Jungle Baby Quilt

Porscha asked me to make a baby quilt for a friend of hers. She described the quilt she wanted as a jungle theme with a modern twist. For colors she mentioned touches of deeper earth tones with pops of color. The new baby a boy. I decided on some animal fabrics from my stash with green to represent the jungle plants and blue to represent the water. This was the beginning of the original fabric pull. 

The pattern is called crosscut quilt. I started by cutting 6 1/2 inch blocks from the jungle fabrics then slicing them diagonally and inserting a 1 inch strip in each direction. They were then sewed back together and then cut into 5 1/2 inch blocks. They get sewn back together. So I really had no idea how it would look until it was finished.

I found a half yard of a  darling ROAR! print in my baby stash that works well for the back 

I am pleased with it! 

Baby Windmills Quilt

 Made very simply from a charm pack and some pale yellow, the idea for me this quilt was in my Pinterest "To Make" board for awhile.

 

I used a template to quilt, but when the thread kept breaking, I lightly traced the stipple design and then free motion quilted it. I have not been able to figure out ruler/template quilting from you tube or tutorials. Need a real teacher.....

SOLD to Debbie Hickson

The quilt that inspired mine.....

Scrap Happy Jacobs Ladder

 

Finished today but pieced sometime last year from pure leftovers and scraps. The only requirement to make it into this quilt was dark and light had to contrast in each block. Some of the fabrics are novelty, some of them are batiks, some of them are children's designs, or Christmas, or even Easter. Even the binding was pieced entirely out of scraps from my binding scrap box. 

I quoted this with wavy lines using my walking foot about every 4 inches. The batting is a very thin polyester batting for a lovely lightweight summer quilt.

My plans for this particular quilt is to donate to the church for a silent auction.

Sold to Debbie Hickson, proceeds to St Andrew's Encinitas after the fundraiser was postponed for COVID. 

Bow Ties Quilt

 The very traditional bow ties quilt is always a fun one for me to make. I decided to make this one in colors suitable for a man. It's a lap size quilt with a fluffy 80/20 batting. Each bow tie is cut from one charm with a half of a neutral charm for the background. After putting it together I realized it wasn't as large as I wanted it to be so I searched my stash and found this fabric that is perfect for the 3 inch border. 

Handy Andy Scrap Quilt

 A lazy summer scrap quilt. Each 2 block sets used 2 contrasting jelly roll strips paired with 2 neutral, matching strips. As with all the pattern tutorials by Jenny Doan at Missouri Star Quilts, there are easy short cuts and piecing tricks. I started making 1 block, well, okay, 2 blocks just to test the technique. Oh! That was easy.... OK, how about 9? No, an even number.... Before I knew it I had 20 blocks! A quilt! 

Looks pretty in the sunshine! 

Update: SOLD on etsy

Southwestern Wedding Quilt for Kaity and Eric

 Made from a jellyroll of muted mottled dark colors, this delectable mountains quilt was finished before I realized it was perfect for my niece's wedding.  Postponed for a year due to the Pandemic, it was fast approaching. I had made a quilt in orange and green for them BUT when I saw this one completed, I KNEW this was the one for them! 

Bold and Beautiful Delectable Mountains

Pride Quilt 2021

 I was finishing a quilt recently that I had started a few years ago and decided to finish for my friend Laketa. But it wasn't talking to me. I was a little bothered, because I liked the quilt and all but it just wasn't LAKETA. While quilting it, I received a text from another old friend Mauricio, randomly sending me a photo of a quilt he had seen at a PRIDE event... BOOM! This quilt told me it was Mauricio's quilt....

Isn't it amazing how a project will SPEAK and tell you where it belongs!