Log Cabin Quilt

I did a log cabin quilt in red and green. Olive green.

 

It was fun to play with the colors and different fabrics.

 

the individual fabrics are sooo pretty. if you can, zoom in and look at them...

 

 

 

My husband decided that a "log cabin" quilt sounded masculine so he took it for his bed. (snoring)

after a while, he said, so I don't get why it's a log cabin... here's why: it's built one block on the next like a log cabin would be starting from the center and working around and around. the blocks look like this if you don't know. :o)

 

Star Flower Pattern

This quilt pattern is called "Star Flower." It's from square in a square.

I just love the rich colors. The Navy blue is the only actual fabric from square in a square.

I want to say it was "memories of the civil war II"

I chose my own to go with it but it looks very similar to hers.

 

Yummy!

 

 

Here is me and my friends with Jodi Barrows at the Phoenix quilt show Jan. 2018.

That was super fun!

I wish the pic wasn't so blurry,....

we're also working on her "Grizzly Mountain" quilt. I adore it!

So coming soon.....

 

The flower were quite tricky, so im including some photos of how I did it just for fun.

(I did not use the square in a square method.

I did my own measurements and did an alternate method.

I know.... shocking!)

 I sewed 4 triangles onto the sides of the gold colored square. first green then cream.

 

so they looked like this.

then, you cut them into four as you see in the upper right corner.

 

then you make some flying geese blocks. also tricky because you have you make half of them opposite each other. but it works out very easily. (I guess I'm not showing the full flying geese method here. oh well)

 

Here, you can see the two flying geese blocks on the sides and the one that was cut into four pieces. tricky eh?

 

 

here is the finished quilt block...with the flowers in the corners.

(The green isn't actually as bright as it appears to be here.)

 

I found a nice dark red for the back and quilted it pretty...:o)

Pioneer Red and Tan Quilt

Red and Tan Triangles!

I was inspired to do this when I went to Deseret Book and saw the neat pioneer age quilts they sell there. They were all red and tan.

 

It feels very homey.

 

I hand stitched it so it would feel more pioneer period.

My goal was to do one row a night while I watched TV with my husband. :o)

Now he REAlly thinks all I do is sew....

 

 

Summer Fun by the Quilt Company

 

This quilt has been so fun!! that's why it's called "Summer Fun"

 

It was a block of the month pattern by the Quilt Company. My friends and I took about 3 years to finish it. It's very detailed.

 

Each block was just such a pleasure to fuss over....

 

the ice cream block!

 

the strawberry block is to die for...

 

fireworks...and a 3d pinwheel

 

I quilted little flowers into it.

 

if you look close you can see the little flowers I quilted into it here.

polkadots...

 

I'll bet there are others out there who haven't finished there's yet either. haha

 

Gorgemous!

 

 

 

Off the Rails with Hop, Skip, Jump fabric

This pattern is called "Off the Rails"

I really fell for the bright colors.

I used American Jane's Hop, Skip, and a Jump fabric.

I so love this fabric! 

 

 

finding fabric for the centers was so hard! I searched and searched...

This one is green.

 

this one is yellow rings.

 

There's also an orange dot.

 

 

Grandma's Quilt

 

This is a version of a quilt someone called

"Grandma's quilt"

 

I did it years ago with a light green background and red corners in the squares. It's delightful.

I wanted to do one in civil war colors. It really feels pioneerish to me.

the original was done with light yellow background and red corner squares. It was so dang cute.

Try one! Here it is in green.

 

 

It's a simple idea. I neglected to take pictures as I went, so this cropping will have to do. ;o)

You make a sixteen patch block. the squares are about 1 1/8" finished. This one have some variation in the background fabrics to make it more scrappy, but just all solids is fantastic too.

 

Then you just put a triangle in all the corners of a plain background square.

(There are always threads stuck to my quilts, no matter what I do....

I see a stupid green thread in this picture.

Too much sewing going on around here I guess...)

 

 

Then sew every other one together.... 

This is one of those borders that you have to make in squares to complete the pattern with the triangle corners....

 

 

The Ghastlies

The Ghastlies!

Since it's Halloween time, i'll share this quilt top. I haven't gotten around to quilting it yet, but so far...

this is a fabric line from a few years ago. 

I didn't intend to make it this big, but each and every "photo" on the wall is so much fun!

I tried to make them sort of photos hanging on a wallpapered wall.

I love them sitting down to dinner at the dining table.

the hammer... could you die?

of course, this one is great. the sewing circle...

i think the mouse border adds just the right touch.

I have some bugs on spider webs for the backing but i just haven't gotten around to quilting this yet!