Finally, a Kitty Approved Quilt

My sweet kitty cat has finally shown up in a picture of a quilt for me.  You see, she is mostly an outdoor kitty, as my hubby is allergic to her.  So she is often out having adventures when I am photographing my quilts.  But today she graced me with her elegant presence.

She is a remarkable little kitty. She actually came with our house. True story. You see, we moved a house to our acreage and renovated it. She was with it, all the way down the road, for a 5 hour drive!

 Oh, and the Blue Pool Quilt is finished!

 

 Here is the back:

 

Blue Pool Quilt Top

Blue Pool Quilt Top, a photo by CoraQuilts ~ MrsCarla on Flickr.

I finished the borders on this quilt top today! I call it Blue Pool, since I gathered most of these fabrics last winter in Hawaii. If you've been to Maui, you may have visited the Blue Pool, a lovely freshwater pool beneath a waterfall just yards from the ocean. I made this quilt to remind me of our magical time there!

The borders are from Kate Spain's line Terrain, which goes so beautifully I think, and also speaks to me of Hawaii with its flowers and foliage and blue waters.

   

Verna Granny Square Baby Quilt

Verna quilt is washed and crinkly and listed in my shop!

Verna Granny Squares Baby Quilt

Finally finished this quilt!  I have been really enjoying free motion quilting lately.  Especially since I discovered that I can do it without using the foot pedal on my machine!  I was sitting there quilting a couple of weeks ago, thinking "the only thing that would make this better is if I could put my feet up!"  And then I realized that I could :)  My Bernina with the Stitch Regulator lets you press the reverse button and the FMQ starts up.  You just press it again to stop it.  Now I can quilt with my feet up!  I actually find it more relaxing on my shoulders and arms as well!  Yay!!

Granny Squares Continued....

 Just wanted to share a sweet Granny Square made from scraps of Verna fabrics by Kate Spain. The scraps are from a quilt I finished last year I called Emma's Garden. It was made for none other than Oliver's older sister!

 

Fandango Charming Stars Finished

With one sick child and just two littles at home, I was able to put up my feet and watch "Fly Away Home," (sob), and sew on binding this morning!

All finished!

I chose Kona solid in Sable, which I had in my stash.

Edited: August 17, 2012 This quilt has gone to its new home this summer. A final shot from the spring, which I think shows its colours the most accurately. Thanks for everyone's interest in this quilt. Here again is the link to the pattern at Moda Bake Shop.

Fandango Charming Stars

I've finished quilting Charming Stars with straight lines and outlining around the stars. I backed it with a daffodil coloured print from a LQS. I haven't decided yet on a fabric for the binding.

The pattern comes from the Moda Bake Shop site, and is called Charming Stars. It used 3 charm packs of Fandango by Kate Spain and some Bella Snow. I had a charm pack of Bella Snow and used those for the centres of the stars. However, I had 4 charm packs and used the remaining charms cut in half to make a scrappy border rather than one from yardage as in the pattern.

Central Park Zigzag Baby Quilt

This is what I was quilting today! Look! No straight lines!



However, I must, must, MUST learn to pull up my bobbin thread (especially when my top thread breaks and I have to restart) when stippling, because THIS happened more than once:



Guess what else I did for, like, the first time? Sewed through my finger. Yup, I was wondering when that was going to happen. Sounds like it is most commonly done while free motioning. I can see why! Wow. Multiple things happening at once! Guess I need a bit more practice?

On my Design Wall Today

Finished blocks for a Charming Stars quilt using a pattern from the Moda Bakeshop site. Fabric is Fandango charm squares by Kate Spain.