Birthday String Quilt from So Sarah Sews

Sarah from SoSarahSews has a fabulous quilt to share with us all today.  I LOVE the bright happy colors, and I'm sure a teenage girl will love them even more!!  Sarah has a great list of her finished quilts, so yummy to look at it :)  Make sure to see her flickr for inspiration and check out SoSarahSews.  Thanks!!

Well, I'm moving to London, England in 6 short months.  And I've made a quilt for all my young nieces and nephews...the ones that have been born in the last few years.  But my goal for this year was to give my older nieces and nephews a quilt before I leave.

I took care of Grant, whose birthday was in December, with this camoflage quilt.

Next up is my oldest niece, Brooke.  Her birthday is 4 days after mine in February, and I'm happy to say I'm already done with her quilt!  (Only two more to go after her!)

 

Here it is.  She's going to be 15 this year.  I can't believe it.  I think this will suit her.  She told me she likes all these colors, but no yellow, which is funny because her room is yellow.

This is an up-close of the quilting. I did big flowers throughout the quilt. I like it. (Don't mind the string hanging off there...don't know how I missed that!)

The back is one fabric I chose that I thought she would like. The colors in the pic are a little off, but it's really nice in person. I hope she likes it!

I had a lot of little triangles left over when I trimmed the blocks.  I made a baby quilt with them, you can check it out here. 

I'll soon be sharing with you my newest nephew's quilt (See HERE) that will be on it's way to him soon. (He was born 12-12-12! How cool is that birthday?!)  

Last day to enter the Hand Dyed Fabric Giveaway!!  Winner announced tomorrow!

Be Mine Quilt

First I've got a winner from our awesome Cotton Blossom Farm giveaway:

The Amateur Quilter said...

I liked their FB page as AmateurQuilter. :)

Congrats!!  I'll be in touch! :)

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Do you remember this little stack of lovely prints from Saffron Craig?  The prints are called Magical Land in pinks.  (PS Check out her darling new line, Wombat Wonderland, love!)

And a finish!  I told you you'd be seeing a lot of finishes from us lately, just this week Dottie, then Sail Away Skirt and now:

Be Mine!

Can you guess why I named it that?  ;)  I wouldn't say that pinks/reds are out of my comfort zone because I LOVE color.  So I guess neutrals would be out of my comfort zone or something :)  But I always always gravitate to blues and greens.  Even if it has red or pink or purple in it  I always think, "You know what would look lovely with this...a blue (or green)!"  Lol.

So for me it is so striking!  And so different, I love seeing it hang over my quilt rack.

The pattern I used was pretty simple (just one I came up with, I didn't use an actual pattern).  I used coordinating Michael Miller solids.  And they matched perfectly.  And if you haven't seen/used MM solids yet I've heard a little misconception out there, that the solids just match their lines.  Which may be true but I use their solids ALL THE TIME, there are sooo many colors, they definitely work outside their lines as well.

I went for a super scrappy back which I think works for this line really well.

I have to tell you, the size of the quilt directly correlates to the look on my husbands face when I ask him to squat for pictures.  Yesterday it was overcast (in hot AZ) and I asked him to help me take some pictures.  We had 3 quilts to do, and they started out his height down to a baby quilt.  This one was in the middle.  Ahh...so funny, I didn't know how put out a grown man can get :) 

The quilt is roughly 40 x 50, a throw or child size.

And the quilting.  Oh the quilting.  Aunt Wendy is amazing (she's in Utah if anyone wants her info).  Like I've been saying, with baby girl coming in October I've got so many projects I've been finishing up lately I've just been saying "One for me, one for Wendy, one for me, one for Wendy...".

There you have it ! My pretty in pinks, reds and purples Be Mine quilt.  I think it might look really cute with a little princess in the middle of it :)

Fabric Tuesday...come share!

Heather here. Here is my quilt finish! Yay! Isn't is purdy? I LOVE it! 

Love the colors, love the flowers, love the pattern (which is a bit lost in all the prints I admit)

I just think it is sweet and vintage feeling. I want to sleep under it every night if only my husband would approve!

Hope you all love as much as I do!

What did you create?

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Can't wait to see, I LOVE being inspired by all of you all week!

Scrappy Star Quilt from deux petites souris

The winner of Pink Castle's charm pack giveaway:

Tricia said...

I want some Vintage Modern!

MAY 31, 2012 2:16 PM 

Congrats!! And thanks to Pink Castle Fabrics!!

Another great quilt to feature today from Cinzia of deux petites souris.  Cinzia is a very talented modern designer, she makes some great quilts! You can see them in her portfolio and in her shop.  After you've had some fun looking around you can catch some of her tips too :)  Here is her scrappy star quilt:

My Scrappy Star Quilt is quilted and bound!
I opted to quilt in straight diagonal lines through each square.

The binding is a bright pink floral fabric. Since the quilt is made up of lots of different scraps I felt it needed a strong color to hold it all together.

  

Plus this quilt is so girly, the pink was definitely suited here.

 For the back I used some of the vintage floral fabric that originally intended to use for the centers of the stars (seen here). I like it so much, plus it contains all the colors used in the front.

A close up of the quilt shows the polka dots on the blue background fabric.

Finished size is 36X36.

2 Quilts for 2 Girls from a quilt is nice

Super sweet quilts and sweet stories from Nettie of a quilt is nice.  Nettie is a stay at home mommy of three cuties and has been quilting for 10 years.  She has a finished quilts list that most quilters (especially me!) would be covetous of!! :)  Hard to pick a favorite but this crazy geese quilt is definitely at the top!  Also see Nettie's tutorials for some great quilting tips too!  Thanks Nette!

 

My oldest daughter is 7 years old, and just before she was born I made her this baby quilt.  She LOVED that thing (still does).  It went everywhere with us, church, grocery store, airplanes, bed.  It was her number one comfort item.  Over the years it has suffered from wear, and eventually she didn't "need" it as much.  But it was still always in bed with her. 

Fast forward 5 or so years and my 2 year old discovered how soft and cuddly it is, and pretty much stole it from her big sister.  Luckily she just likes it for sleeping, but it has always bugged her older sister.  I haven't been super fond of it either.  It's pretty ragged, and I don't want to see it completely wear out.

One day, my 7 year old suggested I make a new one for my 2 year old.  I thought that sounded like a fair plan, so we went to work making a new one for Christmas.  At first I wanted to make it as close to exact as I could, but decided I didn't want to buy any fabric for this project, so really only the pattern is the same.

I kept warning my 7 year old that this might not work.  Her sister might not care for a new, crispy quilt.  She might just want her older sisters quilt that is broken in and soft.

But you know what, it worked.  My 2 year old loves her new quilt and was even willing to give back the old one!  Yay!

I love both of these quilts, they seem so sentimental to me.  I keep wondering if I'll have to make another version for our next baby.