Tell Me This Isn't a Cool Quilt

I will give you the details on this one in another post, but, I was up past midnight sashing this and adding the border (my idea of giving quilts as Christmas gifts is getting a little crazy--it's a pretty time-consuming gift to give), and, though I had my doubts about the lime-green fabric (and thought it was totally ugly when I bought it, but went with it since it matched the colors of the quilt pretty well), I have to say I like the way it looks.  I am a little worried it might be a bit too busy, but I think I like it anyway.

And I love the fabric--the little toasters are too cute--I love them more every time I look at them.  Here are a few more of the blocks:

And one more of the finished quilt top....

I am off to my sewing class....  I will be picking a backing & will spend the next couple hours basting.  Still don't know how to do a quilt binding (that's next Thursday's class), but I am trying to finish as many quilt tops as I can (and hope to do some quilting over the weekend).

Zig Zag Charm Pack Quilt

My youngest sister just moved into her first apartment, and I visited it over Thanksgiving weekend.  She did a beautiful job decorating it, but I think she could use a little something to spruce-up her couch, such as a zig-zag throw quilt:

 

Gosh, I love zig zags.  I made this one using 2 of Moda's "It's a Hoot" charm packs, and I cut a matching number of white 5" squares.  If anyone would like to see a tutorial on making zig zag quilts, drop me a comment and I will be happy to add one!  It's easy and sews-up really fast.  I arranged the fabrics roughly by color, and I really like the way it came out.

 

I am thinking about whether I want to add a border or not.  Any suggestions?

I hope you are enjoying your day!  Thanks for visiting!

12 Days of Christmas Quilt Top

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I decided to whip-up a few charm pack quilt tops, just to get things rolling, since my family's Christmas craft competition is only about 3 weeks away, and I have a lot of quilts I am hoping to complete.  So, for a sister who loves Christmas more than anyone I know (she taught in high school for a while, and she would go so overboard for Christmas that one of her students seriously thought she was an elf--I kid you not), a Christmas quilt seemed appropriate (she will probably have it out from September through March).

I used 2 charm packs of Moda's "12 Days of Christmas" fabric, and added an equal number of white 5" squares, which I cut myself (with a rotary and mat, it really doesn't take long).  I like the finished top, and I bought a matching fabric for the backing online (from here, which is having a great sale on select fabrics).  I hope to add the backing and have this quilted by the end of this weekend....

I really love some of these prints--they are Christmas-y without being too Christmas-y (if that makes any sense).

I hope you are all enjoying your holiday preparations....  I am having a blast with all of my quilting!

Fun With Charm Packs

I took a break from making star quilts (I am thinking of possibly posting a tutorial on how to make star blocks, maybe later this week), and had some fun with charm packs.  For the quilt above, I used Lollipop, by Moda, which has great colorful fabrics and some really cute prints.  I posted a few days ago on the monkey fabric that isn't included in the charm pack (but that's my personal favorite), so I bought a 1/2 yard of the "monkeys in the lollipop tree" fabric and made additional 5" squares (isn't the blue square in the center adorable?).....

I also really liked the fish fabric, so I bought a 1/2 yard of the brown fish fabric and cut 5" squares from that as well (see picture below--which also shows a little of the red fish fabric).  I also bought some fabric in solids that matched the color scheme of the Lollipop fabrics, and ended up adding about 70 5" blocks to 2 charm packs. 

I am really loving the finished look to the quilt top.  I am hoping to add a backing & quilt this by the weekend (along with a couple other works in progress). 

 This might be a hard one to give as a gift.  I am really loving the colors and the fabrics.

Sneak Peek

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....  Quilt top to come!

A Fresh Shipment

I love when I have a package in the mail, especially when it's FABRIC!!!  I just received a glorious box from fabric.com, filled with this goodness:

I caved with a couple more charm packs (but I like to add my own additions--usually just solids, but this way, the more interesting blocks can steal the show a bit more, and it feels less busy.  At least that's what I tell myself).  I have loved Moda's Punctuation line for months, and have finally gotten around to buying some!  I think I am going to use the red flowers as backing (official name of the fabric: Garden Red), and may have to cut a few extra blocks of the Garden Red to the quilt top.

I hope to have a quilt to show you using these yummy fabrics soon!

Loving Moda's Lollipop

I confess, I had to buy some charm packs.  How else am I going to make at least 9 quilts by Christmas?  So, I will show you my completed quilt top after I cut some fabric blocks to add to it.  But, before cutting into these fabrics, I just had to share!  The monkeys in the lollipop tree are too cute!  The charm packs didn't include any of this fabric, even though the monkeys are part of the Lollipop line.  I am glad I got a 1/2 yard and I think it's going to look really cute in the quilt.

I also really like Lollipop's fish fabric (I bought a 1/2 yard with the brown background, but it comes in a couple of other colors too).  I bought mine here (if you go to the Burgundy Buttons blog, there's often a coupon code to get a percent off!!  Be careful!)

Can't wait to see what the finished quilt look like (and I think I might need more monkey fabric--wouldn't it make a cute backing?)