Saturday, May 14, 2016

Grit's Plaid quilt

I cut up assorted plaids for this quilt.  Some of the fabrics are very old and some are about 2 years old.  I used a grungy looking tan for the background.

Here are a few sample blocks that I sewed to make sure I had my measurements right.

It's coming together here. 

I was trying out some different border options here.

This is the finished design. I used some extra bear paws in the border corners. I just love how this turned out. A quilt on pinterest was my inspiration.

Tumbling Charms quilt

I was at my friend's house and laid this out on her design wall. It is a design from the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

I used 2 charm packs of Marmalade by Bonnie and Camille.

Here it is put together with the orange floral border. I love the border fabric. This was a super fast quilt to put together. The pre cuts help it go fast.

Plaid quilt for Justin

I saw a similar quilt that I liked and tried to imitate it. I used plaids and solids for the centers.

This is a simple square block. You can make it any size you want.


I had extras squares left over so I added some into the borders near the corners. They remind me of a filmstrip.
All put together - just needing quilting.



close ups

Friday, November 13, 2015

Vortex quilt progress

Scraps that I hoard are finally being used for something!

This is the progress so far.

I think it's going to get a lot bigger.

I was experimenting with arrows. I came up with this one on my own.

This is so much fun to see how this is coming together.



This is fun but very time consuming.

These are leftovers from another arrow I was working on. Love the colors.
Linking up to  http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ finish it up Friday


Christmas forest panel quilt

I bought this panel of 15 squares last Friday and cut them apart on Saturday. I came up with the stars idea and used the fast flying geese method to make them. 

Here are some of the panels before adding the geese.




I'm not crazy about the last border fabric.  I wish I would have bought the large snowflake fabric from this line instead.
I really love the gray pinecone fabric sashing.

Now to get it sandwiched and quilted.

Monday, August 17, 2015

Placemats for my sister

This was a bundle of fat quarters that I got for cheap at Tuesday Morning.

I added these 3 fabrics from my stash.

I turned them into 8 placemats for my sister.

Here they are together.

These are some single shots.



I used a few pieces of my brother's work shirts.




My brother's name. 


The back of the placemats was a fabric that was in my stash for a few years.

Vintage camper quilt

I love how this turned out. I traced some campers and I drew others freehand and appliqued them. I stippled the blocks and did wavy lines in the sashing and borders. This was a retirement gift for a friend at work.  I might make another one for myself someday.

Vintage camper quilt

I stippled the background of each block and outlined each camper.

This is the last block. I wrote on the license plate "I M DONE"
I gave this to my friend as a retirement gift. She loved it.  I didn't get a very good picture of the finished quilt. I was a bit rushed to finish it as she decided to move her retirement date up by a month.


A glamper. haha This quilt was so fun to work on.

Vintage camper quilt

This is a shot of the camper blocks with the vintage sign sashing.

This is the very first block I made. I love the background fabric.