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Baby Quilts Using Your Fabric Stash

8/7/2017

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curved piecing
Steeler's Fan
Baby quilts are a great way to utilize your fabric stash. They're small, so you don't need much fabric and; depending on the pattern, they can come together quickly. For both of these quilts, I was able to use fabric from my stash and use the leftovers to piece the backing. 
hexagon piecing
Heavensent
A baby quilt is also a great way to test out some tricky blocks or shapes, because you don't need many to complete the top.

For the Heavensent quilt, I used Julie Herman's Candy Dish pattern and her Hex N More ruler as a starting point.
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I practiced my curved piecing on the Steeler's Fan quilt. I used the Quick Curve ruler by Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful and her Crazy Eights pillow pattern as a starting point.
curved piecing
football shape
The Steeler's Fan quilt is for a Mom who is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I googled Steelers' images and their colors and started pulling fabrics, while thinking "baby girl". Notice the football shapes in each block - ooh, clever.
meanding loop quilting
Meandering loops
allover feather quilting
Allover feather quilting
Allover quilting designs are an excellent choice for baby quilts that will get a lot of wear and tear. I quilted meandering loops on Steeler's Fan and allover feathers on Heavensent. Notice the backings that were pieced using fabrics from the quilt top.
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Here's a look at how these quilts started:
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Trying different layouts
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Deciding on border fabric

A baby quilt is a perfect first-time project: 
  • You don't need much fabric 
  • You can practice tricky blocks because you don't need to make many (if you get tired of making them, you can throw in some plain blocks or extra borders!) 
  • It doesn't have to be perfect or fancy (the baby won't mind) 
  • It's a thoughtful gift made by you for a sweet, cuddly baby (what's not to love?) 

Quilt On my friends! 

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Detour - cooking

8/5/2017

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If you've never made yeast bread, this one hour bread recipe is a great place to start.
http://www.cravingsofalunatic.com/2014/03/one-hour-bread-recipe.html
I've made it several times - always sucessfully! And I'm not much of a cook. My husband likes it so much, I now make 2 loaves at the same time.
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I thawed some veg soup and added some stuff to make it into minestrone by following a recipe I found online. The internet is a great way to find recipes that use up your leftovers or some food that's starting to get a little old. The minestrone turned out great and was delish with some of the fresh homemade bread - yum!
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And last but not least, chicken and rice. It sure smelled good, but I got side tracked and let it cook too long. Oh well, you win some and lose some. But you should definitely try the bread!
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Crayon Blox Quilt - Lessons Learned

8/3/2017

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Crayon Blox Quilt
Crayon Blox Quilt
Just got the quilt off the longarm and attached the binding.

Here's the full quilt after binding:
block of the month quilt
This was a block of the month quilt project at my local quilt store. Here you can see when I was deciding how to set the blocks and an image of the top before the quilting was started.

I used solid fabrics on the back so the quilting really shows - eek!
pieced quilt back
But I love how the back turned out!
Longarm Quilting
Which leads to Lesson One:
I think the quilting is too much for the front; it "fights" with the piecing.
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And Lesson Two:
The thread is the wrong color. It just looks dirty on the light colored batik fabrics. I used King Tut thread in Riverbank on the top and So Fine in Clay for the bobbin.  Maybe a light gray or off white would have been better and then black thread in the solid black areas and in the outer border.
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 But the back is fun ;)
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So, it's not perfect; but the quilt is done, I learned some useful stuff and I have more quilting experience.  It's not about perfection, it's about the journey.

I was pleasantly surprised with the back - maybe I should hang it like this!
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