Allison over at Cluck Cluck Sew has a great tutorial posted for using all those scraps you’ve got laying around. I can’t wait to finish one of these. Go check it out! Everything she does is always so cute and this tutorial is great.
Blogland Giveaway October 19, 2009
Brenda over at Pumpkin Patch Primitives Quilt Shoppe is giving away a Fat Quarter Bundle of Red Rooster’s Pumpkins & Spice Fabrics by Whimsicals. That’s 27 fat quarters! Awesome! These fabrics are sooo delicious! Go over and get yourself entered and check out Brenda’s fabulous blog!
Riley Blake All Star Fabric October 18, 2009
I am so excited about this fabric. Isn’t it gorgeous?! It isn’t often that you find cute material for a boy quilt. I finished cutting up this fabric and I have started the piecing. My friend Melissa and I are both making quilts for the All People Quilt Quarterly Challenge. Updates to come!
Finished! October 17, 2009
Just pulled this little beauty from the dryer. I’m very happy with the way it turned out. Unfortunately, my camera died after the first picture and I don’t have time to head over to the store before the baby shower.
You can view the free tutorial here.
Blogland Giveaway
Sew Cindy is giving away a great kit for a quilt top on her blog. I hope I win, but if not, maybe one of you will. Go get yourselves entered!
Scrapes, bruises, and the art of quilting October 16, 2009
Tonight I called in to check on my family during lunch. When my husband answered the phone I could hear Lorelei shrieking/sobbing in the background. She had crashed her bike and was bleeding all over the place. Fantastic… So, long story short, I left work so that I could take her to the hospital. Luckily, I got her into the pediatrician (gotta love those extended hours). He patched up her face and sent us to the American Fork Hospital for an x-ray of her jaw. He just called and it isn’t broken. Woot! Now, I’ve got to admit that a tiny part of my thought “I’m going to get extra time tonight to finish that quilt”. But, of course, it is now past the time I would normally have gotten home anyway and I haven’t sewn a stitch. I’m exhausted. Argh! I’d best get to quilting. Here’s a picture of Lorelei with her bandages. I had to bribe her to get her to smile. ha!
Thanks everyone!
I am overwhelmed by the number of hits I’ve received on my blog over the last 24 hours. Amazing! And thank you all who left comments and emailed me. Sometimes it feels like I’m writing to myself! LOL Anyway, I’ve kicked myself into gear and have finished 70% of the quilting. Just got to finish the rest and then I am off to bed. I plan to get the binding done when I wake up and then this quilt will be spinning in my washing machine. Soooo close to being done. Woot!
Scrap Quilt Tutorial October 15, 2009
Monday night I came home from work, checked my email, and found an invitation to a baby shower waiting in my inbox. Oh good, I get to make a baby quilt! Oh crap, the shower is THIS Saturday! Ack! Not only am I now working full time, I also only have a few days to sew a quilt top and get it quilted. And there is that pesky problem of being flat broke…
So, after much deliberation, and searching through all of my scraps, I came up with this quilt top. It isn’t anything special but it was a great use of scraps and I think it turned out fine. So I’ve decided to share it with you all. Here goes:
Materials for top:
1 charm pack or 36- 5 inch squares in various coordinating prints
1/3 yd. for inner border
2/3 yd. for outer border
Step One:
Lay out 36 five inch squares six rows with six squares in each row. Sew rows together with 1/4″ seams.
Step Two:
Press. Press all seams down on first strip and all seams up on second strip. Continue alternating pressing on each strip.
Step Three:
Pin strips together and sew with 1/4″ seams. Press.
Step Four:
Cut border into four 2 1/2″ x 44″ strips. Sew one strip on each side. Trim and press.
Step Five:
For outer border, follow same steps as for inner border but make strips 5 inches wide. Sew, trim, and press.
And now you have your quilt top finished. I hope that was simple enough. I made this entire baby quilt using the leftover fabric from the quilt I made for my mom recently (see it here). I only had to purchase the fabric for the inner border. I think this would be cuter with an actual charm pack which would give a better variation of light and dark fabrics. It would probably also help if I quit taking pictures at night because it always makes the colors look a bit funky! LOL
I will post the finished quilt later this week! Happy quilting!
Blogland Giveaway October 11, 2009
The always amazing Lila Tueller is giving away some of her gorgeous fabric precuts. Head on over to her blog and get yourself entered!
Tumbler Block Baby Quilt
I have been in love with this baby quilt since I first spotted the Bubblegum Basics fabric in my local quilt shop. Why don’t I have a baby girl so that I can keep this?! Anyway, this was a super easy quilt to complete-deciding the layout took more time than the actual piecing.
I decided to straight-line quilt it with red thread. I know straight-line isn’t very difficult but I felt brave doing it with the red thread! LOL
Now I just need to go deliver it to my neighbor and her new baby girl!
