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    

                         

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

Scrappy Spring Quilt

Hi everyone!  

I have a finished quilt to share with you today. I used the quilt pattern Scrappy Summer by Cluck Cluck Sew which you can find here. I made the throw size quilt and it was a super easy pattern to follow and I love how it turned out.  You know how much I love scrappy quilts. Every time I look at it it makes me smile because it's so bright and cheerful. I hope it makes you smile too. 

The print fabrics are from my stash, the white fabric is from a thrift store sheet and the solid color fabric is from Kona jelly rolls (Bright Rainbow and Candy Bright). 

The backing is a thrift store sheet that feels like it was meant for this quilt. And the binding was leftover jelly roll strips. The quilting design is my tried and true straight line quilting 1/4" on both sides of the seams going both vertically and horizontally. The quilt finished up at 56½" x 64½" (before washing).

Well, that's about it. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Camille 

Spring Forward

Happy start of Daylight Savings!!!

I can feel spring in the air. This weekend its been in the high 60s -70s in Colorado and I found daffodils (my favorite flower) at the store. I love it. I am done with winter, though I'm sure we'll have another snow shower before too long.

Things have been kind of quiet in my quilting room for the past couple of weeks. Yesterday, I finished sewing the binding on the quilt I made during the Little Miss Sunshine QAL. I haven't taken any pictures of it yet so you'll have to wait until my next post to see pictures. Hopefully, that will happen next week.

I started a new quilt on Monday using the Scrappy Summer Quilt pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew. Still working on it but here's a little preview...

The other thing that I have been working on since my last post is my collection of thrift store sheets. I decided I wanted to spend some time organizing and cutting them up into usable sizes. So I brought some comic book boards and started ... and I only made it through 8 sheets. And this is what I have so far...

 I feel good about what I've done so far but when I look at all the ones still to do it just seems soooo overwhelming. But they look so nice all organized so I'll keep working on it. But I think I'll break it down to one sheet at a time. Some of the sheets I brought to use specifically for the backing so I'm not going to cut those up. 

I must say playing with them has given me a couple of quilting ideas. 

One idea is a half hexagon quilt like this one I found at Southern Charm Quilts.

And the Acadian Trellis quilt made by Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation which you can find here. This is the back of the quilt and love how it looks. I have some sheets that are similar in color which I think would look awesome.

Maybe I'll just have to do both. 

Well, that's it for now. Until next time...

Camille