Sewjo: On

Last week I was able to baste and quilt two baby/toddler quilts. One of them I have had finished for a while, the other was only hanging around for a couple weeks before it became a real quilt. 

All that's left to do is the binding which I will work on tomorrow. 

The other night I started cutting up my Color Me Happy layer cake by Vanessa Christenson for Moda Fabrics. I used the pattern Framed by Camille Roskelley from her book Simply Retro. 

I LOVE this quilt! It went together so easily. It is much larger than I though it was going to be, but I think that makes me like it even better. I just used the blues and greens in this quilt, colors I don't typically work with but they all look so good together. I will find something to do with the rest of the layer cake squares which are all mostly girly colors. 

But thats enough talk, how about some pictures now?

This seriously went together so easily, and looks so awesome for being so simple!

That top grey square is one of my favorite prints of the collection.

And this bottom aqua, green, and navy rectangle is another of my favorite fabrics. Who knew all those colors worked so well together?

Now just to decide if I put borders on it or leave it as is...

Until next time, 

--Rachel

getting back my sewjo

Well, I lost my sewjo for a little while but it's coming back strong!

Today I will be quilting a top that I finished awhile back. Then I will be working on more quilts that are in that magical land of WIP's. 

But, as promised, here are some pictures of my Swoon mini quilt I finished a couple weeks back. 

Here is a close up of the fabric I used. It is from the line "Do It Yourself" from Dear Stella. 

(That blue mark on the white is from the marking tool I used, I hadn't gotten it all off yet.)

Here is the finished block. I quilted it with diagonal lines, it took a while to do but it turned out so well. It is now hanging in my hall, I see it when I walk through the door and I can see it from the couch, it is just such a happy block, it puts a smile on my face. 

Until next time, 

--Rachel

Finished Quilts

I thought the weather in Kansas was crazy, but the weather in Tennessee is just as strange to me. Maybe it's just this time of year but it goes from sunny to cloudy in 10 minutes. 

I have finally finished binding my last quilt and the other night it was sunny long enough for me to snap a few pictures inside right before dinner was ready. 

Enough talking though, it's time for some eye candy!

All four finishes! 

This quilt is finally finished! I quilted this quilt with natural straight lines right before I moved. It is made with the Moda Bake Shop tutorial called "Jungle Path" and the fabric is Oink-A-Doodle-Moo by Jenn Ski for Moda Fabrics. I love how it turned out.

This quilt is a simple checkerboard layout using the fabric line A is For.. by Myiesha & Katie for Windham Fabrics. This is one of the quilts I sent to Sarah at Crinklelove to quilt for me. 

I just love this fabric on the back. 

This is the other quilt I sent to Sarah for quilting. She did such an amazing job! This one was wayyy too big for me to quilt myself, it is large enough to fit a Double bed! I love the way it turned out. I especially love the way the binding looks with the grey backing fabric. 

This quilt is made from the line Spring House by Stephanie Ryan for Moda Fabrics.

This last quilt was made using the fabric line Zoofari by Doodlebug Designs for Riley Blake. I have had this fabric for over a year and a half so I'm glad this quilt is also finally finished. I quilted this quilt with an overall grid patter with the lines spaced about an inch apart. 

I'll be back later this week with more about my Swoon wall hanging I made and hopefully next week I will have eve more finishes to show you!

--Rachel