#4: Cole's Quilt

 There is something very charming about a simple quilt.  In picture books like Llama, Llama Red Pajama and Bear Feel Sick their quilts are simple square patched quilts, but I love them! 

So for the next baby to be born, I wanted something simple and classic, yet modern.  I saw the truck fabric recently and fell in Love. (Yeah, what's new. I fall in love with fabric all the time.:)  I got fat quarters from three fabrics in that line.  Then I used scraps from my stash for the rest.  Yeah for scraps.

I thought it would go together so quick and easy.  Well it was pretty quick, but easy...not so much.  Remember  the Striped Giraffe Quilt where I added Minki in the blocks and it was not so fun.  Well I had a temporary term of forgetfulness and added Minki within the blocks.  Minki stretches!!!!  It is so hard to keep it even with the other blocks.  Remind me next time I want to add Minki that it ruins my mood when I quilt. :)  But...it turns out so cute!  I'm sure I'll temporally forget again.

 Of course I put Minki on the back, that is easy and for some reason doesn't stretch.  Hmmm.

Stats:
30" x 40"
Started: July 2014
Finished: July 2014 (It took me less than a week from start to finish!)
Machine quilted by me.
For: Cole, Savanah's new baby boy

Personalized Triangle Quilts

 This spring, I was commissioned to make these triangle quilts for brothers.  I had made a triangle quilt like this previously and their mom wanted the same colors. 

Like before, I love how these colors go together.  I also love the modern look of a triangle quilt, especially when there is a pop of white.

 Adding their names to the bottom was a fun touch!

The tops are done in the exact same colors, but the bindings and the backs were in different colors.  I love putting Minki on the back!  It makes the quilt so inviting to cuddle with and I love seeing the quilting pop out on the back.

Stats:
40" x 50" (I think)
Started: April 2014
Finished: June  2014
Machine quilted by me.
Made from Kona Solid fabrics
For: Mason and Carson (Parker's little brothers)

Graduation Quilt

 This spring I was commissioned to make a graduation quilt.  I love the way it turned out. 

 The parents of the graduate had an embroidery company embroider the bears, the football in the middle, and a message in the bottom corner.

I did some appliqué for the BR, LND, and Class of 2014 blocks.  Usually I do raw edge applique, but this time I did a satin stitch around the applique to make it go better with the embroidered blocks.  I must say I did a pretty good job for never doing the satin stitch before. :)

I put minky on the back and I quilted it with strait lines.  This is the biggest quilt I've ever quilted.  At first it was challenging. But then as I got the hang of the "fluff and stuff" method of quilting it became quite doable.  I might even try this big of quilt again. :)

Stats:
81" x 81"
Started: April 2014
Finished: May  2014
Machine quilted by me.
For: Parker's Graduation

#3: Rylee's Quilt

 The next baby to be born was Rylee.  I had found the backing for this quilt at Hobby Lobby and fell in love with it.  I knew just who to give it to if she had a girl, and luckily she did!

The layout of this quilt is kind of a mini version of  Hannalee's Flower quilt.  I love doing the appliqué owl and birds and they turned out just as cute on this quilt.  One of my favorite blocks is still the Ohio Star so I had to keep that too.  Also, pinwheels just scream baby girl to me. :)  The last row I actually made two versions of.  I wasn't sure I liked it so I inversed it to have the color be where the white is and have the bigger sections be white.  That didn't turn out very cute, so I  stuck with the original block.  I like it now, it grew on me.

 I quilted each row based on the block.  But my favorite quilting thing is the clouds.  Don't you love them?!

Stats:
50" x 60"
Started: February 2014
Finished: April  2014
Machine quilted by me.
For: Rylee (Aimee's new baby girl)

#2: Teegan's Quilt

The next baby that was born, was Teegan.  Here is her quilt.

I had seen the main panel print when it was first released and loved it.  But I didn't buy it then, luckily.  Later I came across it in the clearance section of my favorite shoppe.  Later I found the zig-zag print, also in the clearance section.  Then I was able to purchase a charm pack from that line of print on clearance months later!  So in recap I found all of the fabric on clearance over about a years span! What luck!

I created the pattern based on the fabrics and I adore how it turned out.  I would do the same pattern many times over.  It was so fun!

I backed the quilt with minki, my new favorite thing to do.  Then I quilted the zig-zags with zig-zags (LOVE IT!)  and did an all over stipple on the panel piece.

I decided to crochet an bunny to go with it.  And believe it or not, this is my own pattern!  I now can't for the life of me remember how I did it, but it turned out very cute.

Stats:
50" x 60"
Started: February 2014
Finished: April  2014
Machine quilted by me.
For: Teegan (Cindee's new baby girl)

#1: Walter's Quilt

 Like I said, it is a baby boom around my neighborhood.  Here is the blanket for Baby Walter born a week ago. 

I am very happy with the way it turned out, especially because it had a rocky beginning.  My first design for it included a herringbone strip.  I sewed all the strips together, cut it diagonally and was furiously annoyed at how off it was.  So, it ended up in the garbage. (Which was depressing since it took a few hours to accomplish this disaster!)  Herringbone...never again.

Well, the baby was born and the quilt wasn't even started.  I switched gears to a very simple design.  As it turns out, I love simple. Not just because I was able to put it together in under a week, but because simple is fun to.  I just love the crispness of it.  Also, deep inside I have a love for simple squares.

I quilted three lines in the sashing and love how it turned out.

I had this fabric picked out for when my little boy was born, but never got around to making it into a quilt.  (Which is fine because he didn't need another baby blanket.)  When my neighbor told me she was having a boy I knew I wanted to use this fabric.  And I had recently gotten hooked on crocheting again.  I found the cutest dinosaur pattern on Etsy.  It wasn't my favorite thing to crochet, but he turned out so cute.  My little boy is kinda in love with him.  I'll defiantly need to make another one.

Stats:
50" x 50"
Started: March 25, 2014
Finished: April 1, 2014
Machine quilted by me.
For:Walter (Aleece's new baby boy)

Sneak Peek

Look what I've been working on.... I'm really in love with it.  It is going to be hard to give away. :)