5 Yard Quilt - Coffee Cats

The 5 Yard quilt top, that I am calling Coffee Cats, is now finished. I put the final borders on last night so now it's time to figure out a backing fabric and a quilting design.  I am thinking that I will probably be purchasing a stitch-in-the-ditch foot prior to quilting this so that I can just make straight lines but we'll see. Overall I think that the top turned out great and I really like the green in the quilt. I had thought about swapping the blue and green but the use of so much green gives it a really fresh look. 


I will be working on the Lorax quilt this week so more pictures to come!

Getting closer to the weekend!

Angela

B Blocks and a Quick Shop Hop

Last night I finished up the B Blocks to my 5 Yard Quilt. Once all A & B blocks were complete I trimmed them up. They were supposed to be 8.5 x 8.5 squares however I made mine 8.25 x 8.25 since my quarter inch seam is a little over what it should be. I couldn't really get this quilt in my head until the B blocks were done. It's really amazing how cutting up fabric can change the look completely. I posted a picture below of how some of the quilt top should look when finished. There will be two borders to this quilt. I believe that there is a small green border and a large red border. The binding for the project will be green.

 

B block - prior to trimming

Trim, trim, trim.

  

I'm not sure how much more I will get done this weekend, as I am heading out of town shortly. I think that I will be able to hit two quilt shops this afternoon so I will let you know my findings. These are both shops that I have never been to so I'm excited to see what they have.

Have a great weekend!

Angela

5 Yard Quilt and the Lorax

I started piecing together my 5 Yard Quilt last night and I love this pattern. It is so simple to put together and the instructions read very easy. I had said earlier that I purchased this as a kit from Always Your Design when they were at the Brookings Quilt Show but I forgot to mention how many different kits they had. I love getting kits because I feel like there is less fabric waste and less going into the twilight zone of my fabric stash. 

I have not made it to this store in person yet however they are definitely on my list. They are consistently updating Facebook with new fabrics, new kits and other general goings-on in their shop. At the quilt show I also picked up a fabric book panel from them which I am hoping to get to soon. Another thing I have noticed with their kits is that they provide several different kinds of kits for the same pattern. I saw a few girly/teen kits, some brights, batiks and then neutrals so it’s a nice mix that they provide. Now that I have this pattern I think it would be very easy to pick out my own 5 yards of fabric and make another quilt. I will take photos of how much I am fabric I am left with as far as scraps go.

Last night I was able to finish all of the ‘A’ blocks for the quilt so tonight I will be working on the ‘B’ blocks. Also I got a hair last night so I decided to start working on my Dr. Seuss ‘The Lorax’ panel quilt. I have cut out each of the quilt pages and now I’m working on giving them borders. I think  I am going to make each block 12x12. There are 10 quilt pages so I’m not sure yet how I will end up arranging them so I will have to do some brainstorming. I have several baby quilts to make and Target has some Lorax baby clothing so hopefully I can get some cute things put together.

SPOILER ALERT: If you get a baby gift from me within the next few months, you can pretty much bet it will have something to do with Dr. Seuss. However with as much shop hopping as I will be doing this summer – who knows!

Fabric: Coffee Cats by Henry Glass Fabric

Fabric: The Lorax by Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Angela

Weekend Update

I didn't spend as much time in my sewing room as I would have liked this weekend but we have to take advantage of nice weather when it comes our way. My husband and I also managed to get tickets to Sweeney Todd and it was wonderful!

I did cut all the pieces to a 5 yard quilt and make a new purse out of an old one. The 5 yard quilt was a kit that I picked up from Always Your Design when they were at the Brookings Quilt Show a few weeks back. The purse pattern is from the Summer 2012 edition of Quilts & More magazine but can be found here.

old purse

1 yard of each fabric - all cut up and ready to sew

Have a great week and more updates to come!

Angela