Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Quilts 4 Kids - #3

Just finished my first of 2 monthly goals of quilts 4 kids.  This one measures 40 x 55.


This is the adorable backing, a comfy fleece.

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I'm linking up today with Susan at Quilt Fabrications , Esthers Quilt Blog and Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter .  Be sure to visit these sites to see what others are sharing today.

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

RSC19 - Reds

I may be a week late, I finished my reds last Sunday.  I only added 3 new RSC projects this year.  I started out with a goal of one new project, but fell off the wagon on that note.

The three new projects are all bundled together here on the design wall,


A great goal would be to finish these in the same year they are started.  No excuse this time!

Linking up with Angela at Soscrappy (the one who started it all) and on Sunday with Cynthia for Oh Scraps.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Quilts 4 Kids 19-2

This quilt was such fun to quilt up.  Stitched around the elements of all the beach balls and fmq all over.  Had a bad time with the binding, but wasnt about to rip it out since it was stitched at a 2.0 setting.  I will make adjustments on my next binding adventure.

So here is Q4K 19-2, 45 x 54.



and a fun fleece backing ................


I made my first goal of  completing 2 Q4K per month.  I hope February is as productive.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Quilts 4 Kids 19-1

I did some power cutting in December before the year ended.  I gathered some saved pics of  children's quilts that I considered quick to cut or sew.  Then I spent a couple days pulling fabrics and cutting up kits for 20 quilts - 10 patterns and 2 of each.  My goal is to finish 2 quilts every month.

Here is the first finish.  I am not apt to come up with ingenious names for 20 quilts, so I will name them as in 2019 cuz I plan to do this every year,  19-1, 19-2, 19-3   etc.

19-1 .... the fabric looks gray in the photo but it is actually a tiny blue yellow and white print.  The center blue was blah, so i added some stars to go with the star fabric in the border.  These quilts are so fun and quick to quilt.  It finised at  45 x 54 .


and the back is a fleece print ............

I'm linking up with  Susan at Quilt Fabrication  and  Lorna  at  Sew Fresh Quilts and Alycia of Alycia Quilts on Friday.   Be sure to visit these sites to see what other creative quilters are sharing today.

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Monday, December 10, 2018

Little Boy Blue

I was asked to make a child quilt for a boy, it couldnt contain any girlie colors or symbols (like flowers).  Us quilters can't understand why mothers arent' teaching their children to love all colors.    I did this boy quilt within a week.  Amazing what you can do with a deadline.

It is all blues,  the burgandy is a match for the backing which is an adorable fleece print with doggie emblems.   It measures 44 x 55.  It is not a UFO but it did all come from stash, which applies to everything these days.  Stash is plentiful this year.  I am blessed.






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Monday, November 5, 2018

Child Quilts - 3 finishes

This will be a mini quilt show of child quilts finished.  I wanted to add to my stash of child quilts for a special friend who wants to pick 6 of them to gift to her great grands.

First up  is my version of the Mary's Strippie from www.MaryQuilts.com.  I consider this a UFO finish because I cut the kit for it last Nov or Dec?   This pattern is so fun to practice your FMQ on.  I call this one Mary's Strippie 18-4 because it is the 4th one this year.  It gets tiresome to come up with names for so many quilts.  It finishes at  46 x 54.



and my favorite vision is always the back ............................
notice my sheltie puppy "Kelsey"  is peeking her head in the photo.  I've not been able to get a good full pic of her yet, she won't stay still long enough






next up  is  what I call the Pink & Black strip n flip.  I saw a similar version on a blog somewhere and made up my own dimensions.  This one finished at 38 x 46.  Backed with fleece.




Finally,  this is the Pathways quilt,  a free pattern on quiltingismytherapy.com by Angela Walters.  Naturally, I also adjusted the size of this one ...  46 x 54.   It is backed with a soft blue and white flannel.  I quilted it allover with overlapping circles.




Happy finishes, all washed, dried and fluffy. 

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Spring Splash Navy

I got an impulse to make a Spring Splash quilt.  It is a great pattern,  free to you from McCall's Quilting here........ https://www.quiltingcompany.com/Quilt/pattern-spring-splash/

I made one years ago from a Christmas print.  They are so fun to put together.  Here is my version from a Navy- folk art flowers print.  It finished at 45 inches square.



I backed it with a solid red fleece.  I had great fun quilting it.  You can see all the detail by looking  from the back.  The thread sinks into the fleece and the quilting design dances around the quilt.



It's been a long time since I had something I could share.  I'm linking up with these great linky parties this week:



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Monday, August 13, 2018

Irish Rosebud - finished.

The parts to this pretty lap quilt were cut last December, so I claim it as a UFO finished.
 It is 55 x 75.  I hope someone will like it.


I quilted curly cues in the large centers  and curved pumpkin seeds on all the squares.  Here is the back, it may be easier to see the quilting, I used a red/cream print on the back too.


It's been so long since I've had a finish to share,  I'm joining these linky parties this week.  Be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing too.

                                              Wednesday  -  Quilt Fabrication    and
            Sew Fresh Quilts

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