Sparkle Punch - A Finished Quilt

Hi everyone! 

I have a finished quilt to share with you today! My Sparkle Punch quilt is finally finished and I have lots of photos to share with you today. I am pretty happy with how this quilt turned out especially after the rocky start it had. But now that it's done...I LOVE IT!!

I used a total of 20 fat quarters with a few fabric scraps to make up for my math deficiency.  All from my fabric stash.

The background fabric is a grey sheet that I also used for the binding. The backing is a sheet that was sold as a drop cloth for $1.00 and I think it goes perfectly with the overall colors that I used in the quilt.  And yes, the sheets were purchased at my local thrift stores. 

Have I ever told you why I like using sheets? If not I'll fill you in on my secret. Thrift store sheets are cheap, big enough to use as backings, and whatever fabric I have leftover from my quilt tops go into my fabric stash. Win-win.

The quilt finished at 60" x 72".  I chose to do a simple stitch in the ditch quilting design and, I sewed the binding by machine.

Final thoughts... I love this quilt but I don't know if I will make another one using this pattern any time soon. It is very time-consuming... 384-star point units and... I hate math. If you would like to make one yourself the pattern is Sparkle Punch and you can find it here.

Well, that's it for now. On to the next one, which I've already started. I'll tell you all about it in my next post.

Until then...

Thanks for stopping by!

Camille

Sparkle Punch and more...

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to stop in and update everyone on what's being going on in my quilting room. I finally decided on a quilt pattern and have actually started working on it. I used the pattern Sparkle Punch by Elizabeth Hartman. I found the pattern in Love of Quilting magazine, issue July/August 2012. (Thrift store find.) But you can also find a tutorial on her website.

The quilt uses 20 fat quarters which I picked out of my fabric stash. I'm using a thrift store sheet for the background. I'll probably use a sheet for the backing too, but I haven't picked that or the binding fabric out yet.

This pattern is rated as Intermediate. I wish I had paid more attention to that as the directions are a little confusing. But I think once I get everything up on the design wall, it will be fairly straight forward as the layout is based on the plus quilt. (And we all know how much I love my plus quilts.)

Here are a few pictures of the fabric/cut pieces.

                          

There are a total of 384 Star Point Units. To help with all the cutting I decided to bring out my newest helper. A Cricut Maker that I brought myself for my birthday.

This was only the second time using the Cricut Maker (the first time I made a birthday card) and the first time using it to cut fabric. I really like how it turned out, though the learning curve is pretty steep.

I purchased the Cricut Maker after researching fabric cutting machines and decided on it because of the numerous things you can do with it. It was well worth the price compared to other cutting machines.

So, for the next few weeks, I will be working on Sparkle Punch. But once that's done, I already have my next quilt planned. I'll tell you about that later. 😊

Until next time...

Camille

Candied

Hi everyone!

Six months into 2020 and I'm on quilt #9. 

This quilt was super easy to make from start to finish. I think the hardest part was deciding on the quilting design.

The pattern is called Candy Store and is in the Love of Quilting (May/June 2012) magazine. 

The pattern uses 2½-inch strips which I cut from my stash of fat quarters.  I used 18 fat quarters plus a yard of fabric for the center of the blocks so it's super scrappy.

This quilt is featured on the cover of the magazine and what caught my eye was the grey sashing, borders, and binding. I don't know if I've mentioned this but grey is my favorite color. I used fabric from my thrift store sheet for all of that.

The quilting design that I decided on was just a simple straight line diamond grid pattern. It was super easy which I needed since the design I first planned would have taken twice as long and by the time I had gotten to the quilting phase (June 17th), I had decided I wanted to make a Fourth of July quilt.  So I needed something super easy and super fast. Thankfully I got it quilted in just 1 day and I sewed all of the binding on by machine instead of my usual way, which is to machine sew it to the front of the quilt and then hand sew the binding to the quilt back. The quilt was completed on June 19th. Whew.

The quilt finished at 50" x 66.5".

Thanks for stopping by. 

Camille

Lullaby - My French Braid Quilt

Hi there. I'm back for a quick post. 

Life has gotten a little less busy but we are now working on getting my son packed up and off to Florida. I spent most of the day yesterday shopping for his new apartment and still have a few more things to buy this weekend. On Tuesday we pack the moving truck and then on Wednesday he and his dad are starting the 1787 miles to Jacksonville.

In the meantime, here is a quilt that I finished before the craziness started.

It's called Lullaby and was based on a  French Braid quilt I found on Pinterest by
Snippy Sisters. There wasn't a tutorial on it but I was able to figure it out using this tutorial I found at My Quilting Infatuation.

Once I figured out how to make a French Braid it was a pretty easy quilt to put together and since it was just a baby size quilt it only took about a week to complete minus stitching on the binding by hand. The quilt finished at 39 x 50. I quilted each braid and then loosely quilted straight lines.

So without further ado here is my quilt Lullaby.

 The back of the quilt is a print I found at Joann's on clearance a few years ago and bought because I knew I would use it someday. Great purchase!

This picture shows my color inspiration for the quilt...my car deodorizer. 😀 I was in the car thinking about the quilt trying to figure out what color the two sides of the quilt was going to be and my flower deodorizer was right there and I had a light bulb moment.

Lucky enough I was able to find the fabric in my stash so this whole quilt was made entirely from my fabric stash. Woohooo. I love when that happens.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

As always,

Wishing I Was Quilting

Hi everyone....it's been awhile since I've posted but life has been really busy lately. I wish I could say that I've spent that time quilting but unfortunately I haven't.

My husband and I have been in Florida with our youngest son (He's 22 but will always be my baby) looking for an apartment for him because he will be moving there in just 2 weeks. (Don't get me started on how that makes me feel). Since I knew we would be gone, I sent my sewing machine out to be serviced and it isn't back yet. 😞😢   

I think I'm suffering from quilting withdrawal.😰 

Hopefully it won't be much longer now.

Before we left, I started a Jelly Roll Race quilt and though I've finished the top I haven't gotten around to picking a back, making the binding or any of the other steps I need to do before quiltinq it.

Anyway...what else have I been doing? Ohhhh, I brought fabric. YAY!!! Have you heard of Kitchen Table Quilting? If not, you should check it out. I've gotten a few patterns from there (all reasonably priced) and she recently had a Stash Sale that I took advantage of. 

Here's a picture of my goodies...

Reds and grays....yum. Haven't decided on what I'll be using them for but they'll look nice in my stash until then.

Well I think that's all for today.  We're picking up my brother-in-law today from the airport and I need to finish cleaning the guest room and then we're going directly to the Colorado Rockies game from the airport. Oh and then tomorrow we're going to the Goodguys car show and then having a going away party for my son for which I'm making 2 bread puddings and appetizers. 

Told you life is busy right now.

I'll be back soon with a couple of quilts that I finished before I started on the Jelly Roll Race quilt.

Until next time....