Using scraps has been a priority over the last couple of months. I realized my scraps were exploding out of their storage and something and to be done.
This fabric was the back and quilt was to be in greens, oranges, and yellows.
turtles
I used a custom pattern of 1.5″ and 3.5″ rectangles in order to create the layout.
I added 8-10″ of white on the side to help accentuate the colors. The thread used for quilting was a variegated green, orange and yellow.
Binding is a solid orange fabric.
Great way to use up scraps and create a cute baby quilt.
Onto the second quilt I have made recently using all scraps. This quilt is a combination of orange, green, and yellow. Hope you need a little Vitamin C in your day.
Using the left over prints from the Spoonflower fabric from the first Lovebirds quilt, I wanted to make a second. With this print, I have created two quilts if not maybe a third with the tree prints I have left. This quilt started out as gender neutral. The baby was born and turns out it was a girl. Back to the design wall I go.
color ideas
Knowing the quilt was going to a girl, I added in the yellow and white retro floral print from my stash. I think it really tied it together and made it more girlish. Keeping the blues and greens make the yellow stand out more.
Lovebirds version 2
The quilting is done in yellow to really pop against the white. For the backing I pieced together some larger pieces I had in the stash. A vintage sheet in yellow and white stripes, gray floral print and just a solid coordinate with all the colors on the front. I knew for the binding I wanted to use an orange color.
My measly attempt at making a bird that looks similar to the front birds. Trust me it looks better from back here. Poor things beak was messed up in sewing. Too late to do birdie surgery.
Hope the new baby girl enjoys lots of snuggles in her new quilt.
A couple of months ago I was apart of a Rainbow Charm swap. The goal was to have everyone send 2 prints in their assigned colors. Lots of great prints were selected in all colors. My charms are sitting beside me in the sewing room awaiting inspiration. Check my Pinterest board for rainbow inspired ideas.
I had orange and I sent two Kate Spain prints that I enjoy and didn’t want to see one leave the stash. No worries I added some yardage for when I’m ready to do more. Okay hoarding the Central Park print from my local quilt shop.
Good Fortune printCentral Park print
Here are some of the things group members have created in the Flickr group. Also, a sneak peek of some of the wonderful prints I received. Using these will be on my list for August.
A couple of weeks ago the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences held their annual conference in Indianapolis. Coats & Clark was having an outbreak session on The Resurgence of Sewing and the Role of Bloggers. One of our Indy Modern girls, Lindsay (read her write up here), has worked with Coats & Clark in the past for a tutorial and the connection was born.
Lynn Browne & I at the booth.
Did you know this is the 200 year of Coats & Clark? Visit, www.coatsandclark200years.com for more information on their history.
An interesting read.
As part of the blogger panel we discussed how blogging and social media has had an influence on what we do and getting information out to new sewists, etc. Many of the people in attendance were home economics teachers and 4-H leaders. I think it was great for them to see younger women to involved in sewing and see our passion.
Five members of the Indianapolis Modern Quilt Guild spoke and answered questions. All of us have different styles for using social media. Some blog more, some tweet, and some just use the web for inspiration. I was so happy to be apart of the program and convince my boss to let me have some time off work that night.
These were a gift for being apart of the panel. So I thought I would share and offer a giveaway for the thread sampler below. One of the questions we got was who got you started in sewing. So I will pass that question along to you, who taught you to sew?
So many colors.
Use the Rafflecopter giveaway entry form below. You can leave comments but the answer for the giveaway needs to go in the Rafflecopter entry. Giveaway runs 7/9-7/15. A winner will be announced on 7/16.
This Moda Simplicity fabric was some of the first fabric I purchased in charm packs. I have held on to it for no good reason, but then had a request for a girly quilt. I thought this would be perfect. Girly and shabby chic.
The 5″ squares were cut into 3.5″ x 5″ rectangles and 1.5″ x 5″ rectangles. Then I mixed and matched them to give it a random look. I wanted the layout to be simple and floating in white.
I had put aside some of the 5″ squares to use for the binding. I really liked the look of the white and the floral print. Has to be my favorite part of the quilt.
For the backing I had a vintage sheet put then did find a fabric from the collection at a quilt store that I had stopped at. I adore the vintage sheet I was wanting to use so that can be saved for another project.
