Wedding Quilt - Stash Stars by Atkinson Designs

Hello all!

I finally get to show off the awesome wedding quilt that I finished up last week!

The pattern is Stash Stars from Atkinson Designs and I bought the kit from Heirloom Creations. The backing is something that one of the girls there helped me put together. The first time I saw the quilt I wasn't really sold but since the wedding colors were 'rainbow' I knew it would be fitting. And, of course, by the time I finished up my sewing I wanted to keep it for myself :)

 As you can see this quilt does not have a binding...I decided to quilt-as-you-go the top to the batting. Once that part was complete I sewed right side of the backing and right side of the top together and flipped them right side out :) I did a bit of quilting to attach the two pieces together but not much.

 I hope the newlyweds enjoy the quilt as much as I do!

Angela S. 

New(to me) Fabric - Tula Pink Nightshade

My awesome Google skills have finally paid off. I have been looking for Tula Pink Nightshade fabric for awhile but didn't feel like going the Etsy or Ebay route. Somehow I managed to find this amazing fabric! Best of all....it was on sale AND because I finished off the bolt I received an additional discount. Don't expect to see me anytime soon - I will be to busy petting this fabric and going through magazines/patterns trying to figure out what to do with it.

 

 

 

 

Fresh from the mailbox

To see the entire collection and find out the story behind these three mysterious ladies you can visit Tula's website.

Speaking of her site...I can't wait to get my hands on her new fabric line. The raccoons featured on it are TOO cute! Most stores are saying that it will be in this September so I am saving my pennies up for a FQ bundle. I need another Tula purse!

Happy sewing!

Angela S.

Oink-a-Doodle-Moo Charm Quilt

Hello all! My first nephew has finally arrived so now i can show you his quilt :) 

The inspiration from this quilt came from Girls in the Garden. She has tons of lovely photos on her site - swoon!

I am in love with the Oink-a-Doodle-Moo fabric line and I'm pretty sure I should stock up on more of it. For this quilt I purchased 1 yard of the orange chicken wire fabric and a charm pack. The binding took an additional 1/4 yard but it was a very tight fit. Next time I would get 1/3 yard just to be on the safe side. The backing was an orange and blue flannel stripe that looks just awesome - I can't believe I didn't take more pictures than this before I wrapped it up. Oh well. 

As you can see, I lined up the charms that I liked and then sashed and bordered them with 5 inch strips of the chicken wire. I quilted the finished product by machine and also used the machine to attach the binding.

If you love this line too - check out the following post at the Moda Bake Shop. Soooo awesome! Three quilts from one jelly roll!! 

Have a great rest of the week!

Angela S. 

Craftsy BOM Backing

It's finally done!!

 

 This backing is made up of all of the scraps leftover from my Craftsy BOM quilt top. I bought something like 45 or so fat quarters for the project - so I promised myself no buying fabric unless absolutely necessary! With the fabric that I had left I cut the pieces into 5 inch strips, 2.5 inch strips and 10 inch blocks. I also had a few fat quarters that were still whole and some of the backing fabric left in larger pieces. 


I am loving this backing and think the back is just as awesome as the front of the quilt :) I can't wait to get this to the quilter and have it put together. I am thinking that I will have her use a large stipple pattern on the entire quilt. Since the front is a sampler I really want the blocks to speak for themselves and I think a more mellow, all-over design will help pull everything together. 

Happy quilting!

Angela S.

Seasonally Inappropriate

Hello all!
This isn't really the time to be working on a winter table runner but here it is anyway!

I would venture to guess that at least once during the process of working on this - there was snow on the ground. This has been a work in progress for some time and I finally decided it was time to be done. 
 

This runner is from the book 'fast & furious quilting-as-you-go' by Gudrun Erla. This is the third project that I have tackled in this book but I think it went really well. This particular pattern is called 'Curvaceous'. I haven't worked with fusible web much before so this was a real learning experience. I'm not saying that everything lines up quite right but I think its more than acceptable :) The optical illusion of it all really helps me out in this instance.

The fabric that I used is part of the baker's dozen of fat quarters that I received from last years Quilt MN Shop Hop. I thought that with the next shop hop coming up soon...I had better put the 2012 fabric to use! I still have 7 fat quarters to use up but I'm sure they will find a home somewhere. 

Happy quilting!

Angela S. 

Another slow week

Hello all!

I donated 4 quilt tops to Project Linus last night at Sewtopia but they were all things I have posted on here before. I am working on some July birthday gifts so those will need to stay secret for a little bit yet. I also finished up a baby gift but since baby isn't here yet I don't want to post any sneak peaks.  I have the next few days off and we are expecting rain so hopefully I can get my Craftsy BOM quilt back done. Nothing else new here :)

Donation Quilt Tops

More Donation Quilt Tops

Happy sewing!

Angela S.

No News

No sewing news to report this week. I have been working on the backing for my Craftsy BOM quilt but nothing is complete as of yet. 

I have also been going through my patterns and fabric in order to sort out things that I want to give the quilt guild for the 'community store' at the quilt show this year. I have found a few patterns that I know I won't use and I have some fabric that was gifted to me that might make it there too. It is really hard to work with fabric that you a) don't think is good quality and b) don't like the look of! Some things have just ended up in my closet and I don't think I will ever use them. Best to clear out room for things that I do like ;)

It looks like it may be a rainy weekend again so I may get to stay inside and sew. I hope you get some sewing time too!

Angela S.

Donation Quilt Tops

Hello all!


I finished up a few quilt tops this weekend. Both of these were made from blocks that were gifted to me. The blocks were all finished and just needed to be put together in some way.

 

I really like how the purple one turned out. I don't know what the block name is but it ended up really cool anyway.

I thought that the red/blue quilt needed a border so I found something that matched the inner red blocks and put that around. I think that this could pass for a Quilt of Valor so I'm going to do some checking around. If its not quite big enough yet I will get another border or two going :)

This week I am working on the backing for my Craftsy BOM top....I am piecing together my scraps and here is what I have put together so far. 

I cut my own 'layer cakes' from my scraps and this is what I came up with. This section is about 39x39 and the backing for my quilt should be about 70x70 so I have a lot of work to do. I think that this is a great start though and can't wait to finally get that quilt to a long-arm quilter!

Have a great week - Angela S.

Beginner’s Quilt-Along Quilt - Tops Finished

Hello all!

I finished up a few quilt tops this weekend and it was great!! I had completed these blocks a long time ago and needed to get something done with them. I could have just put together all 12 blocks and called it a day but I saw this as an opportunity to make two child-sized quilt tops. The blocks and sashing themselves weren't quite big enough for my liking so I added on a 5 inch border around the whole thing. 

So here are the finished tops ready for donation to Project Linus!

I am working on a few other tops from past projects so hopefully those will be done after the upcoming three day weekend. 

Have a great holiday weekend!

Angela S. 

Another bright bag

Hello all!!

I spent my time this weekend finishing up another Half Moon Bay 6-pack Bag. I previously posted about this bag pattern here. These bags are going to the same house so I wanted to make them the same but different. 

For the first bag, I used 6 fat quarters with the 2 background fabrics being the same. For this bag, I used 6 fat quarters with 2 of the block fabrics being the same. 

I'm not sure which bag I like better but I do know that the 'blocks' stand out on these background fabrics better. I had initially purchased two 6-packs of fat quarters to use for this project and thought that the solids would work awesome for young girls.

I also must have made a mistake cutting somewhere in the process but I cut this so long ago I have no idea...I just ended up making the middle of each side of the back the same color as the background and that will have to work :)

 

I don't think that either girl that is getting a bag sews - so hopefully they will appreciate them. At any rate I am going to fill them up with some handy items that new-grads need. 

This is the second time that I have made a bag with this pattern and I don't think it will be the last. If I make the bag for myself I think i will figure out how to add a zipper to the top and to at least one of the inside pockets.

I showed the bag off at Sewtopia last night and many people made comments about the nice bright colors. I think solids are really started to take off in that group :)

All for now -- Angela S.