Projects for 2012

After a long break (I had a baby!!) I finally have enough energy to get back into quilting. I realized that I have too many ideas floating around and I need to organize all of them, so as to not to forget what I meant to do with all of my pretty fabrics! So I apologize, but this post is not going to be terribly exciting.

Project 1: Anya & Alyssa's quilts
Design: Xs and Os from Quilting Academy book
Fabric: Me and My Sister Favorites (I have 3 jelly rolls)

Quantities:
3 jelly rolls
7.75 yards of various pinks
7.75 yards of various yellows

Project 2: Stars Quilt
Merlot Batiks Fat Quarter Bundle Hoffman Fabrics (2 packs of 12)
4 yards of leaf green kona solid

Project 3: Flurry Christmas Quilt
Fabric: Kit + backing

Project 4: Summer Sampler Quilt
Pattern: Summer Sampler
Fabric: Summer House by Lily Ashbury for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 4 yards of assorted fabrics in 0.5-0.75 yard increments
- 3.5 yards Simple Summer backing SKU# 11440-11

Project 5: Terrain Quilt for our bed
Pattern: ??
Fabric: Terrain by Kate Spain (1 FQ bundle)

Quantities:
- FQ Bundle
- 9 yards Terrain Bloom Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-18 (Backing)
- 1.25 yards Terrain Bloom Lichen Yardage SKU# 27098-13
- 2.5 yards Terrain Foliage Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-14
- 3.5 yards Terrain Mist Fern Yardage SKU# 27099-15
- 1.5 yards Terrain Bloom Dahlia Yardage SKU# 27091-13
- 1 yard Terrain Foliage Fern Yardage SKU# 27099-14
- 4 yards Terrain Foliage Forest Floor Yardage SKU# 27090-14


Project 6: Postage Stamp Quilt
Pattern: From PS I Quilt
Fabric: Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda Fabrics

Project 7: Safary Baby Quilt
Not sure what I am going to do with this yet, but here is the fabric:

Project 8: Little Apples Baby Quilt
Design: Building Blocks
Fabric: Layer Cake

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 2 yards Little Apples White Linen Tortoises Yardage SKU# 18513-20 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Little Apples Aqua Little Apples Yardage SKU# 18517-12 (binding)
- 1 yard Little Apples Lollipop Leaves Yardage SKU# 18512-46 (sashing)
- 0.75 yard Little Apples Pencil Little Apple Trees Yardage SKU# 18511-15 (border)

Project 9: YACQ (Yet Another Christmas Quilt)
Pattern: Road To Kansas
Fabric: Flurry by Kate Spain

Quantities:
- 4 Flurry Charm Packs
- 3.5 yards Flurry Mint Glitter Yardage SKU# 27089-13 (backing)
- 1 yard Flurry Red Ribbon Sparkle Yardage SKU# 27088-11 (binding)
- 1 yard Bella Solids White Bleached Yardage SKU# 9900-98 (background)

Project 10: Lap Quilt for Living Room
Pattern: I am thinking Skill Builder Sampler Quilt-Along
Fabric: Hometown by Sweetwater

Quantities:
- 2 Fat Quarter Bundler (~24 Fat Quarters)
- 2 yards Hometown Cream Barbershop Yardage SKU# 5464-32
- 0.75 yards Hometown Stop Sign Town News Yardage SKU# 5462-21
- 2.5 yards Hometown Stop Sign Textured Solid Yardage SKU# 5468-11
- 1.5 yards Hometown Bicycle Textured Solid Yardage SKU# 5468-16
- 5 yards Hometown Cream Marketplace Yardage SKU# 5467-11 (backing)

Project 11: Cape Ann Baby Quilt
Pattern: Dottie by Cluck Cluck Sew
Fabric: Cape Ann by Oliver + S for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 4.5 yards Cape Ann Cotton Sunset Pink Ginkgo Toss Yardage SKU# 11184-12 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Cape Ann Cotton Atlantic Blue Chrysanthemum Swirl Yardage SKU# 11185-15 (binding)
- 2 yards Cape Ann Cotton Crème Brulee with Sunset Pink Indian Summer Yardage SKU# 11187-12 (background)
- 0.75 yards Cape Ann Cotton Sunset Pink Virginia's Closet Yardage SKU# 11180-12 (border)
Size: 61"x69"

Project 12: Sophie Baby Quilt
Pattern: Lemonade Lollipop
Fabric: Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 3.5 yards Sophie Cream Nosegay Yardage SKU# 32501-14 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Sophie Blue Fiesta Leafy Swirl Yardage SKU# 32504-11 (sashing)
- 1 yard Bella Solids Snow Yardage SKU# 9900-11 (background)
- 0.5 yards Sophie Tomato Soup Petal Yardage SKU# 32506-14 (accent fabric)
Size: 45"x59"

Project 13: Curio Quilt
Pattern: Basket Case by Cluck Cluck Sew
Fabric: Curio by Basicgrey for Moda Fabrics

Quantities: 1 jelly roll
- 0.75 yards Curio Butternut Grunge Yardage SKU# 30150-132 (binding)
- 4.25 yards Curio Clove Letter Collage Yardage SKU# 30270-13 (backing)
- 0.5 yards Curio Asparagus Muslin Yardage SKU# 30271-15 (inner border)
- 1 yards Curio Pond Cabriole Yardage SKU# 30272-11 (outer border)

Project 14: Fairy Tale Quilt
I am excited to make this for my big girls. They are going to go crazy over all the fairy tale characters! I hope to make something big enough to snuggle under!
Pattern: Alternating pattern of 14x14 log cabin blocks and large pinwheels, using the pindot fabrics
Fabric: Fairy Tale Friends by American Jane for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 1 layer cake
- 2 Fairy Tale Friends Black Story Time Quilt Panel SKU# 21600-11
- 2 Fairy Tale Friends Jelly Roll American Jane for Moda Fabrics
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Orange Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-80
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Yellow Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-81
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Blue Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-83
- 0.5 yards Fairy Tale Friends Aqua Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-84
- 1 yard Fairy Tale Friends Black Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-78
- 6 yards Fairy Tale Friends Black Mary's Garden Yardage SKU# 21603-18 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Fairy Tale Friends Red Pin Dot Yardage SKU# 21098-79 (binding)

Project 15: Amelia Baby Quilt
Pattern: Retro Flowers Quilt-Along
Fabric: Amelia by Me & My Sister Designs designer select

Quantities:
- 15 FQs
- 1 charm pack
- 3.5 yards Amelia Cotton Tempting Turquoise Flower Dance Yardage SKU# 22160-13 (backing)
- 0.75 yards Amelia Cotton Plentiful Pink Bursting Buds Yardage SKU# 22162-12(binding)
- 3 more yards of pink and 1 yard of purple polka dots
Need:
- 4 yards solid - bella white 98

Project 16: Fortune Cookie Quilt
I may possibly like this collection as much as Terrain. And that's tough.
Pattern: I am going to use this collection for my month's quilting bee. I am going to let everyone pick what block they want to make from a combination of a few charm squares, a fat eighth, and a solid. The resulting blocks I will just sash and add a border.
Fabric: Good Fortune by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics

Quantities:
- 4 Charm Packs
- 1 Fat Eighth Bundle
- 5 yards Porcelain Bella Solid SKU# 9900PP-182 (background & sashing)
- 3.5 yards Good Fortune Reflection Yoshino Yardage SKU# 27104-18 (border & cornerstones?))
- 0.75 yards Good Fortune Harmony Fan Yardage SKU# 27103-11 (binding?)
- 5 yards Good Fortune Waterfall Sakura Yardage SKU# (backing) 27101-17
- 0.75 yards Good Fortune Tea Dragonfly Yardage SKU# (binding?) 27107-15


Project 17: Max's Quilt
I am doing a fairly simple alternating fence rail design in blues, yellow, green and brown. I have all the rows made, I just need to put the top together a piece the back. This quilt is huge, so I think I will get it long-arm quilted.

Project 18: Strawberry Fields BOM Club
Fabric: Strawberry Fields by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda Fabrics

I get fabric to make one block each month. Additionally I have the backing fabric and the finishing kit. It will look like a field of flowers in the end: each block is a flower.

Grand Total: 18 projects! I completed ~5 this year... maybe I will get more efficient! I think I will shoot for 12, 1 per month. Totally doable! :)

Synchronized Squares: Done!

I am proud to say that this quilt is finally finished as well. I ended up giving it to my kids on Christmas morning. They very much enjoyed cuddling on the couch with their presents under the quilt (and then dragging it all around the living room backing side up proclaiming that they are a little red riding hood :) ).

Pinwheel Extravaganza

One of the projects I have been working on, that has been finally revieled, is making blocks for a pinwheel quilt for one of our quilting bee members, whose house burnet down right after we made blocks for her. A lot of people donated charm packs to us to do this and we made pibwheels. Here are the ones I made:

 

I love how they all look together. In fact I think I will also be making a pinwheel quilt.

French Quilt: Finished

It took me a while to finish this one, but I am proud to say that this quilt was my first attempt at the pieced back. It turned out quite well if I may say so myself :) This quilt was a present for my mom for her 50th birthday. The pattern was from this book, but I made it smaller. I used 1 charm pack and 1 jelly roll of Pom Pom de Paris by French General for Moda Fabrics. So without further ado, here it is:

 

This is the front

This is the back

The backing was made by taking the leftover jelly roll pieces and sewing them all together, 6 strips at a time. I squared the resulting blocks to be about 12" in length and pieced them all together. I attached a bella white fabric (same as used on the front) to top and bottom. Then I attached the backing fabric on either side of my strip. It definitely took much longer to make, but I like the way it looks. One thing I learned though was to not quilt parallel to the white strips. It ended up looking a bit off because the backing strip was not perfectly aligned to the front.

 

The batting I used is woolen. I was nervous when we washed it for the first time, but it was ok, it shrunk just enough to give the quilt the desired crinkly look.

My mom really liked the quilt when she received it. It will hopefully keep her warm through the winter months.

Baby Squares Quilt: Complete

Here it is! The pictures were taken a day before the quilt was given to my coworker, Jon for his brand new baby boy, who was due to arrive 2 days before by baby girl. I hope he likes it!

I tried out diagonal quilting on this for the first time (not stitch-in-the-ditch!) I think it turned out pretty well!

I thought this was kind of appropriate as this was a baby quilt :)

This is quilting detail

Squares Baby Quilt: Top Complete

My top is complete! It is actually basted and ready to quilt at this point. Here is a picture:

I think it actually turned out pretty well! My failed plan was to add flannel as backing. Well, the flannel was 42.5" wide and this quilt is 43.5" x 43.5". So it will have cotton backing which thankfully was 44" wide. I just hope that my quilting works out. The hope is to do diagonals.

Secret Project: Fabrics

I am making a super secret project, which will be revealed when the top is done. I did get the fabrics in the mail the other day:

These are for the top. I am dragging my feet picking out the backing and the binding, partially because I am not following any pattern in particular (rather various quilts I have seen), so I have been too lazy to sit down and figure out the dimensions....

In case you can't see them too well it is Pom Pom de Paris by French General for Moda Fabrics: