Three Finishes! Three Moose!

I am so happy to be posting photos of actual quilts! Three projects done!


First up is the camo baby quilt for my new great-grandson, due March 12, but he could arrive any day. My granddaughter asked for an outdoor/animal theme with a very specific camo fabric. You can read more about that in this POST. It finished at 39" X 39" after washing. I am happy with the finished quilt.

I used the large camo design for the backing.

Just did a loopy meander for the quilting.

The second finish is the blue plaid baby quilt for the same great-grandson. This one finished at 34 1/2" X 38 12".

I used  flannel for the backing.

The third finish is the flannel quilt for our bed. It is a nice heavy quilt, just right for this time of year. My DH said it it is his favorite quilt!

 

And since we are talking about threes, we had three moose in the yard the other day.

Pretty sure she is pregnant.

This is the one you can't see too well in the other photo. Probably last years calf.

Now to look over my list of projects and decide what to work on next! Happy Quilting, Rebecca

In the Hoop!

In July of 2015 I joined an online sew along with several other quilters. We made the Cranberry Album quilt from Jeana Kimball's  Old Voices, New Impressions book. I finished sewing the blocks in December of that year. It took me a while to find that "just right" sashing and border fabric, but finally got the top sewn together in April or May of 2016.

Below is my finished top. I do plan on a scalloped edge for the final border.

I actually entered it in our quilt show at the local fair. I got a first place ribbon. (Yes, they let you enter tops, unheard of I know!)

Well, it is finally in the hoop for hand quilting. This will take some time, but I am not in a hurry. I am thoroughly enjoying the process! I am quilting around the block and then around the applique pieces. I looked at photos of antique quilts and crosshatching in the background area seemed common and since I want an old fashioned feel to this quilt decided to do that in the background. I am not sure what design I will use in the sashing, but need to decide soon as I want to quilt in that area as I move along with the blocks. Any suggestions would be welcome!

First two blocks done.

Working on the third block.

Here our some of the other ladies that participated in the sew along. You can see Cathy's, of Big Lake Quilter blog, finished top HERE,  Karen's, of Log Cabin Quilter blog, finished top HERE,  Nancy's, of Tattered Garden Quilting, finished top HERE  and Sharon's of Grass Roots Quilting HERE.  My apologies if I missed anyone.


I am linking up with Kathy for  Slow Stitching Sunday. Happy Quilting! Rebecca

New Projects for 2018

You have to admit the quilts in my last post rated low on the "pretty" scale! LOL So I thought I would share some of the new projects I have added to the herd.


Let's start with the prettiest! This is Edyta Sitar's Spring Bouquet Quilt. I am going to do it in batiks as she did.

A start on block #1.

I bought this circle cutter for this project. I have Karen Kay Buckley's Perfect Circle templates, but they do not include all the sizes I need. I hope this works!

The next new project is a mystery BOM through the Fat Quarter Shop. We will be using Kaffe Fassett fabrics so this will be really different for me. I was going to add a link, but when I went over to the Fat Quarter Shop I could not find the page, sorry. This starts in March.

My third new project is a Kaleidoscope quilt. I saw this quilt on Lori of Humble Quilts blog, she graciously has allowed me to use her photos. It was a quilt she saw a the Aurora Quilt Show, in September of 2017. Here is a LINK to her blog post.

I participated in a Civil War Reproduction fat quarter club through Primitive Gathering for about three years, so I have gather a LOT of CW fabrics. I am sorry to say that there are many of them that I would not have picked for myself. So what to do with all of these fat quarters. When I saw this quilt I had my answer!

 While I have my CW fabrics out, I will probably cut out some pieces for this quilt too. It  will be a good way use some of the scraps from the Kaleidoscope project I think.

The Pyramids quilt is found in Quiltmania #94.

I also joined in on Kathleen Tracy's mystery QAL , Friendship Garden. Here is a LINK to her website where you can download the instructions and the first block patterns. She a has an applique block and a pieced block. She also has a Facebook group called Kathleen Tracy's Small Quilt Lovers, here is a LINK.

This block will finish at 8"

I also want to make a liberated style word quilt using this book. I have lots of ideas going on in my quilty little brain on this one.

So as soon as I finish up the two baby quilts for my new great-grandson I will be able to do more  on these projects.


We also had a visitor the other day. The photos aren't the best, I took them through our front window, I was worried if I went outside it would alert the dogs that he was out there. As you can see he has shed one of his antlers.

Happy Quilting, Rebecca (Sorry for the long post)