Steps to Glory Block

I'm on to my next project.  This one is time sensitive and it's actually a double project.  My friend is adopting identical twin girls.  They are expected to be delivered in December, and her baby shower is next Saturday.  I don't honestly know if I can possibly get 2 quilts done by next weekend, but I'm going to try.  The base of both of these quilts is the Steps to Glory block. 

It's a 16" block, so the base of each quilt will be 4 blocks.  I'm going to play with the orientation of the blocks to change the look of the quilt, but still coordinate.  One block down - 7 more to go!

A Little Help

My friend's neighbor has a friend who passed away at age 33, leaving behind 3 children. They are doing a benefit to raise money for the family, and my friend asked if anyone might be willing to donate anything for the raffle.  I don't have a lot of free time, but I wanted to do something even if it wasn't much, so I quickly made a receiving blanket. 

It's a bit smaller than I normally make them, because I was having a bad math day and cut the fabric smaller than I had planned.  It's still cute though.   I love flannel blankets, because they're so cuddly.

It's not much, but hopefully it will help a little.  I can't imagine what it must be like for these 3 children without their mom. 

Fishie Finish

I finished up this quilt over the weekend, and it still makes me smile looking at the pictures.  It has a new home now.  A friend is having a boy after 2 girls, and her husband is an avid outdoors-man, so it felt like an appropriate quilt for the occasion. 

I used an open spiral for the quilting.  It is a loose interpretation of waves, and works well on this quilt.

Here's a view from the back:
TGIFF!

Rainbow Belle Wave

I finally got around to putting all of the Wish circle's Belle Wave blocks into a quilt top.  It only took one naptime to piece it together, so I don't know why I kept putting it off. 

 It'll be a little bit before I quilt it, because I have 3 baby quilts that are time sensitive.  :)

Belle Wave Blocks

After arranging all of my June do.Good Stitches blocks, I knew I had 2 orange and 2 purple blocks to make to finish up the pattern.  It was a bit more difficult for me to complete the orange blocks, because it's the color that I have the least amount of fabric in my stash.  It made me laugh a bit, because I have never bought any orange fabric unless it was required for a project.  It's interesting when you notice what colors you gravitate toward and which you avoid. 

Fishie Friday

I really like this quilt top.  It's so whimsical.  Perhaps I'm just giddy because this is my first completed quilt top in several months.  It feels good to be sewing regularly again.

Do.good Stitches

This month's block for the Wish Circle is actually from a tutorial Erica did herself.  It's a large block - 17.5" unfinished, so we are only making one this month.  We were pretty free to use what scraps we liked as long as the background was white or off-white.  Here's what I came up with:

Piecing Fishies

After a several month hiatus, I'm finally piecing together a quilt top.  It feels so good to be working on completing a whole quilt instead of a block or two for a sewing bee.  It's even more fun when you're piecing together fish!  They're so cute.  I only have a couple done, but I had fun using a range of fabrics for the fish.  I was also pleased that all of them were made from my scrap bin that is currently overflowing.

The blocks are a good size at 12.5" unfinished.  The background is Kona Fog and I really like the color.  It's a bit of a more subtle blue.  They're not very difficult to make.  The tutorial is here.

Today was even more fun, because for the very first time Little Man and Little Lady were at school at the same time and BB went down for a nap.  I had an entire hour to myself!  It felt luxurious. The funny thing is that I spent that hour cleaning up and organizing my fabric stash.  I very much enjoyed myself as well.  Now that I can find all of my fabric again I'm brainstorming new projects, and thinking of more fun things to make.  I am also completely cutting myself off from buying anymore fabric for a while, because um, I have a lot I need to use, and my scraps bin is bursting at the seems.  It's time for some scrappy quilts around here.