Saturday, May 25, 2013

Finished Charm Quilt

 Another small Charm quilt is washed and crinkled. I love making smaller quilts to decorate my home. I turned this area behind the staircase into a small office area. My son spray painted an old mirror with black chalkboard paint. My daughter said it looks like a flat screen TV.
 This desk was a natural wood color before I painted it white.
  I am using spraypaint with a primer.  The black chair is going to be painted in the coral color.
I have a helper named Max.
The quilt look nice with the newly painted coral chair, two metal boxes, and the blue fabric lampshade.
 I sewed the binding on the the reproduction 1930's quilt.
 A lot of hand sewing is left to do because this is a king size quilt.
 
I am making more yo-yos. It is fun to do while watching TV.
Hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Hapy Quilting,
Millie

Friday, May 10, 2013

Finished Charm Quilt

 
 The best part of quilting for me is when I have a finished quilt. I just finished this cute charm pack quilt. In the picture below is the unwashed quilt which matches so well with my daughter's orange sneakers. Orange is her favorite color, I think she has three pairs of orange shoes. She is a teenager and loves her orange shoes.
 Quilt is washed and right out of the dryer. I am thrilled at how the quilt crinkled up after the first wash. This one has Hobbs 80/20 cotton batting like most of my quilts. 
 I am glad I went with a solid red binding. Love it!.
 Just for fun a few pictures of the quilts on my bed. My favorite string quilt with the yo-yo quilt at the end of the bed.
 I love this yo-yo quilt and I'm thinking of starting another one. I sewed random yo-yos on a quilted white piece of fabric. It is fun to make the yo-yos with the yo-yo maker.
Happy quilting until next time,
Millie

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Thirties 16 Patch Quilt

 Yeah, my 16 patch is quilted. I started this scrappy quilt at least two years ago and thought I'm never going to get it done. I added a few solid squares with the 30's reproduction fabric.
 I'm glad I went with a border. Now I can't wait to get the binding on.
 Another top I quilted and I love how the quilting shows up on the white fabric. I am going to keep this one for myself.
 I quilted Michelle's Cake Mix quilt. The fabric is beautiful. I made a Cake Mix quilt before for myself using a layer cake and jelly roll, but I think it will make an adorable scrappy quilt. I'm always looking for cute and fast patterns to use my stash.
 
Happy quilting,
Millie

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Happy quilts

 My quilts make me happy and I love to create quilts from my stash. I have a finished Hugs and Kisses quilt. It washed up beautifully and I love how the quilts crinkled up after that first wash.
 Not only do I enjoy making quilts, but I absolutely love the quilting process. I can do it all day long, I wish I never have to cook and clean. lol I quilted this bright top for Jana.
 She used a panel, the border on the left is a cut-up panel.
 Cheerful yellow backing.
 Scrappy quilts are my favorite and Julie makes the most beautiful scrappy quilts. She used 1" strips to make this Jewel Box quilt.
 Plain white backing,
 Another Log Cabin I quilted for Julie.
 White backing again.
 I did not do a lot of cleaning, but a lot of quilting for myself. This weekend I will have to do some housework. I like how the Bubbles quilting turned out on this little quilt.
Blue backing from my stash, although this is a very traditional piece of fabric I think it goes well with the more modern charms. I like to use old fabric from my stash with the more modern tops.
 Another top I finished the quilting on.
This will be a cute happy little quilt when it is done. My youngest daughter's favorite color is orange and there is a lot of it in this quilt.
 I like this one too. I do like blue and purple, the colors calm me down. And with all the stress going on in the world I need more calmness around me.
 More purple on the back.
 I love the 1930's reproduction fabrics and I adore how the quilting on my Whirlygig's turn out.
 Very old green fabric from my stash for the backing, I think I have had it for more than ten years.
 My zig-zag quilt has been quilted. I like how the quilting on the white fabrics shows up so nicely.
 
 
 Now with all the quilts I have finished, I have a lot of binding work left to do. I have my Hugs and Kisses quilt displayed in my quilting room.
Happy Quilting,
Millie