City Lights: Schafer's 10th Birthday Quilt

The Modern Quilt Guild releases a free pattern for members every month. I love them all and have been wanting to make one for quite some time. My son's 10th birthday was coming up so I let him pick out a pattern - he chose City Lights (download here if you are a Modern Quilt Guild member).

My son went to two quilt stores with me to pick out the solids/colors he wanted. Then checked in on my progress about every 30 minutes or so to see if it was done yet.

The top came together quickly, and screamed for some fun quilting.

My son wanted a gray solid out of my stash for the backing. Of course I was short so I used some leftover turquoise to fill it in.

I had a lot of fun quilting this one up. I used a variety of digital designs with a lot of straight line quilting.

 

Mother's Day 2015 Mini

I made this little mini quilt for my mom - a mother's day gift. I know everyone is legally required to say their mom is the best, but for reelz...my mom really is the best! I am one lucky gal to call her my mom and friend.

All of these half square triangles are left over pieces from my Swoon quilt (top done, not quilted, not blogged about yet). Fabrics are from Anna Maria Horner, Moda Linens, Alison Glass, and some random tan colored fabric. I'm pretty sure I squared them up to 2.5 inches, which would make this little guy 16" square.

You know I love you when I bust out my old Alison Glass prints...

A few in progress shots....I used a Sulky Blendable thread.

My Brother 1500s made quick and easy work of the straight line quilting. Seriously l.o.v.e. that machine.

Last look at the finished mini...

Hug your mom!

Modern Crosses

I finished up this quilt about a year ago and failed to take final pictures of it. Lots of scrappy low volume lights for the background with pops of bold colors for the crosses - most of which I believe are Free Spirit prints.

The pattern is called Modern Crosses out of the Modern Log Cabin Quilting: 25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects by Susan Beal. I wasn't thrilled with the instructions - I ended up just making up my own pattern/cutting instructions, but in the end, I love this quilt.

I quilted a bunch of straight lines with random distances from each other - love the modern look it added to this quilt. Also love the yellow butterflies for the backing and the black and white stripes for the binding - just the perfect finishing touches for this one.

Will be finding a place to hang this one up in our home.