Zig Zag and Prairie Points Baby Quilt

 

 

Fabrics are Michael Miller Modern Basics

Here's a great tutorial at Moda Bake Shop on Prairie Points....very easy to do.

Child's Craft Apron

 This was a fun project....a craft apron for our little 3 and 4 year old grand-daughters.  I used their waist measurements to determine how long to make the ties, and how big they should be.  They seemed so tiny!!  I added crayon/marker pockets, and made 2 and 3 levels of pockets for all kinds of little gadgets/toys/whatnots.  I also pre-soaked fabrics in Retayne so colors won't run, since I know they will need to be washed a lot, and inserted some washable markers and crayons to help with the inspiration.

Baby Boy Rag Quilt

I used blue flannel for the backing, and cotton fabric for the blocks, with a layer of red cotton fabric for the batting (since we are in Florida, and winters are definitely not as cold).  I decided to take a chance on the red for the batting so it would show up in the rag fray, but I made sure to soak all fabric in Retayne to make sure the colors wouldn't run when she washed it in the future.  I also pre-washed in Dreft Gentle Detergent to make it extra soft and fluffed.  I like how the bright colors turned out.  I made a little matching tag blanket to go with it.

 

Mint Chocolate Chip Quilt - King size

I made this for my step son for Christmas, and since he is 6'5", and blankets always seem to be a little short, I decided to make just short of a King Size quilt for his Queen bed.  I ended up with about 210 blocks in piles, so it took a while.  But I just loved making this quilt!  It was very easy (except for the quilting part...lol), and modern.  He said he wanted greens and browns, and I love the combination of these in this design!

I got the pattern from Kim Schaefer's "Cozy Modern Quilts: 23 Easy Pieced Projects to Bust Your Stash." 

 

I just used a stitch in the ditch (and down the center of blocks) to make it easier since I was going to quilt it myself (I have a Viking, so it gives me a little more quilting room, but it was still tricky).  Here's what I had to do to feed it through the machine...carefully finagling...used my ironing board to support the huge roll behind me, as I fed it onto the dining room table.

I loved the idea I found on Pinterest to print out a label on my printer onto fabric sheets, and sew into the binding in corner...worked out perfectly.

Sophia's Baby Quilt - Stacked Coins

Made this stacked coin baby quilt using Minky for the background (my first time sewing with Minky)...so I tried something new. I quilted the quilt top and batting first, then attached the minke around the border, and used a tacking stich at periodic intervals to attach the minky. (Note: Make sure you shrink wash the cotton top first before attaching the Minky)

Next time I might be brave and quilt with the Minky, still using the walking foot.

Cozy Flannel Cabin Quilt

This was made for hunting, camping or sitting by the fire for a great brother-in-law! The panel is Tracking White Tail Deer Flannel by Granola Girl Debbie Field, and other miscellaneous outdoor coordinating fabrics. I used my Electronic Quilt 6 software to come up with a simple and quick design.

I used free-motion quilting on the outside of panel, then followed the wood dividers in the panel. I roughly outline quilted some of the main characters of the panel to fill in the larger blocks, and to show up on the back of the quilt, and added their names.

Simple Flannel Block Quilt

This is a simple but stunning flannel quilt that can be made in 16, 12, or 10 inch blocks - great for fat quarters. This was a Christmas gift for my sister - I thought it was very cabin-looking for their beautiful cabin!

For the back I used very soft and warm Maywood Studios Shadow Play cream color flannel with 2 strips of left over pieces from the front, and free motion all-over quilting.

Montana-Modern Quilt

This is a quilt I made for my Father-in-law from a "proprietor-made" kit I bought at a quilt show - unfortunately the kit she made had crooked cuts and some erroneous directions, so it took a little "finagling" to make it come out at least fairly straight to the eye, and the panel was a little skewed...all in all, though, it worked out fine (absolutely beautiful color scheme and fabric patterns!) and was a perfect Christmas gift for a weary family traveler visiting from Colorado!

This is a great Benartex pattern and panel by Janet Page Kessler.
I added the black border to make it a larger quilt.
I used free motion along with some straight line cris-cross stitching up the lines.

Simple Strip Quilt

Well, I'm rather new at this blog site development, but having fun working it all out. I thought I'd start by sharing a recent quilt venture. I started quilting about a year ago, remembering my mother teaching quilting and sewing to the ladies in her Ethiopian (missionary) school...she loved to sew. I've been making quilts for various family members, but myself and my husband...he commented, "when do I get mine?" And he's so right...sometimes the most precious and most obvious are overlooked! Here are a few pics of the first quilt I made him - yes, I've made two for him now, and probably will be many more since I'm loving it! This quilt is an idea taken from a strip quilting book "Super Simple Strips" by Nancy Smith & Lynda Milligan...the pattern for "Blackberry Brandy" only I used greens, browns, tans and golds since my husband loves the outdoors, and more natural colors.