Swooning Along

Well, I know I say this often, but this past week really has been a whirlwind. Last Sunday I moved from my home that I have lived in since first grade to an apartment 9 hours away. Lets just say there were a few tears on the drive to Tennessee. 

Since I have gotten all moved in I have finished a few projects. I put the binding on 4 quilts and have finished sewing down 3 of them. I will share those with you soon. 

After I finished those I thought I would treat myself with some sewing just for me. I have wanted to make a Swoon quilt since I started quilting. Someday I will make a full size quilt but I decided to make just one block to hang on my wall for right now. I finished piecing it this afternoon and I'm in love with it! 

Sorry they are just Instagram pictures, I will get a better picture of it next week when its finished!

Until next time, 

--Rachel

Another One Bites the Dust!

I have finished 2 quilts in the past week, I'm feeling pretty accomplished getting these WIP's done!

 The first one I finished is for my friend Megan. She contacted me a couple months ago asking if I could make a baby quilt for her friend who is having a baby soon. I just used scraps from my stash but I think it turned out pretty cute. 

I took it outside to take pictures, it was the perfect day to do so, so bright and sunny, the first day like this in a long time!

The other quilt I finished has been in the works since I started quilting. the top has been hanging around for almost 2 years! It feels so good to finish it. All I had to do this past week was put binding on. I did it by machine and it worked out great. 

This quilt is now listed in my Etsy shop. 

This past week I also finished quilting a quilt, it just needs binding, I have started making the binding for one of the tops I sent out to be quilted and I basted another today. The end of the school year has given me so much time to sew, its great! I feel like a lean, mean, quilting machine. 

Until next time,

--Rachel

Making Progress

*Notice* This blog post is completely random and tells what I have been up to the past month.

I have done so much since last time I posted. I got back home from spring break and spent lots of quality time with my sewing machine. 

Today I finished getting 2 quits ready to go to the quilter. This is the first time I will be shipping a quilt to get quilted, I kind of cant wait to get them back. One of them is HUGE so there is no way I could quilt it on my own. 

I also made this mini quilt to practice on. It took me a mental break down, cutting off the first binding and doing it all over again to finally get the hang of machine binding. 

The fabric is Scrumptious by Bonnie and Camille. 

Now that I have finally gotten the hang of machine binding I finished another quilt today and started quilting on another. 

I also made a pretty big order form Fat Quarter Shop a couple weeks back. Most of the fabric I bought was yardage for backing and binding to finish quilts that have been hanging around for awhile. 

I can't wait to dig into more of this and keep checking those UFO's off the list. 

(This photo does not include the 8 yards of white I got!)

Until Next Time, which I hope will be sooner rather than later, 

--Rachel

Oups, I did it again!

So this really has nothing to do with anything other than the fact that I went back to JoAnn's today and bought 21 more fat quarters. That makes 30 total. Oups..they just jumped in my hands.

Now I cant wait to get home so I can really dig into them. 

--Rachel

Spring Break

Well this is spring break for me, but sadly there has been no sewing for me. Which is so sad because all I want to do is pet my fabric and then cut it up and sew it back together again. Of course some got delivered to the house but I am 9 hours away in Tennessee. 

The good thing about this week is that I get to spend it with my little brother and especially my fiance. He lives here for work and I will be moving after school in May.

While he has been at work part of this week I have been watching Playful Piecing Techniques, a Craftsy class taught by Camille Roskelley. She and her mom Bonnie are my favorite fabric designers, everything they do is amazing to me. I want to make all the quilts from that class. I also got her newest book from JoAnn's this week and want to make many of the projects. 

I especially want to make the quilts Swell, Vintage, Playground, Adorn, and Fresh. They all look like classic, retro and modern. 

While I was at JoAnn's I also stumbled across this magazine. I have seen it on Instagram a lot and I fell in love with it. It is so modern and the colors and springy feel from this issue inspire me to make so many more quilts, again, add to the growing list of quilts to make. 

And BONUS, it came with these adorable pins!

And while I was there I had to pick up some fat quarters to add to my stash. I am really trying to build a stash of fabrics that I can pull from if I want to try out a new block or if I want to whip something up quickly. I love them all. 

It looks like I got a lot of pink, which is rare for me but with all these springy quilts popping up I realized that I need to have some pink in my stash. 

Thanks for stopping by, hopefully next week I will have some quilts to show!

--Rachel

Two New Quilts!

Two new quilts are done and in my Etsy shop!

It was soooo windy when I was trying to take the pictures I had to use clothes pins to keep them from flying away! 

This quilt has been a Work In Progress for a long time, so I'm glad its finally in the finished quilts pile. It turned out so cute!

This quilt was pieced over the summer so its not as old of a WIP. I also love the way this quilt came out. 

They are both so soft and cuddly. They are perfect for babies to cuddle in, and as toddlers they can drag them along on all their adventures. 

--Rachel

Long Time No Post

Oups. Why has it taken me so long to blog?

Probably because I have been crazy busy lately!

Good news, I have a quilt that just needs to be bound.

Even better news, I have a finished quilt that I'm getting ready to put up on Etsy.

Even better news I sold a quilt on Etsy tonight. 

And I have officially blogged for the first time in over a month. 

I wil be back later this week with pictures I promise. 

-Rachel