Baby Boy Teal Chevron Quilt

I started and finished a project, a quilt, in less than a week!  Who knew I could do it!  I would even doubt myself if I didn't know that I myself had made it.

There were scraps from my dad's quilt that were underutilized.  After finishing his quilt I found out that I could have used them but his was already done so they were moved onto another project.  I hate having extra strips of fabric from a big quilting project.  This was the perfect solution to not have to add them to my overflowing scrap box!

 I couldn't well move the cat off of one project let alone two!  I hand quilted every other chevron stripe in the ditch.  For those readers who are not quilters, in the ditch means quilting right next to the pattern seem.  About 1/4 of an inch in my case.  Keeps the front, batting and back all together.

 Obviously it looks a lot like my dad's quilt.  It was made from the same fabric so it should.  Unless I made a huge mistake, which sometimes I do!

I love it in the big version and the little.  Some little boy will love playing/sleeping/making a mess on it as any youngin' would do.

Girl Ombre Chevron Zig Zag Baby Quilt

Another day another baby girl quilt.  This one is the first of three quilts that I'm making for twins.  Why three you ask?  Well my aunt and uncle are gifting them to another family member, who I'm not related to, and they don't know the sex of the babies.  As I was already in a quilting mood all three came along very quickly.  And they came out beautifully.

As I was quilting it the cat decided to help.  And by help I mean sleep on it all day.

Plus they are absolutely on trend to!  I loved ombre, or color progression, before it was cool and I jumped on the chevron wagon when looking at other craft sites.

I had to make up for being a bit short on one fabric.  To make up for being short on the width I made a border all around.  I made sure to connect the light pink on both sides of the chevron pattern.

Obviously this quilt is for a girl.  It doesn't get more girly than pink and purple.  I'll admit that I have never been much of a fan of pink over the years but I find as I grow older it is growing on me.  But I've always liked purple.

Teal chevron quilt

This quilt has been in the works for a long time.  It was originally going to be a throw quilt for me.  I had tons of blue/green/teal fabric that was going to be used for something else.  About four yards of each color.  

As I started constructing the throw quilt my mom asked if she could have it for the quilt for the master bedroom quilt.  She had made the one on the bed over 20 years ago and it had seen better days.

I started it in May or so, got distracted by other projects and it sat.  

I picked it back up for to construct most of the top, and it sat again for me to finish another quilt. 

 At least I got another one finished.  Then came Christmas, it came and went and I finally finished the chevron quilt at the start of a new year.  That's always a good feeling, starting something new and starting a new year at the same time!

 I hand sewed and turned the quilt.  I quilted along every other color.

The back I tried to make it fancy.  I had an extra row that I used to divide the back into three different section.  

 One side is solid and the other side is divided with another row of chevrons.  It's a bit hard to see in these photos since the colors were so similar.

I like and my parents like it too.

It's so teal, so Bryn.

Baby quilt déjà vu

It seems a bit a déjà vu.  This quilt looks offley similar to another one I made.  And for good reason.  It's version 2.0 of the baby girl lattice quilt.  I finished the top a year or more ago.  Now it is finally complete and off my to do list!

Some baby girl will love this quilt.  The pink back makes a great frame for a girly quilt.  But as I am not one myself, it doesn't make it too girly, but enough.

 This quilt features the warm colors from the color wheel and green.  Green seems bend either way for baby quilts, clothes, decor, etc...  I love green, especially when it leans towards teal, and it completes the rainbow pattern within the size of the baby quilt.

It feels so good to mark a project off my list, even if it wasn't written, it's a weight off my mind!  

A Lattice baby girl's quilt

As many of my projects go it take me a very long time to complete an entire project.  I'm superb at finishing the top of quilts but it takes me a bit longer to finish them completely.  But I'm happy to report that I've been on a roll lately.  So at least the next seven posts are completed projects!  I'm so happy I would be jumping with joy if it weren't for the need for me to be still to type up these blog posts!

So here we go with the completions!

 My first project finished was a baby quilt.  I actually finished three but gifted one of them to an expectant mom before taking a photo.  Once of these days I will get better at that too!

Like many of my projects I finished the top of it ages ago!  This quilt is no exception.

 I hand quilted the top, batting and back all together and then hand turned the edges.  Outside of the construction of the top everything else I did by hand.  I'm getting a good callus on my quilting finger now!

I love how this one came out.  It doesn't scream girl but it defiantly leans that way, especially with the purple backing.  I might have an order for a baby girl quilt or two here soon so I'm glad that I have some back stock ready.

A complete quilt

Another day, another quilt finished.  This quilt has been in the works for about 6 years.  Probably about 4 years of that being dormant, waiting for me to come back to it. 

I love the colors and the pattern.  It is a visually strong.  Once again this is a queen size pictured full size bed.

I'm thrilled it is finally done.  It will have a happy home with my boyfriend in Kansas City.  Now to work on my brother's quilt.  Only a little over a month until the wedding.  I really want to finish it before!