Blogger's Quilt Festival

Here is my Bloggers Quilt festival Entry. This is a baby quilt measuring 39"X54". I always like to make my baby quilts a little big so there is room to grow through the toddler years.

I used Elizabeth Hartman's free pattern Crazy Nine-Patch Lattice. I also used all DS prints. I don't normally use pre-cuts, but this would be a great pattern to use a layer cake with!!

I love the back! This is the first time I have tried a curved corner on a quilt! How EASY!!!! And I love that the corners won't poke the baby. I think all future baby quilts will be made this way;)

I used Leah Day's Circuit Board design. I quilted it quite big for maximum baby softness:)

This is one of 2 quilts I made for my sister-in -law. May 16, 2013 (YESTERDAY)she gave birth to 2 bouncing baby girls, Emma and Lillian.

Aren't my new Nieces cute, hilarious, awesome?? These first pictures are showing a lot of personality!!!!Emma got this quilt, and Lillian got a simple brick pattern quilt with some AWESOME fabrics!!!!!

Now, off to check out Blogger Festival Quilts!!

Giveaway winner/project update

I'm so excited to host my first giveaway, so lets get that out of the way. Without further ado................

Congratulations, June!

This is the first time using Random.org. It was a learning experience. Note: I only counted Susan Lawson once, in case anyone is counting;)

Ok, so now on to my progress.

I like how this turned out!! The different colors  are to resemble thread. I like how the quilting turned out!

I this quilting design is to represent the zig-zag stitch. I like how it turned out(although the "o" was a challenge. There was a LOT of thread burying in this design:/  I wish I would have used black thread, but at the time, I thought this particular piece needed some color. Oh well. It's done now, and rip it I will NOT!

This is the piece I have left to quilt. As you see I have ripped some here. I didn't like how the design was going. I have another idea here. Hope it works out! I am stumped on the rest of this piece. If you look back on the picture from my previous blog post you will see the whole(sorry I don't have a picture now) I have a lot of ideas but nothing to settle on. This is always the hardest for me.....picking a design!

Thanks to all who participated in my giveaway and all of you who read my blog!

A Few Of My Favorite Things

 I won a paper piecing ABC pattern from Diane Bohnfrom blank pages. This is my very first attempt at paper piecing:) Please don't get the level or t-squares out! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be aside from the "s". But I clearly need practice!

This piece is ready to be quilted. I know how I am going to quilt the letters. Any ideas on the rest?? There are a lot of bulky seams(probably due to my less than stellar paper-piecing skills). I'm kind of scared to get started on this one.

This next piece is the same quilt block pattern I used for the Quiltcon Quilt Block Challenge, designed by me:) I am in love with that green color at the moment:D

This next piece is made using a slice and dice improve method. I love how it turned out. It can be a little tricky getting those lines to line up properly.

This final piece was a no-brainer how to quilt. I just followed the fabric, which I love, BTW!

I am making something specific here. Can you guess what? In order to win Diane's pattern, you had to tell her what you would make with it. She picked my answer:)))))) Now I just hope I live up to it! You never know if things look as good in reality and they do in your head!

BONUS:

I have been blogging for about a year and a half. I have hit the 100 followers mark(currently 109 followers). YET, I have never had a giveaway. Well I think it's high time! So, I'm gonna give away some of my favorite things!!!!

• Clover Wonder Clips-I love these and use them all the time! They are great for binding. No more pins sticking me!!
• OLFA non-slip Frosted Ruler- I love this ruler because the frost makes it easier to see light and dark fabric no matter what color your cutting mat is. I also love the very thin lines on it to make more accurate cutting.

• True Grips non-slip adhesive rings- This will help with the ruler. Although the ruler says non-slip, it does. If you add these rings, or even the dots in the rings, believe me, it ain't going anywhere!
• Clover Seam Ripper- Clover has a few different styled ones. I love this because of the very small blade, and the handle is so comfortable

• Schmetz sharp needles- I just like these best.

So there you have it. These are a few of my favorite things. No one paid me to advertise their product, or sponsored me. These are just things I truly love.

All you have to do to win is leave me a comment. You can comment on what you think my project is going to be, or how I should quilt my panels, or what ever else you have to say! I love comments, so comment away! There is no right or wrong answer. Mr. Random Generator will do the picking, as long as I get it to work. That will obviously be a new thing to try for me! To my international blogging friends, you are welcome to join in. Some of you have been the best blogging friends, so please ENTER!!!! I will pick a winner one week from today:)

I'm also linking up to Leah Day today since I finally have some FMQing to show! 

Easter eggs!

 Happy Easter!!

My creatively talented kids decided to toss the Paas aside and go for my Bic permanent markers instead. I think they made some little gem eggs here!

Emo

Tiger

This one is so cool

Jase>Duck Dynasty

Si>Duck Dynasty*favorite*

I've been home all week with the kids for spring break. I managed to get one project done and another one almost there. This finished project is one I have had bouncing in my head for a while. It started with this for inspiration.

Love this purse. 

So I was thinking, selvegded edges would make a cool redo of this purse. I think I might have enough selvedges to do this. The problem, the more I thought of it was that different fabrics have different widths of selvedges(which could look sloppy). If I had enough of the same size, it could look good. But I don't. So I can't let and idea go to waste. So here is what I did instead.

I painstakingly made all of the fringe. It wasn't really that bad. I just made WOF strips and I got about 8 pieces of fringe out of each. But It did take quite a bit of fabric. There is 2 full yards on the exterior fabric/fringe alone! I only had a little piece left!  

I cut each strip 2 inches and double folded ending up with a half inch strip. I did an experiment and tried a one inch cut strip that would give  1/4 inchstrip, but decided I was to impatient for that(although I would look great)I fray checked all the ends so not to unravel on me:) 

What do you think? To much? I'm kinda liking how it turned out. I'm just scared I will get it dirty if I use it, haha. (kinda defeats the purpose)

I am really on a bag roll lately. I hope to get back to making some quilts soon, but for now, I have a few more bags to make. Well, I better, at least, since I already bought supplies.

Have a great Easter!!!

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Fraternal Quilts Done...Almost

I got Baby B's quilt done today!!!

Front of Baby B Quilt. I love the rounded edges! So easy. I think I will do this for all baby quilts from now on!! I wish I would have had the forethought to round Baby A's quilt.

Back of Baby B Quilt. This quilting pattern can be found here. 

  It's Elizabeth's Hartman's Crazy Nine Patch Lattice (free) pattern. 

Here is the quilting. Sorry it didn't show up in photos very well. It's a wonky circuit board variation. I kept the quilting big to ensure softness. It's about a 2" scale.

In case you missed it, here is my baby A quilt.

Just your easy-peasy-quick-show of your pretty prints-brick quilt. I kept the quilting just as easy with a simple stipple on about a 1 1/2-2" scale.

These quilts are very different for twins. My sister-in-law is having fraternal twins, so I think it's fine. I get bored easily, so making identical quilts is not my thing! I posted them on FB so I wonder how long it will be until she see them??? She is not having a baby shower since this is kid 3 & 4 for her. So, there is no need for secrecy. But, she didn't know:)

All that is left is to label these and give them to her. She is scheduled for a c-section May 20, so I got done in plenty of time!!

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