Friday, September 29, 2017

Pouch for Me


I love the pattern for Open Wide bags from Noodlehead.  I have made several, but I need one for an upcoming trip. A make-up bag.


Here it is, loaded up.


It goes with my larger one, but not completely matching. I cut a few squares from the jelly roll that I won at the Kaffe Fasset lecture.

I'm off to Omaha to meet a long lost cousin with a stop in Lincoln, NE at the International Quilt Study and Museum,and a visit to my Dad's home town in Kansas. 


Friday, September 22, 2017

New Mom-to-be


Erica is my dental hygienist and due with her 2nd child in November.  A boy!
She loved the quilt . . 

It's so satisfying to gift quilts. Hugs that will last!


Kaffe Fasset

Last week a quilt store, Gossypium, in Issaquah, WA, hosted a lecture by Kaffe Fasset.  I was happy to be in the audience, and I won a door prize!  Hurray on both counts.


It was great to see the men, Kaffe Fasset and Brandon Mably, who design so many of my favorite quilting cottons.



I went by myself, but met lovely people!  Yes, those are airplanes in the background; the lecture was at The Museum of Flight.

I've used the 2.5" roll that I won for a few of the + X blocks.  (I'm at 100!)

Happy sewing . . .



Friday, September 15, 2017

Plus X Blocks

I'm having a lot of fun making these blocks.  Each one is like choosing a combination for a quilt color scheme.

They measure 7", so it will take a bunch to make a decent sized quilt.  I'm thinking I need 100, but that would be only 65" square, so maybe I'll go for 120.


It will be fun to see the riot of color when I get enough to make a decent sized quilt.


Most of these are assembled from scraps, pre-cut squares (cut by me from scraps) and a little cut from stash.  When one gets going, it's amazing how many fabrics and how many quilts are represented here.

Please pardon the un-pressed blocks!  My iron gave out, and the new one is coming. . .


Here are a few steps of the process:


I'm cutting the pieces as I go . . . 
The + is made of three pieces:  5" x 2" and 2 - 2" squares

Completing the + shape are 4 - 2" squares. I'm keeping them all the same fabric.
The X part of the block is 4 3.5" squares. I'm using similar colors, but different fabrics in the 4 squares.  In the one above, there are 4  different reds in the X.  The background of the X part of the block is also cut 2" squares - 8 of them. I'm keeping these all the same as well.

To assemble, you can read the tutorial on Badskirt:

86 blocks are finished; 14 (or more) to go!


Friday, September 8, 2017

Baby's Square in a Square

What is more fun than the quick satisfaction of completion one gets from making a baby quilt.  My dental hygienist was sprouting a growing shape when she cleaned my teeth the last time, so I had another excuse for a relatively quick project.


She is having a boy, so I tried to include a few boyish squares. 


Teddy driving. . . .


Cherries . . .


Fox, deer, farm animals, and a bike . . .


Backing is a very soft gingham, binding is grey stripes.
Batting is washable wool.  
This one is very soft and cozy.

Measures 34" x 39" after washing.

Linking this finish with CrazyMomQuilts.