Sam’s Strip Quilt #2

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Well both baby boys named Sam have arrived.  Both are happy, healthy and have wonderful new quilts to lay on.

For this quilt I knew the nursery was a bit more muted in color.  I did struggle to find a print for a baby boy that would get me started.  Found a print and matched solids and other prints with it.  Took them home and started cutting.  I am hooked on strip quilts.  They are easy to cut, piece and get quilted all in a reasonable amount of time.  Plus one fabric doesn’t have to be the main focus point.

My coworkers were loving this quilt, they get sneak peeks before most stuff hits the blog, facebook or twitter.

Baby quilt madness has slowed just a bit, but more great things to come.

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For Your Protection

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I have been making potholders for about a year and half and with time you see where you can improve your product.  Based on feedback from friends and family I have designed a bigger potholder, every time I make one, they get bought before I can put on Etsy.  So bigger potholders, check.

Other feedback has been that they felt thin.  I went back and looked and yes, it did feel thin.  So adding a layer of cotton batting was the next step.  The batch of insul bright that I had used felt thinner than others.  I should have been proactive rather than reactive.

I wanted to give my customer’s the best product I can make.  Here is a look inside my potholders.

just a layer of insul bright
cotton batting to be added to exsisting potholders

There has been a good response to the new design.  Just a few more to make changes to expired listings.

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June Challenge

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For June Indianapolis Moder Quilt Guild is challenging members to complete a project and show it off.  We will have a pizza party to celebrate everyone’s hard work in June.  I have been thinking, what will I finish.  I have a couple of quilts due for people this month, but that’s not the same. 

Then I was thinking I have a quilt that just needs to be sandwhiched and quilted.  It’s my green and brown baby quilt that I have been working on forever.  Okay time to get to it.

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Solids and Stripes Part 2

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This is #2 of the three baby quilts I have been working on.  My neighbor wanted something for her friend that is having baby #2 very soon.  I knew this could be bold and bright.  Baby boy quilts are the hardest especially since you try to keep things from getting girly.  Finding fabric can be really difficult.

I was out with another friend shopping and came across this dress at Saks.  We were just passing through, I can’t convince myself to purchase anything from there.

Mrs O was seen wearing the dress a few days later.

Solids and bold colors, I loved it and the neighbor approved.  Here is what I started with.

I cut the fabric into 5 strips measuring 1.5″, 2.5″, 3″ and 4″.

I started piecing and the whole quilt came together pretty quickly.  I gave my neighbor a sneak peek last week and she was loving it.

For an added touch I hand embroidered Sam onto a scrap to use on the back, similar to the Mother’s Day quilts.  I finished that part up over ice cream with some IMQG ladies.

Here is the finished results.  This quilt has become my favorite of all the quilts that I have done.  I’m loving the color combination and the back.  The binding fabric really tied the front and back together.

Off to go work on baby Sam #2 quilt.  Two friends requested baby boy quilts for Sam’s both due in June, odd.

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Solids & Stripes Part 1

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Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild was apart of the Robert Kaufman Charm Pack Challenge.  Our theme was “Spring”.  Only stipulation, the charm pack fabrics had to be the focus and you can do whatever.  I had my idea in mine the minute I got my hands on my charm pack.

My brother in law was looking for a baby quilt for a friend that is having a girl later this month.  They are not doing traditional girly colors, they did go with purple and orange.  I looked around before the challenge for fabric that I wanted to use and didn’t really find anything that inspired me.  With the brights charm pack I instantly thought rainbow.  I wanted to sort the colors from dark to lightest and showcase them that way.  Sewing a rainbow wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do either.

I started cutting the charm pack into 1.5″ strips of each square.  Each color was sorted darkest to lightest and sewn in that order.  Finding a gray that would brighten the colors and still look springy was key.  I chose a Kona solid, can’t remember the exact color.  Piecing was easy with 3.5″ gray strips.  Here is what was left.

left over charm pack

This is the finished product.

Close up of the quilt
quilt back

This quilt was a lot of fun and I LOVE the final result.  Bring on more solids!!

 

 

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