Sewing Curves

I can't believe it!

I've never sewn curves,

and I didn't know it could be this easy and fun!

I'm taking Rachel's Curves Class, 

and this is the first project I've tried.

(I've been working way too much this month,

and haven't had much time to sew.)

When I started on this project,

I wasn't sure if I could make it work!

So I did the tree as one piece instead of following

Rachel's instructions for a scrappy tree with lots of curves.

Thanks so much for a fabulous project

with wonderful instructions, Rachel!

 I will definitely be making another one

of these mini quilts,

probably in mid-December,

with reds and greens,

and will definitely make the tree curvy scrappy!

Hop over to Megan's Sew Modern Monday

to see some inspiring projects!

Love

 This might be one of my favorite projects in a long time.

Love this little pillow!

 Made with Kelly's paper-pieced "love" template,

and AMH fabric scraps.

 Hand quilted with #8 perle cotton,
while watching Downton Abbey.

Linking up to:

Debbie's Tuesday at the Table,
and

Feb 8, 2012

Lots of projects in progress this week. . . 

 Still experimenting with asterisks --

this little quilt is going to turn into a pillow,

someday.

 Making progress on my 

For the Love of Solids Swap.

What do you think about the combination
of pebble quilting and hand quilting?

I haven't decided yet if it's great or a bit too much!

 Blocks from Faith's

Solstice Stars Quilt Along

 I'm working on pillows for the girls' beds,

made with scraps leftover from their quilts.

And pink pom-poms!

I'll post more photos of their room
 once I get it picked up a bit!

And here's my new little friend.

After many weeks spent under our bed all day,

our little kitty is coming out a bit.

And her favorite spot to "hang out" (literally)

is under my ironing board.  

I just hope she doesn't try to play with (or eat) the cord.

Happy Wednesday!

Feb 1st, Works in Progress

Baby "love" quilt, finished last week!

Working on my For the Love of Solids Swap . . . 

this is one idea in progress . . . 

a Swoon made of solids.

(no progress on my other swoon blocks -- I have 3 done, 6 to go)

Sparkle Quilt Along

Such a fun block,

but oh no, 

on one of these I sewed the triangles in the opposite direction.

Do I really want to rip it out and re-do it? 

No.

I might wait until I have the rest done,

then see how out of place it looks.

Or should I alternate directions with each row?

I also jumped in on Faith's Solstice Stars Quilt Along.

I absolutely love the blocks that she has chosen,

especially the paper pieced ones!

This is way too many things to have in progress.

I need to finish something, soon!

Today my daughters' school ice skating party has been canceled,

so I'll have more time to sew.

We've had such warm weather here in Minnesota,

the ice rink at their school has melted!

Linking up to:

Love Quilt

 Have you ever not loved your binding choice,

so much so that you had to cut it off and start over?

I did that last week!

I just couldn't stand the brown/multi dot binding
on this quilt --

I thought it would be just perfect,

but when it was finished, I really didn't like it!

 Much better with a pink solid binding, don't you think?

Scrappy solids might also have been nice,

but I didn't have the patience for that last week.

 I know several lovely ladies who are expecting babies
within the next 6 months, how fun!

So this quilt will be for whichever one has the first girl!

 

The "love" is paper pieced (pattern from Kelly), 
with bright scraps of Kona solids.
I was inspired by this gorgeous quilt on Flickr, 
and just had to make one!

For the backing I used pink minky dots,

super soft and cuddly.

Love it!

Linking up to:

Tangerine Tango

This cute little asterisk mini quilt is my entry

 for the Tangerine Tango Challenge on Flickr.

One of my college roommates LOVED orange . . . I can still picture her in one of her many orange sweatshirts!And I never really liked it until I started quilting.But now I LOVE the brightness and energy that the color orange gives to quilts!

I did an all over pebble quilting design in the white spaces,

to make the colors pop.

I love the texture created by pebble quilting!

This mini quilt is actually a pillow -- 

for the back I used this bright "good earth" print

by Alexander Henry--

lots of the tangerine shade of orange in this print!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday at crazymomquilts!

Works in Progress, 1.18.12

Happy Wednesday!

I've had lots of time to sew during the past week . . .

and a lot of little projects in progress!

Finished 4 x 5 bee blocks

I wrote a tutorial for this scrappy asterisk block,

find it here!

 Still swooning along . . . . 

Block #2

Block #3

Nearly finished with this baby quilt:

Paper pieced "LOVE" by Kelly

 Still trying to decide on an arrangement for these 

Circle of Star blocks that keep arriving in the mail

as part of the Peace Circle of 

do. Good Stitches.

Nearly finished with this mini quilt,

my entry in the contest

Tangerine Tango:

As soon as I get the binding finished,

I'll write more about this one!

Linking up to: