‘In The Beginning’ Baby Quilt

I just finished this baby quilt for my daughter Lesley, who is expecting her first child in August. When I saw this fabric it was love at first sight.  I loved the bright colors and the theme of the fabric which is Genesis and the things God made in the first 7 days. I bought the center panel and the cloth book panel and cut the book into 6 1/2” blocks, and then filled in with a 9 patch block and a star block. The red and yellow fabric were not companion prints, but filled in very nicely.

I bought the new Crab-Apple Hill Studio’s pattern, Vintage Tin….of course lots of embroidery which I love. Don’t know when I’ll get started on this, but I doubt it will take me too long to get it done.

This is the 10th BOM from Primitive Gathering’s Primitive Garden pattern. I just got the next one in the mail, so I guess I’m a bit behind in this BOM….but I should be caught up in another week or so. This flower pot design will only take a day or two to finish. Then only 4 more months, which are all 4 borders and I will be done. I’m sure I’ll be sending this to my friend and machine quilter Kelly Kreft in Colorado. There is no way I want to tackle this on my sewing machine. It makes me nervous even thinking about trying to free motion quilt this myself.

Hopefully it won’t be such a huge winter storm that they are predicting for Wednesday and Thursday. We need the moisture, I just don’t want to be driving during the blizzard.

Have a great week, and Happy Quilting!

Kris

long time….no post!

Well, the only excuse I have is that I’ve lost my camera….I’m thinking I may have left it at my mom’s house at Christmas. We didn’t have Christmas with her until the middle of January, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it must be in her basement….anyway I sure hope it is. I’m going there on Saturday, so we may be back to somewhat regular posts soon! I found our old camera and am using it this time. The pictures turned out okay for the most part.

This is a fun one I’ve just started. It’s 3” finished basket block. Another scrappy quilt, and I’m really starting to like the looks of them. Bonnie Hunter is inspiring me! I subscribe to her blog and I love her use of scraps. I’ve got about 20 of these made so far, and if I make a very large quilt with these, then I’ve only just begun…..The other picture below shows how small these really are with the shot of my hand in the picture.

I used my Christmas present (EQ7) to size these basket blocks the way I wanted them. I was very proud of myself that I actually figured it out!

These are more Bonnie Hunter inspired 3” finished spool blocks. I am using these as my leader/enders when I’m sewing. What fun! I’ve got almost 100 of these made so far. I’m wondering about putting them in the border for my mini basket quilt…What do you think?

I’ve been working on a flannel throw for my daughter Karmon. She’s been bugging me about making her one for quite some time, and I figured I’d better get started. I only have to add the two side borders and it will be ready to quilt. If you look at this picture too long you just might get vertigo! (due to using my old camera!) I’m using leftover flannel from my mom, so didn’t have to buy a thing to get this one done! My kind of quilt! I think you would call it: Wonky Squares…..They are 10 1/2” unfinished blocks. This is a very fast and easy quilt, it would be great for beginners, no matching seams or points to accidentally chop off.

The baby quilt for my next grandchild. I bought this fabric almost a year ago and loved it as soon as I saw it, I bought the center panel and then the cloth book to go with it and cut the book up and used them as blocks around the quilt. The book is basically the beginning of  Genesis and what God made in the first 7 days. I added the 9 patch and star blocks also.

The bottom half…Love the colors and how the animals are drawn.

I’m going to add another red border and then it will be completely ready to quilt. I’m using a companion print for the back and the yellow color for the binding. So even if I haven’t been faithfully blogging, I’ve been faithfully sewing…..

Have a great day!

Happy Quilting, Kris