Rainbow Quilt #1 - Noah's Ark

 I designed this boho rainbow quilt in muted earthy colors that work perfectly for a fun baby boy nursery. The colors all go with this cute Noah's Ark fabric featuring giraffes, elephants and other animals gathered around. This one is for sale in my shop, as well as other rainbow heart quilts in different neutral and pastel rainbow colors. 

                

Start: 30 June 2020

Finish: 4 Aug 2020

Dimensions: 37 x 37 inches

Pattern:  Rainbow Hearts

Fabric:  Noah's Ark. Gray dot - Riley Blake Designs, various and backing - Moda Bella Solid - Almond

Quilting: Rainbow Panto - Piece N Quilt

Blue Doggy

 This summer my daughter, who graduated from High School was not able to get a summer job (because 2020).  So she helped me out around the house with chores and she also helped me a lot in my shop learning how to quilt.  This blue flannel dog quilt was one that she designed and sewed.  She did a great job and when we listed it in my shop, it sold really quick!

Start:  5 June 2020

Finish: 10 July 2020

Dimensions: 37 x 37 inches

Pattern: 5 1/4" Squares

Fabric:  Dogs Flannel, blue dots - Walmart, Various dots and stripes - Riley Blake Designs, White with black circles - Joann Fabrics

Quilting:  Stippling

Scottie Lou's Quilt

 I made this little roses quilt for my nephew and his wife's new little baby girl.  When I first started quilting, I made quilts for all my nieces and nephews when they were little.  Now this nephew is all grown up, married and has a precious baby girl of his own!

Started: 7 May 2020

Finished: 20 May 2020

Dimensions: 42 x 42 inches

Pattern: Trip Around the World

Fabric: Rose fabric - Hobby Lobby, Moda Bella Solids - Etchings stone, Pink Dot - Bonnie & Camille Basics, Pale pink - Walmart, 

Quilting: Continuous Baptist Fan

Backing:  Fireside - white

Rover Dog Quilts

 These two quilts were made with Rover Dog Park by Riley Blake Designs.  I have used this fabric before and made a puppy dog quilt from it but it is quite different than these two, so I will have to post about that one separately.  These two are pretty much the same and I really can't tell from the pictures which one is which.  Puppy Dog Quilts are always popular and so I have a hard time keeping them in stock!  

Rover Dog Check #1

Start:18 April 2020

Finish: 6 May 2020

Dimensions: 37 x 37 inches

Pattern:  Trip Around the World 5 1/4"

Fabric: Dog Fabric, Colorful Lg dots, colorful small paw prints -Rover Dog Park by Riley Blake,  Yellow polka dot - Walmart, Black and Gray buffalo check - Hobby Lobby

Moda Bella Solids - Zen Gray, Charcoal Gray

Blue Flannel Backing - Walmart

Quilting: Diagonal Plaid - Bias Cut

Rover Dog Check #2

Start: 18 April 2020

Finish: 20 May 2020

Dimensions: 37 x 37 inches

Pattern: Trip Around the World 5 1/4"

Fabric: Dog Fabric, Colorful Lg dots, colorful small paw prints -Rover Dog Park by Riley Blake,  Yellow polka dot - Walmart, Black and Gray buffalo check - Hobby Lobby

Moda Bella Solids - Zen Gray, Charcoal Gray

Blue Flannel Backing - Walmart

Quilting: Diagonal Plaid - Bias Cut

Green & Gray Baby Quilt

 This quilt is pretty calm and subtle. It has a nice blend of greens and grays that could be for a boy or even a girl.  There are small gingham checks, teal leafy vines, small flowers, soft gray polka-dots and paisley.  I call it a quiet quilt because all the fabrics speak softly and blend together without much contrast.  I picture a sweet little new born babe all snuggled up and asleep in this soft gentle quilt. It is available for purchase in my shop.

Start: 29 April 2020

Finish: 10 July 2020

Dimensions: 36 x 36

Fabric: Green & Gray paisley, flower, leafy vines, gray polka-dot, tiny gingham check - 
Walmart

Gray Solid Flannel Backing - Michaels

Gray 1/8" Striped Binding - Riley Blake Designs

Pattern:  Trip Around the World - 5 1/4" 

Quilting: Stippling

Jungle Quilt

This cute little jungle quilt was made by special order especially for a customer from my shop.  She purchased one of my Fox in Trees quilts and was looking for a jungle themed quilt as well.  I didn't think that I had any jungle theme fabric, but I did have this black and white fabric with the animals. She loved the fabric and so I designed this quilt  with the black and white theme.  Just adding a bit of gray polk-a-dot, and a gray flannel backing.  Perfect for baby Camilo!

Start: 26 May 2020

Finish: 28 May 2020

Dimensions: 37 x 37

Fabric: Black and White Jungle Print, Black with white polk-a-dot,  Black & White 1/8" Stripe - Hobby Lobby 

Gray Polk-a-Dot, Black Quatrefoil, Black and White hexagon, Solid Gray Flannel backing - Walmart

Pattern:  Trip Around the World - 5 1/4" 

Quilting: Zig-zag 4"

Whimsical Trees

Bright and fun colors with whimsical trees & birds.  This one is for sale in my etsy shop shop. So fun for a sweet little baby girl.

Started: January 2020

Finished: 18 April 2020

Size: Baby size 38 x 38

Pattern:  Special Square

Fabric:  Walmart, Connecting Threads

Quilting:  Alfalfa panto

Neutral Triangles

I remember one day in  Novemeber 2015 (and it was toward the end of November), I got the brilliant idea that I wanted to make quilts for all my kids and husband for Christmas.  That is 5 quilts!!  Not one of them were started at that point.  I don't know what I was thinking... or maybe I wasn't.  But I started going for it. Oh and plus it had to be a surprise which meant not working on them when the recipient was around.  I did get most of them done except there was one for my daughter that I only had the top done to wrap up for Christmas.  This one for my son Rocky, I was stitching down the binding at midnight on Christmas Eve!

Started: November 2015
Finished: December 25, 2015
Size: Twin size
Fabric:  Scrappy all grays with white background
Pattern:  Half square triangles
Quilting: Stippling

Cute Dragons I

Who can resist this cute fabric with dragons, castles, knights, coat of arms!  I just loved it when I saw it in the store. This was one that I made for sale in my shop. Hope that baby Theodore will love it too!

Started: 18 April 2020
Finished: 6 May 2020
Size: Baby size 39 x 39
Pattern: Hexagon triangles
Fabric: from Michaels Canada
Quilting: Stippling

Baby Pink Lemonade

This is the mini version of the Pink Lemonade Quilt.  It was made from the scraps of the king size quilt for a baby.  I hand quilted it using colorful threads that co-ordinate with the pinks, oranges & yellows in the fabrics. I am really happy with how it turned out.  I need to make this idea again with different fabrics!

Start:  Jan 2015
Finish:  March 2015
Size:  Baby Size
Fabrics:  Scraps of Orange, Yellow and Pink
Pattern: Half Square Triangles
Quilting:  Hand quilting with colored crochet cotton

A Large Glass of Pink Lemonade

I love collecting pink and orange fat quarters. In fact I can't stop buying them everywhere I go. Eventually I decided to make something out of them and the blocks just kept multiplying and multiplying. I ended up with a huge quilt, and a baby quilt and tons left over. And guess what? I am still buying more pink and orange!

Start: 2014

Finish: 2015

Size: King Size 

Pattern: Hour Glass

Fabric:  All the pinks and oranges

Quilting: Free-motion Meandering Daisy

Whale Quilt 4

I have made this quilt three other times and sold it through my shop.  I had the fabric and intention to make it again, only I had lots of other things on my plate and so didn't get going on it.  I kept the listing up though thinking that I would give myself 3-5 business days to get it done if someone purchased it.  I really did intend to make it before that, but inevitably it was purchased before I had even started it.  I kind of panicked a bit because this one has quite a bit of embroidery on it, and I had never done it under a time crunch so I didn't know if I would be able to get it done by the deadline.  But I challenged myself to just focus on one quilt and see how fast I could get it done, and was able to start and finish it in less than one day.

 

Start: 30 April 2020

Finish: 1 May 2020

Size: Baby Size - 38" x 41"

Fabric:  Whale Fabric - Hobby Lobby, Buffalo Plaid - Hobby Lobby, Navy pinstripe - Riley Blake, Blue Gingham Woven - Walmart

Pattern:  Strips, Whale Applique with Hand Embroidery

Quilting:  Free-motion stippling

Backing:  Blue with white dot Flannel - Walmart

Cactus Quilt - the 3rd

This is the 3rd Cactus Quilt that I have made.  This one is for sale in my Etsy Shop . It is similar to the one that I have made for Tori before.  She painted this picture of some cacti on a pink background, and  I thought the picture was so cute and it inspired me to create this applique strip and also inspired the colors for hers and this new Cactus Quilt!

Start: 15 December 2019

Finish: 18 April 2020

Size: Baby Size 39" x 38"

Pattern:  Half Square Triangles with Applique and Hand Embroidery

Fabric:  Waverly Inspirations - Walmart, 97 White - Bella Solids, scraps

Quilting: Baptist Fan

Backing:  Pink Flannel print - Walmart

Squirrel Quilt

Definitely a girl quilt. This cute little squirrel quilt is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop. I designed the pattern to frame an applique, or a feature fabric and then have co-ordinating fabrics surrounding. There is also squirrels in one of the supporting fabrics.  I have made this pattern in several different versions so far. I am pretty happy with how this Navy & Peach Squirrel version turned out and I am going to keep experimenting!

Start: 11 January 2020

Finish: 22 April 2020

Size:  Baby Size 38" x 38"

Pattern:  Special Square

Fabrics: Waverly Inspirations - Walmart, Bella Solids, White with Gold dot - Hobby Lobby

Quilting: Free-motion Stippling

Retro Orange Sunflowers

Ok, this quilt reminds me of the 60s.  Maybe it's the avacado green like the kitchen appliances we had in our home growing up, or the orange sunflowers that reminds me of the wall paper in that same kitchen....

Start: 10 January 2020
Finish: 18 April 2020
Size: Toddler Size 42" x 38"
Pattern:  T-Square
Fabric: Waverly Inspirations - Walmart, 97 - Bella Solids
Quilting: Free-motion Stippling

Hourglass Elephant

I have a lot of elephant quilts right now because I wanted to take some handwork to put in my purse on my trip to Hawaii.  So I started a bunch of new quilts that need embroidery on applique strips.  I turned out that I didn't really work on them much during my trip, but I did get a lot done after because that is when I started self-isolating due to Covid 19.  I have enjoyed doing handwork in the evenings while watching movies with my family.  I actually like that we don't have anywhere to go.  This yellow and gray version could be for a girl or a boy.  I can't decide.

Start: 13 February 2020

Finish: 18 April 2020

Size: 42"x 40"

Pattern: Easy Hourglass

Fabric: Waverly Inspirations - Walmart, 98 Bleached White - Bella Solids, Connecting Threads

Quilting: Stippling

Elephant Quilt

I have been at home a lot lately due to Covid 19.  Good thing is that I am getting a lot of quilting done.  Also a lot of quilting started.  I have noticed that I love to start new quilts. Although I do enjoy all the parts of quilting, starting must be my favorite, because I can't seem to limit my works in progress no matter how many quilts I finish....and I am ok with that!
This is one of my latest finishes - it is my 17th Covid finish

Started: April 18/2020
Finished: May 1st/2020
Size: Baby Size 41" x 40"
Quilting: Fort panto - Gray thread
Fabric: Gingham, Zen Gray - Bella solid, Charcoal Gray - Bella Solid, 98 Bleached White - Bella Solid, White with black plus,  Yellow - scraps
Backing: Gray elephant flannel

Christmas Snow

This quilt felt like it took forever!!  I started it really close to Christmas but ofcourse I didn't have time to get it done in time.  I thought I would finish it for sure by the next Christmas, but I didn't.  Then I got stuck and didn't want to work on it.  I think I was procrastinating the quilting part.  I tried to force myself to finish it by not allowing myself to start any new projects until I finished it.  But that didn't work.  I ended up not doing any quilting for 8 months!!!  Finally I just took a week off of life the next summer and started 8 new quilts.  I just needed to get back into the quilting mode!  Shortly after that, I finished the Christmas Snow quilt.

Started: November 2012

Finished:  Oct 2014

Quilting: free motion quilting on domestic machine in snowflake design

Fabric: 2 charm packs + 1 yd grey fabric Basic Gray - Blitzen

Design: Half-square triangles in chevron

Baby Birds Quilt

Yellow and aqua applique birds with hand embroidery.  Love making these legs!

Started: January 27, 2017
Finished: Febrary 2017
Size: 40x46
Quilting: Stippling
Fabric: Aqua and Yellow geometric pattern
Pattern: Strip piecing with bird applique and hand embroidery
Sold: Simple Sweet Shop