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.