Fabric Love

Look at some of those cute lovely lines coming up from Moda! Ok how do I justify buying more fabric???

This would be great for a baby girl quilt:

I have seen lots of great quilts made with this line. The large prints make them stand out:

I love this color scheme. Purple, pink, yellow, and turquise! Love!

Same designer as the curio line. This color scheme is more baby-quilt friendly:

Quilt blocks!!! Quilt out of quilt blocks out of "Quilt Blocks"! Yes please!

Sweetwater is becoming one of my favorite designers!

This line has been out for a bit. I like it, I just have no idea what to make with it..

Orange! I love all the oranges in here! Not sure about black/orange combo though. Looks a bit too much like Halloween to me.

Would make such a cute summer house quilt. Now I just need a summer house...

Owels! I think I may need to acquire these fabrics! This would make an adorable baby boy quilt!

Same designer as Summer House. Very pretty!

I always seem to love Me & My Sister Designs fabrics. Twirl does not dissapoint, it even has some yellow in it!

And how cute is this line! And the designer is Berenstain Bears!!!

I think this is my new favorite Christmas line! It will be available in June, just in time to make some Christmas quilts for the kiddos!

 I love pretty much anything by Kate Spain and this new Christmas line is no exception!

This collection would be worth it just for that print in lower left hand corner!

I think I will need to see how the individual fabrics look before deciding on this one. I do love the yellow/red/grey color combo.

I think there is going to be a BOM club at Fat Quarter Shop featuring this collection:

Kate Spain!!!

 

A Little Red Ridinghood line! I love all the prints!

 

I think this collection will be the focus of another BOM at Fatquarter Shop!

Goals for 2012

I want to write these down, so that I can refer back to them and see how many I have accomplished so far:

1. Keep up with the quilting bee (I was good about this in 2011, but got a bit behind right before having a baby)

2. Complete 12 quilt tops including: quilts for A&A  (2), Max's Quilt, Living Room Quilt, and Summer Sampler.

2a. Quilt 8 quilts (some of the ones above need to be long-arm quilted, no way my sewing machine can handle them!)

3. Make some headway in making our bed quilt: put all the blocks together

4. Learn how to make blocks using templates and using paper piecing

5. Take one quilting class

6. Learn free-motion quilting.

Quilting Bee: Block 6

Amber asked us to make a house. The dimensions were up to us, as was the design. I had a lot of fun with this block. It is not like anything else I ever made, and I have to say, I am proud of how it turned out.

Finished in 2011

Project 1: Baby Play Quilt

This is the first quilt I ever completed and I am really proud of it. I made it for Katya to use as a playmat when she plays on the floor. I started making it before we knew she was a girl, so the quilt is gender neutral.

Project 2: Squares Baby Quilt

This was the first quilt for which I used diagonal quilting. It was made using 1 layer cake and it was pretty easy to put together. I really like how it turned out.

Project 3: French Quilt

This was the first quilt for which I made a pieced backing.

Project 4: Synchronized Squares Quilt

Top Completed: Pinwheel Sampler

Quilting Bee Blocks

Stats:
4 Finished Quilts
1 Finished Quilt Top
5 Quilting Bee Blocks (I am a bit behind on this...)

Projects for 2012

After a long break (I had a baby!!) I finally have enough energy to get back into quilting. I realized that I have too many ideas floating around and I need to organize all of them, so as to not to forget what I meant to do with all of my pretty fabrics! So I apologize, but this post is not going to be terribly exciting.

Project 1: Anya & Alyssa's quilts
Design: Xs and Os from Quilting Academy book
Fabric: Me and My Sister Favorites (I have 3 jelly rolls)

Quantities:
3 jelly rolls
7.75 yards of various pinks
7.75 yards of various yellows

Project 2: Stars Quilt
Merlot Batiks Fat Quarter Bundle Hoffman Fabrics (2 packs of 12)
4 yards of leaf green kona solid

Project 3: Flurry Christmas Quilt
Fabric: Kit + backing

Project 4: Summer Sampler Quilt
Pattern: Summer Sampler
Fabric: Summer House by Lily Ashbury for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 4 yards of assorted fabrics in 0.5-0.75 yard increments
- 3.5 yards Simple Summer backing SKU# 11440-11

Project 5: Terrain Quilt for our bed
Pattern: ??
Fabric: Terrain by Kate Spain (1 FQ bundle)

Quantities:
- FQ Bundle
- 9 yards Terrain Bloom Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-18 (Backing)
- 1.25 yards Terrain Bloom Lichen Yardage SKU# 27098-13
- 2.5 yards Terrain Foliage Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-14
- 3.5 yards Terrain Mist Fern Yardage SKU# 27099-15
- 1.5 yards Terrain Bloom Dahlia Yardage SKU# 27091-13
- 1 yard Terrain Foliage Fern Yardage SKU# 27099-14
- 4 yards Terrain Foliage Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-14


Project 6: Postage Stamp Quilt
Pattern: From PS I Quilt
Fabric: Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics

Project 7: Safary Baby Quilt
Not sure what I am going to do with this yet, but here is the fabric:

Project 8: Little Apples Baby Quilt
Design: Building Blocks
Fabric: Layer Cake

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 2 yards Little Apples White Linen Tortoises Yardage SKU# 18513-20 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Little Apples Aqua Little Apples Yardage SKU# 18517-12 (binding)
- 1 yard Little Apples Lollipop Leaves Yardage SKU# 18512-46 (sashing)
- 0.75 yard Little Apples Pencil Little Apple Trees Yardage SKU# 18511-15 (border)

Project 9: YACQ (Yet Another Christmas Quilt)
Pattern: Road To Kansas
Fabric: Flurry by Kate Spain

Quantities:
- 4 Flurry Charm Packs
- 3.5 yards Flurry Mint Glitter Yardage SKU# 27089-13 (backing)
- 1 yard Flurry Red Ribbon Sparkle Yardage SKU# 27088-11 (binding)
- 1 yard Bella Solids White Bleached Yardage SKU# 9900-98 (background)

Project 10: Lap Quilt for Living Room
Pattern: I am thinking Skill Builder Sampler Quilt-Along
Fabric: Hometown by Sweetwater

Quantities:
- 2 Fat Quarter Bundler (~24 Fat Quarters)
- 2 yards Hometown Cream Barbershop Yardage SKU# 5464-32
- 0.75 yards Hometown Stop Sign Town News Yardage SKU# 5462-21
- 2.5 yards Hometown Stop Sign Textured Solid Yardage SKU# 5468-11
- 1.5 yards Hometown Bicycle Textured Solid Yardage SKU# 5468-16
- 5 yards Hometown Cream Marketplace Yardage SKU# 5467-11 (backing)

Project 11: Cape Ann Baby Quilt
Pattern: Dottie by Cluck Cluck Sew
Fabric: Cape Ann by Oliver + S for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 4.5 yards Cape Ann Cotton Sunset Pink Ginkgo Toss Yardage SKU# 11184-12 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Cape Ann Cotton Atlantic Blue Chrysanthemum Swirl Yardage SKU# 11185-15 (binding)
- 2 yards Cape Ann Cotton Crème Brulee with Sunset Pink Indian Summer Yardage SKU# 11187-12 (background)
- 0.75 yards Cape Ann Cotton Sunset Pink Virginia's Closet Yardage SKU# 11180-12 (border)
Size: 61"x69"

Project 12: Sophie Baby Quilt
Pattern: Lemonade Lollipop
Fabric: Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 3.5 yards Sophie Cream Nosegay Yardage SKU# 32501-14 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Sophie Blue Fiesta Leafy Swirl Yardage SKU# 32504-11 (sashing)
- 1 yard Bella Solids Snow Yardage SKU# 9900-11 (background)
- 0.5 yards Sophie Tomato Soup Petal Yardage SKU# 32506-14 (accent fabric)
Size: 45"x59"

Project 13: Curio Quilt
Pattern: Basket Case by Cluck Cluck Sew
Fabric: Curio by Basicgrey for Moda Fabrics

Quantities: 1 jelly roll
- 0.75 yards Curio Butternut Grunge Yardage SKU# 30150-132 (binding)
- 4.25 yards Curio Clove Letter Collage Yardage SKU# 30270-13 (backing)
- 0.5 yards Curio Asparagus Muslin Yardage SKU# 30271-15 (inner border)
- 1 yards Curio Pond Cabriole Yardage SKU# 30272-11 (outer border)

Project 14: Fairy Tale Quilt
I am excited to make this for my big girls. They are going to go crazy over all the fairy tale characters! I hope to make something big enough to snuggle under!
Pattern: Alternating pattern of 14x14 log cabin blocks and large pinwheels, using the pindot fabrics
Fabric: Fairy Tale Friends by American Jane for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 2 Fairy Tale Friends Black Story Time Quilt Panel SKU# 21600-11
- 2 Fairy Tale Friends Jelly Roll American Jane for Moda Fabrics
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Orange Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-80
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Yellow Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-81
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Blue Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-83
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Aqua Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-84
- 1 yard Fairy Tale Friends Black Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-78
- 6 yards Fairy Tale Friends Black Mary's Garden Yardage SKU# 21603-18 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Fairy Tale Friends Red Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-79 (binding)

Project 15: Amelia Baby Quilt
Pattern: Retro Flowers Quilt-Along
Fabric: Amelia by Me & My Sister Designs designer select

Quantities:
- 15 FQs
- 1 charm pack
- 3.5 yards Amelia Cotton Tempting Turquoise Flower Dance Yardage SKU# 22160-13 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Amelia Cotton Plentiful Pink Bursting Buds Yardage SKU# 22162-12(binding)
- 3 more yards of pink and 1 yard of purple polka dots
Need:
- 4 yards solid - bella white 98

Project 16: Fortune Cookie Quilt
I may possibly like this collection as much as Terrain. And that's tough.
Pattern: I am going to use this collection for my month's quilting bee. I am going to let everyone pick what block they want to make from a combination of a few charm squares, a fat eighth, and a solid. The resulting blocks I will just sash and add a border.
Fabric: Good Fortune by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 4 Charm Packs
- 1 Fat Eighth Bundle
- 5 yards Porcelain Bella Solid SKU# 9900PP-182 (background & sashing)
- 3.5 yards Good Fortune Reflection Yoshino Yardage SKU# 27104-18 (border & cornerstones?))
- 0.75 yards Good Fortune Harmony Fan Yardage SKU# 27103-11 (binding?)
- 5 yards Good Fortune Waterfall Sakura Yardage SKU# (backing) 27101-17
- 0.75 yards Good Fortune Tea Dragonfly Yardage SKU# (binding?) 27107-15


Project 17: Max's Quilt
I am doing a fairly simple alternating fence rail design in blues, yellow, green and brown. I have all the rows made, I just need to put the top together a piece the back. This quilt is huge, so I think I will get it long-arm quilted.

Project 18: Strawberry Fields BOM Club
Fabric: Strawberry Fields by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics

I get fabric to make one block each month. Additionally I have the backing fabric and the finishing kit. It will look like a field of flowers in the end: each block is a flower.

Grand Total: 18 projects! I completed ~5 this year... maybe I will get more efficient! I think I will shoot for 12, 1 per month. Totally doable! :)

Synchronized Squares: Done!

I am proud to say that this quilt is finally finished as well. I ended up giving it to my kids on Christmas morning. They very much enjoyed cuddling on the couch with their presents under the quilt (and then dragging it all around the living room backing side up proclaiming that they are a little red riding hood :) ).

Pinwheel Extravaganza

One of the projects I have been working on, that has been finally revieled, is making blocks for a pinwheel quilt for one of our quilting bee members, whose house burnet down right after we made blocks for her. A lot of people donated charm packs to us to do this and we made pibwheels. Here are the ones I made:

 

I love how they all look together. In fact I think I will also be making a pinwheel quilt.