Weekend Wonder

Start to finish this quilt was completed this weekend. I had Saturday and Sunday off and Johnny was going to be away from the house a little while Saturday morning so bring on the sewing. Problem was I really didn't want to work on any of my current projects and yes they are many. So I went looking for inspiration and found it on Missouri Star Quilts. This was a tutorial on framed disappearing nine patch.

I have several charm packs and chose one called Plume by Tula Pink for Moda. I had two charm packs and just enough black to complete this project. Plume came out in the fall of 2007 so needless to say I didn't have any yardage for the border so to my stash I went. I had a green that looked pretty good then I noticed the stack of fabric I brought home from Barbara's the other day and found the perfect turquoise blue. It looks like it was made for this line of fabric. I now only have about one third of a yard of that left. For the back I chose a piece I had gotten from Dianna and used all but a yard of that so even though I started something new when I shouldn't I did finish it plus use up quite a few items.

 

Here is the nine patch before you cut it, that center square has a light pink design in it, just didn't photograph well.

 

Johnny looked at it when the blocks were on the wall before I had them all together and the black inner border added, he said it was going to be a weird one. I could tell he didn't like it. But after it was quilted he said he was really surprised at how nice it turned out. He even confessed he was thinking that was the ugliest thing I had ever done but really likes it now. We may even hang it over the bed when I put Easy Street on the bed as the top quilt.             

 

                                

 

 

 

These two are almost finished. I carried them to Barbara to quilt last weekend. These are gifts so I wanted them to be quilted a little nicer than I could do. I was a little rusty on the quilting of this weekend wonder but it turned out alright for me.                                                                          

 

 

               

 

 

basket weave

Okay I did go off in another direction this week. Time crunch forced me to look for something quick for another baby quilt. This fit the bill, made all the blocks this week and started  putting them together. I was inspired by Bonnie Hunter's basket weave strings but I decided to use all 1 1/2 inch strips, then I cut them in 6 1/2 inch lengths and just sewed five together, then squared to 5 1/2 inches.
No paper to tear off.

 

I am setting them together with a pale yellow print and adding a purple border. This will go to the sister of the one getting the rick rack or chevron nines, another Bonnie Hunter pattern. Both babies are due in September just three weeks apart. I work with their mother, the future grandmother of these expected little girls.

Working a long day today but hope to get back to these later this week.

Happy sewing all.

Cotton Candy

 

I was looking for another baby girl quilt for a set of twin girls. Last Sunday while reading Bonnie Hunter's blog, inspiration hit. Cotton Candy is from her String Fling book.

I now have 20 blocks finished with components for several others ready to sew together.

So yesterday afternoon I started fooling around with the border. Johnny thinks the pieced border takes away from the quilt blocks. In the book the border is scalloped and I would like to do that but I may have to get Ada to do the binding. I don't think I will make them as large as in the book but may since it really isn't a very big quilt. I may change and just put a plain soft pink border, if I can find the right fabric. Have to work all day today so no sewing will get done and probably none tomorrow but maybe Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

I hope everyone finds a little time to sew this week. Have a good one.