Modern Solids Baby Boy Quilt

Ah, Kona Solids, what would my fabric stash be without you?  Prints are great, but I am loving solids.  You can really create something that is bold and very simple, yet has a great effect.

I enjoyed making the bar graph quilts previously and had some of the green, blue, yellow, and orange left over.  I knew I wanted to make another baby boy quilt, but wasn’t sure what I was going do.  There was some fabric in my stash that I could have used, but it wasn’t the correct one.

On a Friday afternoon I went to Crimson Tate as I was out running errands.  Not that I needed more fabric, I just needed inspiration that day.  While looking over her wonderful fabric selection I found this.  Not what I would normally gravitate towards, but it would work with a the solids I had stashed away at home.

The design came to me while standing in the store.  Add gray with my solids and this may work for the back.  I rushed off to the house to get to work.  I had plenty of projects already started, but one more wouldn’t hurt.

I finished this week after a fight with myself about the binding.  I REALLY wanted to do brown originally.  Had it cut and ready to add and paniced.  It did not look right.  Back to my stash of solids and I found a wonderful green.  Much better.

The record breaking crowd at the Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild meeting got to see a sneak peek off the design wall with the quilting.

Here is the completed quilt, ready for a new home.
Love the way it turned out what can be created when you just play.

 

Fat Quarter Tear Challenge

A few months ago the IMQG had everyone bring in fat quarters in yellow, orange, and/or teal.  The strips from tearing have been sitting in my projects basket since I left that meeting.  Last Friday I decided I needed a project to just do in a day and just be creative.

I started with the yellow floral print featured above.  Kona white and a pattern of orange, blue, and yellow in varying strip sizes.  It was great to just play and design.

For the quilting I knew I wanted (semi) straight tight lines.  Talk about an arm and shoulder workout last weekend.

Here is the finished product.  I’m very happy with the results and my hard work over just one weekend.

The quilt is for sale in my Etsy store.