another string

Still working on string quilts. I wanted to experiment with quilting on these, and I had 10 extra blocks from my big string quilt. And so I made 2 more to make this:I think it's going to be another donation quilt. I really like it, but I think it's a neat piece to donate to the silent auction. It's a good baby quilt size, and it would be lovely for a little boy or a little girl. I used straight-line quilting, which is not my favorite, but it worked well here.
I bound it in a red dot, and I used an apple-printed flannel for backing. The quilt itself is so heavy that I didn't use batting. It gives the quilt a slightly different feel, but I think it would be great as a summer baby blankie.
I really enjoyed this project!

pink and black finished

I finished up the pink and black donation quilt over the weekend. I really love it!

It's about 40" x 40" finished.

I have committed to trying something new on the quilting on my donation quilts this year. You know, trying to make myself learn something new. So on this one, I quilted a tight spiral from the center of the diamond out. I like the way it turned out.

And here's the backing.

more strings...

I'm in love with string quilts. So I got started on them here and that helped me get a feel for what I could do with that method. And so....

next one is a baby quilt! Love it. It's going to be a charity quilt for this group who has a major fundraiser in April.

And here's a detail shot. I'm going to bind it in the pink solid.

And here's the best part...it's scraps!!

So here's the question -- what color to quilt it in?

Alphabet Quilt finished!

Boy am I excited about this one! It may just be my favorite quilt yet. And it's boxed up ready to go. I'm thinking I need to make another one, maybe in different colors, for my little girl. She loved pointing out the letters she knows.

It's about 36" x 40" and the fabric is Moda wee play. Love that line! The back is a muted blue fabric.
I'm donating it to a golf tournament being held to benefit the education funds for the children of two of my friends who passed away in the last 2 years, leaving very young children behind. Creating it really helped me mourn the loss of my friends.
Isn't it nice how sewing helps that way!

Today's project...

Here's the quilt I was working on today. It's just the top right now, but I'm hoping to get it quilted tomorrow if my babies take naps (at the same time)! I used a charm pack of Moda's wee play line, and I love this quilt! I'll post another picture when it's completed.

I like this one so much. I'm donating it to a charity function in Michigan, but I'm hoping to do more like it to put in my etsy shop.

Bright Spot quilt -- pattern stage!

I'm {relatively} young. My friends are {relatively} young. So it comes as a great shock when one of my friends passes away. In the past 3 years, this has happened twice.

• Kristen passed away of cancer last year. In her last few months, she sent her oldest child to kindergarten.
• Dave passed away of a heart condition unexpectedly. His son Connor was 5.

It's a shock.

Some friends have organized a golf tourney to benefit the education funds of these kiddos, and I'm donating a quilt. In my continuing effort to take on much more than I can possibly handle, I decided to design a pattern as well. Eek! Anyway, I wanted to design a pattern that honors what bright spots these precious children were to the parents that had to leave them too soon.

My babies are the brightest spots in my life--they add color and fun to every single day.

So you see my kitchen table this morning. It's early. Hoping that cup of coffee will keep the inspiration coming. Stay tuned!

A quilt donation

This was a special quilt. It was the first one I donated. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of it once it was finished! This is the last picture I have--in the basted stage.


It benefitted Sharing Hope Ministries, which is an awesome cause. I so enjoyed sewing it!
And it was incredibly freeing to just buy fabric I loved without having to figure out where it would fit/match in my home. It was so fun! I LOVE the cupcake fabric. It's Michael Miller's pink cupcake. And the jelly bean fabric is awesome. Unfortunately, I don't remember the designer on that one.
{I might should mention that I had a baby (a month early) between the start and finish of this quilt. That might excuse the lack of remembering things... maybe}