Friday Finish-A quilt for V

Today's finish is a quilt for my great niece, V. She is now in second grade and growing up so fast. When she was born, I sent her a baby quilt with sheep on it. A very sweet, small quilt, to be sure. V is currently living with my sister in her home, along with her mother and her grand parents. There are several quilts in that house, mostly made by me, but also a few antique ones my sisters rescued. When my sis came home from work one afternoon, she noticed the lap quilt from the couch was missing. She found V all wrapped up in it. She apparently "needed" the comfort of the quilt. Another day she was wrapped up in the queen size bed quilt on my sister's bed. So I decided V needed a new quilt of her own.

 This is the quilt top on the wall. It is the only shot of the entire thing because it is so wet outside right now and the indoor lighting isn't great. Lots of rain and clouds here lately.

It is made from a jelly roll of Aneela Hoey's Hello Petal that I won in a giveaway last year. The perfect thing for such a girly little girl. I quilted it in a 4 inch cross hatch pattern. I love the look the four line so close together give it. I put several random flowers in some of the blocks.

 It's not a bed size quilt, but I think it will cover her up nicely and provide lots of snuggles. It is so soft now that it is washed and dried.

 For the back I pieced together some of the flowered fabric from the line, along with the palest pink that has been in my stash for literally, years.

 Another shot of the back so you can see the quilting lines.

 I added a long strip of Kona in a pink shade to make the quilt wider. V is a big girl after all.

 The binding is from my stash. I couldn't match the colors perfectly, so I settled for using some yellow, pink and blue, alternated to give a bit more scrappy look to it.

Here is the pink binding. I quilted her name in the pink near the bottom of the quilt, but I can't get it to show in a photo. But I know she will love it. From her "Aunt Charlotte who makes the quilts". Linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Friday.

WIP Wednesday

Fall is rushing by and I know there is some holiday sewing on the horizon, but not just yet. Here is what I am working on today:

 The binding is ready and soon will be attached to the quilt for my great niece V. I chose three colors from my stash that I think go with the quilt, since there is not enough left of the fabric I used in the quilt.

 Here is the quilt, quilted and ready to bind. It is made from a jelly roll of Hello Petal.

 I just had to get a yard of this cute fabric and now am pulling from my stash, fabrics to go with it for something. I can't decide, small quilt or pillow, but I love these bees!!

 And all the blocks are made for J's quilt now, so it is time to assemble the quilt top. There are twelve of these star blocks.

The white sashing and the print border are all cut and ready to go. So that is what I am working on today. Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced. C'mon and join us.

WIP Wednesday

Maybe I should call this post WIPs Wednesday. I never have just one in progress. So many things to sew, so little time. Here's what I have going on:

 I don't have a shot of it on the machine, but I am quilting this one for my great niece, V. It is made from a jelly roll of Hello, Petal by Aneela Hoey. She is a girly girl and so is this cute fabric. Can't wait to show you the quilting on it. Maybe next week. It is a lot of quilting.

 I am piecing this cute woven quilt design from my wonderful Lizzy House Catnap fabric. I have had the fabric for almost a year, searching for the proper showcase pattern. This is my own design.

And lastly, I had to just trow these up on the design wall. These are my bee blocks from round 3 of the Sunday Morning Quilts Bee. I asked my bee mates for scrappy X and plus blocks in the spirit of the Sunday Morning Quilts book and so far, this is what I have. Still waiting on a few more before I finalize the placement. Hope your mid-week is going great. Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced.

Finally a Friday Finish

I feel like it has been hard getting to this Friday's finish. I started this before vacation, and it should have been easy. But things kept getting in the way. This week I decided to buckle down and get it done.

 This is a quilt top for a quilt for my great niece, V. This girl needs a quilt of her own. I made one when she was born, but she is a big 7 year old now and she loves to cuddle under quilts so much, she keeps "borrowing" other quilts from the household.

 She loves all things girly, like pink and purple and she loves cats too. This great fabric line by Aneela Hoey is all those things. I won this jelly roll last spring and was saving it for just the right project. When I heard the story of the quilts V borrowed and why she needed them, I knew this was it.

I was able to get a couple of yards of the flower print fabric to make the back. That's next on the list.
Hope you have a great weekend.

Linking up with Crazy Mom for finish it Friday.

A Friday Finish

Well, I have been working on so many things this week and I did finish more than one thing, but I am not ready to show some things off just yet. I did make one small quilt out of scraps and that is the one thing I am sharing today.

 I am making a quilt for my great niece from a jelly roll of Hello Petal by Aneela Hoey. I won this in a giveaway a while back and was waiting for the perfect quilt. I am making a brick style quilt and I had a bunch of small pieces left. So I made this for me to enjoy the fabrics too.

 The backing is a couple of scraps from another quilt from last spring and the binding is some scrap from trimming my grandson's quilt for binding. Both were just perfect for this project.

I was playing with the quilting on this and I love it! So I am going to do something similar on my niece's quilt. Nice to work out these things on a smaller scale first. Have a great weekend. Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts.