Flower Me Quilt

Happy Monday!

Can you believe there are only 40 days until Christmas? OMG! Where have the days gone? Have you started shopping yet? I haven't, but the quilt that I'm sharing with you today is a Christmas present so that's one down and many more presents to go.

The pattern is called Diamonds & Squares and is from the book By the Bundle by Emma Jean Jansen. If you have a bundle of fat quarters this is a great book to have.  

So without further ado...

The quilt went together quickly and was fun to make. I used a fat quarter bundle called Carnaby Collection Bohemian Brights from Liberty Fabrics. The pattern called for 18 fat quarters, but the bundle only had 15 so I had to pull some fabric from my stash.  But I think they all work together very nicely.

The backing is a thrift store sheet and the gray that I used for the diamonds is also from my stash. 

For the quilting, I did my usual stitch in the ditch. 

The quilt finished at 64" x 72". Nice cuddling size.

Well, that's it for now.

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time...

Camille

A Birthday Quilt for Connor

Hi everyone!

I hope you all are having a fantastic October. 

I meant to share this quilt with you in September, but time got away from me. But I'm here now, so let's get to it.

This quilt was made for my son Connor. Every time I start a new quilt, he asks me if it's for him. He already has 4. So this year, I decided I would make him another one. I asked him what colors he wanted, and he decided on yellow, gray, and black. Luckily I had some fabric that I had gotten a while back from JoAnn's in that color scheme, though some of it was florals. He said he didn't mind the flowers. I even let him pick out the pattern. He chose the Hitchens pattern from Quilty January, February 2014 issue.

So without further ado... I'd like to introduce you to Yellow Pepper.

This quilt goes together really fast.  It's made up of oversized quarter-square triangles that are trimmed to 12". For the quilting, I went with my usual stitch in the ditch. And the backing is a thrift store sheet.  

The quilt finished at 80" square.

I wanted to take more pictures of it, but my son was too impatient to claim it. So I let him have it.

I'm just glad he loves it... Flowers and all.

That's it for now...

Thanks for stopping by!

Camille

A New Quilt Finish - Spring Fling

Hi everyone! 

I have another quilt to share with you. The pattern is called Faster Fourteen by Hunter Design Studios. I love this pattern because is it goes together really fast.  Most of the fabric was purchased from Walmart. And the backing is a polka dot thrift store sheet.

The quilting is random straight lines and stitch in the ditch. I didn't stress too much about the distance between the lines. The quilt finished at 49" x 62.5" and will probably be given as a baby quilt as soon as there's a new baby girl.

Thanks for stopping by!

Camille

Another Plus Quilt

Hi everyone!

I have a new quilt to share with you.  Yes, it's another Plus quilt. What can I say? I love Plus quilts.

My oldest son has a few best friends that he has known since high school. One of these is Isaiah. Isaiah and Katelynne started dating in high school and are finally getting married. I say finally because there was a time we didn't think it would happen. But it is, and we're all really excited.

So I decided to make them a quilt.

I knew I wanted to make a Plus quilt. But this time I wanted to do something a little different. After browsing Plus quilts on Pinterest, I found the Pow quilt tutorial and knew it was the one I wanted to make.

I used a fat quarter bundle that I had in my stash called Ludlow by Denise Schmidt for FreeSpirit Fabrics.

The backing fabric is a thrift store sheet and, the binding is from JoAnns.

For the quilting, I went with straight lines on the diagonal going from left to right with the lines about 3" apart.

The quilt is 67½" x 72". A nice snuggling size.

Well, that's all for that. But before I go...

Here's the Skittles quilt with its new owner. ❤😍

Thanks for stopping by...

Camille

The Pathway Quilt

 Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing my latest quilt finish. It's called Pathway and was made for my best friend's first grandchild. She picked the fabric and the pattern and even helped make it.

The fabric that my friend chose is very colorful and vibrant. It's an Australian Aboriginal design called Dreamtime from M&S Textiles. We brought the 10 pack (layer cake) in Multi for the main fabric and a roll (jelly roll) in Red for the binding.

The pattern that she chose is Cobblestone Street by Robert Kaufman Fabric. It's a free pattern and is super easy to make - except for the bias edges. 😬 But I put a border on it, which seemed to help the wavy edges.

Photo time...

For the quilting, we chose super simple straight lines about 4 inches apart. As you can see from the photo, there is some puckering on the back. As this quilt is for a child, I didn't fret too much about it. "Done is better than perfect."  As usual, the backing is a thrift store sheet.

Oh well, that's it for now. I'll have another quilt to show off in the next week or so. It's another Plus quilt, but this one is different than any other plus quilt I've done, so I'm really excited to show it off when it's done.

Until then, thanks for stopping by!

Camille

 

The Catch Up Post

Hi everyone and Happy 4th of July!!

I can't believe how much time has passed since I last posted anything. Where has the time gone?

Several times during this absence, I thought, "I need to do a blog post." and then something comes up, and I find a week or more has passed.

But during the time away from my blog, I have been doing a lot of quilting, and I have a few pictures to prove it.

First up...

This is a quilt top I'm working on that still needs to be finished. (I had to put it aside to work on two quilts that need to be finished by the end of this month.)

This is called Lemon Fizz, and you get it as a free pattern when you buy the Spring Brook Jolly Bar from the Fat Quarter Shop. I also have the Spring Brook Fat Quarter Bundle and Bella Solid Coordinates. I haven't decided what I'm doing with the Fat Quarters yet.

Hopefully, I will be able to get this finish within the next couple of months.

Second...

Is a finished quilt for the first grandchild of my best friend. The baby boy is due at the end of this month.

I love how bright and cheerful it is. When I was deciding on which fabrics to use, the soon-to-be parents posted a mural they had made for the baby's room, and I immediately knew what I wanted to use. The fabric is KimberBell Basics Kim's Picks Summer 21.

The pattern is called Fat Quarter Shuffle from CluckCluckSew. This is a super easy pattern that came together really fast. I think it took me two weeks to complete it. (Not including hand sewing the binding.)

And third...

Is another quilt that I don't have any pictures of yet. But I'm helping the happy grandmother make a quilt, and it's taking a lot longer than I thought it would. She will be flying out to see the new family during the 2nd week of August, so we still have some time to get it done. So more pictures to come.

Well, that's what I've been working on.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July.

Until next time...

Thanks for stopping by!

Camille

Star Petals - A Finished Quilt

Hi everyone!

I have a new quilt to show you, Star Petals from Scrap-Basket Bounty.

In my last post, I showed you the finished quilt top on my design wall and, I said that there was a mistake. Did you find it? Well, the mistake was one of the blocks was turned the wrong way. Luckily it was a quick fix. 

I LOVE THIS QUILT!!!

I know I say that about all my quilts, but this one makes me really happy. I love the scrappiness of it. And the quilting.

The blocks were a bit time-consuming to make, but the quilt was pretty quick to assemble (other than my little mistake).

 

The backing was made from leftover backings from other quilts.

 

For the quilting, I just did straight lines radiating from the center of the quilt. I think it came out really well.

All the print fabrics are from my stash. I had to go out to my local quilt shop for most of the low-volume fabrics because I don't have a lot of that in my stash. I think I will start working to build that part of my stash since I want to make more scrappy quilts. 

If you have a chance to pick up Scrap-Basket Bounty, I would definitely recommend you do so. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time...

Camille

What I'm Working On

Hi everyone!

Have you seen the quilting book Scrap-Basket Bounty by Kim Brackett? If not, you should. I love this book. 😍❤ It's packed with 16 scrappy quilts that are super easy to make and will definitely put a dent in your scrap stash. Not only are there 16 quilts, but each pattern includes two additional block arrangements. 

I started with the Star Petals pattern, but I'm sure I will be making all of them because they are all fabulous.

Today I'm sharing the quilt top with you.

             

No. I haven't made two quilts, but there's a mistake in one of these pictures. Can you find it? 

Luckily, I was able to find it and correct it without too much hassle.

I started quilting it yesterday, so hopefully, I'll be back soon to share lots of pictures of the finished quilt with you.

Until then...thanks for stopping by!

Camille