BLOGGERS QUILT FESTIVAL SPRING 2015

Woot Woot! I got my Plus quilt finished.  Thanks to Debbie who told me the name is actually 'Inside Addition'.  I first saw one in progress over on Instagram by ' No Hats In The House ' and knew I needed to make myself one  : )

My son and I went downtown to take a few photos at an old school, but there was a bouncy castle on the lawn.  We decided across the street at this old church would work just as well so off we went. It just so happens that the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy starts today, so I am linking up and entering this in the Modern Quilt category. Yay!

oooohhh the colour !

This one shows the quilting quite well. Thanks Linda for doing this so quickly for me  : )

.....and just one more (because I love it)

quilt stats:
shot cotttons / low volume
pieced by me
45 x 55
Modern Plus Quilt

A SCRAPPY BABY FINISH

A bit of time in my sewing room this week allowed me to get this little quilt finished up.  It started with a charm pack of low volume prints to which I added very small scraps.

The inspiration was from the book 'Imagine Quilts'. I just resized the block

For the quilting I did wavy lines in a light grey thread

The backing is a flannel I bought about 4 years ago. The colours were right for this  : )

 It's not a big quilt at all, but I figure some baby will like it eventually

One more so you can see what I woke up to yesterday---10" of snow!!!

quilt stats:

pieced and quilted by me
A charm pack and scraps
27 1/2" x 34 1/2"

linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday
Finish It Up Friday

AN ARROW FLIMSY

Finally, this top is done! Back in May it was my turn to receive blocks from the Mid Century Modern group I am in. I asked them for arrow blocks using my tutorial. If they wanted, they could send a feather block instead.  I arranged and re-arranged and fretted over the layout of this quilt. I asked certain family members their opinion so many times, that they started to hide when they heard me calling their names........

Anyway, this is the layout I decided on

I was a bit concerned while filling in the background with low volume fabrics that it might be too busy. I nearly scrapped the whole thing, but my daughter said "Mom just keep going!"

Now that it's together I'm quite pleased with it and really glad I did      : )

Some of the ladies sent me signature blocks and I found a way to include them

Carla sent me this little arrow and I just had to include it too

I did a google search of Navajo rugs and this pattern was in one so I made a block using half square triangles just to give it a little something extra

I haven't a clue how I am going to quilt this, but for now I'm going to work on something more mindless----like hexagons  : )

linking up with Anything goes Mondays
Linky Tuesdays

A PLUS FINISH

Over a year ago, I was involved in an on-line swap of low volume charm squares. It was a lot of fun getting them in the mail. I used them to make a Plus quilt after seeing one of Rachel's on Flickr. I got a top done, but loved the look of it so much I knew that it needed to be just a bit bigger.  When I cut the packages of charms at work, I took one home and used them in the quilt almost immediately. They are so handy to just grab and sew---no measuring!

I used bright scraps for the pluses so they would pop.  I thought it would be interesting to see what a black and white shot looked like with such a mix of background fabrics. Kind of cool.

Linda quilted this one for me. I wanted texture and she wanted to try out this quilting design. We are both happy with the result  : )  The binding is a text print called Wordplay.

One last shot.  I've decided I will never be a photographer. I didn't notice all the tents in the background until I uploaded this picture onto the computer.  Duh !

my first finish on the list for quarter 3 of the Finish Along  (list)

quilt stats :
Low Volume Plus quilt
55 x 77
linking up with Crazy Mom (on friday)

LOW VOLUME -- AGAIN

I'm still crazy over quilts made using low volume prints in the background--or anywhere for that matter.   Last week I got a hankering to make some charm packs of low volume prints because I thought they might be a good thing to have in the shop where I work.  I chose 40 different bolts of fabric and Katja showed me how to use that cutter thingy she has.  This is the result  : )

Not that I had an ulterior motive or anything, but I took a package home and made these blocks

I needed 11 more blocks to add to a quilt top I made a year ago.  I will show you as soon as it's quilted.   I love these!!!

I had my grand girlies for a few hours and Miss J wanted piggie tails like her big sister so........

.......there is nothing low volume about that hair!!  Adorable

LOW VOLUME PICNIC QUILT

Do you ever get an idea in your head that you just have to make? Such was the case on Saturday, so I set about digging through my stash and scraps for anything low volume.  I wanted to make a simple picnic quilt with fabrics that would depict what a person might see or do while on a picnic. A quilt where little wanderers could sit and eat their lunch after chasing bugs and gathering flowers.


There might be a little fishing,

perhaps some reading,

someone may bring cake...........

and where there is cake.............

How is it that darling daughter always rolls out of bed just in time to accompany me on a photo shoot?
She tested it.

While sewing this, I was thinking of a family this may go to but first I will e-mail and find out if they are interested     : )

quilt stats:
low volume stash fabrics
9" blocks with a few 4-patches thrown in
54 x 63
binding is 'textures' in light grey

LOW VOLUME LOVE

Each year during Quilt Market, Amy hosts a Bloggers Quilt Festival. This is a chance for you to have a virtual quilt show  : ) The button is on the side bar to the right. It will be updated on the 17th to allow you to see all the entries.


This time around I made a baby quilt. The fabrics used are from the Noteworthy line by Sweetwater. Perfect for the low volume quilts that are popular right now. The letters were pieced improv style and the churn dash blocks were pieced using this tutorial from Lollyquilts.

For the quilting, I knew I wanted pebbles. Lots of pebbles.

Then came that empty area in the middle. I took inspiration from Angela Walters book, Free Motion Quilting.  Page 51 to be exact. It combines wavy lines and pebbles which happen to be the two free motion patterns I can do   : )

One night, I got myself all cranked up on coffee and just went for it.

The back shows it much better. Also, the wishbone quilting around the border was a design in the book too. I found that very fun !

This picture is a bit shaded but you can see all the quilting better.

I think I'll tuck this quilt away and save it for a special little someone.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the Festival

The quilt measures 39 x 47
pieced by me
quilted by me