Pinwheel, Day & Night and Chinese Coin Quilts

 I'm sure you all are having fun and enjoying the warmer spring weather. Three years ago I started this pinwheel quilt in yellow and teal.  

 I used every little scrap and then used leftovers to piece the border. I finished the quilting and only have the binding left to do.

 Here is a Chinese Coin quilt in red, white, blue and yellow from Michelle. I absolutely adore this type of quilt. I've made a smaller version for myself and am now thinking of making a king-size one like this for my bed.

 Here is another quilt on my wish list. This is a day and night pattern from Eleanor Burns. What's very nice about this pattern is that in her book she has a ruler. All you have to do is sew strips together then use the handy ruler to cut out the shapes.

 This is a red and white day and night quilt from one of my customers that I quilted.

 The white backing shows the quilted hearts very well. This was a wedding present.

 This is another king sized Day And Night quilt I quilted. 

 Hope you enjoy your Spring. Happy Quilting,

Scrappy Quilts

 Our weather has been so wonderful. I've been enjoying working in the garden and walking Max. Lately I've been quilting a lot of scrappy quilts. Here are four I would like to show you.

This first scrappy quilt was pieced by Julie. It is her nine patch exchange quilt. This whole quilt is made of one and a half  inch strips.

 This is also a scrappy quilt by July. This whole quilt is made from one and a half inch, all plaid, flannel strips. 

 There's another pretty nine patch in the sashings.

 Muslin backing.

 This next one was pieced by Sandy. It is a block of the month sampler quilt. I like the vibrant colors that make me excited for Summer.

 This last one was made from Cathy. I took it late at night so I apologize for the darkness of the photo. It's a cute cat version of Sunbonnet Sue and Sam quilt.

 Adorable close up of the cats.

 Happy Quilting,



Finished Picnic Quilt

 Yeah! My Picnic Quilt from Kim's new Scrapbasket Sensation book is finished. I have been working on and off on the binding. Before I first put this quilt in the washer and drier, I was so excited to see how it would turn out. This quilt is now so nicely crinkled.

 I went with a pink fabric from my stash for the binding. This is an all-scrappy quilt from my stash.

 I love the colors which reminds me of spring. I have this rot iron gate stand in the corner of my dining room.  It definitely brightens up the room.

 I am working on a UFO.  Two years ago I started to make yo-yo's for no reason at all.  I have this big bag of yo- yo's for a quilt that I wasn't even sure I would make at the time.  The Go Cutter has a circle die which makes cutting the circles so much faster.  I am using Lapel Sticks (first aid for fashion emergencies) to glue the yo-yo's down. These glue sticks are perfects for sewing projects.

Last, I would like to show a Yellow Brick quilt I quilted for Elaine with the "Antique Lace" panto.

 She picked all these pretty fat quarters in blue, green, pink and yellow.  So pretty! It feels so modern with the Spring colors.

 Simple quilts are not for everybody, but I love them. They are easy enough to make but normally look like they took more time than you actually put into it. 

 Happy Quilting until next time,



Spring Quilting

I am now three weeks without my computer. I miss reading my favorite quilting blogs and communicating with my blogging friends. With all the extra time per day, I got so much quilting done. I could do more housework, but that was definitely not on my list to do. 

I just finished the machine quilting on Willeeen's Scrappy quilt. This is such a pretty quilt and an excellent use of her scrapbasket. 

 This Scrappy quilt has a bleached muslin for the background and the backing.  Just beautiful!

 This is another Tulip Time quilt I quilted. This beauty was pieced by Cindy. All the appliqued flowers are so cheerful and so springy.  You can tell she is a purple girl.

 Cindy is going to use this quilt on her bed.  With all the lovely batiks she can use any color of decorations with this quilt.

  Cindy's mom is going to help her with the binding.  This quilt is huge, 106" long and the handsewing of the binding will take forever.

 This is a Spring panel I quilted for Marinel. There is absolutely no piecing in this quilt. Aren't panels great for those lazy non-sewing days?

 I am working on a t-shirt quilt for Shannon.  The quilt will have around 30 t-shirt blocks.  All the blocks are cut out and fused with fusible webbing.  For the next few days I will be working on sewing the t-shirt blocks together.

 Hope you all are enjoying Spring. 

 Happy quilting until next time,