Baby Quilts

Coworker is expecting a baby boy in the next few weeks. I made the Matching Quilt first.  It is one of my favorite quilt patterns.  There are 49 pairs of fabrics and the idea is to find the matching pair.  It actually is pretty difficult as I found out when I ended up with one square extra when laying it out.  After the top was sewn and basted I ended up having extra fabric left over.  The backing is the blue with fire trucks.  So, what does one do when there is extra fabric? Why make another quilt of course.  So, I used another of my favorites and made this smaller quilt.  I used flannel on the back and Hobbs batting so it is soft for a newborn.  Baby shower present for the baby and for the big brother.

Rainy day quilting

 

 

Here are a few photos of the 16 patch that I am quilting.  The rain is pouring down so what a better way to spend a July day than quilting.

 

April Quilts

 

This is a St. Louis 16 Patch.  The strips were 4" wide.  I just sewed the squares together today.  Now I need to sew fabrics together to form a back. No border is planned since it is big enough around 52 x 71.

 

The colors on the photos show a dark yellow color, actually it is a very soft off white color.  Two quilts made with all of the blocks that I had sewn up.  The first one I made I did not want a border on it.  I pieced the back with the flower strip.  Then since I had left over blocks I made the second quilt.  Since I did want it to be a bit bigger I planned on putting a border on it.  I went to Rosie's and found some beige fabric with the flowers on it which I planned on using for the back.  When I got home I liked it as the border fabric so adjusted my plans.  The thin yellow border is actually the back side of a bright yellow print.  It works perfectly using the wrong side.  I quilted both of these very heavily so when they are washed they crinkle up and feel like old quilts.

B is for...

Black baby quilt.  It is in the works.  I will probably have the top finished tonight then the decision about the back and how to quilt it.  I know that a trip to the quilt store is needed to purchase some quilting thread that will match.

Scrappy Bargello Again

 

 

 

 

The first time I made Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Bargello I thought to myself  this is too much sewing- I'll never make another.  The second time I made one I thought- this is a lot of sewing-- can't wait until I make another.  So this one is the fourth that I have made. 

 

If you have read the Quiltville blog or have seen Bonnie Hunter in person you know that she loves recycled men's shirts.  So, in homage to Bonnie I got some shirts from DH's closet as well as the thrift stores and some from a friend and started cutting.  My plan at first was to do the diagonal squares with the stripes but I was unable to get the stripes to match up so instead made the O blocks. 

 

 

For some reason the photos have made the fabrics look very odd.  Must be a strange setting on the camera. 

Anyway, while I was cutting out the fabrics for the O squares I also cut strips to make another Scrappy Bargello.  I am on the third panel right now but wouldn't you know it- I sewed it in the wrong order so I need to rip out the seam.  Here is a pic of the first two panels.

I still have a lot of shirt fabric left so I think I am going to be sewing a few more quilts out of it. 

 

As an aside.  I really am loving my new 97d foot on my machine.

 

End of 2014

 

Here are two photos of the finished wool quilt- I quilted.  Since I had trouble quilting straight lines in the quilt due to using wool batting I resorted to quilting rocks.  I kept thinking about rocks in my brain. This quilt took a long time to sew since there are so many tiny pieces.

 Here is the back of the quilt. 

Here is the current work in progress. Monkey wrench blocks.  So far I have 40 finished and maybe another 60 in the works.  I have no idea yet what I am going to do with them or how big of a quilt I want- or if it is going to be two quilts. I don't even know if I am keeping this one or donating it away...It is fun to sew these.  The cutting of each individual piece took quite a long time since it is all scraps.