My Pink Patchwork Whale Quilt

I finished up My Pink Patchwork Whale Quilt just in time for its forever home delivery. One of my besties is expecting a little girl early next month and we had her shower on Saturday. I wanted to make a quilt they could either hang on a wall or use as she got bigger.

The pattern is an adaptation from Imagine Quilts by Dana Bolyard from Old Red Barn Co. I made mine a bit smaller and added sashing strips. Oh, and I made mine pink ;)

I wanted to try something fun for the binding and this mustard yellow was just the trick to really make this quilt pop. 

I quilted this one with my Handi Quilter Pro Stitcher. The digital pattern is called Harbour (sic) Wave by Patricia Ritter. Seriously love this quilting pattern. I've used it several times now and it looks fabulous on everything without taking away from the piecing. 

I love a good pieced backing.

Sweet Stitching!

Simple Patchwork - The Girl Edition

The boy version turned out so cute, I HAD to make a girl version.

I just love simple patchwork...especially in low volume prints, with pops of brightness.

 

These are just 4" finished squares. Finished size is 32x40. 

Binding and backing....turned out perfect!

And my very reliable photo bomber...

 

Bicycles Lane - DONE!

Finished up this quick strip quilt last weekend.

I'm donating this quilt to a high school friend who is raising money for their adoption of a little girl in China. They are hosting a dinner and silent auction in a couple of weeks, and I am hoping this quilt helps them get a little closer to bringing their daughter home.

Tried out some Flower Power long-arm quilting:

Loved this fun and funky chevron print for the binding....

My daughter has yet to miss "helping" during a quilt photo shoot.

Most of the fabrics are from Riley Blake Designs Dress Up Days line by Doohikey Designs.

Happy Friday

Just a little sneak peak at something I'm going to finish up this weekend...

Getting Braver!

I acquired a new-to-me long-arm quilting machine. This has been very exciting and scary and overwhelming and fun all in one.

I've used it to quilt six or seven quilt tops now, and I have done stars and loops, loops and flowers...basically pretty easy patterns...but all free motion. I finally decided to be brave and try a more challenging pattern. This is a quilt my mom and I worked on together that is for my almost-two-year-old baby girl. I love how it turned out! And I'm super excited to try new patterns and get some of my quilt tops finished.

I love the idea of making an entire quilt from start to finish, and I've gotten much better at embracing the imperfections. After all, if I wanted perfection, I could have machines and computers do it for me.

This quilt is actually done...the binding is even sewn on it, and now I just need to hand stitch the binding to the back. And it's been seen sitting that way for a couple months now. Must get to it.