Sew busy!

My niece's quilt came back from the longarm quilter yesterday! I spent today petting it and sewing the binding on. I just love how this quilt turned out. It is my own design. It is the first time I have made a quilt without following a pattern. I used the "Eden" line of fabric. My vision when designing it was to see peeks of the garden as you look through a lattice fence. It is so bright and cheery and you can't help but smile when you see it!



My sister in law's quilt is progressing quickly. It is suprisingly easy to assemble as it is all strip piecing.
As usual when I get the camera my "model in a previous life" kitty comes running and hams it up.Here are some of the squares after assembling. Yes those are 1 inch 9 patches! Phew so tiny to work with!

So I have not been slacking!

Happy Quilting!

Cindy

Productive day!

Spent most of the morning adding two more rows to my Garden Lattice quilt. It is made with the "Eden" fabric line from Moda. I decided that I wanted to make it a smidge bigger, so I had to order one more charm pack. I could have finished it with the 4 packs, but I saved out a bunch of the darker pieces to do some applique flowers on the border. The extra pack should arrive in a couple days, then I can finish it!

After ordering my extra pack I dug into the p.s. i quilt's pinwheel blocks for this week. I was really happy with the blue color way, but not so crazy about the red. I am seriously considering remaking the red with a different color to replace the light blue.

My sweetie had choir practice tonight, so after dinner and he had left I dug out the wee Schnibbles "Madeline" and started piecing it. I was able to get 4 of the tiny blocks done before I was tuckered out. No pictures yet as I hadn't ironed the blocks yet.

So got alot done today!

Happy Quilting!
Cindy

Lattice fence is progressing!

Made good progress on my latest obsession. It was such a pretty day today, I quit sewing and got out and picked up some of the bazillion pine cones and broken tree limbs left by our bad winter of wind storms, ice storms, snow storms..... etc! I could probably pick up for two more days and still not make much of a dent in the yard debris, sigh!

I love this fabric line! It makes me cheery and smile with every piece I pick up to sew together. I should have the two diagonals finished and attached tomorrow-ish.

Happy Quilting!

Cindy

Obsessing....

The last three days have been spent thinking about, and trying to get this out of my head and out in fabric. It has grown from a lap size - 1 charm pack idea, to a 4 charm pack - queen size idea! I just reached the half way mark and wanted to share some pictures.

I really, really like how this is progressing. The pictures are not the best, but I think you can get the idea of what I am heading for. I had this idea of seeing a garden through a lattice fence (well in an abstract way). It is my own design and idea. I have never been one to make up my own quilts. I usually follow patterns or designs I have see else where. This quilt came to me the second I saw the Moda Eden charm pack.

Do you guys have quilts talk to you? I started out thinking that this quilt (the lap size version) would be a gift for my sister in law. But yesterday this quilt "told" me it was for my youngest niece (who just turned 21). So I decided to make it a queen size to fit her bed. I still have an idea to border this, but will see how it progresses.

Happy Quilting!

Cindy

Lookie what I got in the mail on Saturday! It's a charm pack of the Eden pattern by Lila Tueller for Moda line. It is gorgeous! I have this project cooking in my brain.... I want to use the charm pack in a quilt but first I have to see if I can get what I visualize outta my brain and sewn before I share.

I got this charm pack for $2.22 from Missouri Star Quilt Company when I ordered "The Binding Tool". If you have never visited their site I highly recommend it. They have a daily special that is priced so low! I just waited to buy my binding tool until I could combine it with a daily deal that I liked! When I saw this charm pack I just had to have it! I instantly saw this quilt in my head.

Here's hoping what I see can be translated!

Happy Quilting!

Cindy