Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Pink Baby Quilt

This quilt was made using the pinks from the Sunwashed fabric line. I used the other colors for the baby boy quilt I made for my cousin's baby

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The backing is fabric I found at IKEA probably at least 10 years ago!
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Monday, October 14, 2024

Antique Quilts

Recently, my husband’s aunt gave us three quilts that were made by relatives in the 1930s and 1940s. I love these heirlooms and am happy to keep them for our kids and (hopefully!) future generations, too. 


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Monday, September 2, 2024

Sunwashed Stars Baby Quilt

 

I made this quilt using the Sunwashed fabric line by Corey Yoder for the colorful pieces and a variety of low volume prints for the backgrounds. 
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The pattern is inspired by this tutorial by Diary of a Quilter. Her pattern is for one big star, but I made this baby quilt with four smaller ones. My half square triangles and squares are 4.5" each. 



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The backing is a cozy flannel gnome print I found at Joann's. 
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This quilt is my 135th quilt! You can view them all on this page

Friday, June 28, 2024

Rosemary Cottage Quilty Stars

 I was super lucky and snagged one of Camille Roskelley's scrap bags of her new Rosemary Cottage fabric line. I made this pillow the day the fabric arrived and then started another Quilt Stars quilt (you may recognize this pattern... I use it to make my Little Women quilt last year). 

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This is a fun pattern and a great use for small pieces of fabric. The points use 5.5" squares and the inside squares are only 2.5". 
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Because I wanted my quilt to be a little scrappy, I added some fabric from the Lighthearted line. The colors from these two fabric lines are perfect together. 
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The backing is called "Library of Rarities."
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I really love these prints and can't wait until their October release. I will definitely be buying some yardage of the florals and those little swoons. There's also a white/pink swoons and a white/navy swoons that I neeeeeeed in my life. 
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Friday, June 14, 2024

Pastel Bookshelf Quilt

 

I made this quilt in March, but I couldn't share it because it was a surprise for my sister. I finally gave it to her so here it is! I made another bookshelf quilt. I LOVE the one I made in 2020, but my sister wanted softer pastels. Bookshelf quilts are so much fun to make and such a fun way to use scraps. 
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Some of the books are made with fabric from my kids' baby quilts, which I love so much. 

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I don't use a pattern for my bookshelf quilts, I just sew each book to be 12 inches tall and varying widths. I like to use a mix of wide and narrow books in a variety of colors. This is a quilt that having a design wall is super helpful so I can see the color distribution as I make the books (I don't have a fancy design wall, I just hang a piece of batting on the wall). I do try and use wider books for the left and right ends of each shelf, so once I sew the rows together I can trim them to be equal widths. 
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Strawberry Season

 
Since I was a little girl, I have looooooved strawberries. We now live in Central California in a farming community and the fresh strawberries here are the best I've ever had. These giant strawberry blocks were fun to make, especially during strawberry season. 
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I used Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage book, although I made the blocks much bigger. I used 4.5" squares and half-square triangles instead of the 2.5" squares in the book. 
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Sunday, May 26, 2024

Berry Table Runner and Sweet Land of Liberty Quilt

I finished two little projects this weekend. First up is this wall hanging/baby sized quilt made with a  panel from Lella Boutique. It is approx 36" x 44". 

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I also finished this little table runner. It is made using the Berry Basket line by April Rosenthal. I love these prints so much!

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It wasn't the plan, but these two look very cute together and I love the patriotic and summery vibes. 
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Monday, May 20, 2024

Rosemary Cottage Pillow

 

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Camille Roskelley has a new fabric line coming this fall called Rosemary Cottage. She offered a package of scrap fabric on her instagram and I was lucky enough to snag it. The day it arrived, I used some of the smaller strips of fabric to make this little pillow. I LOVE these prints so much! I have already started a large quilt (coming soon!) and I cannot wait to buy some yardage when the fabric is available in October. 

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Baby Quilt Donations

Over the years, I have made a lot of quilts. And when I have small pieces of fabric leftover, I cut them into 5 inch squares and toss them into a basket for future projects. I love 5 inch squares and I love patchwork quilts. My basket has a ton and I decided to make a bunch of baby quilts to donate to my local NICU. I've been volunteering there for a couple of years now and I love it so much. There's nothing like a tiny baby to put things in perspective and I love being able to offer them some comfort and love. 
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Baby quilts are my favorite to make because they are just so cute and so easy to make. Here are a few made from my scrap basket. I also love that these will be going to good homes and also remind me of some of my favorite quilts and favorite people over the years. 
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This one is backed in hedgehog flannel and is so cozy.
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Most of these purples are made from my daughter's 2nd and 3rd birthday quilts and a purple quilt I made for my sister years ago
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These two were fabrics from a Sew Sampler box last year. The NICU sees lots of twin babies born early and I had a set of twin boys in mind with these two quilts. 

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I've made quite a few black-and-white quilts over the years (linked here and here and here) and I know babies are drawn to high contrast colors. 
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These dots were leftover from a baby quilt I made in 2020. 

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I hope and pray the babies who receive these quilts will grow up strong and healthy and have lots of sweet dreams! 


 

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