Sunkissed in the spring

I can not believe how fast it is to make up a lap/toddler sized quilt. I started this on friday and finished it on tuesday. And most of that was taken up by ripping out seams as I sewed everything wrong at least twice. That will teach me to not get so excited and just sew. Everything that could go wrong with this quilt did, I sewed the wrong sides (long rather then short) for every single strip, so out comes the seam ripper. Then I sewed all the long rows together without pinning so the quilt ended up being more of an obtruse rectangle in size with corners that didn't match up, so out comes the seam ripper. Then after pinning and sewing beautiful perfect straight lines I realised that I had sewn some strips the wrong way, out comes the seam ripper again :). The one good thing about this was that I found a few new TV shows to watch. The bad thing was that I had to get out the vacuum twice as I couldn't stand all the threads that were covering the lounge, the floor and the everywhere else.

I used a jelly roll of Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda and a few scraps. It was so easy to make a scrappy quilt using a jelly roll. The only problem I found is that I was limited to what I could do. Maybe if I do decide to purchase the whole range, next time I'll go for the jelly roll (2.5 x 44 inch strips) and a charm pack (5 inch squares) or maybe just a layer cake (ten inch squares).

I used fabric from the same range for both the binding and the backing.

 And I finished the quilt just in time as I received some of Tula Pinks birds and the bees in the mail so now i'm on to my next quilt :).

On another note I made one more addition to the mermaids. I made this one a tiny bit bigger as I was having trouble with the hair of the last one.

Hannahs quilt

Yehhhh!!!! Another quilt done and dusted and on to the next one.

This quilt is for my sister Hannah for all the times that I made her look at my fabric and bored her out of her brain :). She picked out blues and greys and said that she wanted a square kinda pattern and I knew the perfect pattern The Alice quilt by red pepper quilts. I added light blue after Hannah said she wanted something beachy and after seeing her new crib I knew the perfect fabric. The pattern is very easy to follow and when it reads that you only need basic experience they mean it. Everything is spelled out and so easy to follow (just make sure that you read through any pattern first or you will find that you are cutting things that should be cut :). I made a few changes to the pattern to make it the size that Nerd requested. Added two extra rows on both top and bottom as well as a extra band of the white on top and bottom. I also didn't cut each strip to the required size I just sewed the whole thing on then trimmed so that my squares would end up the perfect size.

The quilt measures 56.5 by 68.5 inches. The perfect size for Hannah and her hubby to snuggle under on the couch.

Mr Piggys, Oink Oink!!

I'm glad that I got some pictures of the quilt before I ironed it as I can really noticed the quilting and I love it!! :)

That picture would have to be my fav out of all of them, Maybe because its not so boring or maybe its because I had just washed it and hadn't ironed it yet.

Hope you love it Nerd!!!

Mermaids

So I have taken a small break from finishing the quilt I am currently working on (My floors are dirty and I am procrastinating cleaning them so I can't make my quilt sandwich). So after talking to my sister I decided to try out some more of the wee wonderfuls patterns. If you don't have this book then get it!!!. The toys in it are amazing and the instructions are very simple and easy to follow.

(edit: I cleaned the floor and have just spent the last 3 hours on the floor :( ouch!)

They are about the size of my palm which make then such cute little handmade toys!

Making my own quilt

So Mr L&G said that he would buy me fabric only on the condition that I make my own quilt. Why is it so hard to decide on fabric? When making for someone else I just need a colour scheme and bam!!! Fabric found. But for me I am constantly changing my mind about what I am going to do. (So no I haven't purchased the fabric yet :()

Some of the possibilities are 

Ghastlies by Alexander Henry. 

Seriously, how awesome is this line?

I love this line I can just imagine this with bright boarders fussy cut around each print to really showcase the patterns 

using this pattern by the lovely Kate Conklin

But then I just fell in love with Bella by Lotta Jansdotter when I was stalking checking out

 Red Pepper Quilts

Maybe doing something similar to this

again when i was stalking checking out fresh lemons quilts

Oh what to do what to do!!! (I bet that I do something completely different)