Mini Spool Quilt

For our LVMQG retreat we participated in a Secret Quilter swap.

 I made a mini spool quilt for my secret quilter who said she likes sewing themed items and decorates her sewing room in bright red and lime green.

My intention was to do long squiggles on the quilting.  My husband says they look like little people with their arms in the air.

On the back I put in a little piece of ribbon in the middle before I sewed the binding down to make it easy to hang.

The finished size is about 14" x 14".  I hope she likes it!

Little Projects

A lunch bag in progress...

I am using Pink Penguin's Lunch Bag Tutorial.

and a couple of pillowcases for Conkerr Cancer.

Fabric Pulled for Wonky Stars Quilt

My next quilt is completely inspired by Fresh Lemon's Twilight Lullaby Quilt.  Only my color scheme is green orange blues and grays. 

I made a couple of test blocks:

I absolutely love the little cars and firetrucks!

It always takes me forever to combine fabrics for a quilt.  I doubt myself over and over and have a hard time deciding if it matches.  Some of the above fabrics probably won't make it into the quilt.  And some I will pull out of these stacks only to put them back in later after I convince myself that it will look fine in the end.  Anyone else have this problem?

I heart chain piecing

My Orange Challenge Swap quilt has been done for over a month and I still have yet to take pictures of it.  It's REALLY hot right now in the Nevada desert, so when I feel like braving the outside I'll get out and take some pictures.  In the meantime, here it is in its growing phase:

That ruler that I'm using is the Creative Grids Quick Trim Ruler.  It made these pieces come together quickly and is great for quick binding.  Everyone in the LVMQG is currently obsessing over it :)

Wellington Park Pillow

I've been busy sewing I just cannot show you anything!  We're having another LVMQG retreat and I'm making stuff for our Secret Quilter swap.   If I post anything it will give it away!

This is a block from the Wellington Park quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman.  You can find the pattern here.  I actually made this block last year but forgot to post about and forgot to take completed photos!

I just made one block and turned it into a pillow for a friend that has a blue/yellow/tan living room.  I used mostly Picnic Parade (her favorite prints) by Jeanean Morrison.

I quilted the front in a diagonal pattern.... here is the back of it so you can see the pattern.

...and embroidered their names on the back to personalize it.

Orange Challenge Quilt Progress

I've been working on my orange quilt over the past month.  Here's a sneak peek at the blocks I've been working on.  The whole quilt will be made from the fabrics we swapped at our April meeting.  (more here)  I'm using the Picnic pattern from book Scrap-Basket Sensations.

The blocks in the above picture are actually the 12 blocks that went missing for 2 days.  They landed under other crap in my sewing room and I tore apart everything looking for them.  Once I found them I was so happy that I took a picture. :)

Modern Patchwork by Elizabeth Hartman

I also pre-ordered this book and received it last week.  I love it so much.  She did such a great job and I totally intend on making something from the book in between staring at the pictures in it.

Journal Cover

 The Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild hosted a Journal Cover swap.  We each picked a fat quarter, randomly swapped, and used that as our inspiration to make the cover for the recipient.

The fabric I had was Bangle from Valori Wells Karavan line in Peacock.  I added Joel Dewberry's Herringbone in Lake on the fold of the cover and some Kona Nightfall on the edge.  The machine embroidery I added was my attempt at finding a design that matched the fabric well - this has circles and the accents that mirrored the Bangle print.

Here's an open shot of it. I used the tutorial at Bloom and Blossom and the measurements of my post over on the LVMQG website.

I hope she likes it!