First 2017 Project

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017Leave a comment

I sat down and looked through all my quilting books and printed patterns to find a quilt project that I could get excited about and here it is…Vintage by @Simplify Camille Roskelly. It is in her book entitled Simply Retro. I also have bought and downloaded a number of her quilt patterns from her shop.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this quilt and also love that it is very straight forward, no triangles, no cuts…just straight lines, that makes me happy!

I think that I literally have almost every line of Bonnie and Camille’s fabric line, or at least some pieces from their older lines. I love so many of the fabrics it is very difficult to pick which ones to use!

Once I decided on the red and tans, I had a crazy thought that I could do one of tans and blues at the same time…WHY NOT!!

Here’s my first block, isn’t it beautiful…the fabric is my very favorite

I have a few blocks left…like a lot for sure, but this is not a stressful quilt and it makes me smile! I will post more photos as I progress and don’t forget to watch my instagram because I promise they will be posted there @sew_becky

An arrow points the way

June 2, 2016June 2, 2016Leave a comment

Looking for a new quilt pattern is a process for me. It requires a lot of Pinteresting, instagraming, more pinteresting, looking through my books and narrowing down the dozens and dozens of choices. I wanted to pick a pattern that was easy and would come together quickly…but needed to be super cute! This arrow quilt won my vote and I think it was a good pick!

So many steps…takes patience and love

I tried a number of different layouts for these blocks but this is by far the best layout!

I added a few extra blocks because I love a larger baby quilt…it helps when those cute babies start rolling around!

So far in my quilting journey I have done my own machine quilting…I keep it simple for sure! I thought I would just do vertical lines, but realized quickly that my blocks didn’t line up perfectly and that bugged me, so luckily I had only done two rows of quilting…un-pick!!

Diagonal is the way to go…and besides that I have found that my favorite sewing foot is my Walking Foot!!

Binding time….

Here is the pattern I found on Pinterest that won my interest…Arrow Quilt

Now we just have to wait for baby Corbett to arrive!

Love Letters Quilt

March 24, 2016October 2, 2018Leave a comment

Better late then never to post this super cute Love Letters Quilt! When I came across this I knew I had to make it! FullSizeRender

It was perfect for my Valentine’s day get together with my friends! It was so easy and only took me a few days to complete. Partly because I like to work on multiple projects at the same time. All the hearts are hand stitched with a blanket stitch onto 5 inch block. It was so fun to do this part!

The quilting was done on my machine. I traced each heart onto the fabric with a Disappearing Ink pen, and then used my machine and followed the lines. It was probably the most time consuming part of this quilt.