Current Projects

I have some new projects planned for this new year, but I have some current projects I need to finish up first.
We bought a king size bed a few years back and I made a new quilt for it.  This was a Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial called Four Patch Stars, here is a  LINK to the pattern.                                        

King sized bed quilt made in 2016

We also continued to use the two queen size quilts I had made for our old bed, but they are just not working out. So plans for another king size quilt developed. I have been collecting flannel shirts along with  cotton shirts to use in my quilting. I was picky about the flannel ones, no pilling and a nice medium weight. I decided to go simple and used the flannel shirts and this free pattern. Here is a LINK. Since I am making it king sized it took a little more than a weekend.

I will quilt mine, not tie it.

It definitely has that humble-down-home-dorky-hand-made look, but my DH loves it. I still need to add the outer borders of red flannel. I ordered that and some wide flannel for the backing.  I hoping to have this one ready to quilt soon.

I also have a new great-grandbaby due in March. I asked my granddaughter about colors and themes. She requested an outdoor/wildlife theme and to include camo. This is the camo she wants. It took me a while but I finally found some at the Spoonflower website. Here is a LINK. (It is a interesting site, you can design and print your own fabric.) There was a large and a small pattern design, I got some of both. I not sure how it will work into the top of the quilt so I got enough to use it for the backing.

Interesting camo design!

Small pattern design

Large pattern design

I also ordered this wildlife fabric. It has everything she requested, deer, bears and etc. I will fussy cut this .

I found this quilt  online and I am going to use this pattern. HERE is the blog where I saw this quilt, it was on Kelly's My Quilt Infatuation blog. She kindly let me share her photo. She made it from a Moda Bake Shop pattern called Four Squared, HERE is a link.

I gathered up some browns and greens, but I am waiting to start cutting until the camo fabric gets here and I can decide if I want to use any in the top. 

So while I am waiting on fabric I thought I would make a second baby quilt. This one will be out of blue plaids. I saw this photo and plan to make this design. I am sorry but I do not remember where I saw it. Simple four-patches and squares.

I have everything cut and ready to sew this one up. 

So I have plenty to keep me busy! Hope to show some of the new projects I have planned for 2018 in my next post.

We have some cold weather headed our way. It is coming in from Siberia. They are predicting some -30 temps.

Happy quilting, Rebecca