6 more finishes - #14-18

I designed this pattern and made this as a sampler for a machine quilting class.  The class focuses on using templates and making your own templates to mark the quilt for FMQ.  The entire quilt was FMQ on my Sweet Sixteen.  I used Fabulux 40 wt. thread and some 50 wt cotton thread.

This quilt is 12" square and was a shop sample for a paper piecing class I taught.  I custom quilted it using 40 wt. Fabulux and 100 wt. Invisafil.

I used my new Lisa Calle 1/16" spacing line ruler toil in around the stars.  Using the ruler is addictive.

I made this Beary Patch quilt for Tim & Karen Maimone's baby at the request of Tim's dad Richard.  This is made mostly from scraps. I quilted it myself on the Sweet Sixteen.  The best part of this is that the baby was born on my birthday!!

I found the perfect pink bear fabric online for the backing.

Last weekend Gudrun Erla gave a trunk show and taught a few workshops for the quilt shop.  I worked on the first day during the trunk show and the quilt-as-you-go table topper workshop.  Gudrun's trunk show was amazing. She has a great story and brought a ton of awesome quilts.  Her presentation was very good and included short tutorial videos demonstrating how to use her rulers and how to make several of her unique blocks.  Since I was working and not participating in the workshop, I was itching to make my own table topper(s)....why make 1 when you can make 3?  This Which Way topper is a great way to use a single charm pack. The 3-D prairie points are fun to make and this topper is super cute.

This is Kaffe Fasset fabric I bought at Quiltique in Las Vegas.  I paid a fortune for the charm pack and wanted to make something special with it.  I think this topper was a great use for it and I love how it turned out.

This topper is made using a winter collection of fabric.  I used a metallic dark teal fabric for the backing and binding.  This was leftover from some kitty-cat place mats and I didn't have enough for the full backing, so I pieced in leftover charm squares.  This one was a stash-buster!

Pieced backing came out really cute.

 

 After making the backing and quilt label I only had this much of the backing/binding fabric left!  Talk about a close call!

 And finally, the first topper I actually made was this Halloween one.  I figured its never too late to decorate for Halloween.  2 days, 3 toppers, 3 charm packs used and some yardage used up as well, I consider that a successful weekend!

 My hand-made glass pumpkin was looking a little lonely on my kitchen table.  With the topper now its looking much more festive.