Kaleidoscope Quilt

 This finish has been a long time coming. I took this picture in March of 2011 with just my quilt top completed. I kept seeing it in my pile of unfinished projects. It's one of those quilts you lose interest in and just never feel like finishing.

 I finally quilted, backed and bound it.

 Apologies for the drab photos. We don't have much daylight this time of year.

 The back.

I like this quilt a lot better when it is finished. 

To start off 2013 a selvedge spider web quilt. It has been on my to do list for a couple of years now. I can't wait to get it all done. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year.

Thanks to all my wonderful readers!

Strips

Time is going so fast and with 2012 ending I am trying to get all of those unfinished quilts done before the new year. First on my list was this strip baby quilt.

I used some of my favorite Heather Ross prints.

I have actually been meaning to post this quilt because it was my first sale in my Etsy shop. (Woot!) It is already at its new home and waiting for the new arrival.  

Wonky Stars

 One of my Christmas finishes. I have been thinking about this quilt since April for a friend of mine. She loves all things patriotic.

I was able to quilt this one myself. It took me a couple of days from start to finish but it feels good to get it done.

Scrappy Stash Finish

 I did it! I finished my scrappy quilt just in time to link up today. 

 Scrappy binding and flannel for the back.

I think this will be one of many that I will make again just to use up my scraps.  

Check out all the other awesome scrappy quilts over here.

Modern Man

A while back I made some blocks with green,black,and grey. Most of the fabrics reminded me of manly fabric (no flowers). 

 I made each square a different size and then framed them alternating with grey or black.

 I went for a straight solid binding this time and think it worked out great with the modern look I was going for. 

I am also getting ready for a boutique next week and have been making lots of things to get ready. These coasters are just a sample of what I have made. I put them in sets of four and tied them up with bakers twine. I will be linking up again over at crazymomquilts.

Baby Pow Wow

  I have wanted to try this pattern in baby size for a while. After this quilt I was burned out. It was time to give it another try on a smaller scale. I decided on a grey for the solid fabric because babies and white don't always stay looking good.

Is anyone else feeling like it can't be November already? Hope you have a great weekend! I will be linking up over here. 

Sparkle Punch Stars

 I finally finished up this quilt top. The center of stars is 2.5 inch squares. For my blue solid I used Kona's Essex linen in medium aqua. It was nice to use linen for a change it reminded me of my Grandma's quilts.

 This quilt  was my inspiration for the stars. I would love to make a lap size in Christmas fabrics.

 On the back a stripe flannel from Riley Blake.

I will be linking up over at Crazymomquilts.com for finish it up Friday. Hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Question

 With my scraps all sorted out I still had a pretty big bag of the Riley Blake wheels collection left. I do love this line all together so I improv pieced some of the blocks and squared them up to 7 inch blocks.

 A little peek of the back. 

 Cross hatch straight line quilting.

And since fall is upon us I felt like a little fall project. I have been hanging on to these fabrics for sometime now. I can't wait to finish it up. I was also wondering if you would be interested in how I shop for fabric? This is NOT a sponsored blog and I don't get free fabric so I have to buy fabric for a great deal. How do you purchase your fabric? Do you buy it online? I would love to know.

Seaside Triangles

This is the rest of my seaside fabric bundle. I have wanted to piece triangles for a while now so I started small this time maybe next time a lap quilt of triangles. 

I used All Star 2 for the backing fabric and Chelsea stripe for the binding. I really love striped binding on any quilt. Happy Monday!

Seaside

I just couldn't resist this fabric. Seaside by Riley Blake. I love the vintage vibe. I thought it would be darling in a chevron pattern. It was a nice change from my latest projects.

 

 I didn't think I had anything in my stash to go with this line but I had some bijoux in yellow that made a great combo. 

After I had cut my fat quarters in 5 inch squares for this quilt I had a little extra of each piece for Rachel's journal cover tutorial. The tutorial is to fit right over a composition note book. lots more to come. I have been sewing like mad.  

Around the Block

 Another work in progress all done! 

Minky for the back. I know I have been using a ton of minky lately but I love how it feels.

 I used this pattern. It is more of a kid size quilt so great for story time or snuggling up to at night. 

Yellow and Gray

Did you know that yellow and gray are the colors for brain cancer awareness?

One of my cousins that is 17 was just diagnosed with brain cancer last week. I would like you to meet this amazing girl and check out her blog here.

I wanted to make Rachel  a personal gift that she could enjoy. I decided to do this on Wednesday and because she will be leaving for treatments in just a few days I needed to bust it out fast. This was one of my favorite quilts to make with her favorite colors.

Rachel's initials just in case someone tries to claim it as their own.

Flea market fancy seeds for the binding. 

I was able to give it to her Friday night and had a wonderful time chatting with and catching up on her life. 

Just Can't Cut It

My dear friend had the fabric and pattern for a quilt top that wanted to be finished.

We found some great fabric for the back at a really great price here.

Some simple straight line quilting to keep it all together.

It was all Moda fabric that felt so super soft.

This is the pattern we used. It is pretty simple and is a generous size too.

Thanks for letting me make this one for you Kirsty! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Zigzag

 Remember those unfinished projects I had lying around? This top was all done but I lost the momentum to finish the quilting and binding. I used Denyse Schmidt line from Joann's. 

 18 rows of zigzags. I went along with the lines for the quilting. 

 I love these fabrics because they remind me of some old school fabric my grandma had. 

I used a small scale blue print from my stash and a tiny red gingham for the rest of the back. 

Good news we are less than 2 weeks away from moving!