UFO #30: Disappearing Nine Patch Baby Quilt using Reunion Fabric

 Another UFO down! I am on a a roll.  Like I said, most of them were just waiting to be quilted.  And now that my quilting skill have improved, I am quilting some of my nicer quilt tops like this one. 

Last year my mom and I were at our favorite quilt shop, My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe.  They taught us how to use a charm pack to make the disappearing nine patch pattern.  Oh my fun!!!  Since then we have had a lot of fun doing this pattern again and again.

The fabric is Reunion by Moda.  (My mom's favorite line.  She has lots more of it to make herself a big quilt.)

I quilted the quilt with large stipples.  I LOVE stippling and I must say I am getting pretty good at it.

This quilt is for sale at my Etsy Store.


Stats:
36 x 43
Started: Fall 2012
Finished: April 2013
100% High quality cotton fabric

Easter Wall Hanging

This was a mystery quilt from My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe that I started last spring.  I didn't get it finished in time to hand it up, so it sat will all my other UFOs until this spring.  I just had to add the embellishments and quilt it.

Now it is done and hanging on my wall.  I like it's design, but all the light pink in it makes it look a little too babyish for my taste.

Stats:
Started: Spring 2012
Finished: Spring 2013 

UFO #37: Cherries On a Whim

I fell in love with this pattern the moment I saw it. (The pattern is from Thimble Blossoms.)  It was a very fun quilt block to make.  I had originally got the cherry print along with the orange, yellow, green, and pink dot fabric about two years ago.  I love finding a cute patterned fabric and then matching colors to go with it.  The fabrics sat on my shelf begging to be put into a quilt.  Every time I saw a new pattern that I loved, I'd thing of this fabric.  But nothing seemed right until this pattern...

The only problem with waiting years before using fabric in a quilt is that if you need more of the fabric, it is most likely going to be gone.  I really wanted to put the cherry fabric on the back, but they were all out of it.  Booo.  Fortunately, I found this pink and it matches perfectly.

 This quilt will be for sale on my Etsy sight.

Stats:
41" x 53"
Started: Fall 2012
Finished: February 2013
Machine quilted in loops by me.

UFO #19: Pink and Brown Hexagon Baby Quilt

My favorite part of making a quilt is gathering the colors and designing it on paper.  My next favorite part is cutting it all out.  It is so gratifying to see neat little piles of perfectly cut fabric pieces.  Their smooth, perfect edges get me every time. :0)

I also love piecing the quilt blocks.  They are usually fairly quick to come together and don't take up too much space.

After this point, my motivation starts to fade when making a quilt.  Putting sashings on and boarders on are tedious jobs to me.  But it usually gets done.  However, basting the quilt together with the batting and back is my least favorite part.  This is why most of my UFOs are just finished quilt tops that need to be quilted.

Well, I finally put my foot down and said, "Self, get some of these quilts done and out of the way!"  So I listened.

This Hexagon quilt was started nearly 3 years ago.  I saw the pattern for it and just had to give it a try.  It was made from a jelly roll.  I sewed two strips together and then cute out triangles from the strips.  That part was fun! Then I had to fit the triangles back together to form Hexagons, not so fun. Then I had to fit the hexagons together, pain in the......(I'll say no more).  After all the hexagons where together I realized that if I chopped it down to make it a rectangular quilt it would be tiny, like doll size.  So it sat in my basket of UFOs for a year. 

Finally I figured out how to add some white around the edges to make it bigger.  Satisfying.  Then it sat for another year.

Now that I know how to FMQ (free motion quilt) I thought this would be good project to practice on. So there it is.  Another UFO to check off my list. Hurray!!!!

Stats:

36" x 42"
Started: 2010
Finished: April 2013