Pearl Bracelet Quilt -finally done

I love this quilt,

although it took me so long to finally put together and posted, I can finally say

IT'S DONE!!!!!

(backdrop in Ivans, Utah)

I wanted to make this top completely out of Pearl Bracelet fabrics and to be quick to put together and knew squares would be fast and easy.  I did 5" squares and off centered them to add some dimension and variety.

I love how this picture turned out.

I love this owl fabric with the verbena pearl bracelet and wanted it as the backing. 

I like to do my own quilting, if the quilt isn't too big. This one was pushing it, since the neck of my machine is small, but it worked out. I choose to quilt using the circle method, which I had first seen here. It was fun and a first for me. I choose to do my circles widths randomly.

DONE!!!!!!

So glad I did the circle/ripple style quilting.

Here is my binding all ready to go.

I just love how it all turned out!!!!!

Quilt top: Pearl Bracelet from Lizzy House

Quilt back: verbena pearl bracelet with owls nest black and white

Binding: confetti boarder dots in mist 

Quilting: Circles/ripple done by me

Size: 54" x 72" 

Chain Link Quilt -late post

A while back, (like back in 2011) we posted a quilt kit called Chain Link from pattern creator and blogger Amy Smart. It was recently brought to my attention that we never posted the finished quilt. eek.

So 2 years latter here it is.  

Although our quilt kits are all sold, you can still purchase this pattern here.

We used a bunch of Amy Butler prints along with kona cotton medium gray for sashing and kona cotton white as background.


For me backs of quilts are fun, I get to be creative and have some fun.

For the back I used bike path sun , white stripes Kona cotton, Kona cotton solid olive and lacework in brown.

For the binding I used a blue stripe fabric.

I love how this quilt turned out.

I did my own quilting on it, which was like a wonky box pattern. Free hand of course, not my best quilt job, still trying to master free hand.



Here are the details:
Chain link pattern by Amy Smart
top: Amy Butler prints, kona white, kona medium grey
back: bike path sun, kona cotton white, kona cotton olive, Lacework brown
Quilting: by me, in
Finished quilt measures 61"x 82"

I love Amy Butler fabric and this quilt was so easy and fun to make!

remember this one?... vintage modern hst quilt DONE!

I have to be honest

 this quilt has been finished since May

...eek

it was first posted here.

well, 

Mothers Day to be exact.

It was a gift for my mom, and she loved it. 

and so do I

this quilt was really quick to sew together

 since I used a pre-cut layer cake

{hst tutorial coming soon!}

{love the back drop with the mountains}

the back was created from yardage out of the 

houndstooth print 

and solid med kona cotton grey

the quilting on this was done by me. 

Because this quilt was really big, I'm 

talking queen size big I quilted it will with wonky lines that run throughout the entire quilt.

my only dislike is the quilting. 

my sewing machine doesn't have a wide neck 

so quilting a big quilt on it is a 

challenge.

the lines are slightly curve and cross over in weird places

 but the front and back make up 

for me not liking the quilting.

my binding is out of the floral dots pear

which is a very pretty green with white polka dots

that tops off this quilt!

 Quilt details:

HST quilt

vintage modern pre-cut layer cake

kona cotton white

kona cotton med grey

binding: floral dot pears

queen size

quilted: wonky lines

Sanctuary HST quilt done!

I can now finally say that my Patty Young Sanctuary HST quilt is done! The top had been done almost a year before I finished the back, quilted and binded it. I am so happy with how it turned out. Especially the quilting and pieced backing. I had first posted about it HERE.

 this was actually a quilt kit that I had put together based off of the pattern from Quiltstory. It's a great HST pattern and even better a free tutorial.

I really loving how the pieced backing turned out. I really love the main fabric used in this print, with it's fun bright colors.

 I have to admit that my free motion quilting skills have come a long way... with each quilt I do it gets better and better. This one turned out pretty good, not perfect but getting there.

here are all the details.  We still have some Sanctuary prints in stock which are now 10% off, but we are limited, so pick some up soon.

Finished quilt measures 50x60

fabrics used for HST:
Zen Garden Pear
Geo Bloom Seafoam
Glass tiles Aqua
Aromatherapy Seafoam
Orchard Feng-Shui Seafoam
Kona cotton white


backing:
kona cotton in bright pink and med grey

Aromatherapy sherbet

binding: 

Orchid Feng Shui Ocean

Quilted: puzzle piece design

little folks strip quilt tutorial

Love, Love, Love this quilt.

When we first got in Little Folks fabric about 6 months ago I longed to make up a quilt using a bunch of all these great prints. (so hard to narrow it down) So I decided to make a strip quilt making sure I got in all of my favorites.



I kept the width of the fabric since voile's measure about 54" wide and picked my must haves, which ended up being 22 prints. (eek)


Being a strip quilt I cut the fabrics all different widths, giving some dimension to the quilt. Since I wanted to include all 22 fabrics I did not have a certain length in mind. Just went with what ever size it turned out being.


Which ended up being really long... A good size throw for sure.

I backed it with Forest Hills Sweet. I loved it so much I could not bare to cut into it.




I machine quilted straight lines across, in a variety of places. Then I hand stitched with pearl cotton the same, in a variety of places. I made sure that the pearl cotton did not match with the fabric, I wanted it to stand out.




I bounded it in marine and coral dobby dot from the pastry line, that coordinates so well with little folks. (the dobby dot is now retired but the pastry line without the dots are available)

Over all I LOVE this quilt. I can't wait for it to get a bit cooler so I can snuggle..

Here are the other details: Little Folks Strip Quilt

measures: 47" x 94"
22 prints for little folks voile
quilted: machine straight lines and pearl cotton hand stitching
bound: marine and coral dobby dot voile

Sneak Peek

This has been my latest project. Thought I would give you all a sneak peek before it heads over to get quilted.


Still not quite sure what to name this quilt. Any suggestions?


All I know is I'm loving this back, I have to say I love the back almost as much as the front..


more to come!

(linked to quilt story)

Ragtime quilt

I made my first ragtime quilt a couple of weeks back out of pink and green fabrics. It was my first, and I have to say it started out fun but does take lots of work to cut out all the squares then the sewing.... I think I will leave it for the ragtime pro's. But I'm glad to say I have made one...I think I will stick to my baby minky blankets.



NEW GIVEAWAY STARTING MONDAY.......I'm pairing up with little lizard king to do a great giveaway, so watch for my post on MONDAY to get all the details...