Yet another quilt

Yep, another quilt. I promise we do things other than trash garage doors and quilt around here, but it's all pretty quiet and un-exciting. I'm also trying to get as much done before New Baby's arrival as I can. Anyway, here's the next quilt, made for a friend in the ward expecting her second girl. I used this tutorial by Crazy Mom Quilts (she's amazing). I used a jelly roll, cutting the coins 5.5", made the outside sides and bottom sashing sides 1" larger, and only made four stacks to make it the right size. The math of a quilt top is one of my favorite parts of quilting. I realize that makes me not quite right. I also experimented with some straight-line quilting in the white sashing for some interest, and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. Anyway, mom seemed to like the quilt, and I'm hoping the new baby girl will when she's big enough. Now on to the next two quilts for some newborn twin boys :)

The next quilt

Several weeks ago, I finally finished this quilt for my nephew. He arrived back in December, but I'm moving just a bit slower these days. Not quite sure why...

Anyway, the pattern came from Oh Fransson's Mod Sampler quilt-along. I used fewer fabric pairs and dropped one of the block patterns to keep it the right size. The fabric is from Lizzy House's Red Letter Day collection (Side note - I posted this quilt on the Red Letter Day group on Flickr last week, and guess who commented on it? Lizzy House herself! I saw it this morning, and it *totally* made my day :)

Hopefully the new owner will enjoy his quilt (I hear his big sisters do already), and I'm excited to be moving onto the next one!

The next quilt

One of these days, you'll get tired of seeing the procession of completed quilts. Hopefully that day hasn't come yet, because there are a *lot* of pregnant ladies in our ward, so I've got lots of quilts coming. Plus one for New Baby. Anyway, this one made it to its new home a little over a week ago now, a simple four-patch using fabric from one of my favorite collections, Red Letter Day by Lizzy House. I love the all the ducks and the lollipop trees. And I think the striped binding turned out quite nicely. Now back to work on the next one!

Finally!

So, looking back over old posts, I started this quilt back in October. It was a completed quilt top before Halloween. Then, the first trimester of pregnancy plus the holidays hit, and it's just taken me awhile to get my feet back under me. But, we're finally getting back into the swing of things, and this quilt is finished! Yea! I found inspiration here, here, and here when planning this quilt out. I loved it at the beginning, grew really tired of it during the four months it sat in my front room, and then fell in love again when I finished it this morning. I might even be liking it so much that I repeat it a little larger for New Baby. We'll see. Enjoy!

One day...

One of these days, I'm planning on redoing our bedroom. And hopefully before we buy a house within the next two years. This is the quilt I've had my eye on at Target. The green is better in person.And this is the fabric I want to use with it. It's from a line called Nature-ology by Studio E. I already have a piece of the first blue one and it looks awesome with the quilt. I'm thinking throw pillows and small wall coverings for over our bed? And of course a nap quilt for me :) Now if only I can make my budget find room for this...

Quilts

While everyone else in the family has been sick (even Chad came down with something and stayed home from work three days this week), I've been busy finishing the Neptune quilt. Now I just need to get it to its new home :)And then I started the next quilt. The piecing and basting are done - all it needs is quilting and binding. Hopefully I can be so productive next week, with everybody feeling better too.

Quilt progress

After finishing the cutting last weekend, I wrapped up the piecing this weekend. Yea! Now all this quilt needs is a back, some quilting, and binding. Here's to another productive week!