Here is my first handbag and it really went together very quickly and easily. I used AJ's "Charming Handbag" tutorial on Moda Bakeshop, but decided to use solid pieces of fabric instead of piecing it since I needed it done fast. I still need to get the insert for the bottom so it will hold its shape, but otherwise it is done.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
puzzle quilting design!
I bought a new pantograph to use on my quilts, and I just LOVE it! I was using a stippling/meandering pattern, but it was much more time consuming and I had to change the bobbin way too often. This was easy and I finished the whole quilt top in an afternoon. One down, three to go!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Disappearing 9 patch
This is another Christmas gift. This was done with a dozen 9 patch blocks which were cut down the middles and turned to form new blocks. I put the light blue sashing in to break it up a little - these fabrics are pretty "busy" - but I like the overall look now.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Double Irish Chain
This is another gift quilt for Christmas. I have to say I love making quilts out of squares, rectangles, or doing strip piecing. I will probably still make quilts that involve triangles, but I really love the way these ones go together faster! This one was really fun to make!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Latest project - double irish chain
This is a block from my current project - a double irish chain. I have never made this pattern, but I am loving it! Of course, I'm resizing it from the instructions I have and the math of it all is a bit maddening, but this fabric is just gorgeous and I love, love, love it!
BOMs - caught up!
I have caught up on my BOMs thanks to Pat's Ketchup Weekend challenge. Only 3 more to go. I am glad. I have decided I do not like doing these. Might be because the directions have not always been clear or accurate. Might be because of the very stingy fabric cuts included. Not sure what I will do with these, but we'll see when they're all done!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Blue and white hidden 9-patch
I just love this blue and white quilt! I wracked my brain trying to come up with a quilt pattern to use. I found an example of this is a quilting magazine and thought it would look good in blue and white!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Indigos Around
Here is my latest quilt top - this one is for ME! (finally!) I made it a bit larger than the pattern called for because I thought it a bit small for a lap quilt. I just love it!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Go Fish!
One of my close friends said, "I want a quilt!" So, I asked her what her favorite colors were. She said they were purple, blue, and green. The very next day in my mailbox I received a quilt magazine offer with a free pattern included for this quilt. I knew it meant that I should make it for her! I also added a strip of patchwork on the back of it, inspired by Amandajean (crazymomquilts). This was also the first quilt that was quilted on my new frame with my new Juki machine!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Starry Night
This was my first wall hanging. I started an attic window block just for practice and ended up doing the whole quilt!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
My smallest quilt!
I created this to replace the very worn out little piece of paper we used to let us know it's time to empty the dishwasher (or just to NOT put dirty dishes in it =)
I learned that I should have started with a larger piece of fabric and then cut it down to size after machine quilting it, but it's cute and I love it! It measures about 2" x 3"
Quilt for my mother-in-law
I finished this quilt in about 2 months. It is a simple 4-patch with sashing and cornerstones. The center part was machine quilted with an HQ Sixteen using "groovy boards" in a scallop design. The outer border area was machine quilted on my home machine. The entire front is Thimbleberries fabric. This was a gift for my mother-in-law for her birthday.
Monday, February 23, 2009
My first completely finished quilt
The first quilt that I finished was a gift quilt for one of my dearest friend's newborn daughter. I love the colors in this quilt. It is also a Rail Fence pattern. The backing is a flannel with a heart label.
Monday, January 26, 2009
First post on my blog!
Okay, I'm trying to figure out how blogspot works! I'd like to use this blog to showcase my quilts that I've made and the ones that are yet to be made. I found a very cool blog by another mom who loves to quilt (thanks crazymomquilts!) and thought it a great way to be even more inspired to do this thing that I love to do so much.
I started quilting shortly after moving to Georgia. I believe it was in the fall of 2005. There was a lady at the church we were going to who used to be part of a quilting ministry in Florida. She found out that a few of us really wanted to learn, so we became the Calvary Chapel Gwinnett Piecemakers. This quilt top was for a baby boy. Our ministry was to make quilts for all the babies born to church members. The quilt I was assigned to make was for a girl, however! So, I gave this top to someone else who was assigned a baby boy, and she finished it. The quilt pictured here is the very first quilt top I made. My friend Susie (who finished layering it and quilting it) and I presented it to the family who had just had their baby boy.
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