I cracked the whip....

Yes I had a pep talk with myself and got to work once I gained some energy again from growing a baby;)

Long time running was the idea in my head to make a pillow or two for my living room furniture.  Well I did make one and it is 20x20!  Comfy for lying down on the couch.  I used the tutorial from Hopeful Homemaker's Jennifer.

You know what, it was probably the right project to start off with too.  I knew it would require a lot of patience and precise piecing.  I did make a lone star last year,but that was a queen size which does help some.  There were some struggles with that one for certain.  This one did go smoother with a few hiccups along the way,but all in all I am pleased with it.

I had purchased the middle sketch print yardage months ago and Kona Grey.  The blues and orange were from my Pink Castle Fabrics Solids Club which is such a great solids builder.  I have every color of the rainbow to choose from now!

In the embroidery department, I managed to complete my little girl strawberry pattern.  This pattern is from Tasha Noel.  Thinking about putting it in the center of a girly quilt and using this pattern  I have had bookmarked for awhile to finish it as a block.

The paper piecing bug hit me up last week and so I whipped out the July Lucky Stars BOM....

then the August BOM.  Both were easy to piece sections.  Somehow the putting together of the whole block proposed some problems,but with some picking out and resewing I managed to make them  presentable.  Some DS dots worked their way in July BOM to keep with the color scheme as I was running low on my two main fabric lines by Aneela Hoey and Bonnie & Camille Roskelley.

It feels really good to be caught up on these guys!!

Plus I am ready to start a Christmas quilt for my family.  I like to do something quilted for our home every year.  The first year I did a tree skirt and the 2nd year I did a table runner.

pattern is courtesy of Pink Chalk Fabrics

This years project is the Metro Rings pattern by Jenny Pedigo.  I was searching HARD for a WOW pattern and after days of glaring at the computer screen this quilt won me over instantly when I laid eyes on it!  Here is a sample Jenny did in April of this year.  Nothing like it!!!  Once I get my Quick Curve ruler in the mail from Pink Chalk Fabrics I will be a cutting fool:):):)  I have a jelly roll and 2 charm packs of Crazy 8 by Sandy Gervais that I received from a good friend of mine that will be used for this quilt.

I am ready to hit up some of this beautiful cool weather we are having today!!

See ya'll soon!

Sara

The Mac Daddy of Quilts

I kid.  I kid.  This was a monster once I had both sides quilted and slapped together though!!  Warmth will not be lacking;) 

Kumari Garden and Michael Miller prints with Kona Ivory for this side and I continued the Ivory into the binding to soften it all up some.  I did the binding at 2 1/2" which is not my usual "go to" size,but the corners came out perfectly.  Very pleased.

When I flipped the quilt over to take some shots of this side, it just wasn't happening!  The clips wouldn't hold its weight so that is why it is folded.  We have also been having random thunderstorms the last couple weeks so I didn't want to linger outdoors for too long.  If you know what I mean.

Where's the hearts?

Here.  There.

Everywhere!  Loops and hearts randomly appeared probably because of the all cotton top giving me the freedom to do so.  Good times!

One quilt.  One pattern.  On BOTH sides!!  It is possible.  With some wonderful patience and time.

The custom label done by an awesome friend of mine quickly.  Josh also was a sweet hubby and did all the leg work to get the sample work from my friend to me and then get the fabric for the final piece to my friend.  Finally, he had to get the final piece from my friend and bring it home to me!  Phew!  Why all that?  Well she lives about 40 min. away and our hubbies work together so it was much easier.  She had sent me thread colors in pinks and I picked this fuschia one through a phone pic.  I think it turned out matching perfectly.  Yeay!    My client, of course picked out the verse and it is a beautiful one at that! 

June Lucky Stars BOM

Tricky center issues arose,but she is done and I am pleased with her now.  It took a couple days for this block to grow on me since there are a few flaws,but who's perfect?!  Certainly not I.  The color balance I truly am crushing on!!  I chose a Timeless Treasure Sketch in Candy print for the star points and the Kona Bahama Blue is pretty cool in my book;)    So now I am totally caught up on my blocks for this BOM!!  Celebratin' good times!

Bought this pattern from Tasha Noel after she mentioned on her blog that we could request a pattern of whatever character we wanted from her fabric line, The Simple life.  This little girl with the strawberries caught my eye. Once I had the pattern, it sat for months.   Recently I had the itch to stitch:)  This is my progress so far with all the berries stitched up.  I am using a pale pink Kona for the fabric and Finca cotton #8 for my thread choice.  I will probably be working on her some more while I travel up to WI to see family next month.  Less than a month to go until some R&R.

See ya'll soon!

Sara

 Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom Quilts