It's a Hoot, She's a Hoot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another quilt from the vault of "things I made while on my three-year blogging break."  Another quilt I made for baby June. I finished this in the Spring of 2011.  These pictures were take in the Summer of 2013.  I can't believe how much she has grown since then!  But I digress - let's talk about the quilt, yes?  Oh half-square triangles, I love your versatility.  I wanted this quilt to be fun and bright and cheery.  Guess what?  Both the quilt and the girl turned out just exactly so.  Love this girl.

 

Pattern: Half-square triangle pinwheels

Fabrics: 2 charms packs of It's a Hoot by Momo and Kona Cotton in White.  Backing fabric is  turquoise and yellow polka dots.  Binding is Amy Butler's Lotus Full Moon Polka Dot in Lime.

Quilted: Free-motion meandering loops

Made for June

Spring 2011

 

P.S. Sharing this at Needle and Thread Thursday and Quilt Story Fabric Tuesday

June's Quilt

*I took a blogging break between moving houses and having babies, but I was still sewing.  I want to share those projects now, for my own journal.*

This is the second quilt I made for June while I was still pregnant with her.  I made it in the spring of 2011.  It was inspired by this beautiful quilt that's been a favorite of mine for years.

I love this quilt and I loved making it.  It is gentle and calm, quite the contrast to some of those early days with a new baby.  It now sports yellow stains from various things baby has thrown at it.  Those stains make me love it more.  This will always be one of my favorites, if not the, out of all the quilts I have made.

 Pattern: Free form wonky squares 

Fabrics: Various shades of yellow and aqua (some Anna Maria Horner Garden Party, It's a hoot by Momo, Michael Miller dots, and others).  Backing fabric is Sandi Henderson's Farmers Market Henna.

Made for June

Spring 2011

 

Psss...I'm sharing this with Quilt Story today. 

Warm heart

Heart quilting, a photo by CreativeReveries on Flickr.

We took a break from winter and headed down to Florida. I did quilt this before we left and I hope to get around to binding it tonight. I created rows of loopy hearts using free motion quilting - it was really a LOT of fun to quilt.

Valentine in January

 

After working on several quilts (many I have yet to share here), it was nice to work on something a little smaller.  I used to sew bags, clothing, and toys and somewhere in there I got hooked on quilts.  This year I'd like to diversify my sewing a little bit.  Don't get me wrong, I still have several quilts in the queue and will probably keep adding to that list.

For this project, I used Canoe Ridge Creations' patchwork heart block tutorial.  I dived into my scrap bin and pulled out all the pink pieces I could find.  The block had to be pink because, did I mention, June loves pink?  Pink pink pink.  I plan to turn this into a pillow top and give it to her for Valentine's Day.  I'm still deciding how to quilt this.  Any suggestions?

Linking up at Quilt Story, Blossom Heart Quilts, and Freshly Pieced.

Sunday Stash: Wonderland

A few years ago I fell in love with Wonderland by Momo fabric.  You may recall I made a baby quilt with it and also a sewing machine cozy.  A few weeks ago I came across a listing for a layer cake of this now out-of-print and hard-to-find fabric.  The price reflected its rarity.  I decided to pass it up.

The next day, I looked it up and it was still available.  I still couldn't justify the purchase.  This same scene played out for a few days.

Then one night I had a dream.  In my dream, I woke up and decided to just bite the bullet and purchase the fabric.  However, when I looked it up it was already sold!  What a disappointment!  I literally woke up at 4 am and panicked.  I rolled over and checked my phone to see if it was still available.  It was!  (Sound huge sigh of relief.)  I clicked 'buy' without any hesitation.

One day I will make a big quilt for myself with this layer cake.  But until then, I can rest assured that I have some of this beautiful fabric in my possession.

My name is Stephanie and I literally dream of fabric.

(Linking up today at Sarah's Quilts.  Go over and justify your fabric stash!)

Friday Favorites

Friday Favorites, a photo by CreativeReveries on Flickr.

Just a little eye candy this Friday morning.

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Planning

I cut into my flea market fancy fabric thinking I had a plan - large diamonds within diamonds. I cut, sewed, and cut again impressed at how quickly my giant half square triangles were coming together. Then I hit a road block. When I laid out all the blocks, something about it just wasn't working.  I almost panicked at this point (What have I done?  Have I wasted all this precious fabric?  etc etc).

Then I discovered something so many quilters have already discovered. Graph paper. Wow. How did I not use graph paper when planning my quilts before now? Not only is it efficient, it's fun!  I enjoyed sketching out all the possibilities.  By the way, this site has great, free printable graph paper. (Now you can't use the excuse that you have to wait for your Amazon order to arrive before you start planning that quilt.)

I abandoned my diamond layout for a carpenter star arrangement instead. I envision a big, scrappy, swoon-like block. Yes, I think this may just work out fabulous afterall.