Sew Sunshine

This quilt was finished earlier this summer for the book release by Kelly Young.  It's the Midnight Mystery qal quilt by  Meadow Mist designs  back in 2015.  I had the top and some of the fabrics tucked away ready to sew up a back. But I put it away. Here is the top from Jan of 2016. It was a perfect UFO to finish using Kelly Young's new book  Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs .  I used 2 pieces of fabric that matched up and found another in my stash by the same designer. I had a half of a block so might as well use it up. I think it turned out pretty good and looks intentional which is the beauty of the book ideas for piecing backs.  I am so happy to have finished an old UFO. Previous  post  Linking up with Cheryl @  Meadow Mist Design  for Favorite Finish 2023 Quilt parade: Baubles quilt and  book review  for Kelly Young Fun Flannel 3 Flannel quilts , 2 homeless pillows and a Tilda Cow Sundown on Scraps  a scrap art quil...

Charade quilt by  Jitterywings quilt co This quilt was so fun to make and I made a throw size before the qal even started. I gave a talk at my lqg on the topic of improv and though this is a pattern it gives the appearance of improv. I wanted to share with the guild to show that improv is not just wonky cutting.  The week I finished my guild had a sew day at the International Quilt Museum so I took the opportunity to snap some pics.  50" x 56"  cross hatch organic quilting lines The qal doesn't start until March 25th I believe so if you want to join in there is still time.  2023 Quilt parade: QAL =  Charade qAL Scrap use =  Chain of Sunshine P.Q 14.5 =  Not Square - Hexi baby #3 UFO =  Scrap set in circles #2 UFO =  Scrap Coins Gallery show piece:  O Prairie Girl P.Q 14.4 #2 =  Novel - One room school house P.Q 14.4 #1 =  Novel -My Jane pillow #1 UFO =  Winners circle - Polka dot bikini P.Q 14.3 = 54-40 of flight QCR ...

"Dressing Up" Modern Tile Pattern by  Mell Meyer   27"x 27" made from upcycled textiles   hand appliqued shapes on all the blocks hand quilted with big stitch in med gray I used all black or black gray textiles. I have always wanted to do dark on dark and thought by making this pattern smaller I could accomplish it and keep my sanity. Sewing with dark thread on blacks requires lots of natural light for me.  As you can imagine with the different textiles - denim, shirting, slippery shirting, skirt weight and stretch denim it was a challenge. Some areas have really thick seams. I opted to applique all the shapes on my backgrounds by hand. I was able to needle turn all the edges.     I had fun coming up with a quilting pattern of a sorts.  I signed up to do 100 days of WIPS with Leanne on her blog  HERE  and you can find her on Insta too.  First quarter challenge this Modern Tile quilt was finished! woot!! Such a cloudy funny day ...

I have been doing a few quilts in a QAL hosted by  Homemade Emily Jane . It has been really fun to dig into my stash and see what I can come up with.  My first one was inspired by this great rainbow gradation fabric.  You can see some of the fabric here.  and here!!! so fun. I used a very light celery green thread for most of the straight line quilting.  Next up I was trying to think more baby boyish.   Okay ...pretty cool if you see that beam of light slanting down right to my quilt!!! Here is my brown version. I found all the fabrics in my stash again. I managed to cut this a tiny bit small when I cut them out and had to improvise and add an extra arrow point to each row to get it to a bigger size. Of course I ran out of brown and had to sub white. Pretty dramatic still so I am okay with it.  Organic wavy line quilting for this one.  Used up more fabric on the back.  It was cold out and...

Urbanologie QAL was hosted by  Sew Kind of Wonderful I did the block sections at the time of the qal and managed a little change in the arrangement. It was a super fun quilt to make. But then how to quilt it? I felt it is such a whimsical quilt so thought I would go outside my comfort zone and have someone else quilt it. A friend in my lcq works for Mangelsons and they do quilting so she quilted it for me in a fun mash up of designs called 'texture'.  I brought it home and squared it up and bound it the next day. Whoop there it is.....one off my UFO pile!!!  It was 13 degrees out and snowing but I went out for a quick photo shoot and came home with these beauties to share.  So fun to put this naturey quilt out in the wild.  Here you can see the quilting that Haley did!. It is all texturey goodness.  Love the Quick Curve Ruler gals for fun innovative quilts.  Linking up with NTT @  My Quilt Infatuat...

My Favorite quilt is usually the quilt I am currently working on right now.  Sometimes though, one stays with you for some reason. This one was a QAL and made from scraps. It just all came together for me and the colors melted together so nicely.  It really is a favorite.       Tell us about your favorite quilt. When did you make it? What pattern did you use? What fabrics? I made this quilt through a QAL called The Barn Door QAL held by Sarah @Sarah Quilts HERE  earlier this year. I wanted to use just scrap fabrics that I already had. I didn't really have any idea that I had such cool fabrics! What memories or people does the quilt make you think of? This quilt is so different from anything I have ever done before I think my mom would have liked how unusual it is. I wish she could have seen it so I think of her often when I look at this quilt. What do you like best about the quilt? One of the best...