Sister's Choice Baby Quilt

 Thisa is a quilt I have made so many times!  Each block takes 1/2 of a jellyroll strip in each of 2 colors plus 1 jellyroll strip in the background. I took the tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company. 9 blocks later, add some sashing and a border, a BEAUTIFUL Sister's Choice Quilt!

These fabrics were from JoAnn Fabrics Quilters Paradise line, on sale. I purchased a quarter yard of each and a yard of the background, a white with pink polka dots. 

Baby Sister's Choice Quilt

My friend Laketa became a Grandma for the first time this year, welcome to this amazing place, Laketa!  So, any excuse to make a quilt!  Welcome, baby Scarlet Rose!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIQFU64nhDM&t=9s

This pattern is a favorite of mine.  Each square uses 1 colored jelly roll strip and 1 plain one. I vary the coloring by cutting several colored strips at once and mixing and matching the placement before I sew the block together.

Sister's Choice Baby Quilt

I just adore this pattern!  Made quickly with 2 1/2 inch strips, then divided with 1 inch sashing, the delicate colors  make it all the sweeter! 

For the Great Grandaughter of my former sister-in-law on the Cortez side of the family!

Sister's Choice Baby Qiuilt

An old friend is happily anticipating meeting her second grandchild, a little sister to her first. She told me the quilt theme is "Purple and Silver" and that she was having a hard time locating things for the nursery in this color scheme.  DING DING DING!  A challenge!

Not my usual color scheme, I had to SHOP! for a few fabrics to put this one together.  Why have I not used purple often? I like how this turned out!  I LOVE the Sister's Choice block, always putting the colors together a little differently.  Quilted overall in a 2 inch grid, it's ready to snuggle the new baby. 

Sister's Choice Quilt for Baby

I made this baby quilt out of 4 leftover blocks from the quilt I made for my Mother-In-Law's birthday quilt. I had 4 blocks and a few scraps and partial block pieces, exactly enough to make this sweet white muslin quilt.  I love white muslin.  It's so soft when washed, with a little texture.  So white. Imperfect. It shrinks nicely, giving my quilts that rumply feeling I love.

Sister's Choice for Mother's Day

I do  love this pattern!  Fun, made with two and a half inch strips (jelly rolls) and so much color variety ability in each of the blocks!

Made this one for my former Mother In Law, for Mother's Day and her 86th birthday.  What a role model of Motherhood!  Thirteen children of her own, oodles of grandchildren, piles of great grands!  I love that, though I divorced her son over 30 years ago, I am always a welcome member of the family.

Pale, low volume prints and white.  Soft, 100% cotton batting.  Machine quilted in a 2" grid.

Sister's Choice Quilt for a Baby Girl

Delicate pale colors, an Asian Theme (fabric of the month fat quarters years ago!) shot with gold accents.  It included one fabric with yellow and lavender, the colors requested by the Grandmother-To-Be who commissioned this baby quilt. I used that fabric in the half blocks surrounding the other blocks.

Looking at it, the background should have been bright white, to help the pastels have more distinction?  On the other hand, it's overall soft with some stand-out in the center star, also made in a contrasting color pattern to the surrounding stars.

I tried out a new ruler to measure and cut the borders, and asked Pinterest to tell me how to make bias strips for binding.  I ended up cutting first then attaching the strips, I could NOT line it up correctly with drawing lines every 2 1/2 inches then turning the fabric and offsetting them.  Thos who have ever battled with it know what I mean.  And those that find it easy peasy need to come show me!

Update:This quilt found a home with ABIGAEL, daughter of Stacey Orlando, in November,  2016.

Drama in Black Sisters Choice Quilt

I really enjoyed making this block and wanted to make it again in striking solids and black.  It's very jelly roll friendly, and I watched a You Tube Video tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company to get the directions.  Just 13 left over jelly roll strips, (See NICU for March Of Dimes Quilt) ) and some black from my bolt (yes, of course I have a bolt of black!) and a couple of blocks at a time this quilt came together.

Dora is one of my Grandson's Other Grandma's (yes, it's complicated!) And I feel blessed to have her as part of the "Village" that Ezekiel has united!

Studio Star / Sister's Choice Quilt

This is a quilt I was inspired to make after watching a tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company called Studio Star, but I believe the block is based off an older block called Sister's Choice.

It is made from a set of Fabric Of The Month FQ's I purchased many years ago, themed American Reproductions from the 1820's, and unbleached muslin.  Would have been a perfect quilt to hand quilt.......  instead I did a machine quilting on a 2 inch grid.

The batting is a thin, soft, 100% cotton bat that is light weight and very cuddly, softening in the wash to really wrap and wrinkle nicely.