). I love how it turned out.

The quilt is 85" X 85".
Thank you for stopping by to see my entry into the festival.

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Too much going on!

I forgot to show off our new granddaughter Heidi Jane and the quilt I made for her:

She was born on October 3rd and weighed 9 lbs. She is three days old on this photo.

Here is the quilt I made for her:

I used the Scrappy Trip pattern for the first time and the fabric is Savanah Bop by Thomas Knauer. It looked too jumbled so a great friend (thank you Crazy Mom Quilts) helped work out the sashing and cornerstones!

 

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