Flying Over Kansas

It's finished!!!  And already claimed by a child. ;)

Finished Size: 56" x 56"

Fabric:

Browns from dark to light: Kona Coffee, Kona Mocha, Kona Stone, Kona Champagne

Greens from dark to light: Kona Forest, Kona Grass Green, Bella Pistachio, Kona Green Tea

Pattern: adapted from Modern Quilt Workshop

Binding Fabric: Hooty Hoot Kangaroo Stripes Green from Riley Blake

Backing Fabric: a flannel from the All Star 2 line from Riley Blake

Free motion quilted with Gutterman 100% polyester color #525.  I even included my "label" in the quilting.

Things I learned:

1) piecing curves is nothing to be afraid of

2) puckers in the backing disappear when you wash the quilt

3) so do perceived mistakes in the quilting

4) I really need to make a bed quilt for Kristine so I can keep my quilts

Spring Break

I took a semi-break from sewing and a break from blogging for the last few weeks, but plenty has been going on . . . like catching up on all the stuff I didn't keep up on while I was pregnant and caring for a newborn (balancing the checkbook and cleaning, to name a few.)   We shuffled rooms to separate fighting children, which also means the sewing corner got shuffled too.  But plenty was happening on the sewing front . . .

I taught my son a bit of sewing (shh, don't tell anyone . . . he's embarrassed . . . as am I by that mess in the background . . . it has since been shuffled and organized.)

Here's what he made . . .

I saw this idea as a Darth Vader Pillow.  She used these pixelated pictures called iotacons.  Spencer wants to make 12 of the characters to make himself a Star Wars quilt.

I've been making several of these . . .

No, silly, not babies . . . bibs.

I'd like to say that I finished this quilt . . .

. . . but I didn't.  I was tired of quilting it, so I trimmed up and bound the 3/4ths of the quilt that was quilted.  Please tell me I'm not the only one to do this.

AND . . . the perils of having 2 machines in the house . . . I can start another quilt while one is stuck under the needle when it is half-way quilted.  I need intervention!!!  A sweet little baby quilt for a sweet little future-niece from Lollipop by Sandy Gervais for Moda.

WIP: Flying Over Kansas

I've planned, pieced and begun quilting my version of the crop circle quilt with my "March solids".  I'm calling it Flying Over Kansas.

I asked the DH what he thought.

"You went outside the lines."

"That's so I can blend it in with the next one."

"Oh. Well, it's very circular."

{eye roll}

Here's where it started:  not enough hues between the really dark green and the other colors.

I added a couple more browns.

Much better.

Wish I had taken a picture before I pinned it.  I have a feeling that the quilting will really change the look of this quilt.

And with some of the left overs . . .

another little lovey for a friend's new baby.

Happy Quilting!