UFO #16: Dr. Seuss Quilt

 My mom loves Dr. Seuss fabrics.  Over a couple years she had collected quite the stash.  She found this pattern and wanted my help laying it out.  In the process she also found out she had enough Dr. Seuss fabric to make 4 of these quilts.  So we cut out enough to make 2 quilts for her and 2 quilts for me.  She made one of the quilts for my brother's baby.  Her sashing was done in yellow.

If you know me, then you know my favorite color.  And I couldn't pass up an opportunity to do my sashing in my favorite color.  I like the way it turned out.

I put yellow fleece on the back for extra snugglyness. I quilted around each block and then fallowed the white lines in the striped blocks.  Someday when I get better, and if I haven't given this quilt away, I would like to do stippling in the Thing One blocks.

Stats:
Started in2011
Finished December 2012

Machine Quilted 1/4 from the gutter around the squares by me

Superhero Cape

  My running friend asked if I would make a batman cape for a little boy.  I was excited to try this out as I have seen them all over Pinterest.  It was so fun to make and turned out perfect.  Now I just need my kids to get into superhero's.  My little girl had fun wearing it but had no idea what it was (she's not at all into superheros).

I would love to make some more.  Do you want one? I can make them for any super hero or color that you want.  I could even customize for you.  (ie Your little superhero's initial.) Let me know.

UFO #15:Hidden Star Quilt

 
This is one of those quilts that I saw and had to make.  The top was super fun to make and turned out great. I'm in love with the pattern.  It was made from a charm pack. I'm loving charm packs right now. I love that you can get a whole bunch of different fabrics to make a well matching scrappy quilt.

 

The quilt is backed with fleece.  It makes it a light weight, but warm and snugly quilt.

 

I started quilting this quilt months ago on my mom's new Singer Confidence Quilter sewing machine.  In the sashing I used the curvy stitch.  Unfortunately I didn't get finished and a couple weeks later the mother board on her machine failed.  Luckily it was still under warranty (by only a couple of days).  She waited months to get her machine back (a machine that she didn't really want back anyway).  Finally the people said they would just give her a new machine.   She told them she really didn't want that machine.  She was unhappy with it's features as well as the fact that it couldn't sew over a seam.  They said she could upgrade, but the dealer she bought it from didn't have what she wanted so they gave her her money back!  It was God sent that it all went down that way.  She was able to get a new even better machine!

Well, we both were. Hee, hee.  :0)  I'll tell you more later.  For now, I'll just say I was able to use my new machine to finish the quilting (it has a curvy stitch).

 

Not sure who this quilt is going to. Do you want it? Let me know.

Stats:
Started in 2010
Finished November 2012

UFO #1: Beehive Wall Hanging

Technically this one is not finished, but it will never be finished.  Way back when I was a beehive in young women's, my leader put these together and taught us how to blanket stitch around the leaves and beehive.  From there we were supposed to finish it.  Well it has sat in a Ziploc bag and moved many times with me.  It is now time to go to it's final resting spot, the garbage.

I thought it is silly to finish it because it is not something I would ever use.  But here I will post it just so that I can remember it.

 Stats:
Started in 1997
Discarded in 2012

(Yes, I can be a pack rat sometimes, but I am getting better.)

UFO #6: Thangles Quilt

Three years ago when I joined my first Quilt Guild, they taught us how to used Thangles.  Thangles are a paper piecing pattern that helps you make accurate half square triangles quickly and easily.  Thangles were super easy and fun to do.  Each month we received two new patterns to try using our Thangles.

At the end of the quilt guild year we ended up with 12 finished blocks.  I of course choose to put orange with mine.  For the most part I am glad I did it and was happy with how the blocks turned out.  However, this is not my favorite quilt.  There are blocks int there that I don't care for at all (patter wise).  And this was done when I was still a beginning quilter so my blocks are not as precise.

I decided to just finish it with a simple white sashing.  It turned out well enough.

I didn't want to put the time, money, and effort into fishing it so I gave it to my local Linus foundation where they will tie it and give it to someone in need.

 

 Stats:
Started in 2008
Finished October 2012

Size: Not sure, but about a lap sized quilt

Modern Hour Glass Quilt

 I saw this quilt on the Internet. It was one of those quilt patterns where I immediately fell in LOVE with it, stopped all my other projects, and turned my entire focus on it.  I got the fabrics from Hobby Lobby and started on it that day while the kiddos napped.

The pattern was supper easy.  Just a bunch of hour glass blocks turned on their point.

The colors are just right to make it fun and modern.  The one thing that didn't turn out quite like I'd envisioned was the size of the blocks.  I thought I was making them large enough, but they still turned out smaller than I would have preferred.  I was going for the big, large block look like the one I saw.

Oh, well. Still love it.

I love the back too. Fresh, modern, cheep.

There is one big flaw in this quilt.  I was so excited to get it done that I didn't baste it to the best of my ability.  So...when I was quilting it there are parts on the back that pucker and fold over into the stitching.

Still love it.

It is a child sized throw quilt, but now that it is done I'm not sure what to do with it.  Does any one want it?

Some day I hope to make another one very similar, only bigger blocks and bigger quilt.

UFO #9: Fussy Cut Bug Baby Quilt

 

  I got the bug material back in 2009 on my first "Shop Hop". I love the colors and the picture within it so I knew that some part of the quilt had to have a big panel.

I decided to fussy cut the bugs out and frame them with blue, yellow, maroon, and green.  Each block around is unique; not one is the same. The boarder is little bits of scraps all sewn together.  And it is finished with a scrappy binding.

It started out as a baby quilt, but then I thought maybe wall hanging, but decided to finish it as a baby quilt.  It was impossible to find a matching fabric for the backing since I started the quilt so long ago.  But I found the backing on clearance a week ago.  It is brighter then most of the fabrics on the front, but matches the bright maroon in the panel perfectly.

 Stats:
Started in 2009
Finished October 2012


Warm and Natural Batting
Machine Quilted 1/4 from the gutter around the squares by me

Busy Kid: For Max

 This quilt pattern is called Busy Kid by Cluck Cluck Sew.  It was the perfect name for it's recipient. I made it for my nephew, Max.  He is a cute kid, but he is sure busy.

The top was made from my stash!  Yeah!

I chose Minke for the back.  So soft!

A local quilter did an all over star/loopy design.  I think the whole thing turned out great.

4th of July Dress

 This little girl is in love with "loooong" dresses.  So, I make to order. :0)

 The ruffles everywhere made her so happy.  Ruffles on the front, ruffle sleeves, and ruffles at the bottom.

 The skirt is a circle skirt so it was very full and twirly.

 Sorry, couldn't figure out how to flip it.

UFO #14: Coneflower Quilt

This quilt has been exactly a year in the making.  I made the top part for my step-mom Robin for her birthday last year.  But it took until now to finish the rest.

 

One of the things that held me up was finding the right backing.  The problem with taking so long to make a quilt is that it is nearly impossible to find the same material a year later. But I was lucky.  I found the blue star print, but only a little bit of it.  Luckily it is in style right now to add things to the backs of quilts rather than having them one solid piece of fabric. 

 

 

I appliquéd the cone flowers and blanket stitched around them.

 

 Stats:
Started in April 2011
Finished April 2012
56" x 60"


Warm and Natural Batting
Machine Quilted 1/4 from the gutter and around the flowers by ME!

 Back in January I posted about the double hourglass pattern that I found on the blog "Cluck Cluck Sew." It was such a fun and easy pattern to put together.  I had the top blocks done in a couple of days.  

Originally, I was going to give this quilt away.  But I fell in love with it and knew just where it belongs, on my couch.

For the backing I used up the scrap pieces to create this fun strip of blocks.

I quilted this all by myself. (This is the biggest quilt that I've machine quilted.) I quilted in diagonal lines from left to right about 1/4 inch away from the seams.  It was really easy to quilt and I'm sure I'll be doing it again.

Stats:
Started in January 2012
Finished April 2012

Warm and Natural Batting
Machine Quilted diagonally by ME!

UFO # 24 : Flower Appliqué Table Runner

Little birdie and owl fabric is in right now and I jumped on the band wagon. When I saw this print I knew I "needed" it. I also got 3 more fat quarters from the same line of fabric. I was planning on making a full sized quilt called "Snow Play" from the magazine Simple Quilts and Sewing. But I didn't have near enough material, nor enough patience. Appliqué is just not my favorite form of quilting. So I opted for a table runner.

(Ignore the ugly table under it. Someday it will be refinished:0)

It turned out great. I love it and love the material. The only problem is: I don't have a table to put it on. So, if you want it let me know.

Stats:
Started in Summer 2011
Finished March 2012

51" x 17"
Machine quilted by me.

Ruffle Skirt

I love the new ruffle material they now make. Even better, I love when I can find it on sale at Hobby Lobby.

I saw this pattern on Project Run and Play (a supper fun blog of kids cloths). I couldn't find any white shorts so I cut a pair of stretchy pants into shorts. Then I followed the tutorial and wallah. A super easy, super cute skirt that is great for playing in.

She does love it, this is just her serous "I'm modeling" face.

Now to find the ruffle fabric in a more grown-up color. :0)

Snowman Wal l Hanging

Last December I finished this snowman wall hanging. I decided I had better post some pictures since it is about time to take it down.

This was a mystery quilt that a local quilt shop put together. The cost was $35 for all the supplies except for the boarders, binding, and backing. Each week, for 5 weeks, I picked up a kit. At the end they gave us all the embelishments (buttons, snowflacks, etc.). I love how it turned out. I even did a bit of free-quilting on the snowballs at the top.

Ruffle Dress

I love making my little girl dresses and skirts. It is satisfying because, unlike quilting, the finished product can get done much quicker. Also, she loves, loves, LOVES to wear dresses. When I was trying the dress on for size, before it was complete, my little girl said, "So pretty! Can I wear it forever?"

(Don't look to close, it already has food stains. :(

This dress is one of my finished favorites. I love all the ruffles and gathers. And the matching material is so cute! The front has a vertical ruffle which just tied everything together.

PS Please disregard her messy hair. It was one of those days.

UFO #26: Gathered Squares

This quilt is for my mom's childhood friend's daughter's baby. Does that make sense? :0)

A while ago I had picked up some grays and pinks and when my mom said let's make a quilt for Sharon's granddaughter, I knew just the pattern. This is one I've been itching to try. Oh, it was so fun to make. (If anyone out there wants to learn how to make this quilt, I'd love to teach you. It is a great and easy way to learn how to gather.)

We decided to put fleece on the back and not to use any batting. I'd read, from another blog, about doing this on their baby quilts.

I hope it holds up as well. I like my baby quilts thin and maneuverable, better for wrapping babies. Fleece gave me that. I had to machine quilt around the gathered square so that it would keep its shape. My mom did the beautiful binding. She's a pro at it.

Stats:
Started in about January 2012
Finished February 2012

Machine Quilted around the small squares
Made by Dorene and Britney for Sharon's First Granddaughter

UFO #7: Panache Fabric line Quilt (a.k.a. The UnPicked Wonder)

The fabric for this quilt was given to me for my birthday back in about 2009 (I think). I loved the way all of theses fabrics looked together and was so excited to make them into something fabulous. At this time I was still an armature quilter. I had never made anything bigger than a baby quilt. So I was excited to make myself a throw quilt. I found a pattern called Mocha Madness. It looked so pretty. I cut out all my fabrics and pieced together all my blocks. When I was ready to sew the blocks together, I laid them out on the floor.

Here is one block.

That looks fine.

Here are the blocks next to each other.

Yuck! I hated it. I now understand that the fabrics were too busy for the design I choose.

Now what? I couldn't make this quilt and enjoy it. It was too ugly. So I did what any quilter would do. I tucked it away in my closet for a year or so until I could come to grips with what must be done: some major unpicking. I unpicked everything but the stars and half square triangles. Then I put it away for another year, until I finally came up with a pattern.

And I love, love, love the way it all came out.

The back was made from some of the unpicked pieces.

Stats:
Started in about February 2009
Finished January 2012

46" x 61"
Machine Quilted in the ditch (Quilted by Pam George)
It's a present for someone, but I can't tell you who yet. :0)