Monday, April 18, 2016

Pop Stars Mystery quilt

I belong to an online quilt group which provides the instructions for a Mystery quilt. Each month we receive the instructions for a new set of blocks. This was for 2015. You have the option of purchasing the exact same fabric as the designer used but I had some pieces that were similar. I like the scrappy border and using yellow for the binding.  
I enjoyed quilting this myself. This quilt is for my sister's birthday present.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Quilt from Baby Clothes

This is my "James" quilt named after a great nephew.  My niece sent me shirts, sleepers, hats, bibs etc that he wore his first months. I had fun deciding how to incorporate all the different items. His sleepers had cute faces on the feet some of which I included, also. I used receiving blankets for the backing and puffy polyester batting tied with embroidery floss. Most blocks were finished 5 1/2". Some of the blocks needed to be pieced to make them the needed size.
It was a fun, learning experience.