Friday, May 31, 2013

Toy trucks and another quilt for a graduate

I bought these little construction trucks for the older brother (3 years old) of the twins I'm giving the little "under construction" quilts to.

Once again I'm making a quilt for a girl who is graduating from high school.  She is the daughter of one of my co workers.  I had pieced together this quilt top last summer and figured I'd use it for her but then heard that she loves blue.

I wanted her to have a blue quilt and so I'm in the process of piecing together this quilt top.  I used the same quilt block pattern that I used for the quilt in the previous post.  It's cute and goes together somewhat quickly.   But truly nothing I do is quick.   Not sure if I'm slower than most or not but it's neither here nor there.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

New projects

I know 3 baby boys that will be born soon and I got this "under construction" charm pack from the Missouri Star Quilt Company and decided to add some primary colors and make zig zag baby quilt/play mats for each one.

Aren't the fabrics so colorful and artistic!

This is a quilt I've been making for a senior girl who will graduate and come into the women's organization of our church.  It is our tradition to give them a quilt as a welcome gift.  

At first I was going to use white corner stones and charm square size blocks but then changed my mind and used the red and pink cornerstones and bigger 8 inch squares and so put this part into the back of the quilt.  You can see the meandering quilting.  I wanted to do coencentric circles but due to my inexperience and/or my machine, I couldn't get it to work.  Need much more practice.  But the meandering pattern is nice too.

Even a pillow case to  match.

Trimmed it in bright green

Maple Leaf Block Instructions

To make the 9 1/2 inch maple leaf blocks:   Some basic instructions HSTs cut each, background and color 3 7/8” squares (cut diagonally once)...