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I spent some time this weekend finishing up the second quilt for my new twin nieces (see the first one here ).  If you didn't guess from the first quilt, the second quilt is the second half of the rainbow.  These quilts were super fun and quick to make, so I thought I'd share quick (very rough) instructions in case you want to make your own. Cut (42) 6.75" squares for each quilt.  I used different shades of three different colors, but yours doesn't have to be rainbow-y.  It could be scrappy or a single color or whatever you want. Pair the squares together to make half square triangles.  Trim the HSTs down to 6.25" and sew together the quilt top so that it is 6 blocks x 7 blocks.   When I was finished with the quilt tops I was a little stumped about what to use for backing.  I wanted to use the same print in different color ways and I was convinced that I wouldn't find anything out there that matched both of my quilt tops.  But I checked my stash a...

A few days ago my sister unexpectedly went into labor at 33 weeks with her twin baby girls.  I had made quilt tops for her a few weeks ago, but they weren't at the top of the priority list since we weren't expecting the babies to be born for another month. Both babies doing well and weighed around 5 pounds.  They are going to be spending a little extra time in the hospital which gives me a little extra time to finish their quilts.  I spent the last couple days finishing the first one and am hoping to finish the second this weekend. I knew I wanted to do something that was quick and colorful, so for this quilt I went with pink/orange/yellow (can you guess what the second quilt will look like?) HSTs.  They finish at 5.75", making this quilt 36" x 41".  My sister regularly uses the quilt I made for one of her other kids ( this one ), so I knew I wanted to make the quilts a good carseat/stroller size. The backing is from Alison Glass' Sunprint collection and the ...

Today begins Week 1 of the Pretty Playtime Quilts book by Elea Lutz .  Over the next few weeks, blocks from the book will be highlighted by different bloggers.  Watch for my turn on Week 11 ;)  In the meantime, check out this adorable book ! Week 2 - Erin from  Why Not Sew? Week 3 - Wynn from  Zakka Art Week 4 - Anorian from  Samelia's Mum Week 5 - Amy from  Diary of a Quilter Week 6 - Renee from  Sewn with Grace Week 7 - Jemima from  Tied with a Ribbon Week 8 - Amanda from  Jedi Craft Girl Week 9 - Debbie from  Happy Little Cottage Week 10 - Tina from  Emily Ann's Kloset Week 11 - Erica from  Kitchen Table Quilting Week 12 - Kristyne from  Pretty  by Hand Week 13 - Heidi from  Fabric Mutt Week 14 - Brigitte from  The Family Hearth Week 15 - Lorrie from  Sew Mod Designs Week 16 - Kristin from  They Grow Up Too Fast

All right guys, this is an exciting and scary day for me.  My first ever quilt pattern is available for purchase!  I have written patterns for magazines and fabric manufacturers and I have done tutorials, but this is a whole new thing. The pattern is now available on Craftsy and Etsy . Thanks to some wonderful and extremely helpful pattern testers, I feel like the pattern is ready for you. And I have images from the testers to share. Alison I was so excited that Alison was willing to test the pattern for me.  I admire her work so much and she always has such a unique perspective.  She did not disappoint! I love how pretty her version turned out and I love how she mixed up the colors on the side triangles.  And the background fabric is gorgeous! Adrienne Adrienne went nice and scrappy with a cooler color palette.   These colors are right up my alley and I love the way they pop against her scrappy, low volume background. Dawn Dawn had a family emergency and ...

A few weeks ago a friend emailed and asked if I would make a quilt for his wife and soon-to-be-born baby boy.  We have known them since my husband was in law school and they have been living in Hong Kong for the past several years and they are some of my favorite people in the whole world.  Now that they have received the quilt and the baby has been born, I can post the finished product. I decided to do a log cabin quilt with lots of blues and greens.  The fabrics are mostly solids, with a few of Lizzy House's Pearl Bracelets prints mixed in because they are just the best colors.  Plus they coordinated with the Natural History print that I used on the back. I love this gorgeous dinosaur print and I used the colors as inspiration for the quilt top.   I did something a little different for this quilt; I used double gauze as the binding.  This idea really started because it was the only fabric that I had that was the exact color that I wanted for the binding, ...

I finally finished this quilt for my daughter.  For the past few years I have been making quilts for nieces and nephews as they have turned 8, so I knew I wanted to make a new quilt for my daughter's bed for her 8th birthday.  But we are in a little bit of a limbo situation where we are trying to decide whether to keep Harper in her twin sized bed or get something a little bigger, so we are gong to wait just a little while before we make a bed sized quilt. So here is our in-between quilt. It is a little on the smaller size (42" x 56"), but should be a good size for snuggling on the couch.  This is actually my preferred size for using at my desk. Because Harper was not very happy about not getting her new bed quilt immediately (we are going through a little bit of a drama queen phase) I wanted to do a few things to make the quilt extra special.  So the first thing I did was use Quilter's Dream wool batting . I have used wool on 4 different quilts; I have used Quilter...

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