A Modern Scottish Baby Quilt Finish

I did have fun designing and making this quilt for a very special cousin. My family is of Scottish descent and  my cousin's husband is also. As a matter of fact, my cousin's husband and family recently visited Scotland. So my goal in making this quilt was to incorporate a Scottish theme. That is easier said than done with a baby quilt. Thistles and plaid made it to the top of my list to use.

I used three shades of yellow and pieced a gingham top.

I used a tattoo design of a Celtic Thistle and used reverse applique' with dark grey fleece. I thought the fleece would be fun for baby to touch.

I found this yellow and grey fabric in my stash that fit it perfectly in both color and size.

I used Aurifil 50wt to piece it together, then tried some new types of threads for quilting. I used Aurifil invisible thread to stitch in the ditch and to stitch my faux piped binding, that worked wonderfully well. Then I used Aurifil 40wt and 28 wt to create the "plaid" with straight line stitching.

I used Quilters Dream Puff batting so that it would be soft for the baby to play on, but yet fabulously washable.

This is Jess, the mama-to-be, her grandma (my aunt) was looking on from behind.

I even took the time to sign my quilt.

The straight line stitching isn't really straight, but the quilt was made with love. Hopefully, that's what the baby and her mama feels when they touch this quilt.

Today, I'm linking up with TGIFF, Link-A-Finish Friday, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop and Finish It Up Friday


Color Me Quilty!

Pat 

Blogger's Quilt Festival, Spring 2014 (Modern)

 A Modern Quilt!

 I actually made this quilt last year as part of the Art Glass Gallery Challenge with an Angela Walters panel from her Textures line of fabric. The quilt didn't really have a known destination or reason for being except for completing the challenge. So I gave it to my husband, because there were no flowers or swirls and he liked the colors. So it sits folded over the back of a chair in my living room, unless it's chilly, then my husband wraps up in it.

This past Christmas we had new family members join are Christmas Eve party; my new son-in-law's mom, dad and sister. They fell in love with this quilt. They never realized that quilts could be modern and fun and fit in with today's styles.
 

 Just recently, I received the nicest note from my son-in-law's mom asking I would consider making this quilt again for her daughter for Christmas, offering to pay for it. She knows that I have a rule that I don't sell my quilts. It's hard to ask what they are really worth; fabric, thread, batting and time!

 It takes quite a bit of time to quilt a quilt like this.

Aurifil Thread 50wt used on the quilt. Quilted with a domestic machine; Pfaff Quilters Expression 4.0

 This is the back of the quilt, I used the same color in both the top and the bobbin.

Faux Piped Binding (check out the tutorial here)

My husband has been generous and said that "we" could give her this quilt for Christmas and I could make him a new quilt. That's probably what I'm going to do. It has been quite an ego boost to have a young 30 something professional (my son-in-law's sister) really want one of my quilts.

The quilt is 54" x 63", Art Glass Gallery fabrics (Textures by Angela Walters), Quilters Dream Puff batting and lots and lots of Aurifil 50wt thread. The design is my own.

I'm linking up with Amy's Creative Side for the Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2014: Modern Quilts

Be sure to check out all of the fabulous quilts from around the world! They are FABULOUS!

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Fall 2013 Blogger's Quilt Festival

I love  Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival, I've participated every time since Fall 2011. It is a wonderful opportunity to share, not only beautiful quilts, but the stories behind them.

For this Festival, I'm going to share my Stratified Layers of Life and Love quilt. It truly is a quilt from my heart.

Front

This quilt was made for my step-daughter and her new husband - their wedding quilt. It is meant to warm a relationship that has had some good times and some rocky times. Being a step-mom of grown a woman is not easy, nor do I expect it's easy being a step-daughter when you've lost your real mother and would like her there to share important moments in your life. But life has layers and different compartments that build up and make new connections. It is those layers and connections that give dimension, complexity and richness to life.

Love the second time around is never the same as  first love, but that doesn't mean it's not as good. This is second marriage for both my step-daughter and her new husband. They each have two wonderful kids that add layers of warmth to their new family, coming from different sides, touching new places in their hearts.

Love reaches even into the corners and borders of your life.

My step-daughter is a director of a local library and orange is her favorite color. I thought is fitting to use text fabric and multiple shades of orange for the back. Blue is my son-in-laws favorite color.

Even from the back, the love shines through!

It is my hope that my step-daughter and her new husband will feel loved when they sleep under this quilt. The inspiration and passion for this quilt deign was entirely drawn from both of them.

This is a queen sized quilt, assembled using QAYG (quilt as you go) methods, pieced and quilted with Aurifil thread and Quilters Dream Puff batting. It was quilted on a domestic machine, Pfaff QE 4.0.

I am entering this quilt into the home machine quilted category. 

Please follow the link to see and read about the other quilts in the Fall 2013 Blogger's Quilt  Festival at Amy's Creative Side

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

WIP Wednesday

I'm moving along on my Layers quilt. Not quite as fast as I need to, but I am making progress. I got the first two rows together last night, still have to join the third row and the borders.

 I'm using Quilters Dream Puff batting. My favorite because it adds so much dimension.

I put it on a queen sized bed to see how it's going to look. Obviously, I need to add about 14" - 15" border to make it fit. At least borders are easier to add then joining rows.

Here are this week's stats:
In-process: (4)
Express Your Love
Layers quilt
Grandma's Quilt
Charming Squares Quilt
 
New projects: (0)

Finished (0)


I'm linking up with  Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Knowing when to Stop

For those of you that don't know that I tend to quilt the snot out of my quilts, it's a big deal to learn when enough quilting is enough. I keep trying to add more stitches, when they really aren't needed.  I have been working on some FMQ samples for my Layers quilt and I think I finally have it.

I'm also getting the hang of writing with my machine. LOL, it looks way better than my normal hand writing. But the thing I like about this is less is more. The spaces between the writing really don't need more quilting. I like the puffy feel of the batting (Quilters Dream Puff).  I think I'm ready to start quilting the real thing, just need to get the squares basted.

I'm linking up today with Leah Day for FMQ Friday, can't wait to see what everyone's been up to this week.

Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Make It Right - Color Me Textured

I did it! I finished by Make It Right Challenge quilt at 10:30 p.m. last night, which was an hour and a half before the deadline. I decided to name my quilt Color Me Textured. I'm quite pleased with the results.

I used "Faux Piped Binding". Check out my tutorial, if you're interested.

Of course I used Aurifil Thread. Just love this stuff!

Besides using every bit of the Right Angles panel, I used Pure Elements Lemonade, Linen White and Moonstone.

I used Quilters Dream Puff batting and my method for pin basting using 1"x3" boards

The quilt ended up to be 54" x 63", with lots and lots of texture.

I'm planning on giving this quilt to my husband for his birthday on Sunday. I hope he'll enjoy it on cold winter nights watching TV.

I'm linking up today with Richard and Tanya Quilts for Finish Friday, Quokka Quilts for TGIFF and The Free-Motion Quilting Project for FMQ Friday. Of course I entered my quilt into the challenge and I'm shamelessly asking for your "Pins", once they have it posted. Click here to check out all of the quilts.


Color Me Textured and Color Me Quilty!

Pat

Shameless Tease

Okay, actually I'm shameless and a tease! I'll start with the tease. I've been quilting my Make It Right challenge quilt. Oh, it is fun. I can't share the whole quilt, but I can show you what I'm quilting; slate tile and paisley, both of which are on Leah Day's 365+ designs.

the back

I want to make sure that there is a lot of texture in the quilt since a) the line of fabric is call Textures and b) Angela Walters (the fabric designer) is an amazing long-arm quilter.  I'm using Aurifil thread and Quilters Dream Puff batting. LOVE both products, they are my favorite combination, not to mention that this fabric line is in my favorite color palette of lime and teal. You won't have to wait long, I have to have it done by June 6th.

Okay, so now for the shameless part, I would like to ask for your VOTE(S) over at the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side. 

I have my Elephant quilt in the bed category

And my Koi Pond quilt in the Home Machine Quilted category

All you have to do is click on my link, then click on the word "Vote" and voila' you're done!

I'm linking up today with Leah Day for FMQ Friday, can't wait to see what everyone's been up to this week.

Color Me Quilty!

Pat