Flash Back Friday - Where's Waldo?

Have you ever been drawn to a quilt and couldn't stop thinking about it?  That's how I was with the Fresh Cut quilt by Heather Bailey using fabric by the same name.  When she re-released the line I knew I had to make the quilt.

It's a strip quilt and creates an interesting kaleidoscope design.


I opted to make my quilt without the ruffle border.

 

Selecting Strips

Arranging Finished Blocks

Waldo

My cat has a fondness for quilting.  Whenever I arrange blocks on the floor she runs over and slides over them like she is on a crazy carpet.  With this quilt the blocks were laid out on a white sheet.  Somehow she managed to get under the sheet and crawl around messing up all my carefully laid blocks.  Perhaps she didn't like my arrangement and wanted me to start over.

 

Fresh Cut Quilt Finished

As with so many of my quilts I made adjustments.  In addition to making it without the ruffle, I added a row to create a lap-size quilt.

 

Fresh Cut Quilt - My Very Own Quilt

This is the first quilt I have made for myself.  The rest have been gifts.  It's so nice to have a quilt to enjoy. I may have to make a few more to keep!

A Little Sweetness ... Perfect for a Little Girl

Tasha Noel has a new line of fabric coming soon.  It's A Little Sweetness and will be available in the Fat Quarter Shop in July.

The fabric is whimsical.  I can envision the adorable dresses and aprons one could make with these prints.

2017 Project Planning

Rather than make any New Year's resolutions I am going to make a list of projects to help with completing them.  I want to organize my sewing room and know that finishing projects I'm storing (some for years) will make a HUGE impact.  Some are works in progress, and others are quilts that need to be started.

As I inventory my stash I will be adding to the list.  Here's

• Monogram Pillow (same design, different letter as this one)
• Pinwheel Quilt

The pinwheel quilt was started years ago. 
It is based on the pattern by Freckled Whimsy.

I know there will be extra fabric once the quilt is complete that I can repurpose for another project.

Birthday Pennant Banner

I made a Happy Birthday banner for a special little girl.  It is made from Bonnie & Camille's Little Ruby fabric.  I am so happy with how it turned out.

If only the lighting was better so the photo would capture the actual colours of the fabric.  I used the green, gray, and aqua dots for the pennants; the pink bows for the applique; and the sundae print in red for the ties.

Flash Back Friday - Once Upon a Time

I was searching for some fabric to make a quilt for one of my nieces when I came across Alexander Henry's 'Once Upon a Time' fabric.  What little girl doesn't love fairy princesses, dragons and magical forests? 

This quilt is one of my own designs.  I miscut the fabric. Had there been enough to redo I would have switched locations of the large-scale and small-scale prints, as the dragon is cut off being placed in the narrower strips.

 

Even though he knows I quilt, my niece's dad thought the quilt was store bought.  He didn't think someone could make something that nice at home.



Christmas Stocking & Gift Bag

I have made several Christmas stockings based on the tutorial by Sew Like My Mom.

 

I had extra fabric so I decided to make a matching gift bag.  You can find the tutorial on the In Color Order site.

Christmas 2016 Quilt-a-thon a bust

I'm sick.  Not just too sick to sew, but too sick to do anything but lie around doing absolutely  nothing and even that is draining.  So much for completing projects on my December sewing list.  Only two items to sew, a pillow and a quilt and it's just not happening.

The best I can do is post about past Christmas projects.


Flat Emelie & Flat Matt 
I always enjoyed playing with paper dolls as a child.  Using the Flat Emelie and Flat Matt tutorial by Angela Yosten I made a set of fabric 'paper dolls' for my niece. 

 

And a change of clothes.  Instead of flaps of paper to hold on the clothing, these ones use Velcro.  The doll clothes were a great way to use scraps of fabric and batting.

 

I also made a carry bag to store the dolls and their clothes.