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.

Kindle case version 3.0

3rd time's a charm!  Version 1.0 - too big.  Version 2.0 - too small.  Version 3.0 - just right!

This time I went with a bookcase look for my digital bookcase. 

And all the pictures are sideways again.  I tried multiple times to get them straight to no avail.

This time I started with a paper layout of my bookcase.  I wanted 3/8 inch border around the kindle when it was finished.

 I went through my scrap collection and found some great fabric to use.

I cut the "books to size and placed the "wood around the edges to get an idea for what it will look like.

Made two sides, one light and one dark. for the covers of the case.

I used the light side for the front cover and the dark side for the back cover.  Looks good!

The inside covers were made from another Disney text print.  This time I used Peter Pan.  

To make the covers more stable I used a thick fusible interfacing.  On the inside cover I also used some batting to cushion the screen. 

I'm finally happy with version 3.0.  I love the cover on the first one.  The inside of the second one is fantastic.  The third one is the right size and the cover is unique and the inside looks great.  I think I'm finally done making Kindle covers for myself.  Maybe I'll start making them for Etsy.  

-Bryn

Valentine's pillow finished

 From the base work of the one fabric I was able to fill in the other colors as well.  At first I wasn't sure about the lightness of the pillow, usually it is not a enough contrast for my taste, but I went with it to see how it would end up.

 After starting to sew together the squares I realized that I was missing a row.  I planned it to be 8 rows by 8 rows and I only had 7.  Oh no!  Just a little bit more time with my rotary blade and a couple fabrics and I was back on track.

And the finished product, at least the front.  I looked much better after it was all put together.  

After another trip to the fabric store for some fabric for the back and borders and the pillow was complete!

I loved the pillow once it was done.  Again sorry about the lousy pictures, crafting at night will do that to ya.

And this time I remembered my craft tag!  Score one for Bryn.

Crafting has been a good distraction of late.  Although time usually passes by quickly when I am working on my computer or crafts but lately it seems to trickle by.  Hopefully this is a temporary thing.  I know things will get better soon.

- Bryn

A project that needed finishing a long time ago

This quilt is the first big quilt I ever made.  I found the pattern at Quilters Cache.  It is called Irish Plaid.  The pattern is beautiful and complicated.  The pieces cross each other and create diamonds within diamonds.

I incorporated my favorite color of teal.  I love this teal fabric which has turtles in it.  It is a Hoffman Batik that they no longer make.  I had to find 3 different retailers for this fabric because I kept needing more and they had retired it by the time I needed more!

I liked black as a base color.  These days I lean more towards white.  I often use muslin as a color or base.  I like the texture in the fabric, it is never just a flat piece of fabric.

I have been fortunate enough to visit Hawaii a couple of times and I am on the lookout for turtles on my visit.

My mom always hand quilted her quilts or tied them off.  This was a pattern that seemed to need hand quilting.  I had never done hand quilting before and needless to say it has taken about 6 years to finish this poor quilt off!

When I opened it up I was shocked on how little there was left to do.  Only about 4 embroidery hoops worth of quilting left on it!  Last night I knocked out most the quilting that was left.  A bit more left to do today and turning the edges and then it is finally done!

I starting making this quilt in 2005.  I was a different person back then and so were my skills.  How far I have come in my skills in 6 years.

The seams, not so great!  In fact hey are awful! Those mistakes in the quilt that probably only I would notice.

Hopefully I will be finish this quilt today.  Off to Joanns to buy more supplies for millions of new projects!