American Jane Tumbler Baby Quilt

American Jane fabric makes me go *squeee!* and especially when I sew it up into a quilt! This happy little quilt is going to someone special having a baby this summer. I don't know if mama reads my blog, but if she does... oops. The sweet couple was planning on decorating the nursery in a "vintage toy" style, so I think this might fit. I hope they didn't change their decorating scheme and I hope they and baby like the quilt. Cuz if they don't, I'm keeping it!

 
Oh, and those white flecks covering the quilt?  Not dandruff or fluff.  Those would be SNOWFLAKES. This is spring in these parts, folks!

Quilt Stats: Size: 34" by 40"
Fabrics: American Jane ABC 123, Peas and Carrots, and School Days
Quilting: All over meander with Aurifil 50 wt in 2021
Batting: Warm n Natural
Completed: April 7, 2013

Paris Quilt

Paris Quilt, a photo by CoraQuilts~Carla on Flickr.

My quilt I made to remember our trip this past fall to Paris is complete! Come and visit my Paris Quilt set on my Flickr photostream to see pictures of it!

 

From Tripping to Kaleidoscoping

Feeling in a daze, cuz I just got my Kaleidoscope Quilt Top done today! I cut into the fabric starting January 17, while I waited and waited for Bernina to come home. And I even pieced some blocks on old Kenmore. But now that she's here, there is no reason to stop quilting at every opportunity.

Just as I was sewing together the borders, my iron quit! Gah! So she hasn't been pressed in this picture, and the border hasn't been pressed at all, but it's a done top. So I'm happily rushing to share it in all manner of social media of course!

Go check out the tutorial from Don't Call Me Betsy on how to make one of these.  Or try this pattern.  I used a combination of both :)

Scrappy Trip Along Finished!

Not much to report here, except that my Bernina is home and I was finally able to quilt Scrappy Trip Along! I tried a new to me quilting method: Orange Peel!

I followed the tutorial at Oh Fransson! My first few rows were terrible, but after quilting all 80 inches of this quilt's width, my results were satisfying enough! I even was graced with a visit from Miss Kitty while photographing this quilt. Always a treat to have a kitty approved quilt!

 

Quilt Stats:
Size: 50" by 80"
Binding: Chicopee Cross Square in Green
Backing: Verna Clover in Earth by Kate Spain
Batting: Warm & Natural
Square size: 2 inches, finishing at 1.5 inches
Completed February 17, 2013

Sheep-like...

I followed along with all the cool folks doing the "Scrappy Trip Along" on Instagram (look for hashtag #scrappytripalong) and Flickr the past couple of weeks.  So bad is my bandwagon addiction, that I used my old crappy Kenmore machine to do all the stitching, as my Bernina is in the shop and I can. not. wait.  I had some trouble at the beginning, as I started to pull 2.5 inch strips from my 2.5 inch strip bin, I discovered I was rather lacking in quantity and variety.  Oh yes, because of this project!  So I looked in the 2 inch scrap bin.  Bonanza!

I frantically made a few blocks.  So many other people had already finished their tops by now!  I was behind!  They actually looked pretty cool.  So cool, in fact, that my hubby said: "Make it big!  Big enough to cover me all the way for a nap!"  Okey dokey!  And because I always do what my man says, I clucked and clucked on with my old machine, hunching over to keep that 1/4 seam just sew.

And here is what I've got so far.  I really was scraping the bottom of the scrap bin by the end!  And it is so great to have them made into something!  Despite using ALL the 2 inch strips, there are still lots of squares in the 2 inch size.  Maybe I'll have to turn those into a scrap vomit quilt... hmmm?

Oh yes, the whole shebang is based on this tutorial over at Bonnie Hunter's website Quiltville.  I highly recommend following her instructions for pressing.  And when you press each block after the cut strips are sewn together, spread the intersections and press the seams both ways then too.   Like this:

 

It makes everything nest so nicely you won't need pins!  And that is all I have to say about that!  That and..... join us, won't you??