A Baby "I Spy" Quilt...

I finished another quilt this weekend!

This one is a baby-sized "I Spy" Quilt for my new nephew... due this fall. I started this before I knew if my sister would be having a boy or a girl, so I used mostly primary colors, or semi-gender-neutral colors. I decided on a stacked coins design for the middle, using 3" by 5" rectangles, alternating solids with prints, with some white sashing in between. This is a great way to use up scraps too! :)

To make the quilt more square, I used some green fabric for borders on the tops and sides. I decided on a brown with polka dots fabric for the binding, and added some ribbons for "tags" as I was sewing on the binding. I did a simple quilt design of wavy lines, and added some hand-stitched letters at the top with the words, "I Spy...". 

I left the back a simple piece of fabric I had on hand... white with yellow and green dots. In the bottom right corner of the quilt, I hand-stitched "2011". I've decided that it will be a good idea to somehow tag the year the quilt is made on all my quilts from now on. :)

I am working on some quilts for my son now, so more pics soon, I hope! 

A Baby "I Spy" Quilt...

Quilt for Craft Hope Finish

I finally finished my quilt for Craft Hope Project 13 on Monday. I don't know why it took me so long. I guess life just got kinda busy. I sent this out yesterday, as well as the bracelets from Project 12. 

I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I love that it was so simple to put together, and I love the rainbow colors. It would be a great quilt for a kids room! I think I'll have to make a similar one for us to keep here. :) I did simple straight quilting just along the 1/4" seams of the blocks.

I used Anne Kelle's Remix fabric in the Bermuda Zig Zag color. I love how that turned out too! It was the perfect rainbow-y choice for this quilt! I hope that this quilt puts a smile on the face of someone affected by those nasty tornadoes in the South. 

I'll be working on a few projects this week. Some Father's Day gifts for my family, and a few more quilts. Also trying to get things in order before baby #2 gets here. :) 

Quilt for Craft Hope Finish

Craft Hope Projects 12 and 13

Here are my works in progress for two Craft Hope projects going on right now. Click on the button above to learn more about Craft Hope, and to join in! :) The deadline for both these projects is June 15th.

Here's a pile of bracelets my friends and I made at my baby shower. I am so grateful to everyone for helping me make some bracelets for Craft Hope Project 12. These will be going to some orphaned kids in Russia, and hopefully put a smile on their little faces. During times that I need to put my feet up for a while, I might try to make some more using some leftover embroidery floss. 

I just finished this quilt top today for Craft Hope Project 13. A simple pattern using some fat quarters. I wanted rainbow colors, and I was so glad to have found all the colors I wanted in my stash. I am extremely lacking in purples for some reason. I will probably finish this quilt this week sometime. I'm planning on a simple solid back, and simple quilting. I'm also hoping to make at least one more to send out... we shall see. :) These quilts will be going to the tornado survivors in the Southeastern US. 

I'm also working on another quilt, but I can't post anything about it yet, as it will be a gift. ;)

Hope your week is going well! 

Craft Hope Projects 12 and 13

Patriotic Trifle Repost

Happy Memorial Day, everyone! 

Today I'll be making one of these. Here is my recipe from an old post. :) Great for 4th of July too!

Enjoy and have a fun and safe day! :)

Patriotic Trifle Repost

Blogger's Quilt Festival... Baby Shower Signature Quilt

Here is my entry for the Spring 2011 Blogger's Quilt Festival, so generously organized by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side. Click on the button above to visit her blog and see all the beautiful quilts entered in the festival! :)

This is one of two quilts I have made for my daughter-to-be... due this August. I first mentioned this quilt in this post, but there have been some changes to this quilt since then. :) I decided to use Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush fabric collection in pinks, browns, oranges, and yellows, with a simple checkerboard pattern, alternating with white squares. 

Since my mom wanted to do some "quilty" themed ideas for my shower, I thought it would be cool to do a signature quilt and have the guests at my shower sign or draw a picture in the white squares. This is the quilt before washing and before signatures. I did some free-motion quilting on the colored squares of little flowers, connected in a diagonal pattern. I didn't want to quilt on the white squares, since I thought it would be more difficult for people to write on them if there was too much texture. 

Here's the back of the quilt, a simple pink flannel. A little more difficult to quilt than cotton, but luckily it is a small quilt. :) I love the soft feel of the flannel backing. 

Here are some pics of the quilt in the signature process at my shower. I used colored fabric markers that matched the colors of the quilt. I let the kids at my shower do handprints or fingerprints using fabric paint. 

Close-up. You can see the quilting better in this pic. :)

Here's the entire quilt with signatures. I still have room for more, in case someone didn't get a chance to make it to the shower. ;)

I also did some simple embroidery of my daughter-to-be's name. This was my first time embroidering on a quilt. I think I will have to do this more often! I think it adds a little extra "homemade-ness" to the quilt! :)

I am so glad that we did this at my shower. Now my daughter will have these sweet words to remind her of how much she is loved... even before she's born! :) My only wish is that I could have done something similar for my son at his shower... but I didn't even own a sewing machine back then! LOL! Maybe for a birthday or something... 

Enjoy the Festival!

Blogger's Quilt Festival... Baby Shower Signature Quilt