Summer Weight Covers

 Since 2013 I have made 3 of these light weight blankets. In my previous posts, I always called them blank-o-lets, after my grandson's name for his special blanket when he was young.

This was my first light weight blanket. The fabric is a lawn that I got from Connecting Threads. This blanket was made in 2013. I used it for almost 2 years. The backing is white flannel and it is the perfect weight for summer, although I used it year round to wrap around my shoulders when I needed a little something, especially at night when I would get hot, and then cooled down again. Perfect weight.

See the blog post here for more detail.

Then, in December of 2014, just before my first surgery, I made a new one. The intended use was the same, I just wanted something different.

 And the reason I wanted something different was because this awesome print was available in flannel! I was so in love with this. So, again, I made the top out of light weight voile from Anna Maria Horner's Little Folks voile. This blank-o-let comforted me for 8 years! I have slept with it every night and taken it everywhere with me for those eight years. But now she is getting thin. All the washing and snuggling is wearing her out. I did some repairs on her and was quite surprised to see how thin the flannel has become.

See this blog post for more detail.

So now, I found a really pretty fabric and it is not lawn or voile, but I loved it anyway. I used a yard and a half of the main print and a yard of the two coordinating prints to make this:

 This is one of those projects that I make up in my head and when it works out, it is so much better than I though it would be.

This is the main print. The line is Nocturnal by Gingiber for Moda fabrics. It is the coolest print and when I saw it, I couldn't resist. I knew that with the pink and mustard accent fabrics it would be perfect for a new light weight blank-o-let.

This is the selvedge of the fabrics. I got four of these little wordy pieces and saved them all. I put one on the bottom of the front side. I just love it.

And the backing is a well washed and used sheet that my daughter gave me, with the intended use of quilt backing. The fitted sheet was trashed, but the top sheet was in pretty good shape. This was a twin size. Now, this light weight blanket is a wee bit heavier because the fabric on top is heavier than lawn or voile. But, I am hoping it will last as long as the last one, which my husband has claimed as his own. It is a bit heavier than a sheet, and perfect for AC nights or even open window nights when it seems chilly by the early morning hours. As I said, I use it year round. I can't wait until it gets a few washings to soften it further. Oh, and I highly recommend that you prewash your fabrics to pre-shrink them. With no batting in between it matters. Ask me how I know. :)

Talk to you soon.

Jiggedy Jig

Remember that old nursery rhyme? To market, to market to buy a fat pig. Home again home again jiggedy jig. That's what I named this quilt.

 If you will remember, these were left from the panels that I used of Farm Fresh. I made a quilt and a table runner using the chickens and the roosters. This sweet quilt is for my son-in-law's nephew who is two. I hope he likes cows and pigs.

 And the bright rainbow backing is a couple of pieces I have had in my stash for years now. I know small children like bright pretty colors.

So this will go out in the mail soon, hopefully this week some time and now that this is done, I finally finished quilting the 100 blocks 100 days quilt and put the binding on it yesterday. I began stitching the binding down last night. A couple move evenings should see it finished and then into the washer and dryer for its crinkle treatment. I should have it ready to show you by Friday.

Today we are going to the Padres baseball game, so no sewing will happen. I am still working on my Hands 2 Help quilts and they are moving right along. I would think in two more weeks, they will both be done.
Have a great Wednesday.

A February Finish

So I saw a panel of Farm Fresh by Gingiber for Moda somewhere. I knew I had to get it. My oldest daughter loves chickens and I knew I could think of something to make her with the panel. And, since I was ordering the panel, I ordered some of the accompanying prints to match with it. I pulled a couple of fabrics from my stash and the result was this:

I made it with the idea that she could hang it on an open wall space in her kitchen. I thought it would really jazz up the space a bit.

 After I pieced it, I quilted it with red thread in a criss cross pattern across all the squares. I knew I wanted to do something different on the roosters and chickens, but what?

 My husband suggested chicken wire, to keep the birds in (ha) but how to do it? I ended up drawing the design on a piece of Sulky iron on stabilizer, ironing it on top of the birds and quilting with short stitches. Then I carefully removed all of the stabilizer just as you would for machine paper piecing. It worked like a dream, so I did them all that way.

 I loved the red gingham so I used it for the border. I don't very often put borders on my quilts anymore.

And for the back a found a piece of Bonnie and Camille's Vintage Picnic red bias gingham. I didn't have quite enough, so I just added some red and whit fabric I found in my stash.

 Add a label and I was done. I am so very pleased with this little wall hanging quilt.

And now that it is in my daughter's hands, I can share it on here with you. I have a couple of other projects using the pieces of this panel that I will share with you when I am finished with them. The panel also includes pigs and cows so I am making something up with them as well.
Happy Thursday friends.