Falling for You Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the "I'm Falling for You" blog hop hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting.

I have two projects to show off today.  The first project is a UFO I started when I joined the "Leafs Me Happy" blog hop oh so long ago in October of 2012. I have been putting this project on my Finish-A-Long lists for years and finally sewed the last stitch just in time for this hop!  Yay!

The pattern is a combination of two elements.  

Bonnie Hunter's Spider Blocks and a pieced maple leaf block I found here.

The leaf pattern is for a 15.5 inch block, so I had to re-size it to fit in an 8.5 inch square.

I did some custom quilting on this one.  Playing around with my rulers, ribbon candy, leaves, and feathers.

I love how the sun really shows off the quilting.

I am so excited to have this one finished!.  It will be gracing my couch this Fall season.

Next up is another old project... sort of.  A couple years before I started the project above, I bought three fall themed charm packs with the intention of making the Charming Stars quilt by Stefanie of  Little Lady Patchwork.  Well last week I finally opened up those charm packs!  Wahoo!  

This quilt went together super fast! These are big blocks with big pieces.  

After I cut up the white background fabric I zipped out those star corners lickety split. 

I didn't even spend hours trying not to get another print next to another print, I just put them on the design wall and let it go!

When I bought the charm packs I also bought a half yard of brown in the same fabric line, just in case.  Good thing,  it turned out perfect for the binding!

I did some all over leaf meandering for the quilting in a pastel yellow thread.  It matched perfect with the browns and oranges and didn't stand out too bright on the white.

The quilt is super soft and fluffy With the looser quilting.

I am loving this fabric and this pattern!  Yay for finally getting the fabric off the shelf and into a quilt!

I really enjoy playing along in these hops.  They really help me use up all the wonderful fabric I've pick up over the years. Not sure if I am quilter or more a fabric collector.  Haha!

I did another stripped backing for this one.  A lot of my fabric stash is two yard cuts or less.  That usually gets me the length of a quilt but not wide enough, so I slice it down the center and add smaller strips in the middle to fill it out out.

Great way to use stash up and add extra color and fun on the back.

Check out this fun brownish egg-ish fabric I used for the back.  I love it!

 

So there you have it...  One quilt 9 years in the making and the other quilt finished in week after I finally opened those charm packs I bought oh so long ago ago!

Check the links below to see all the other Fall inspired projects today from my fellow hoppers!

 Friday, September 24

QuiltFabrication
Ms P Designs USA
Lianne Makes Stuff
Quilted Delights  (me)
MooseStashQuilting

Happy Quilting!!

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Curved Sticks - Fabric Requirements and Pattern

I had a couple people request the fabric requirements for my last Island Batik Ambassador quilt, Curved Sticks, so I put together a simple pattern. Click on the image above for a link to the PDF file.

The is a free pattern to help make the quilt. It assumes the reader knows basic quilt construction and is familiar with creating their own Half Square Triangles and how to use tools to create Triangles in a square.

If you see any errors please let me know.

Happy Quilting

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Island Batik Try A Tool Blog Hop

This month Island Batik Ambassadors are showing off the new fabric lines shipping out very soon along with different specialty rulers by Deb Tucker of 180 Studio Design.   

I got to play with Sticks and Stones by Jean Wells for Island Batik and the V Block ruler.  Check out the bottom of the post for info on how to win some of your own Sticks and Stones fabric.

Sticks and Stones was designed by Jean Wells and takes inspiration from different elements in Nature.

It is Black, White, and Gray with some muted browns and blues.  It was super fun to work with.

I downloaded the fabric swatches in EQ8 and played around with color placement till I came up with the quilt I have now.  I am calling it Curved Sticks and I was able to use all the prints.

The ruler I got to play with is the V block ruler.  It helps make precise triangle in a square blocks, or V blocks as some call them.

These V blocks are seen in the 54-40 or flight block and its variations, which I used in my quilt.

When paired well with other blocks, these V Blocks create the illusion of curves in the whole quilt.

It is a fun way to create movement without sewing curved seams.

And there is Hobbs inside!  I love that hashtag they use on social media  #hobbsinside.

I used their Heriloom Premium Cotton Batting for this one.

It is quilted with #2625 gray Auriful Thread.  These fabrics are super busy and custom quilting wouldn't show up so well, so I did an all over straight and curvy design.

Pieced and quilted with Schemtz needle.  Pieced with a Microtex needle and quilted with a 90/14 quilting needle.

Make sure to also visit Andi Stanfield of True Blue Quilts. She is also showing off her creation using the new Sticks and Stones Fabric line.

Happy Quilting!

Island Batik is giving away some Sticks and Stones Precuts to two lucky winners!. Enter using the Rafflecopter link below and visit their blog post for all the details.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Orange You Glad Blog Hop

I was excited to join this hop hosted by Carla of Creatin in the Sticks. 

I had the perfect fabric just waiting to be unrolled!

I was sent these orange Stash Builder rolls in one of my Island Batik Ambassador boxes and knew they needed to be used in their own quilt. 

In my most recent Ambassador box I was sent the V Block ruler by Studio 180 Design and knew these two items would go great together.

FYI - You can stop back on the 26th for my day of the Island Batik "Try A Tool Blog Hop" when I show off another project using this same tool and an new Island Batik Fabric line coming to stores soon!

It was easy to pick what size triangles I wanted to cut for this quilt. I just used the size of the strip!

I lined it up on the 5 inch Cut Strip mark on the ruler and started cutting.

I also had some blue stash builders and used strips from those for the background triangles. 

The V Block ruler makes it easy to trim up the blocks nicely. 

I made 120 V Blocks and turned them into 30 Pinwheels.

They sewed up pretty quick.

Next I had a border dilemma... go with an all orange border or a thin inner orange border with a thicker outer blue border.

I couldn't decide so I took votes from the family. The inner orange/outer blue won out.

I took the quilt on Vacation with me and got its picture in front of Center Hill Lake in Tennessee. 

I used up some of my older stash fabric for the back.

For the quilting I used orange thread. It blended well with the blue fabrics.

I quilted an all over meander swirly design... pretty much what ever I felt like drawing with the needle.

And there is Hobbs Batting inside.  I sewed together two large left over pieces of Hobbs Natural Cotton batting with Scrim.  I love this batting.  Everything sticks together so nice and quilts up soft.

This was a fun little quilt to put together!

 It measures 55 x 63.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the other projects today!

Wednesday, August 18th

Quilted Delights  (ME)

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Days Filled With Joy

Patchwork Breeze

AlyciaQuilts- Quiltygirl

Lianne Makes Stuff

Homespun Hannah's Blog

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Never Too Early with Island Batik - Hunter Star Table Runner

It is never too early to start on those holiday projects! This month, Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to make a holiday project to get things rolling for the holiday season! I chose to make a quick Hunter Star table runner for one of my small end tables.

I used some of the 5 inch strips from the stash builder sets that came in my Island Batik Boxes along with some left over scraps I had from other Island Batik Projects. The white is called Sprinkles, one of my favorite neutrals from Island Batik.

I used the Hunter Star die from Accuquilt to help me get the pieces cut out.

This die is so nice to have.  I purchased this one myself and I am glad I did.  I thought I would cut a couple pieces out by hand because I didn't have that many pieces this time around, but they didn't sew together as nice as when the fabric gets cut through the accuquilt cutter.  Having precisely cut pieces with the notches already cut out makes a whole world of difference when piecing everything together.

Of course everything was sewn and quilted with a Schmetz Needle. I got some in my first Island Batik box in January, but they are also the only ones I buy when I need more.  They never let me down.
I used a universal 80/12 for this one.

And there is Hobbs inside!  Soft and comfy just for kitties to rest on. 

I have now used up almost all the Hobbs Poly-Down premium polyester batting they sent me.  I got several projects out of this bag and I probably have enough to make another small square table topper.

The colors in this table runner were inspired by an image I saw on Pinterest. I didn't use the same cutting and piecing method or layout, but I really liked like the green, red, and gold color combo she used. You can see the original inspiration post here:

https://detodounpococonmismanos.blogspot.com/p/camino-de-mesa-hunters-star-variation.html

Happy Quilting!

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