recently...

baby quilt made and sent to Pennsylvania!
large tumbler blocks and Laurie Wisburn's Urban Circus fabric (and a few extras) made for a great combination.

Made for my cousin who is a Junior at Liberty University as a thank you for designing my wedding album -
thanks again!!!

I'll leave you with my very favorite picture taken recently. <3
Happy Fall & Happy Quilting!

happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! This long weekend has provided me an opportunity to do a bit of quilting - definitely nice to catch up!

I made this wall hanging a few weeks ago for my aunt:

I then worked up a quilt using Denyse Schmidt's new fabric line. I put the squares on point - I think this will be perfect for a picnic quilt! just have to quilt & bind it...

My aunt then wanted a table runner to match the wall hanging - I was happy to make one:

I'm making a few others for her like this too - I'll post when I'm finished!

Hope you all have a happy fourth of july!

recent baby quilt...

Another cousin is having a baby and we had her baby shower this past weekend - sadly I didn't take too many pictures to share, but I made her a few bibs (same style as the previous ones I've made) a few receiving blankets, a cute zigzag pillow, and the below quilt!

The quilt is made with Heather Ross' line of Far Far Away II. Due to the fact that it's linen, it's a bit thicker than usual weight quilting fabric, but it quilts nicely just the same. I love how it turned out and I think she did too!

Also, as an update, the looped quilt was completed and given to my aunt...unfortunately I didn't take a picture of it finished b/c I literally stitched the last of the binding onto the quilt when we were pulling into the driveway of my mother's house on the day of the above shower. sooo, no finished picture (unless I can convince her to take one and send it to me!).

I have a few more things in the works, and a few other finished projects and I'll be posting soon.

Have a great weekend!

looped squares

This all started when my nana gave me a book for christmas that contained a plethora of traditional quilting patterns. I took one of the patterns, modified it a bit and used more bright and modern fabric....and ta-da! i'm obsessed.

i think my aunt has claimed dibs on this one...I'm still working on it to expand it into a full-sized bed quilt, but so far, so good.

the squares started off at 3inches a piece, and once sewn together are about 2inches. currently the quilt measures about 60x60 and with an extra row across the top (obviously necessary to cover the full size bed) it will be about 60x80 w/o a border - which i will probably also add.

fun fact - there are currently 576 squares in the above quilt. yes, i'm slightly insane.

just a few things...

once again i've been terrible at updating - apparently working 50+ hours/week doesn't leave much time for blogging!! however, I always seems to find time for quilting... : ) here's what i've been up to!

p.s. sorry for the cell phone pictures...my camera needs to be charged!

^the above is a quilt that my mom is giving as a gift!

it's Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane fabric in the 'grass' colorway. The recipient already has three boys and is pregnant with a girl! She's not into the pinks&purples though, so I was aiming for feminine without going overboard. I think it works!

below is a quilt that i'm giving as a gift! i really should mail that...

this quilt is for my sister-in-law. Her husband is current in Afghanistan and my husband and I wanted to send her a little something to keep her warm and make her smile while he's away!

Have a great halloween weekend!!