Lavender Quilt Finished

This is the full story of the Lavender Quilt from Jodi Godfrey's book, The Seedling Quilts. When the book first came out, I was intrigued by the beautiful EPP quilts. I had done hexagons, but was itching to try something else now. I saw a photo of the Lavender quilt on line and that hooked me. There was jus something about that quilt that I had to have it. That doesn't happen to me often. So first, I bought the book. Blogger has re-ordered the photos, so bear with me here.

This is the finished quilt top. I loved the colors Jodi used. I decided to use an Ombre Confetti Metallic for the small triangles. I felt it would give me the color I wanted, but with some subtle variations due to the ombre  effect. I then ordered about 4 yards of Honey color V and Co. Ombre fabric for the half hexies and the border. I thought it would be more interesting. I had a picture in my head, which doesn't always translate to reality. When the top was finished, it didn't look like my vision, exactly. And it was too big by 12 inches. After some searching and requesting help on Instagram, and finally emailing back and forth with Jodi, I discovered the errata that the quilt was supposed to finish at 64 inches square, not 54 as in the book. The extra over that was my error. I trimmed the quilt top to 64 inches square before quilting.

I had ordered 3 yards of this Carrie Bloomston fabric and it was just perfect for the back...except it wasn't quite enough. So I inserted this dark purple stripe and then it fit. With the quilting I wanted to do, I needed 2-3 inches extra for the shrinking that would happen.

I quilted the entire quilt in a grid, one and a half inches apart to start. Then, I went back to the EPP triangle section and quilted again, this time half the distance between the first lines. It was mostly 3/4 inches spaced, but I really just eyeballed it. I am happy with the imperfect results.

After a trip through the washer and dryer to crinkle it, the texture is amazing. The crinkle of it makes the quilt. The imperfections disappear, and the ombre borders have a movement that they didn't before.

When I did the binding, which I decided to do totally by machine, I added my label and the year.

A brief bit about the binding: as I was getting close to done with the quilting, I began to consider what to bind with. I went back through my scraps to find what was left of all the fabrics. I found some strips of the fabric I used for the small triangles, a bit of the same style of a similar color, and a bit of the gold Ombre Confetti Metallic left from something else. So all together, I had enough for the binding. And I love the whole thing!!

For some of the quilting I used this guide to help with my one and a half inch lines.

This is the quilting in the border, before it got washed and dried to crinkly goodness.

A fun fact, this little triangle still had it's paper in it. I noticed it when I quilted over it. I decided to leave it because what else could I really do at that point? It softened considerably in the wash.

One last shot of the entire quilt. I highly recommend this book. There are twelve beautiful quilts waiting to be made in it. Thank you for stopping by today, and for reading this long post. I hope to see you soon.

Giant Dahlia

I know you have seen those giant Dahlia panels that everyone has been free motion quilting. I have seen many lovely versions of them and wanted to try my hand at it. So I did, and then it became a quilt. Here are the pictures:

First, thes are the pictures of the day I was doing the binding on the quilt. The colors are stunning!

 The colors look pretty good here, they are fairly true to the fabrics. I am sure you recognize the Ombre Confetti Metallic from V and Co.

               The dark sashing is Kona Solid in Emerald.

             This is after washing and drying for maximum crinkle effect.

My label

All the quilting was done on my Bernina home machine. I used my walking foot for the straight lines and my BSR for everything else. Needless to say, I am pretty happy with how this came out.
Talk to you soon.

Kingfisher Stitch Along

I have never (until now) had a desire to EPP hexagons. I have seen it done many times on blogs over the 8 years I have been on the internet doing this blogging thing, but never once did I want to do it. Until now. Rachel from Stitched in Color has a way of making me want to be a part of these projects.  She and Jodi from Tales of Cloth are hosting this thing. I don't know why. Maybe it's because she makes it look so doable or so much fun. I'm not sure. But I have been convinced once again to join up. So here is my start at this thing.

I decided to use my Ombre Confetti Metallic for the hexies. I love the look of these.

                 So I made a bunch of them...

And then I made some more. I am not quite finished with making them, but I decided to stop and start assembling some into flowers.

The other thing I am doing is to audition some low volume fabrics for the diamonds that the hexie flowers will be appliqued to. These are a few of my ideas.

 This is my very first flower all assembled. I am trying to get the ombre color gradient to work here.

And these are my first four flowers on one of my background pieces of fabric. The centers of the flowers will all be done in the yellow ombre confetti metallic or in some yellow ombre I had on hand. There are 46 flowers to be made. So far I am really enjoying all this hand stitching. There's still time to join us if you have a mind to. Talk to you soon.

My Latest Crush

I bought a jelly roll of V and Co. Confetti Ombre Metallic awhile back. I really wanted to see ever color in the line. When I got it, it was even better than I had hoped. I made room in my creative schedule to make something out of it immediately. And this is what I made:

I stumbled across an on line tutorial for a rail fence quilt made from a jelly roll, and just knew that that was it. So I began piecing and cutting and piecing.

 I loved how vivid all the colors were at the dark ends of the fabric. The light middles were soft and beautiful.

 I quilted it with Pearl cotton in as many colors as I could find that went with the colors of the fabrics and I think it worked out well. Hand quilting has a softer drape to it ant that is exactly what I wanted. I used the black to bind the edges and it frames it beautifully.

     It's my new favorite lap quilt. It's small, but so soft and so pretty.

And for the back I added some of the leftover pieces to a strip across the quilt. I loved this fabric so much, that before I even finished this quilt, I ordered some more. I'm not sure what it will become just yet, but I am looking forward to using it. It's too pretty to let it just sit in the stash. Talk to you soon.
Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts.

A Flimsy Finish

I have been crushing hard on this fabric:

 It is all over the internet and Instagram. If you haven't seen it, well I don't know why not.

 And with my jelly roll, I found a way to really show it off. I couldn't wait to cut and sew. I found a Rail Fence from a jelly roll on Material Girl Quilts that was the perfect stage for this.

See? Isn't this wonderful? I think it took me two days of sewing and cutting and sewing, but I am in love!!! I am now working on a backing for it. I am thinking of quilting with a variegated thread, and am going to try and find one this weekend a a local quilt shop. Have a lovely weekend.
Linking up with Amanda Jean.

Sunday Stash

It has been forever since I used to post on Sunday Stash. I really haven't felt like I had anything really worth sharing...until now. I bought a couple of yards of this fabric this week, and a jelly roll. I hardly ever buy jelly rolls anymore, but I felt the need to have a bit of every color of this line. When you see it you'll understand. Here we go:

I laid them all out on my ironing board and they were just so beautiful, I had to share pictures.

The colors... oh man, the colors. This, in case you weren't aware, is V and Company's newest line, Ombre Confetti Metallic. I read on instagram that this stuff is going so fast, they are already reprinting it and will even be shipping more precuts. That is unprecedented to make more precuts. Find some if you can, because this is one of those I think you will regret not having. Have a peaceful Sunday. I think I am just going to stare at my fabric.

Ombre Confetti Dress

I am being very good not buying fabric this year. I know it's only February, but still. The only fabric on my list of must have some was V and Company's Ombre Confetti Metallic. I never am attracted to fabric with metallic in it, but for some reason this just spoke to me.

As soon as Fat Quarter Shop notified me it was in, I place an order. I bought one yard of three different colors. It was so hard to decide which to buy, and I couldn't afford them all, so I also bought a jelly roll so I could have a bit of everything. And I was not disappointed.

So here is what I made first:

This is the fabric I selected for my first project. This picture doesn't even do it justice. It's much prettier.

I made a new spring dress for Miss N. When I saw that fabric I knew this would be one thing I would make with it. I really finagled with the cutting to get the ombre the way I wanted it.

And I was so happy to be able to get a section of the darker part for the collar. This is the first dress I have added a collar to. This is in the expansion pack for the Geranium dress by Rae. The collar was super easy to add and it really makes the dress, I think.

So one more shot of the finished dress. I am so thrilled and am now working on what to make from the jelly roll with all those beautiful colors. I'll keep you posted.
Linking up with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts.