Baby Bliss

First, let me apologize for the horrible lighting in these pictures.  I was in a rush to get this shared and didn't really take the time to get it right.  Baby Bliss is a fun little quilt that I made for a friend's little girl.  I thought the wonderful fabrics from Moda's Bliss would be just the thing.  Backed with light blue flannel, this should be a real snuggle monster. 

I took my quilting hint from the flowered prints and made these big, bold flowers.  I think they really add just the right amount of playfulness to this cute little quilt.

I got the label attached last night, so you can see I'm trying to finish projects, though they seem to be going really slowly.  Now, I have to finish the quilt for his other daughter.

Details

Finished size:  39" x 48"

Quilting cotton top ad binding from Moda

Backing is cotton flannel

Top thread is King Tut Cotton from Superior

Bottom thread is poly

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Awesome! a little quilt...

My aunt asked me to make a small quilt for the Ladies Auxiliary at the VFW Post where she is a member.  I wanted to make something that was gender neutral and captured the colors of fall.

Like most of my little quilts, this one is made with two charm packs from Moda and about 1/3 of a yard of coordinating fabric for the border, another 1/3 yard for the binding and 1 1/2 yards for the backing. Since I had a couple little charms leftover, one of them became the label for the back of the quilt.

I picked Awesome by Sandy Gervais for Moda Fabrics.  I love this collection of fabrics.  The bright yellows and bold reds along with the chocolate brown and dark greens all work together with the orange and cream to create a playful mix of leaves, flowers and dots. 

 

My quilting plan for this wasn't very well planed out.  I sort of just started in and these little flowers are what jumped out of the long arm and onto the quilt.  Sure, it isn't so gender neutral anymore, but I think this really adds to the overall effect of the quilt.  Besides, it is something I've never quilted before that makes it pretty neat, too.

This week I've been trying to fit in at least fifteen minutes a day of scrappy block sewing.  I like the improvisational look of Victoria Findlay Wolfe's quilts and have been using some of her techniques to create big blocks that will someday become an amazing quilt.  My blocks are mostly just wonky log cabin blocks, but I am trying to be more free-form with the blocks, especially at the beginning when I can fit in those really little pieces.  I only finished three blocks, but I have that huge stack of blocks in the making.  At one point, I thought I'd gotten the bin of strips down to a manageable size.  Somewhere along the line, the little bin filled up again.  What is a quilter to do?

This week I've joined Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday.  Pop over and check out some of the wonderful stuff going on.

Twister

Yesterday I attached the binding to my giant coins quilt.  I love making scrappy quilts.  It makes the binding so much easier.  I usually don't even have to cut a binding.  I just reach into my bin full of binding leftovers and go with that.

Today I got outside to take some quick pictures.  

I'm entirely too pleased with how this one turned out. 

All that remains is to finsih up the binding and attach a label.  Geez!  I almost forgot the label.

This quilt has joined WiP Wednesday by Freshly Pieced.  Be sure to check out all the other great quilts in the link-up.

For more information about this quilt, including the pattern, check out my previous post.

Commisioned Quilting

I taught a co-worker to sew.  I taught her to make quilt tops.  I even managed to teach her how to make and attach binding.  The last thing to teach is how to quilt.  Unfortunately, we just don't have the time to get together since I've moved to a new location.  I wanted to share some of the quilting I've done for her, including the most recent one.

I did this one a while back.

I tried to copy the wild lines of the zebra print on this one.

I loved how she put together all these great colors.

I tried to keep with the underwater theme and stayed with smooth waves that lap across the surface of the quilt.

I finished up the quilting on this one last week.  

I didn't go into it with much of a plan, but I think the tight swirls give it just he right amount of texture.

My favorite part about quilting a commission?  Yes, the quilting is actually pretty high on the list, but my favorite is seeing what people put together both in color and design.