Today I finished the Sunflower hanging. (It’s straighter than this, I was fighting the wind.)
It’s 23″ x 30″. I ended up putting a hanging sleeve on the back. The blues are not showing up well here, but they all read as blue, not gray.
I think the quilting gives it a lot of texture and energy. I’m pretty happy with it.
Here’s the finished baby quilt from the Bramble fabric. It’s a good thing its finished, because the first one sold yesterday!
Careful observers will note the glenn plaid border that was supposed to go on the other one. It almost didn’t make it onto here, either, but I added a cream flange that separated it enough to make it work.
I like the checkerboard embroidery I used on the quad blocks (partially to hide the dotted line printed there). Next time I will embroider the blocks before they are assembled into the top. Live and learn!
Get this one quickly, before it’s gone from my Etsy shop!
I found this animal panel (“Bramble” by Moda) and the glen plaid for the backing. The animals have great patterns, and I thought it would be fun to add more small cream and black prints around them. It was, but pretty soon my eyes were throbbing from all that pattern.
The borders were supposed to be glen plaid, but I switched them out for a slightly calmer fabric.
I used a black Grunge for the binding. We were looking at stripes on Twitter, but I just couldn’t do any more pattern!
I do like it now that I don’t have to look at it so closely. 36″ x 42″ Find this sharp little quilt in my Etsy shop soon.
I finished this bright baby quilt. It’s made completely from scraps from the twin sized commission quilt I did in the fall. I think I have enough to make another by adding just a little more fabric.
This is available in my Etsy Shop.
This string quilt is finished! It’s 44″ x 62″.
I quilted it with wavy lines in pale lavender poly thread. I started out to do feathers in a slightly darker variegated thread but it looked terrible, so out it came.
As you can see, it’s not only comfortable, but very flattering if you happen to be gray.
(I didn’t call Yuri out for this shoot. He heard me taking photos ??? and came running downstairs and out onto the patio to participate. Dedication!)
We both hope you have some peace, and some time to sew.
Now that the sleeve is sewn on the back, this wall hanging is complete. It’s made all from scraps and materials on hand.
I arranged the threads on the blue areas, covered the blocks with tulle, and quilted over them. As I went I added tiny beads and trapped them in the quilted swirls.
When the quilting was finished, I used the rest of the roll of tulle (from a long-ago bargain bin) to swirls across and sewed it down.
It’s hard to photograph, but there’s lots of glitter and shine.
Some favorite scraps!
Thanks for stopping!
This is the finished Christmas version of Scrappy 4 Patch Stars, Charlotte Hawkes’ 2021 mystery quilt. It finished at 63″ square. I was inspired to do this version after seeing one by Lorraine on the Facebook group.
I quilted it all over with Superior’s Magnifico, 40 wt., shiny poly thread.
Yuri wants to know, what are you quilting lately?
Were linking to Confessions of a Fabric Addict’s Whoop Whoop Friday.
Yes, they are all watching you! Isn’t this a great panel? I framed each animal up with some nubbins of fabrics, and then used the rest to make a scrappy binding. All gone!
We debated some other background fabrics, but I felt like our choice was too busy, so I chose this subtle (boring?) light fabric, and I had just enough.
The owl fabric on the back was purchased for another project and never used, so here it is. Yes, gold highlights.
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I love the fabrics in this quilt so much! That starry sky/space! This was really fun to sew. (My only complaint is that that Robert Kauffman space fabric is only 40″ wide. I don’t like this trend.)
The star panel was the only part that used “old” stash, but every bit of it came from my 3.5″ scrap bin, and the colors are wonderful. I’m using this idea on one of the next ones.
I quilted it with vertical lines, ranging from a half to one and a half inches apart. The thread is Superior’s Rainbows in Lilac Bouquet (40 wt.). It’s very light compared to the dark fabrics, and I had some misgivings as I quilted it, but I like it now. I think it lightens the dark strip a bit and lends some movement to the stars.
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Enjoy your quilting!
I made this top earlier, so I just had to quilt and bind it.
I’ve had this fabric for a looong time, so I’m finally using it (there’s more left!). I didn’t want cut it, so I just sliced it and inserted the chevrons.
I quilted it with zig zags all over.
This is in my Etsy shop.
Evening in the Garden Quilts 