tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34020054141941283282024-03-04T23:57:11.422-06:00becalmedsewingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-3868685504846916292015-11-29T16:28:00.000-06:002015-11-29T16:28:04.437-06:00(Bigger) Tiny Tile Quilt for a wedding gift (a commissioned project!) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few months ago, one of my friends approached me about making a queen-sized quilt to give as a wedding gift for one of her best friends. I jumped at the chance! She wanted to be able to give the gift in person at the out-of-state wedding, so that left me just a few short weeks to plan, get fabric, sew the top and back, and get the completed top/back to my long-arm quilting lady. I was up for the challenge...<br />
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My friend wanted to have a heavy hand in the design and fabric choice, which I was A-OK with. She has great taste and also wanted to consider the recipients. She took to pinterest to see if anything struck her fancy (also bearing in mind that I was on a bit of a time crunch) and found the <a href="http://www.purlsoho.com/create/2015/06/08/tiny-tile-quilt/">Tiny Tile Quilt from Purl Bee</a>. The (FREE!) pattern calls for 120 Large Squares, which measure 5 ½ x 5 ½ inches, and 480 Small Squares, which measure 2 x 2 inches, for a finished quilt that measures 50 inches x 60 inches. As this needed to be a queen sized quilt, I did a bit of math to account for the bigger size. I scaled up the blocks so that I'd end up with 90 Large Squares (which measure 10 ½ x 10 ½ inches) and 360 Small Squares (which measure 3 ½ x 3 ½ inches) for a finished quilt that measures approx 90 inches x 100 inches. Phew!<br />
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Now that we had a pattern figured out, we headed over to Anna Maria Horner's wonderful shop <a href="http://www.craft-south.com/">Craft South</a> to pick out the fabric. My friend wanted to choose a single fabric for the backing and then match the solid colors accordingly. She settled on the Stampede print from <a href="http://wattsalot.com/august">Sarah Watts' first Cotton + Steel Collection, August.</a><br />
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From there we picked out some Free Sprit Solids that matched the paint splotch colors of the backing fabric.<br />
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The original pattern uses 6 different colors for the tile corners (and each color is not represented equally). I wanted this quilt to have the same visual effect, so I went so far as to figure out the representation percentage (I'm a little nuts). I used Kona Snow for the background fabric.<br />
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Color 1: 25% (Light Aqua)<br />
Color 2: 25% (Aqua)<br />
Color 3: 18.75% (Grey)<br />
Color 4: 18.88% (Turquoise)<br />
Color 5: 8.3% (Yellow)<br />
Color 6: 4.5% (Coral)<br />
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The top went together relatively quickly. I was able to devote an entire weekend to sewing and pretty much got the whole thing knocked out that weekend. I sewed (3) 3-yard-pieces of fabric to piece the backing and had plenty of fabric leftover.<br />
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Part of what makes this quilt so stunning is the diagonal quilting lines, which create a neat diamond pattern. This quilt was far too large to quilt on my home machine, so I brought it to my gal and told her to replicate the diagonal lines as best she could on her long arm.<br />
I used grey for the biding. IT TURNED OUT SO GOOD! It was done in time for my friend to take to the wedding, and from what I hear, the couple was really touched by their gift.<br />
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Working on this commissioned quilt really lit the fire to finally make it (quietly) known that I am available and eager to work on some more commissioned projects. So, if you're interested, be sure to check out the <a href="http://becalmedsewing.blogspot.com/p/custom-baby-quilts.html">"custom baby quilts" </a>tab on the home page. I'm also willing to consider quilts of larger size (i.e. queen and king), but please have realistic expectations about the price (materials, my labor, outsourced quilting). Please email me with any questions.<br />
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This was a fun one to make. It was a wedding gift for an old high school pal and his sweet baker-of-a-wife. I went super simple design-wise with some big, solid half square triangles. I might've had some notes about the size of the blocks, the colors i used, etc. but I can't seem to find them (or maybe they never existed to begin with?) Regardless, I managed to take lots of photos of this one, thanks to favorable summer sunlight conditions (this one was made back in May/June). Side note: As I write this, it's a cool November evening, and the sun set at 4:50pm for crying out loud. Bring back the warm summer sunshine and 8:00pm sunsets!<br />
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Ah, the eternal struggle of half-square triangles: so many different layout options! </div>
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For the first time ever, I "tied off" a quilt, using navy-colored perl cotton. It was so fun! I definitely want to do it again sometime. I also quilted on the outsides of the diagonals.<br />
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Ok, I am smitten with the back of this quilt. My friends got engaged in Paris, and I remembered I had a fat quarter of a Paris map fabric, so I thought it might be neat to incorporate that somehow. I used <a href="http://cluckclucksew.com/2015/01/making-heart-blocks-in-multiple-sizes.html">this tutorial </a>for a heart block. Then I thought about how the two of them had eloped in San Francisco, and I just HAD to make another heart with San Francisco-themed fabric. I ordered a cute print on Spoonflower (my first time purchasing something from them). For a second, I thought about making a Tennessee/Nashville heart too (hometown, represent!), but I couldn't find a decent fabric (and I didn't want to overdo the sentimentality). I love how it turned out.<br />
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throw-sized quilt, good for picnicking or couch-snuggling</div>
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Paris heart. Oui oui!</div>
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I made this one in early 2015...baby number two (a boy) for some buddies (baby numero uno was the recipient of one of my favorites, <a href="http://becalmedsewing.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-panda-quilts-19-turquoise-peach.html" target="_blank">the turquoise and peach circles quilt</a>). The mama is drawn to a modern, clean aesthetic, so I went all solid for the fabric choice.<br />
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I'd <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/katiehaas/quilts-inspiration/" target="_blank">pinned</a> a few solid half-square triangle quilts (and looked to my quilting buddy Lana who was on a HST kick) as inspiration and went to work. I pulled all the colors (and remnants) from my stash - as you can see, shades of aqua, blue, and grey - and regular kona white for the rest.<br />
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I started out with 4 1/2" squares to make the HST's and trimmed each piece down to 4". Realizing how many blocks I'd have to make to fill up a quilt, I used some solid squares. I completely randomized the placement - I like all the different shapes that pop out! 11 blocks across and 13 blocks down, it finished out at approx. 38.5" x 45.5".<br />
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For the back, I used a single piece of fabric from <a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/doe/AFR-15025-4/">carolyn friedlander's doe collection.</a> I quilted along one of the diagonals, which meant some ditch-stitching. and used white for the binding.<br />
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Welcome, baby Julian! </div>
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Catching up on all things quilty - I realized that I haven't kept up with my most recent quilt finishes. This one dates back to January 2015...</div>
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I made this one for a sweet lady and her sweet husband and their soon-to-be-born sweet baby girl, Calla. I don't think I've made something so overtly pastel and cute and girly, but that's the direction I went for this one. Which is strange, because this sweet lady isn't what I'd call a pastel sort of gal (*not that there's anything wrong with that. I know very few "pastel gals"). She's rock n roll and can play drums like a boss and wears a leather jacket. But for some reason, these fabrics were calling to me. </div>
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I had the art gallery border print (as seen in the center square) for awhile (it's from the 'littlest' collection, which is ADORABLE). I used <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/307183/seersucker-baby-quilt">this super simple martha stewart pattern </a>. I mainly just read the following statement and ignored everything else: <i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.4000000059604645px;">(</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.4000000059604645px;">To make a 40-inch square quilt, start with a 10 1/2-inch center square and add 5 1/2-inch-wide strips.) </span></i></div>
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I had the pleasure of giving the couple the quilt at the baby shower...and sweet little Calla was born a few weeks later. Congrats to the family!! </div>
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*sorry for the dark and dreary indoor photos. Winter - hmph!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-46938231495473497422015-09-25T21:11:00.004-05:002015-09-25T21:13:23.794-05:00scattered quilt for elliott <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Everyone in my immediate family has gotten a quilt as a christmas gift, except my one and only nephew, Elliott. I'd been wanting to make him a quilt for many years, but realizing he was soon to be hitting that "not a kid any more" transition (he was 10 at christmas; turned 11 the following month), i held off. I didn't want to make something with cutesy, cartoony fabric only to have him outgrow cutesy, cartoony things the very next minute. He's very much into football, but making him a football-centric quilt wasn't something I wanted to do, either (selfish aunt? I'm not so into the football...). So I waited til I found just the right thing. </div>
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I had the moon phases fabric from lizzy house's (old) <a href="http://blog.andoverfabrics.com/2013/01/the-constellations-collection-in-stores-now/">constellation collection </a>in mind because this kid's middle name is Moon (really!) Then I had to find a cool pattern. I got <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Quilts-Blogging-Universe-Patchwork/dp/1604682116">"Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe"</a> at the library and <a href="http://cluckclucksew.com/">Cluck Cluck Sew's </a>"Scattered" pattern really jumped out at me. I picked out some accompanying fabrics (some more Lizzy House, some of <a href="http://cloud9fabrics.com/introducing-micromod-by-rob-bancroft/">Rob Bancroft's Micro Mod collection</a>, some lotta jansdotter, and that pop of yellow) and got to work. *I think the pop of yellow really makes the quilt and I'm glad I threw a few of those in there! </div>
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I made this quilt a little smaller than called for (the pattern finishes out at approx 60 x 72, with 10 blocks across and 12 blocks down). This is 9 blocks across and 11 blocks down (I had to make sure it was small enough for me to quilt at home. I did straight, horizontal lines. Not sure of the final measurement, but i believe it was approx 54 X 66). </div>
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Here's me and Elliott on christmas morning. I didn't know how he'd react, but I really think he liked it! He even remarked that sewing all those pieces together must really take a long time. It did...but for this kid, i'd do anything. I'd make him quilts to the moon and back.<br />
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This quilt! I don't even know where to begin. Yes I do: Spring of 2012. But I almost need to go back even further, to 1988, because that's how long I've known the other people in this quilt story...<br />
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So, old friend #1 (D) met a fine fellow, fell in love and got married (in Hawaii!). Old friend #2 (Liz) and I decided to make a quilt as a wedding present for them. The wedding and a local reception were to be held later that year, so we got together and plans were hatched; we felt no sense of urgency to complete it and decided it would be a nearly stress-free process if we didn't burden ourselves with deadlines. </div>
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I bookmarked <a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2011/03/mod-sampler-redux.html">Oh Fransson's Mod Sampler quilt pattern</a> as a possible contender for this quilt. Her book <i>The Practical Guide to Patchwork </i>is so insightful & informative, and this (free!) quilt pattern from her blog was no different. This pattern calls for 6 print fabrics and 6 solid fabrics, so we went to Textile Fabrics during one of their 50% off sales and picked out the prints. Shopping for fabric with a co-conspirator was so much fun (Liz noticed fabrics I typically would've breezed over, and it helped me step out of my comfort zone). A few prints jumped out at us (ultimately because they reminded us of D) and it was neat finding others to match. Back at home, I got out my nifty Kona Cotton card and found 6 coordinating solids. It was slightly challenging, as our prints contain browns and purples which typically don't "go" together. In the end, we got: Ash, Mahogany, Salmon, Yarrow, Coral and Hibiscus.<br />
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Since the pattern is written for a 52x62 throw size quilt, I transposed it so it would be a queen, and ended up with these notes: </div>
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And here's where everything kinda turns to mush. When we bought our fabric, we each purchased one yard of each of the prints (so...12 yards of prints if you're doing the math). (Side note: at the Textile 50% off sale, you're required to get 1 yard to get the discount, so I figured it was probably "worth it" and easier for us to each get a whole yard). I followed that same (il)logic when buying the solids. 2 yards of each, so...12 yards of solids. 24 yards of fabric for a queen quilt. Any fellow quilters reading this will know how absurd this is. Not to mention: I also ordered additional fabric for the back and binding. That's the point alarm bells should've gone off, but it took about a year and half for that to happen. </div>
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Here's what I THINK happened. My plan was for Liz and I to each make 40 blocks. So...80 blocks total. When we bought the fabric, I think my yardage estimates must've accounted for us each making 80 blocks...</div>
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Anyway. So it's Summer 2012 at this point. I thought it would be best to pre-wash all the fabrics because of the deep purples (I had trouble with purple bleeding with <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/01/panda-quilts-4-small-plates-outfoxed.html">this quilt</a>). If I recall, I got right to work on washing, pressing and cutting. I sewed 40 blocks, then stored them in a box. Fall of 2012 is when we put our house on the market. We sold it that winter and moved to our new place in March 2013. Sometime that spring, I got all this stuff out again - saw the "80 blocks" note, counted that I only had 40, so I made 40 more blocks. I had the fabric already cut? (Guess I had cut enough for 80 blocks the first go round). Liz and I continued to talk on occasion about the quilt. She was going through a major career change during this time and was going to move out of state in the summer. So we got together to cut the fabric for her blocks prior to her moving. We spent the day cutting out fabric for 80 more blocks. </div>
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After Liz left that day, I counted all the blocks I had made and realized THAT I HAD MADE ALL THE BLOCKS FOR THE WHOLE QUEEN SIZE QUILT. How and why it took me this long to figure it out is beyond comprehension. I have no excuses. The time lapses between working on it - irrelevant. My brain just wasn't working. I wrote Liz an email apologizing profusely for my error. I wish I had realized this PRIOR to cutting into her 12 YARDS of uncut fabric, but alas...no such luck. </div>
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Before Liz moved, she came over and we worked on the layout of the blocks. Her help was immeasurable as we moved and manuevered 80 blocks around my hardwood floor. We had to make sure all the blocks were facing the right way & that they were in a specific order...and that same patterns weren't next to each other and whatnot. </div>
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In an effort to maintain Maximum Equal Collaboration Efforts (a.k.a. M.E.C.E {official term, coined by middle children of the world}), we were able to come to a fair agreement - Liz would take care of the quilting. We contacted Nanette at <a href="http://www.all-sewn-together.com/">All Sewn Together </a>and used the same quilting design from my <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-panda-quilts-20-lotta-jansdotter.html">king size lotta jansdotter quilt. </a> </div>
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While Liz and I hoped there'd be some way for us to give D & T the quilt in person, the fact that we all lived in 3 different states made this near impossible. D & T had made a move too, from Seattle to Houston - so - Texas, Tennessee and Florida. I saw Liz around Thanksgiving and was able to show her the finished quilt (and take some pictures at her parents' amazing house). </div>
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In a remarkable case of poor timing, D & T came to Nashville the following week, missing the opportunity for all of us to be in the same state at the same time by a matter of days. But Liz agreed that I should just go ahead and give it to them, and I was delighted to present them their 2+ years-late wedding gift from me and Liz. </div>
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Pinterest had me drooling over low volume quilts recently, so I finally gave one a go. A co-worker was due to have a baby boy in December, so that settled it! </div>
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For the plusses, I had a fat quarter bundle set of all the 2013 new Robert Kauffman Kona colors, so as you can see, I pulled out shades of blue and turquoise. I added a Kona Snow border to bump up the size a bit (so it's about 40" square).<br />
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For the quilting, I did lines around each 12" block, then stitched-in-the-ditch around each plus sign (you can really tell on the back). And good ole Lotta for the binding. For the back, I was able to use this nice Anna Maria Horner light blue print (I picked up a pretty sizable remnant at Textile, so no need for piecing the backing). </div>
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Welcome, baby Ethan!!! </div>
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This quilt was made for my friend Nicole and her mystery baby #3. Nicole and her husband are the only people I know who do not learn the sex of the baby, so...gender neutral quilt! I didn't quilt when boy #1 was born, but boy #2 was the recipient of <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/01/panda-quilts-3-snickerdoodle-quilt.html">this quilt</a> (had to dig way back into the archives for that one, as it was the 3rd quilt I had made!) <br />
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I started this quilt in August and planned it around this raindrop print made by Alexander Henry. I threw in orange, light blue, yellow and white solids, as well as a green lizzy house pearl bracelet print. </div>
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Maybe I've been playing too much Candy Crush, but the colors remind me of that. </div>
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When it came time to chose fabric for the back of the quilt, I was so sure they were going to have another boy that I almost used light blue fabric. But my quilting buddies rooted for a more gender-neutral orange, which made sense since mom & dad are UT alumni. </div>
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This quilt sat on the shelf for a good two months, and I suppose I was too busy/lazy (depending on the day) to send it to Alabama. And then November rolled around and I got a text from Nicole announcing, "It's a boy!" (to which I replied, "of course it is!") I sent Everett his quilt that very night. </div>
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Remember <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-panda-quilts-11-king-sized-granny.html">the king size granny squares quilt I made for some friends back in '12</a>? Well, those friends are having a baby girl next month, and this is the story of that quilt. It started with this fabric, which I purchased at <a href="http://www.thefabricstudionashville.com/">the Fabric Studio</a> here in Nashville (with the intention of it being a quilt back). It's a super adorable, kinda flannel-y Japanese Kokka fabric with sheep on it - how can anyone resist sheep?! I certainly cannot. </div>
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I picked several gold/yellow and green fabrics from my stash to match this print and cut away...</div>
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...and made (9) 14" <a href="http://wombatquilts.com/tag/wonky-star-quilt/">wonky star blocks</a>. I was able to make the whole top in one evening - it came together quite quickly. </div>
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I used the sheep for the center star and planned on using it for the back, but changed my mind at the last minute. It's 85% cotton, 15% linen, and it's really soft...but I just thought it was a bit heavy to be the sole fabric for the backing. Plus, I didn't know how it would hold up to repeated washings. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVyRZ5y8Ux_pCm2T43XN-iJnHBmx-khTdADHEjCN3RR4k0F89oHkcIIPSR9GL-K3kwzTbH8gAS0E7_9nsB9-tS9RD0Flcv41-gm2EtzSICdu5NWcGONYxvNLwgRrCw5GY6yBe51LkQXI/s1600/IMG_0638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVyRZ5y8Ux_pCm2T43XN-iJnHBmx-khTdADHEjCN3RR4k0F89oHkcIIPSR9GL-K3kwzTbH8gAS0E7_9nsB9-tS9RD0Flcv41-gm2EtzSICdu5NWcGONYxvNLwgRrCw5GY6yBe51LkQXI/s1600/IMG_0638.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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I wanted a break from the sewing machine, so: adventures in hand binding, part 3 (in which I watch the movie <i>Carrie</i> while binding).<br />
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Here's me with the mama-to-be at the baby shower (+ an adorable little boy). </div>
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I am so very excited for these guys & can't wait to meet their little lady (she'll be here around Christmas). </div>
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A local fabric shop (<a href="http://www.thefabricstudionashville.com/">the fabric studio</a>, 221 Chestnut St., Nashville) called for submissions for an modern quilt show to be held in conjunction with the neighborhood's monthly art crawl, so I jumped at the chance to contribute something. With no specific baby in mind, I set about to create this quilt.<br />
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I had a vision in my head - lots of empty space, triangles - and planned the quilt around all my leftover kona stone fabric. In retrospect, this wouldn't have been my #1 fabric choice, but I went with it, all in the name of thriftiness. The floral print is an older Japanese Lecein print, and the weight is slightly lighter/more sheer than regular quilting cotton. </div>
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It's been so long that I can't even remember what size I cut the blocks (to be used for half-square triangles). I played around with several layouts: </div>
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From there, it was time to quilt it. Again - I had a vision: very dense straight lines. It took awhile, and midway I began to feel as if i was making a glorified UHaul packing blanket. (A google image search led to this - look at this rad packing blanket!)</div>
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Anyway, back to this quilt. Since I was entering this in a show, I hand binded (hand bound?) it and promptly dropped it off to Nancy at the Fabric Studio. </div>
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I had to go and check out all the other quilts, and I was so proud to see my lil quilt up there with all of the beautiful quilts (seriously - look at the one to the left of mine with the purple & pink half moons, made by <a href="http://www.lindsaysews.com/">Linday Sews </a>- GORGEOUS!) </div>
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Nancy wrote a fantastic wrap up of the event <a href="http://thefabricstudio.blogspot.com/2014/09/outdoor-modern-quilt-show.html">here</a>, with tons of pictures of the other quilts. And if you happen to live in the Nashville area - most definitely check out her shop. She carries a perfectly curated selection of modern fabrics and I am happy she set up shop here. </div>
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This quilt is back home with me, and I don't know what to do with it. Since I posted pictures of it on social media, I'd feel funny gifting it to a baby someone, as I really do carefully think about the recipients each and every quilt I make (I wouldn't want it to seem like an afterthought). I still do have plans of one day having an etsy shop or selling at a craft fair, so perhaps I just need to squirrel it away. But until then...it's all washed and folded atop my shelf waiting for a home. </div>
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It's not every day that your baby sister gets married. And this not-every-day occasion certainly deserves a quilt. I made <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/01/panda-quilts-5-sashing-rectangle-modern.html">Courtney a quilt way back in 2011</a>, where it quietly lived a too-small-to-fit-on-the-queen-size-bed life for the past several years. So it was perfect: I'd make the newlyweds-to-be a queen size quilt!</div>
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Courtney and Brian's bedroom is blue, and I covertly snapped a picture of the wall color as my frame of reference. </div>
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This wonderful triangle print designed by <a href="http://leahduncan.com/">Leah Duncan</a> became my basis for fabric selection.</div>
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Typically, I like to mix and match prints from different designers and lines, but I used only prints from <a href="http://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=85">Duncan's Tule collection</a>. I also picked a few Kona solids to break up all the prints. I went with a very simple <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/quilt-patterns/quilt-throws/stacked-rectangles-quilt">offset rectangles pattern</a>, cutting the blocks 10x5, and it came together relatively quickly (considering the size). I didn't photograph the back - I used the <a href="http://carolynfriedlander.com/">Carolyn Friedlander </a>Architextures Crosshatch in White (108" wide - first time not piecing a large back!) </div>
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I contacted <a href="http://www.all-sewn-together.com/">my local long arm quilting gal</a> about quilting this one for me (too big a job for me to tackle...) and she came up with a neat meandering triangle design to compliment the triangle print. It turned out great. I was SO ANXIOUS to give it to Courtney and Brian once it was back in my hands, but I waited a few days and gave it to them at their wedding shower. They had no idea I was doing this for them so I was happy to surprise them with it. </div>
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All the hubbub of the wedding and reception is now over, and I am so thrilled to have a new brother-in-law. Brian just fit right into the family dynamic. I couldn't be happier that my sister found the right guy to complete her life. Congratulations, Courtney and Brian! May your lifetime together be filled with adventure, laughter, communication, patience and love.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-64446808327883024892014-08-31T22:07:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:02:48.728-05:00woodland floral squares baby girl quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This quilt was made for one of my husband's co-workers. His baby girl was due to arrive soon and I wanted to make something adorable. I had a small piece of a pink woodland fabric (riley blake "enchant" by natalie lymer) and thought it would be great for this quilt. Bunnies and foxes and hedgehogs and deer! </div>
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I had some leftover squares cut from the <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-panda-quilts-19-turquoise-peach.html">circle baby quilt</a> I made last year, and the colors matched perfectly. I've had that other floral fabric in my stash for years and the colors worked well with it, too. The coral/pink could be quite brash if not balanced with something more subtle. </div>
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a very simple design, but adorable factor: achieved! </div>
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I was born in southern California and went to the same school with the same kids from 1st grade until the middle of 5th grade, when my family moved to Tennessee. One of my best friends was a girl named Ronnie. She was the middle of 3 sisters just like me, and I have a memory of bringing my cassette of the Cure "Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me" to her house in the Hollywood Hills. After I moved, we wrote letters to each other for a few years, but the communication trailed off during high school and was non-existent during our college years. Flash forward to the invention of the Internet! And Myspace! And at once, I was reconnected with a slew of people from my grade school days in California. In 2008, I took a trip out west for a mini-reunion of sorts - a group of us went to the school carnival. During that trip, I stayed with Ronnie and it was like our friendship hadn't skipped a beat in 21 years. I knew just because you were friends with someone at 10 doesn't mean you'll have any sort of connection at 31 - but we did! During that trip, Ronnie told me she was expecting her first child. A second child followed shortly after the first. And in 2011, I was out in California again and got to meet baby #3 a few days after she was born. Which brings us to this quilt - for Ronnie's baby number 4. I gifted <a href="http://www.jellycat.com/">Jellycat </a>stuffed animals to all the other babies, but that was before my quilting days, and I was happy to make something for her new son, born in May.<br />
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I played around with several half-square triangle layouts...<br />
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...and finally settled on this one:<br />
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I wanted the <a href="http://cloud9fabrics.com/fabrics/seven-seas/">Seven Seas</a> print to be the focal point and picked the solids accordingly.<br />
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Welcome baby Xander! I hope to make it out to CA soon and meet you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-68362880726630224002014-04-07T20:50:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:03:30.741-05:00subtle squares baby boy quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I made this quilt for one of my old college roommates - this superbly kind girl and her guitar-wielding husband are expecting a boy any day now. I've been wanting to use this <a href="http://www.monaluna.com/category.php?category_id=5">sheep print</a> in a baby quilt for awhile now (i had even curated a neat bundle with some black/white print fabrics) - and figured now was the time to finally use it. however, i ended up scrapping the other prints in favor of a mostly white quilt. Maybe it's dangerous to give a baby a predominantly white quilt, but perhaps he'll be a non-messy baby (?!?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So says the <a href="http://www.monaluna.com/item.php?item_id=124&category_id=5">monoluna website</a>, <i>"</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><i>Hill and Dale from the Taali collection is graphic landscape of rolling hills, grazing sheep and modern flowers. It is reminiscent of an abstract Scandinavian scene and coordinates with the rest of the Taali collection." </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I used the </span><a href="http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquares2Block.html" style="line-height: 16px;">same block pattern</a><span style="line-height: 16px;"> as the </span><a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-panda-quilts-7-playing-with-ponies.html" style="line-height: 16px;">playing with ponies quilt </a><span style="line-height: 16px;">from 2012. But this time I added sashing strips in the same color as the block background in order to give the illusion of 'floating squares'. I wanted to keep this one pretty minimal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I quilted straight lines on a diagonal - I really like the way the three lines look together. AND...I hand-sewed the binding for the first time! (I followed </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJvDOEFlJ4s" style="font-family: inherit;">this</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> youtube video for help). I've always machine stitched everything in the past for the sake of time, but I have an </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(unspoken)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> goal to try new sewing & quilting things out this year, so I thought I'd give hand sewing a whirl. All in all, it went very well! I enjoyed working on it while sitting on the couch, watching Harry Potter movies with the mister, rather than being solitarily cooped up in my sewing room. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">(Side note: i had a broken rib at the time. </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">be careful cleaning your bathroom, kiddies! bath mats can be slippery sonsaguns. </i><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">It happened the day prior, but i spent several days </span>convincing<span style="font-family: inherit;"> myself it wasn't that big a deal. an X-ray (and my inability to move without whinging) a few days later revealed otherwise). </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think I'll hand sew everything from here on out, but if time allows, I will definitely do it again. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-54146118724636693852014-04-05T23:25:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:05:15.900-05:00twin baby quilts! froggy triangles for baby boy and strawberries for baby girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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QUILTS FOR BOY/GIRL TWINS! This was such a fun treat, making quilts for twins! Fabric selection was a no-brainer. I planned the girl quilt around the strawberries from <a href="http://www.windhamfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=649">Heather Ross' Briar Patch</a> collection & the boy's around <a href="http://cloud9fabrics.com/happydrawing.html">Ed Emberley's Frogs</a>. I wasn't concerned with 'matching' the two quilts, but there was some continuity with the oranges and greens.<br />
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For the Froggy Quilt - triangles again, my good ole 99 formula (9 rows of 11, plus the half triangles for the ends)...9 Orange, 18 blue stripes, 27 Green, 27 blue, 36 Frogs.<br />
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For the girl quilt, I made a bunch of half square triangles. I paired up the lotta orange crosshatch with a solid orange; 2 pink lizzy house prints, and the little clover flowers with solid white (representin' my 3 favorite fabric designers in this one: Lotta Jansdotter, Lizzy House and Heather Ross!) I wanted the strawberries to be the focal point.<br />
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I could post about 10 pictures of different HST layouts I entertained... It was so fun arranging, then re-arranging all the possibilities. Dangerous work for an indecisive person.<br />
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The babies were born a few weeks ago - yippee! They live around the corner from me, so I have a feeling I'll be seeing lots of these two kiddos over the years. (Sorry for all the pictures- I managed to document these fairly well).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-21502123149817785392014-04-05T22:25:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:05:39.397-05:001001 peeps baby boy quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this quilt in January for one of the Mister's old high school pals. He had stopped by our house a few months prior - as he passed through my sewing room, he expressed a bit of interest in my fabric cabinet, and knowing I'd be making him a quilt soon, I had him look through and see if anything stood out to him. He said something about one of the <a href="http://lizzyhouse.com/">lizzy house </a>1001 peeps prints, so i decided to use up all the prints I had in the collection for the quilt for his soon-to-arrive lil boy. I really like the whole collection - lizzy's take on arabian nights - and the colors are really beautiful. </div>
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Because of the nature of the prints, I decided to use long strips - a pretty simple design. </div>
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We were able to hand-deliver this one - here's the quilt draped on Asher's crib: </div>
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This was the last quilt finish for 2013. Because I went on vacation right after Christmas, I had to finish this one up in time for the mid-January baby shower I was co-hosting with 4 other gals. The mama is one of my dearest friends and I wanted to give her something she and the baby would treasure. It was (kind of) a custom quilt - she looked through my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/katiehaas/quilts/">pinterest pins</a> and pointed me in the triangular direction. She also let me know she wanted a lot of white and pinned some fabric choices as well. I wanted to surprise her A LITTLE and thought I was doing so with the Joel Dewberry Navy Herringbone fabric. Unbeknownst to either of us, she chose that very fabric to make window pelmet boxes! So...that worked out well!<br />
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I used my standard triangle quilt count for this one (9 rows of 11 triangles, plus the 18 half-pieces for the ends) but was a little more scientific with how many of each i used (to give a little more balance & to make sure white was the most predominant 'color').<br />
9 Raindrops, 27 light blue, 27 Herringbone, 18 Gray, 36 White = 117 triangles. I outlined the triangles to create a diamond quilting pattern and used gray for the binding. <br />
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The back of the quilt was a single piece of a really interesting navy & white print - the company is based in Denmark & I've only seen it on Hawthorne Threads and a few shops on etsy, so I don't think they have wide US distribution. It's a very scandinavian print, for sure, and I enjoyed using something not as widely recognized in the fabric world. <br />
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My friend cried when she opened the quilt, so... mission accomplished! Baby boy was born in February and I spent a rainy Sunday afternoon with the family a few weeks later. I fed him a bottle and (tried to) burp him. I didn't know I could feel that sort of love for a friend's baby; I thought such a feeling was only reserved for my own family. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-59337646152388495692014-04-05T19:46:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:06:32.146-05:00half-square triangle sampler quilt for my in-laws<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since I have made quilts for everyone in my immediate family [still need to do one for my nephew though], i decided to make one for my in-laws for Christmas '13. I chose the fabrics right away - a few older <a href="http://cloud9fabrics.com/naturewalk.html">Cloud9 prints</a> + a few others - thought the colors were perfect for them. I had 5 YARDS of Kona Stone sittin' around (ordered a bunch for a different project and the shade wasn't right), but thankfully it matched perfectly with all these prints.<br />
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I had bookmarked <a href="http://www.incolororder.com/p/block-of-month.html">this pattern</a> awhile ago and went to work. I HAD SO MUCH FUN MAKING THE BLOCKS. Working on a Sampler Block quilt really reminded me of the <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilting-101-first-quilt-wrap-up.html">first quilt I made</a> two years ago.<br />
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I've been doing lots of all-day marathon weekend sewing sessions as of late, but making these blocks reminded me that I can sew for an hour or two after work, too. I used slightly larger sashing strips than recommended in order to make the quilt just a little bigger. I quilted straight lines around the blocks, but also ditch-stitched some of the geometric shapes within the blocks (it really shows up on the quilt back. Big thanks to my quilting buddy Lana for that suggestion!)<br />
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I also used my little quilt labels for the very first time and sent the quilt off to Indiana just in time for Christmas.</div>
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Just counted and there's SEVEN finished quilts I need to write about! So forgive me if I'm short on words, but I have a lot of catching up to do! I started this one in late Autumn for a baby boy named Arlo. a baby named Arlo needs a quilt with animals, so that's just what i did. i scrappy-cut little bits of various animal fabrics (many of these made appearances in other baby quilts! i see something from <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-2-holden-baby-quilt.html">Holden's quilt</a>, the doggies from <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-panda-quilts-12-13-few-more-baby.html">Beau's quilt</a>, the turtles from <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/01/panda-quilts-3-snickerdoodle-quilt.html">Gregory's quilt</a>, an elephant from <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-panda-quilts-10-triangle-elephants.html">Raylee's quilt</a>, etc. I guess it pays to save scraps...) i used grey, red and green as the basis for the animal blocks, then alternated with the bold blue. i truly enjoy making patchwork quilts and this one was no exception. I love catching glimpses of the quilt whenever I look through my instagram feed. and Arlo happens to be extraordinarily adorable so I love catching glimpses of him as well. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-67919862890126191232014-02-12T22:44:00.000-06:002015-09-25T15:07:25.380-05:00lotta jansdotter california king quilt for our bed<br />
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we got a new california king-sized bed when we moved last march, and since then i've wanted to make a quilt for the bed. i've hoarded most of <a href="http://www.windhamfabrics.net/cgi-bin/fabricshop/designer.cgi?designer=28">lotta jansdotter's windham fabrics</a> since they first debuted in 2011. at one count, i had about 40 (!!?) different yards of her fabric from the 3 collections (echo, glimma, bella). So...it seemed perfect to use her fabrics for the bed quilt. the thought of seeing the fabric each and every day on my bed just seemed like the natural thing to do. she's by far my <a href="http://jansdotter.com/">favorite designer</a> (fabric and otherwise) and i don't imagine ever growing tired of the patterns or the colors. <br />
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i decided to go pretty simple design-wise for the quilt. because of the large size, i didn't want get too involved in something that would take me months and months (who has time for piecing intricate blocks with so many gift quilts on the horizon?!) i chose about 30 of the fabrics (most of the ones in my stash, except the pinks and oranges) and cut strips 8 1/2" in length. from there, i cut random-sized widths and pieced the rows that way. it was as random and improvisational as i've ever been, and the strips came together surprisingly fast. i ended up with 9 rows, each about 120" long. i played around with a few layouts (horizontal stripes? vertical? sashing or no?) <br />
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i decided on horizontal with sashing strips (i used kona snow). i used all lotta for the back, as well (picked up extra yardage of a few prints during a mega fabric.com sale!)<br />
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all along, i knew i didn't want to quilt this one myself. but i also knew i wasn't 100% pleased with my <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-panda-quilts-11-king-sized-granny.html">outsourced-quilting experience</a> from before...but as luck would have it, i talked to a girl at <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-panda-quilts-19-turquoise-peach.html">this</a> baby shower who told me about her mom's local quilting business, <a href="http://www.all-sewn-together.com/">all sewn together</a>. i am SO very pleased with the whole experience. nanette showed me all the quilting options & was incredibly patient with my indecisiveness. i even changed my mind about the design after sleeping on it (from <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2009/12/105-overlapping-arches.html">'overlapping arches'</a> to <a href="http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-2-etch-n-sketch.html">this one</a> instead) and she was receptive and understanding. because she's also a fan of more modern-style quilts, she understood where i was coming from and what suited the look of the quilt. she did the binding for me, HAD IT FINISHED IN ONE WEEK, and was affordable. if you happen to need quilting services in the nashville area, i wholeheartedly recommend this place.<br />
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after i picked the quilt up, i snapped these pictures, threw it in the wash, and we've been snuggling with it ever since. i love it!!!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-13714322719459918022013-09-09T19:30:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:07:52.645-05:00turquoise and peach circles baby girl quilt<br />
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looks like i'm finally back on track and blogging about these baby quilts in real time. i finished this one up last week & presented it to the mom-to-be at her baby shower last saturday. i realized that i've shipped away more quilts than i've given in person...and this made me aware of the fact that i get butterflies whenever the recipient opens the gift. i wonder if i am alone in this, or if this is a common phenomenon when people give handmade gifts? regardless, i believe it was well-received by my sweet friend & i hope her baby girl snuggles on it for years to come.<br />
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knowing full well that i'd make her a quilt, i had my friend look at my fabric stash while visiting my house to see what sort of colors or prints she was drawn to. with that in mind, i decided to go with turquoise and peach as the main colors for this one.<br />
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<a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilting-101-first-quilt-wrap-up.html"><br /></a><a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilting-101-first-quilt-wrap-up.html">back when i took quilting 101 with alexia abegg, "the saucer block" was one of the ones we learned in class for our sampler quilt. </a>the sampler quilt lives on our couch (it's the go-to tv-watching lap quilt around here)...the saucer block has remained my favorite block, so i thought i'd re-visit it for this quilt.<br />
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<a href="http://alexiaabegg.squarespace.com/">alexia </a>has a pattern for a similar circle quilt in her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Love-Projects-Featuring-Fabrics/dp/1607056267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378771636&sr=8-1&keywords=liberty+love">"liberty love,"</a> so that also proved to be a source of inspriation. (it's called the "goodnight fairy tale quilt" in the book). however, in class we made 12" squares, so i used that template rather than the one she provides in the book (which yields a 10" square). alexia uses subtle cream/neutral prints for the background, so i did the same (a cute moda fabric + some leftover heather bailey from my first quilt). i pulled the various turquoise and peach prints from my stash bin for the saucer centers.<br />
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the blocks came together with relative ease (although those curves were a little trickier than i remember!) i added a border (kona snow) & i think it ended up around 40"x40". good ole straight horizontal lines for the quilting, and lizzy house pearl bracelet for the binding. <br />
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this quilt is for emelia elizabeth, who came into this world just two days ago. emelia's mama tommie is my sister carrie's best friend & i've known her for 25 years. this is baby #3, and once again i didn't do this whole quilting thing when the first two were born (sorry, ellie and reuben). <br />
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i picked out the purple dandelion fabric during <a href="http://www.textilefabricstore.com/public_html/">textile's annual sale</a> (it's an older <a href="http://www.ahfabrics.com/">alexander henry</a> print). i used kona amethyst, aloe and snow to coordinate, as well as this denyse schmidt print from joann:<br />
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i didn't know what sort of pattern to use for this. i trolled <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/freshmodernquilts/">flickr</a> and <a href="http://pinterest.com/katiehaas/quilting/">pinterest </a>for inspiration, and finally decided on <a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/">fresh lemon's</a> greek cross block from <a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/?p=1113">this tutorial</a>). i found <a href="http://quilting.about.com/od/quickpiecingtechniques/ss/halfsquaretria.htm">this tutorial</a> for a quick-piecing method very helpful & time-saving.<br />
greek crosses are another one of those things that seem to have hundreds of different layout possibilities. these were just two i tried out:<br />
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after making quilts for both of my sisters, my dad, and countless baby quilts, i was beginning to feel a little guilty about not having made one for my husband. i kept my eye open for fabrics he may like and patterns he may find appealing, but the quest for the perfect combination of both kept this quilt un-made for a quite awhile. plus, i know how particular he is about EVERYTHING, so i wanted this one to be just right. i can't even remember how the decision was ultimately made, but i pulled a stack of some <a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/kona_cotton/">kona solids</a> (windsor, sage, yarrow, chocolate and medium grey), asked him if he liked the color combination (he did), and ordered 2 yards of each.<br />
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from there, i set out cutting a bunch of triangles with my trusty <a href="http://creativegridsusa.com/products.cfm?item_num=CGRT60&ref=c">creative grids 60 degree triangle ruler</a>. (i cut them at 6"). i played around with different layouts and asked for his input. i love the hundreds of permutations that occur with triangles... <br />
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we decided on organized rows, double brown. (no go on the moon print, but i was able to use those in <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-panda-quilts-17-moony-triangles-for.html">tracey's baby quilt</a>). i spent the month of february sewing row-by-row whenever i'd get a chance (our house had sold but we weren't closing/moving til mid-march, so i had some spare sewing time again). i finished about half the quilt top before the move. <br />
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i can't remember when i got back to work on the other half, but it was well after we had moved in and unpacked. 17 rows of 21 triangles = 357 triangles. it's about 60" wide by 90"long, approximately the size of an extra-long twin quilt.<br />
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for the back, i did something a little cheesy, but i incorporated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_jersey">championship racing stripes</a>, a nod to the mister's love of cycling. and kind of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianchi_Bicycles">bianchi </a>celeste back there, too (it's the kona sage from the front). you can really see the diamond-shape quilting on the back.<br />
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says he: "i love it." he plans on taking it out on tour with him, so this quilt will see the likes of a stinky 15-passenger van, lots of states, some drippy taco bell fire sauce, and maybe some laundromats on the way. it's ready for adventure. <br />
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side note: i used <a href="http://quiltersdreambatting.com/dream-wool.htm">quilter's dream wool batting</a> for the first time; normally i use the natural select cotton. i've washed and dried the quilt a few times and i'm seeing crazy amount of "bearding" with this. i didn't even know this term existed, but when i googled "wool batting fuzzy problems" (or something like that) i learned that <a href="http://quiltersdreambatting.blogspot.com/2012/04/bearding-and-pokies-bane-of-quilting.html">this sometimes happens.</a> it has to do with science! and molecules! (if i think of it this way, i feel slightly less disappointed). i'll definitely stick to using regular cotton batting from here on out. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402005414194128328.post-89805912891666434512013-08-26T21:02:00.000-05:002015-09-25T15:09:16.432-05:00moony triangles for baby boy quilt <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Skipping #16 (a special quilt for the Mister....years in the making) to tell you about the 17th quilt I made: a triangle quilt for my cousin Tracey's baby boy (Brandon, born on July 30). I didn't know how to quilt when her first two kiddos were born (sorry Mairead and Connor), so I was excited to make a quilt for baby #3.<br />
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I had cut the moon triangles (part of the <a href="http://www.andoverfabrics.com/Grid.php?GroupName=Constellations">Lizzy House "Constellations" collection</a>) as a "maybe" for Quilt #16, but I didn't end up using them. So I thought they'd be perfect for this quilt. I had some leftover grey & navy triangles, and I used the beautiful white starry fabric & a Lotta Jansdotter turquoise stripe as well. <br />
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This one was a lot of fun to make. I loved the way the fabrics blended together - the colors are so calming; I am happy it went to a familial home. I still haven't met the 2nd child in Tracey's brood & I am hoping I get a chance to visit them all soon. If we lived in the same state, I know I'd hang out with them all the time. </div>
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Hey-o, it's been awhile. I suppose selling and buying a house will do that to a person. In an effort to chronicle all the quilts I make, I went back in my time machine to revisit a quilt made for Maddox, <a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-2-holden-baby-quilt.html">Holden's </a>baby brother. I can't even remember when I started this one - was it December of '12? January? Again, selling and buying a house will make your mind mush. Regardless, Maddox was born in March, and I know I mailed it off before then, so....<br />
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Maddox's family lives near to the beach & his dad can surf, so I went nautical for this one. I chose a few prints from Cloud 9's <a href="http://cloud9fabrics.com/sevenseas.html">Seven Seas collection</a>. I'm an absolute sucker for <a href="http://mlbe.tumblr.com/">Michele Brummer Everett </a>fabrics (I was a fan of her<a href="http://pandaparables.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-panda-quilts-8-9-tale-of-two.html"> Monsterz </a>collection, too)...all those critters! They're so strange and awesome and adorable! The flags seemed very Newport Beach to me, which then made me think about <a href="http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Newport_Beach">Arrested Development....</a> All the while <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbXGKSQsJzA">Echo and the Bunnymen's song "Seven Seas"</a> is playing in my head.... and then this quilt is the result.<br />
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The colors are bolder than I'm used to/drawn to, but it works. A beachy blue and yellow and red to go along with the elements in the prints. I quilted sideways V's jutting from one of the sides.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620024166452095335noreply@blogger.com2