Dog Gone Cute!! QAL

Dog Gone Cute

It's My Turn 

AND

Here we are! 

With my finish of my project in the Dog Gone Cute QAL. 

Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts designs the cutest patterns, many with animals. 

I just had to do this one 'cause, well, you'll see!

Lorna writes the most amazing patterns with multiple charts and step by step instructions. In this pattern there are 2 block sizes giving you a multitude of options. 

This was so much fun and a bit outside my box. 

My Pups, Zoe and Jade, loved it! I hope you do too. I wanted to do two blocks, one for each. I debated about what to make with those blocks. I remembered these left over blocks from a Shop Hop last summer and I put them together to make a small quilt. 

It now has a place of honor

hanging above one of my machines, LOL.

I appreciate your visit and hope you will leave a comment. Come back, ya'll.

Ellen

Big Block Quilt - In Progress

Big Block Quilt

In Progress

I have been trying to decorate my new office. I knew I wanted a quilt as the main piece (of course)! Fabric came first. What would I like to look at every day?

I choose Sphere by Brigitte Heitland for ZEN CHIC for Moda. Wow, that was a mouthful. I have had a charm pack in my stash for a long time, but I came across this modified "Swoon" block on Pinterest.

from Lilly's Quilts

The block was modified to use HSTs and solid blocks and was enlarged to 36".

The solid blocks were 5" and the HST's were made with 5 1/2 inch squares; so there went the idea of using my Charm Pack. Oh well, one can always buy new fabric. I purchased a fat quarter bundle of this fabric and then I needed a background color. Thought about gray, but no. I knew it had to be navy, just really made the other colors stand out! I modified the pattern even further by including more fabrics, including the yellow-orange center.

Getting it together was a bit (LOL) challenging.

I have it basted and ready to go. I am going to save my plans for the quilting until next time....

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Falling Charms Baby Quilt

Sweet Baby Boy Quilt

The sweet baby boy that received this quilt spends his weekends with his parents, grandparents and cousins on a beautiful cove on the Tennessee River. They Boat, fish, ride jet skis, swim and go trail riding in their Jeep. Nice way to grow up, huh. 

I selected Boat House Fabric by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics.

The pattern is Falling Charms, you can see the tutorial by Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company here: 

Falling Charms

I kinda stretched it too much in this pic. :(

Quilt measures about 40 x 40. 

The quilting is free motion, meandering with stars. I love dense quilting!

 I love the back!

A friend at Tampa Modern Quilt Guild had this fabric to use for our Project Linus Quilts and I "Really Like IT". 

 Blurry pic of label. 

I received a lovely note from his parents and that meant the world to me. Hope it becomes tattered and torn from being dragged around at the River House. 

Aren't quilts just the BEST?

YES!!

Central Park Quilt

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This quilt top was made from the other half of a Central Park Jelly Roll. The Citrus Sunshine Quilt was made from the first half. The solid is Kona Stone. I designed the quilt from a pattern I saw on Pinterest, with  some changes. I think it is fun. 

This will be Quilted on the Beast, my new, to me Brother PQ1300. That is MY dream machine!.

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Modern Turquoise Pillow Cover

Modern Turquoise Pillow Cover.

Improv pieced. Striking Colors and Quilting make this piece HAPPY!

It measures 14 x 14". Straight line quilting except for McTavishing on the outer left and lower leaf print. Bound in black. 

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"Beach Fantasy" Art Quilt

"Beach Fantasy" Art Quilt

I believe we all feel a pull toward the ocean. Just look at a map of the population!! I am fortunate to live within a 20 minute drive of the beautiful beaches of the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida. I can feel it calling me almost daily. I don't make it that often but I feel good knowing that I could go almost any day. 

 This small art quilt was created using curved piecing, then free motion quilted using 6 colors of thread. It was then embellished with natural shells from my extensive collection :) of hand picked treasures. A couple of pearls for a bit of whimsy. The borders were then applied and it was mounted on a 9 x 12 inch canvas. 

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 Close ups of the quilting and embellishment.

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Wonky Pillow

Wonky Pillow

I have had this QAYG (quilt as you go) piece started for a long time. I had a basket of scraps that I would dive into from time to time and do a row or two. It really never grew any bigger than about 7-8 inches. I decided I would finish it off with a different technique. MORE McTavishing!!!! on a large neutral border.

Well, when I did the FMQ on the border, it shrank more than the middle, so the middle was kinda, well,,,, puffy...Hmmmm... ok, I will do some stuffing, like trumputo in that part. It worked out fairly well.

 

I layered the top and the back of the pillow wrong sides together, basted it. then bound it like a quilt. It measures 15" square

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Grey X Pillows Cover, Finish!!

Grey Pillow Cover Finish

After piecing this, I was in a quandary. How shall I quilt this piece. I had been practicing some McTavishing on my Vintage Singer 237. Was it time to try it on a "real" project?  Guess so.
Update. I have had several comments regarding McTavishing. It is named for its creator Karen McTavish, award winning quilter and author. http://www.designerquilts.com/about.html

Also, my guild mate Katherine Ringo has a great youtube video that explains the technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp34yI9SUeY

http://katiesquiltingcorner.com/

I am pleased to have this project featured by Pam from:

 

 

I did my version of McTavishing in 2 quadrants and alternating squiggly lines in the other 2.

Each quadrant was quilted with a single piece of (top) thread. Except, of course some of it was cut off in the squaring and resizing process. ;).

I also debated about how to finish the pillow cover. When I finished the piecing and took it to show and tell at the Tampa Modern Quilt Guild, I felt it was, well, boring.  So, I began to think how to finish it off to have a nice accent. I like to use orange for my accent but I was thinking in another direction on this one.

 I found some fabulous green and light grey by Art Gallery Fabrics at my fabulous LQS, Crafty Threads http://www.craftythreads.com/ and decided on a 1/4 inch piping. 

 That is a shadow in the lower right, oops. 

I will take some other pictures soon when it is stuffed with a pillow form. Please leave me a comment to let me know that you have stopped by.

Thanks, ellen
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Citrus Sunshine Quilt--Finished!!

Citrus Sunshine Quilt -- Finished!!

With all of its orangey, lemony and limey goodness, the Citrus Sunshine Quilt is finally complete. The binding is a small, sort of animal print that is orange and yellow. The backing is a green background with multicolored polka dots. 

It has some random piecing in a strip near the top.  

Measures 30 x 43 inches. Perfect size for an infant or small child.

Now, does any one have a little one who would LOVE this??

I plan to put it in my Etsy Shop.

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Grey X Pillow Cover

Grey X Pillow Cover

Started, or restarted a new pillow cover. I have had scraps that I have been piecing together for a while. Finally, I decided to use them for a pillow cover. An entire quilt of tiny scraps just seemed a bit much. I took some Kona Coal that would be the main part of the pillow. I pieced a strip of about 24" long of grey and blue scraps. The original width of the scrap strip was about 2.75". I then sliced it in half. 

The original plan was just to cut out a square for the pillow cover, slice it diagonally, sew the strip in and then repeat. That looked a bit plain. So, I pulled out some Kona Ash and attached a 1 inch wide piece to each side of the strip. That seemed to work better.

The strip on the bottom is tucked underneath the 2 cut pieces of the square. The top strip is just laid over the other, thus the difference in the width.

I am toying around with several different ideas for the quilting. May combine some free motion with straight line, walking foot quilting in different sections. Please let me know what you think.

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WIP Citrus Sunshine

Citrus Sunshine

I have made a bit of progress on this yellow quilt. A visitor who commented on a previous blog post on this quilt that said it reminded her of the colors of lemons and limes. I thought that fit since I live in Florida, so I named this one 

"Citrus Sunshine". It is a modification of a strip and flip quilt. (see previous posts) I am free motion quilting with wavy lines alternating with loops. 

Maybe I will get to post it as a "finish" soon!!

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Daily Snuggler

Daily Snuggler

This is the first quilt I made with REAL quilt shop fabric. A mix of different lines. Mostly sale bin fat quarters.
The pattern is from Spring 2012 issue of Quilts and More.

The back is batik and is pieced. 

My first obligatory "On the fence" pic.

 Some block close ups.
It is free motion quilted with wavy lines.

This is really a poor quality photo but I kind of liked the
effect.

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