wonky star

Hands down my new favorite quilt. The wonky star.
It took 5 hours to quilt, with Ryan helping me (he sat on the opposite side of my machine and caught the excess fabric to guide the quilt back and forth ) 10 + bobbins, sore arms, shoulders and a sore toosh.
It was worth it. I debated on how I was going to quilt this one for a long time. I knew I wanted the meandering, but I also knew it was going to be a long process.
I kept the back simple. A stripe containing all the fabrics from the front stars. The binding is the same stripe fabric as the border.
The final size was 64 inches by 87 inches. HUGE for me. HUGE.

Needless to say, the sewing machine is going on vacation and so am I !

no more monkey's climbing on the bed !

Benefit dinner for Delanie Doran

teacher quilts

Despite my lack of posting, I have been quilting. I decided to make Gavin's teachers each a quilt for their hard work and dedication in the classroom. I let Gavin pick out two fat quarter bundles after trying to find any type of school-ish fabric that wasn't lame. He picked colors WAY outside my comfort zone.
The one on the left is for Miss Jenn and the one on the right is for Miss Nancy.

I can't say enough good stuff about these two ladies. I love them. When Gavin started last fall he said maybe 5 words and he was almost paralyzingly shy.

They took their time with him, were kind and gentle with him, each and every day they were happy to see him.
Luckily for me (and Gavin ) he gets to go back to Miss Jenn and Miss Nancy's class again in the fall.
I hope they both know how much our family appreciates everything they do for Gavin and for all the kids.

[ wonky star part 2 ]

This one's a doozy !

I started and I just could not stop. I am amazed out how large the top ended up.

87 inches by 69 inches. I do believe that might just be my largest quilt to date.

With that being said, I am now petrified to quilt it !

[ cupcakes ]

I had a request for cupcakes from a very sweet little girl. How could I say no to that ?
I loved every minute of making this quilt, and all the cupcakes I ate while doing it !
I was going to do a more intricate pattern, but I opted to keep in simple so that the cupcakes themselves were the focal point. I love cupcakes, especially the ones with the really light and fluffy frosting, the kind that basically just melt in your mouth.
Enjoy your "sweet" quilt Phoenix ! See you soon !

[the wonky star]

Lately I have been thinking a lot about triangles. I am tired of squares, and rectangles.
Triangles are somewhat intimidating for me. I once attempted a triangle quilt way back when I was a novice (meaning I had absolutely NO clue what I was doing) that quilt ended very badly and I vowed to never again sew something that was triangular in shape.
Alas, here I am again. There are triangles in this pattern, but I have MASTERED them. I introduce the wonky star...

....to be continued...

Lanie's Quilt

Stay strong little Lanie Bug. We are all praying for you.