Rhydian's quilt

I had great fun making this little quilt for my girlfriend's grandson.  I am really quite pleased with how it turned out.  

It was, once again, an adventure designing this little boy's quilt as I changed it out several times before I was satisfied with the design. It started out as a jelly roll strip quilt.  I didn't think that was boyish enough so I added some trains and cars...but I hated it. The idea was ok but the colours a little too busy and the appliqué was terrible. Here it is.....

I set it aside for a while and then cut it up into circles.  Those then sat on my design wall for a week or so before thinking about the idea of having little cars run around strip quilt worlds.  Each one carries a letter of his name or day, month, year of his birth. 

My hope is that it grows old and scraggly with loving use. Welcome to the world Rhydian!  

Little charity quilt

One of the guild members pieced this little charity quilt and I had the honour of quilting it.  

Organising my works in progress.

Walmart had some great plastic bins on sale ...cheap so I decided to organise my on the go quilting projects.  These are the quilts that I have made some progress on whether they are just cut or partially pieced. These do not include the charity and guild quilts I have in the go ( one near to being finished on my long-arm). So there are ten of my own projects on the go that I want completed by the end of the year!  Crazy! And of course only the plus quilt and clamshell will be minimally quilted.  

 Got to go back and get some more bins for the others on my list. 

More Plus

Update:  Bound and on my bed.  We slept under it last night and both loved the soft and light feel. 

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The little scrap busting  Plus Quilt project is coming along nicely. I am adding a 4 inch black border all the way around or perhaps I will make the top and bottom wider than the sides as I think I still need some length.  As it sits it is 78" square. I would like it 86 square at minimum.   I have a minimalist plan for the quilting as I want it to be more of a long term cuddle quilt than a show piece. Although plain I am surprised at how nice it looks on our bed. 

And it's already got approval!  

Plus Quilt

I have always liked the look of these Plus quilts. So while procrastinating on a whole bunch of things...taxes, leadership article, and housework, as well as waiting to get some more fusible interfacing for my petal quilt I decided to give one a go and stash bust at the same time!

Here is what I have come up with so far.  

Think I will put a small black border on it so it should finish at 84" square. Good enough for a queen size bed. My idea will be to straight line quilt it.  And double bat it. Wish me luck. 

Rugs as quilts

As we were admiring our newest member of the family we were struck by how quilt like our little area rug was.  That started a conversation about how rugs became wall art as did quilts... Of course Cricket had to join the conversation. 

Petals, petals

324 petals to be backed with fusible interfacing, ironed, and appliquéd before I can even get to putting the quilt together....