yellow xoxo

Another one alfresco:

yellow xoxo

63" * 72"

hobbs thermore polyester batting

longarm quilted by Merete Ellingsen in cotton pantograph

One of the many great traditional quilt blocks and patterns shared by the talented, hardworking and generous Bonnie K Hunter from her blog Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!

Also intended for a lovely young lady. Fun border fabric is by Heather Ross and was a gift from a good friend. I think it anchors the quilt in a good way. Very happy with the result, a happy, happy quilt!

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railroad fence

pink railroad fence

60" * 72"

hobbs thermore polyester batting

longarm quilted by Merete Ellingsen in hurricane pantograph

This is my wonky / improve take on a classic block. Easy and fun sewing, squaring up the block to 6" and gathering them in columns.  My second time using this design, the first one is blogged here.

Intended as a gift for a very lovely young lady.

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fractured diamond

This spring my focus has been on finishing up a few quilts. I finally have had a chance to take some pictures:

fractured diamond

60" * 72"

hobbs thermore polyester batting

longarm quilted by Merete Ellingsen with hurricane pantograph

The design is a variation on a classic string block, with a fun asymmetrical layout.  The blocks were sewn on paper, and the quilt is intended as a gift for a lovely young lady...

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friday finish II

swoon habitat

84" * 84"

longarm quilted on wool batting

This one finished some time ago, but was not so easy to get a good picture of, due to the size of it. The pattern is Swoon by Camille Roskelley and the fabric is the Habitat collection by Jay McCarroll. Almost a copy of a quilt made by Katy Jones, and made with her approval and also help in sourcing the background fabric as I was running low...

Gifted to a dear friend.

bargello blues

I have one more friday finish I want to share with you:

my bargello blues measures 60" * 72", is quilted on a long arm with my favorite hobbs thermore polyester batting.

Like the popular scrappy trips around the world this bargello pattern is also a classic design that is freely shared by Bonnie Hunter on her Quiltville webpage. I have made a few of these by now. I like how this pattern is easy to sew but still fun as you get to play with color combinations and contrast.

This one has a special recipient in mind. Sometime later this year.

Wish you all a lovely friday!

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the missing u

This weeks friday finish is a popular design from sunday morning quilts by amandajean and cheryl. My second quilt from their book!

the missing u is 72" * 72", quilted on long arm with a lovely quilters dream polyester batting

I started out using mostly larger scraps and ended running out of them before I had made enough blocks for the top. After a while I got the idea to add some blocks pieced from small and really small scraps, too. Love how these small pieces invite you to have a closer look...

The quilt is thick, heavy and warm, very cosy. Look forward to wrap myself up in it. Nothing like having a warm quilt to sit under while watching the winter olympics...

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Wish you all a lovely weekend and Happy Valentines Day!

emerald city

This weeks friday finish is my version of Katy Jones popular pattern scrap vomit:

my emerald city measures 70" * 70"

and is pieced of 1.225 small squares

quilted on long arm with hobbs thermore polyester batting

with a lovely green print from Heater Ross' line Briar Rose on the back...

I think this popular pattern has potential to be a great "I spy" quilt for a kid. You can do lots of fuzzy cutting and then even pick a selected favorite color combination for a lucky kid... Just an idea

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Wish you all a lovely weekend. I'll be watching the olympic opening show, hand stitching a new binding and wishing for better weather for the next photo shoot!

edgy

First friday finish of fourteen & a freezing photoshoot:

my edgy outside in the cold, 60" * 72" with hobbs thermore polyester batting

This quilt is part of my using up scrap mission. It was started and blogged last summer. Sewing uneven strips (made when trueing up fabric after pre washing, into strips wof) to paper it was easy and fun making the top. Concentrating on paring up the colors.

I can see fabric from at least 7 different quilts in there, at least 3 of them are quilt backs... A good record of 2013 and even 2012 quilts.

If my stack of quilt tops wasn't piled so high, I would have loved to hand quilt it in perle cotton.  Hopefully there will be another one as there is and will be more strips from trueing up fabric...

This one is quilted by long arm in a favorite pantogram called "hurricane". Love the result!

From my last post you are right to assume it is my lap quilt no 100. Happy to not keep all of them to myself, this one I'm not going to part with. How could I?

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Finish it up in fourteen is to be continued. Wish you all a happy weekend and hope you'll have enough quilts to keep you warm. Or that you lucky ones will enjoy your summer!

sweet harts

Another finished quilt to share, today:

sweet harts measures 62" * 72", long arm quilted on quilters dream select cotton batting. All the lovely crinkle texture comes from putting it through the washer and dryer. 

This quilt is made mostly from a layer cake of dream on by urban chicks. It is retro chic, a perfect match for the lovely couple who's celebrating their 50th anniversary this summer. The bottom picture stack has authentic vintage sheets on the bottom (cotton polyester mix) and dream on on top (quilters cotton). So fun to see some of the same prints in both!

twelve

twelve snowmen in check

and twelve birds in the air

are my way of celebrating this special day:

12.12.12

My 12 snowmen in check was made this spring and the pictures were taken a few weeks ago. Today was the perfect day to share it with you!

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This was my slash the stash of christmas themed prints. Cutting them all into 6" squares (ending up at 5.5" in the finished quilt.) It measures 66" by 77" and is long arm quilted in a pattern called poinsettia on Hobbs Thermore polyester batting. 

We are getting more snow today. So pretty and so cold... It is looking more and more like picture perfect outside. (I know it will not last, the climate here is too mild. So we have to enjoy it!)

Hope for good things coming your way on this special date!