Saturday, October 31, 2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

Twin Baby Boys Quilts



My sister asked me to make quilts for her baby twin boys. She fell in love with the "Vintage Air" fabric by Premier Prints, and couldn't find any other fabrics in quilting cotton that she loved as much, so that's what we went with. The fabric is like a looser weave canvas or lightweight home decor material. Definitely not my first choice for piecing into a quilt top, so I chose a design that spread out the heavier weight fabric, and used lots of quilting cotton to help keep the quilts from being too heavy and stiff.



My sister requested that the quilts be able to be distinguished from each other, but my Mom and I didn't want to cause trouble down the road by making the quilts with different colors. I came up with the idea of mirroring the pattern, so the quilts appear nearly identical, but could easily be told apart.



Wileen machine quilted a super cute swirl pattern on both quilts, and it kind of reminds me of wind tunnel testing airplanes. Finished size is 48" x 54", and the backing for both quilts is the dark Robin's egg blue material.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Stormtrooper Pixel Quilt


Easton eats, sleeps and breathes Stormtroopers, so I pretty much didn't have a choice when I saw a Stormtrooper pixel quilt on Etsy.


I ran across the Stormtrooper block print fabric at JoAnn, and just had to use it for the border. That fabric was a pain in the rear to piece together for the border, and had me pulling out my hair more than once.


The backing is a white flannel with black "Star Wars" logos all over. Wileen graciously did the machine quilting, and I just love how it turned out.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Friday, October 9, 2015