Shirt Quilt #1 Finished

 I finished the quilting over the weekend and had a chance to put the binding on this morning.

 This quilt is made from 19 different striped shirts and one yellow oxford shirt.

The only part that isn't a shirt is the binding and the backing.

This was my first time trying circle feathers.  I rather enjoyed them.

I was going to go with a solid blue fabric for the binding but then decided to go with this striped fabric from my stash.

This makes finish #9 for the year.

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I have also started quilting shirt quilt #2

I had it draped over the couch to make sure I was liking where this design was going and my husband was impressed with how the block changes as I add each set of quilting lines.  He said I should take a photo of these three blocks in progress, little did he know I had already done it.  :)

The rest of the quilting on this will have to wait till next week though.

I need to spend the rest of this week working on some client quilts.

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Tote and Matching Quilt

My good friend asked me to make a tote bag for her niece who is turning one soon.  She wanted something simple to take toys in and out of and she wanted it to be soft.  She also told me her neice liked Tigger, so this is what I came up with.  It has pink Polk a Dot flannel inside.

I put the name on the bottom right and then felt like the top needed a little something extra to balance it out. So I made a fabric flower. 

This was the first time I have ever made a flower like this and I am totally in love with it.

When I was done with the tote I had a nice sized piece of fabric leftover. Instead of putting it back on the shelf (and letting it sit for who knows how long till I figured out what to do with it) I decided to add some purple borders and quilt it up. I used the same pink flannel for the back and rolled it around for the binding.

Simple, cute, quick, and usable.

 It is small enough to fold up and put in the tote bag and can be used as a car seat quilt, or a small stroller quilt, or it can even be used as a changing pad if she wants.

This set makes finish #8 for the year.

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7th Finish + More

I finished the Mariners compass last night.  This makes finish #7 for 2012.

 I was going to put it off finishing this indefinitely because I didn't like the top fabric I picked out and I hadn't decided on a way to fix it to my liking.  You can see what it use to look like on the left.  

Tomorrow is guild meeting and they asked everyone who took this class to bring their finished project to the next guild meeting for show and tell. Nothing like a little pressure to get my butt in gear. So I made myself come up with something I liked and appliqued it on, then I put on the binding.  I am liking it a whole lot better now.

I was going to paper peice a smaller star for the center, I even had the papers printed out, but I got lazy was just ready to be done with it, so I cut out a circle instead and sewed it down.

It's looking good now, I actually like it and will put it out on display.

Before I worked on the mariners compass yesterday. I whipped up these two small quilts.  These are the ones I am going to teach the girls with at church tonight.  I have been assigned the task of teaching them how to tie a quilt.  They are small, 24 x 36 ish and I will turn them into the guild for our charity project when we are finished.

This morning I needed some batting for the two tops above, so I basted two bigger quilts knowing I would have enough left over batting from that process for these two smaller quilts.  Funny how one project motivates me to work on another project.  While I was at it I basted my i.s.t.h. quilt too.

With these three basted that makes a total of 6 quilts ready for quilting.  I better get busy... but first a little housework is in order.  Yeah, I did sweep and vacuum the floor this morning so I could baste in a clean room and I got two loads of laundry done on Monday - which isn't much with a house of 6 people - but the rest of the house has been neglected the past couple days.  Though it pains me to step away from the sewing machine when I am in such a good grove, I better get some other stuff done.

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Spot is Finished

I finished the binding on my Spot quilt last night.  Just in time for Christmas... Hahaha

 I think I will keep it out and use it before Christmas, it feels sooo good.  It is so soft.  

I love this fabric and mixed with my favorite batting, Warm and White, it is the perfect combo.

 I used my walking foot for this entire quilt.  The quilt is so busy it didn't really need anything too fancy. 

It did take a bit of time to make sure the lines didn't stray though, but it was worth it!
I love the smooth straight line quilting.

I even got a label on this one.  Some how I miscounted when making my blocks and made an extra one.  So I saved it for my label.  Perhaps I should take the time to write on it.  ;)

The black Polk-a-dot binding makes a nice framed border.

This is personal finish #6 for the year.

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My Red String Runner

I found the tutorial for Red String Runner at Quilting by The River. I was drawn to it right away.  Perhaps because she made it in my favorite color.  Then when my Mom asked me to make something for her I decided to give this runner a try.

Look at that corner!  Could it get any perfect.  Just looking at it makes me smile.

I did have to get a refresher on how to bind the other odd angles and I found a good video for that here.

It is raining today, but I went on the porch and took pictures anyway.  It gave me a chance to fiddle around with the manual settings on my camera so I could capture the colors I wanted.

I really like this quilted runner.  When I showed it to my husband though he said it was too small and wanted to know why it wasn't big enough to lay under.   Then he proceeded to tell me how to make it better - Make it bigger, add more bright colors etc.  As if he quilts... 

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Small Pastel 9 Patch - Finish #4

Last night after dinner I was trying to organize my sewing space and put things away when I came across some charm squares leftover from various charm packs. I wanted to use them in something, but wasn't quite sure what. Then it hit me to turn them into a quilt for my quilt guild's local charity project. This year the guild has decided to provide security blankets, aka small quilts, to the Pee Dee Coalition for abused children.
I decided to cut these charm squares in to smaller 2.5 inch squares.

Within 20 minutes I had a new stack of squares.

Not long after that I made 12 small nine patch blocks, surrounded them in white sashing, and added a bright yellow border. And with that I had myself a new quilt top completed before bed time. I even had time to baste it and do half the quilting before hitting the hay.

This morning I finished the quilting and added the binding. It is ready to turn in Thursday. I am excited about that as I was unable to attend the work day this month where the guild had set aside time to make as many small quilts as they could. I am glad that I can still participate and bring in a small quilt for the Pee Dee Coalition.  

 The quilt measures approximately 29 x 37.

 It took me about 2.5 hours to quilt this little quilt.  

Nothing too fancy, just some stitch in the ditch, some swirls, and arcs.

It was fun to work with these fabrics.
I hope it will bring some happiness into the life of the person who receives it.

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January's AYOS and 3rd Finish for Year

It was a little difficult at first trying to get my neighborhood quilt basted.  All my animals think anything soft on the floor is for them.  I got the dogs away, but the cat took a little longer.  Eventually I had the kids come take him and love on him so I could finish the basting.

 I was still trying to fight off my cold, so I didn't do much of anything other than sew at the machine all weekend. I quilted a little Friday night, all day Saturday, and all Sunday Morning. I took a little break in the afternoon to play some computer games then I stitched the binding on last night. This morning when the sun came up I went outside to take photos.  I really enjoyed quilting it.  I keep rubbing it.  It has some nice texture going on.  I so love this quilt!

I have been enjoying solid quilt backs lately that show of the quilting, so I went for a soft pastel blue for this quilt.  I love it!  It showcases the quilting beautifully

One more photo.  It's hard not to take lots of photos of things you like. 

Have I told you yet that I love this quilt?

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Belle always likes to be close by.

Also,  this is my 300th post.  Wow I didn't even realize I had that many posts.  I originally started this blog three years ago come April as a means to keep out of town family and friends updated on what I was working on.  Along the way I have found many more new friends.  Thank you all so much for stopping by and reading about my little crafting world.  It has been wonderful to read all your comments and get to know so many of you through the internet.  Here is to another 300 posts!!

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2nd Finish of 2012

This is a my Le Petite project for December 2010.   It is a charm pattern from This and That quilt patterns by Sherri K. Falls and is called Butter Churn. 
It is now a finish and next Christmas I can lay it out on the table as a quilt instead of a flimsy.  

Funny thing is, when I first started the Le petite projects I was totally against buying precuts. Now, a year later, I LOVE precuts.  Oh how wonderful they are.  You get a wee bit of the whole fabric line and and all the fabrics play well together.  And if you can find them on sale you can get them for the same price as regular yardage.  I am definitely sold on precuts and my favorite patterns are the ones that use the entire precut with no scraps left over.  So far all the Schnibbles I have made seem to do just that.  

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