New England Patriots Quilts

 I am really falling in love with t-shirt quilts. This one in particular was a custom order for the sister of one of my very best friends. She purchased all the t-shirts from Goodwill and the Salvation Army.

 I backed the quilt with a super warm and soft plaid flannel. It was quilted with a loose meander stitch.

The quilt was VERY well received. I was told that there were tears of happiness. Always a good thing.

I already have plans to start another Boston Red Sox quilt and also a Phillies (which is easier to find in my area...)

Welcome back !

I think a year off is good enough, don't you ?

2012 has already been a busy and productive year in terms of quilting and sewing.

 I made R2D2 at the beginning of the year. I based the design off a cross stitch pattern that I found online. I think each square was cut to 3". The finished quilt ended up being much larger than I had anticipated. We love Star Wars in this house, so this won't be the last quilt from the dark side.

 I also jumped on the bandwagon and did the Granny Square thing. I used the Picnic/Fairground fabric line from DS, all purchased at Joann's. The back of the quilt was made from a vintage cotton sheet. This quilt lives in Maine with my BFF.

 This next quilt, is by far my favorite (although we are ONLY 1/2 way through the year...) I splurged and grabbed a triangle template with a coupon from Joann's. I based this quilt off something that I had saved on Pinterest.

I love the back just as much as the front. The IKEA house fabric ? It was the last of my stash and I could literally cry just thinking that there is no more to be had. This is Gavin's new quilt. It's twin sized and we use it ALL THE TIME (as it should be, with quilts...)

There are more quilts that eventually I will get around to posting and talking about.

Plus some new tricks that I learned to make my machine work better.

addicted to rainbows.

Rainbow string quilt in progress.
Rainbow strip quilt in progress.

the purple people eater quilt

really, really !

Anyone remember when I blogged about a certain someone's pinwheel quilt ?

Imagine my surprise when I opened a package one rainy and cold morning, and this bright, happy, perfect pinwheel quilt tumbled out.

I bawled like a baby as I unfolded it and wrapped it around my shoulders. Sure I was crying because it was awesome like a cargo containment device, but more importantly it was because a friend knew how much I needed something beautiful in my life at that time, and she gifted it to me.

I'm not sure quite how to thank her, so that she really knows how much it means to me. Like, really, really.

Funnily enough, I'm not the only one who has taken a shine to the pinwheel of awesomeness.

Silent Auction Quilt II

This quilt is pretty straightforward. I wanted to send another quilt in to the silent auction, but I was in a bit of a time crunch.

Patchwork quilts are easy and fast for me, even faster because I actually had these strips of fabric sewn and hanging in my closet for a future project. It was just a matter of arranging them into a patchwork and sewing them together.

I added the jumbo multi colored polka dot (LOVE !) and the matching multi-colored stripe fabric (LOVE !) and we have another toddler sized quilt. I hope it brings much needed funds at the silent auction for sweet little Lanie.

Silent Auction for Delanie Doran

Zig-Zag OR Zag-Zig ?

Zig-Zags have been on my to-do-list for awhile now. I figured now was better than never. This quilt was made for a silent auction, and I wanted to send something different (for me) in to be auctioned off.

Again, my husband rallied for squiggles. I wanted straight lines (that matched the zig in the zag)

The squiggles won.

I love the front. I plan on doing zig-zags again in the future.

The back I am iffy about. The fabric was cute, but the pattern started getting lopsided and I did not have enough yardage to correct it. It looks crooked, I swear its not !

This one is toddler sized. I wanted to keep it, but it's going off for a great cause :

Silent Auction to benefit Delanie Doran