I made this quilt for her, and I hope they love it! I used a favorite color palette (similar to this pairing, lots of good fabrics, and a couple of Heather Ross unicorns from a large scrap.
I even busted out my rusty free-motion quilting skills.
This picture from my last post give you a close-up of the quilting. And it's the first project to receive my new labels!
As usual, scrappy back.
Finished size is 42" x 48".
Here's another recently finished quilt. I feel like that is a really casual description when finishing a quilt takes a lot of work. This is Florette, and I enjoyed every step of the process. The large snowball blocks were great for featuring fun prints.
And I got to brush off my very dusty free-motion quilting skills with some floral quilting. It seemed like a good choice, and I really got into the groove of it on this twin-sized lovely. The pattern is Jeni's Florette and it comes together pretty quickly and is available in many sizes.
The backside. I do love a good quilt back, and I used several large scraps in the making of this back.
I made a list of my in-progress quilting projects last week, and it was an entire page long. Hopefully, I can cross off several more items before the end of the year!
For months, probably about six, if I'm being honest, I've been contemplating how to quilt this.
The lovely wonky bee girls, Nicke, Sara, Amanda, Melissa and Jessica, just rock my socks.
Truly. This quilt is the happiest combination of color and patchwork.
Hence, my quilting dilemma. I have felt overwhelmed, because I felt like I could easily ruin it with my quilting. But, I decided to bite the bullet this weekend.
I'm three bobbins in, and close to the halfway mark. I'm taking my time, and letting the patchwork guide my quilting.
I'm really proud of my free-motion progress. In my latest attempts, I've worked to stretch myself. Although, I still love my first FMQ quilt dearly.
Slow and steady. Loving every minute.
I hope to finish the quilting this week!
I'm so excited to share these pillows with you. Are you familiar with RJR Cotton Supreme Solids ? Thanks to Brenda and the RJR team, I was able to try them out, and I found them to be an excellent line of solids. 
The range of colors is immense, and the fabric has a lovely hand.
I felt a little overwhelmed when I was choosing colors, but I decided to go outside of my comfort zone. I started with Night-290 (which is less purple than the link), and promptly added Flamingo-338, Seafoam Green-301, Just Peachy-278, Cove-294, Denim-106, Arabian Nights-160, and Cinnamon-196.
I was in the mood for some half-square triangles (I used my favorite method. Using the leftover strips I cut to make the HSTs, I made a second simple pillow, which allowed for some free-motion quilting practice. 
I really love how these pillows turned out, and they've made a nice addition to our bedroom window seat!
And we have a little giveaway, thanks to RJR Fabrics! You can win a fat quarter bundle of the eight solids I chose.
I'll pick a winner Monday morning.
Thanks for entering!
And if you're on facebook, check out this page, where you can easily follow along with the blog hop. There are lots of fun projects being made with the Supreme Solids!
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I really, really, love this quilt. This started with Penny's Improv curve tutorial, and my desire to make a fall-colored quilt. The do.Good Stitches Love circle made lovely blocks!
Assembling the curvy blocks was fun, but I especially enjoyed building the patchwork background. I used a variety of Art Gallery solids and sewed together strips, chopped, then repeated.
I stuck to simple quilting on the curvy blocks, just outlining in red thread. But I let the quilting shine on all that negative space, with a boxy free motion stitch.
The back features a couple of blocks, and some mixed neutral prints from the stash.
I machine-bound the quilt. I usually prefer to handsew the binding, but I wanted to practice doing it on the machine, and I think I did pretty well.
I actually finished this a month ago, but after washing, there was a small hole on one of the curves (where a seam was cut a little short). I let it marinate for a few weeks, while I decided how best to mend it.
Amy suggested a simple zig zag, which is what I ended up doing. It's not noticeable, and it will ensure that the recipient will have a lovely quilt!
Oh, and can I just say, Elliott is so sweet to help me photograph my quilts. He is a tall dude, and was totally ducking in these shots.
I'm sure by now, you've heard about the new Sun Print and Clover Sunshine fabric lines, by the fabulous Alison Glass of Andover. There have been some amazing projects made as part of the release (see links below!).
I was thrilled when Alison asked me to participate in her blog event. I love her style, and her sense of color. She is an amazing artist and has such a warm heart.
Alison sent me several fat quarters to work with, and I dug through my solid stash to find a fun pairing. I landed on a Pink Chalk Fabrics solids bundle, called Hot Summer Nights. It included a variety of bold pinks, oranges, and some purple and brown. I thought it worked perfectly with Alison's palette!
And truth be told, I am in love with this quilt.
I used Jeni's Arithmetic pattern, and made the throw size (dimensions: 64" x 76").
I completely love the colors, and a plus quilt is always a happy choice. This is my first full plus quilt, but I made a few pillows previously.
I quilted it in what I call "loopy squares". There is probably a more official name for this type of quilting.
I backed it in one of my favorite Sun Print fabrics (purchased from Stash Fabrics!), the magenta feathers!
Alison is having a huge giveaway, as part of the release, with a prize of 74 fat quarters!
Click here to enter over on her blog! I am at the caboose of her blog event this week! Please check out the previous posts below!
In addition to the big giveaway over on Alison's blog, by leaving a comment here, you can win a copy of her new pattern, Color Plus!
One winner will get a copy of this new pattern PLUS a set of ten fat quarters from Alison, similar to this pairing!
To enter, just leave one comment, and tell me about your favorite print from Alison's new lines!
Please make sure I have a way to contact you!
I will pick one winner on Thursday!
And please, go enter Alison's big giveaway!
Thanks, Alison, for letting me be a part of this!
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Yay! I met Marla at the Stash Bash, and I am so happy this fabric is heading her way!
I'm also finally able to share my do.Good Stitches quilt, and it's a good thing, since next month is mine for quilting again.
I really love this quilt. I don't give purple a lot of love, but I think it works so well with yellow and gray in these stars.
I outline-quilted each star, which was worth the time it took. I then filled in larger sections (such as the strips I used to connect the blocks) with free motion quilting. I held back from doing the square quilting around each star. I didn't want to overdo it, and I think I stopped at the right point! I used a lovely gray bias stripe to bind.
My sweet husband ducked down behind the quilt in these pictures.
I am entering this in Katie's 100 Quilts for Kids. Please enter if you can!
I always wanted to make a postage stamp quilt. A scrappy one, of course. I made a mini and a pillow last year, but dabbling wasn't enough for me.
Months ago, I started cutting 4" squares from scraps. I did this gradually, as I was cutting for other things. I cut many from two partially used charm packs (Circa 1934 and dark solids).
I sat down to count about six weeks ago, and calculated what I needed.
For this 70" x 80" quilt, I needed 400 squares.
I was way short with my gradual cutting, so I started working through scraps. There are a few duplicates, but this is a nice representation of scraps. I randomly started assembling them into 16-patch blocks, and then into a top.
To tame the gorgeous color a bit, I backed it with the ever-popular IKEA Britten print, as well as a half yard of an Avalon print.
It is quilted in a meander free-motion stitch, but a few blocks were used for experimenting with other FMQ techniques. It was fun!
As I was finishing it up with some scrappy binding last week, Elliott suggested that I gift it to my grandmother.
We visited my family this weekend, and she is recovering from surgery. This was the perfect chance to give her something special.
My grandmother is, without a doubt, one of the most influential people in my life, crafty or otherwise.
And I didn't even think about it at the time, but my grandmother has collected stamps throughout her life, so really, how could I not give it to her?
She wrapped up in it immediately, so I know it will be loved.
P.S. Whenever I think of postage stamp quilts, I think of Molly.
Well, that happened again. I got the churndash block in my brain, and made block after block.
I started with a bundle that Holly created for Pink Castle Fabrics. You can see the starting bundle in this post. I went through the stash, and added lots of other prints for variety, but stuck to the color palette Holly chose.
Each block is 8.5" unfinished, and there are thirty-six blocks. I tried to make sure I varied the background color in each block, and tried many different color combinations within the blocks.
I found a coordinating coral sheet at Target, which I used for the back. I chose to quilt a grid, which surrounds each churndash center. For a little added interest, I also free-motion quilted a design in the center of blocks in one row and one column.
It finishes at 50" square.
And I love it.
