First up we have "Batty Lou Boo". This was a fun little Stitch by Number project from Happy Hollow Designs. Its similar to paper piecing, but different. You iron the pattern pieces to the back of your fabric, then cut them out. Next you Sew them to another piece, similar to foundation piecing. I enjoyed it and think she came out super cute. I made this entirely from scraps. She's not finished in the picture because my cats stole her nose before I could glue it on. So, technically she is completely finished now minus a nose. I need to find it before I can take a fully finished picture. Silly kitties.
I stitched in the ditch in the center and quilted parallel lines in the borders and an X in each corner. Simple and sweet.
I got a request from a co-worker to make two quilts for his twin nephews who were about to be born. He wanted a nautical theme. We poured over patterns and fabrics for about a month until he decided on these two. The fabric is the Lily and Loom, On Deck collection from Craftsy. I used Kona, Silver for the background.
The first quilt is from the book New Ways with Jelly Rolls. Its the first pattern I've made from the book.
My mom quilted both quilts with a pattern that has boats and anchors. Super cute! I also machine appliquéd the twin's initials on the quilts.
I had a really fun time with this backing. Since the quilts were so different, I wanted the backing and binding to be the same. I made one super long backing. When my mom quilted these she quilted one and then the other without cutting the long backing in-between. Voila! Identical backings!
The second quilt was offered as a kit from Craftsy. Unfortunately the pattern had a mistake and the boat masts were specified to cut at .5" wide when they should have been 1" wide. I was able to down-size the boat bottoms and make this work out.
The boat quilt kit came with a FQ pack and there was a TON of extra fabric left. So much that I ended up making another entire baby quilt from the scraps! This quilt is called Going My Way? and is a Cutie Quilt pattern designed by the fabulous Debby Brown. The pattern takes 16 fat eights and some yardage for borders and sashing. I used Kona Silver again for the sashing but everything else was leftovers from making the other two quilts.
I had these quilted with the same boat and anchors pattern as the others.
I used more leftovers on the backing and more Kona Silver to finish it up.
