Orange & White Craziness

I finally started on my Orange & White quilt this week. I have been collecting O&W fabric for a while but wasn't sure just how I wanted to work it into a quilt. Then I saw this wonderful tutorial on Oh, Fransson's blog for a Crazy 9 Patch Lattice Quilt and I knew it was perfect! Since I wanted a quilt bigger than the one in the tutorial I just added a couple of more rows to it. I have 45 of the 72 blocks made. 






I will also use a Kona tan as my solid blocks. 


I just don't like using a lot of white in my quilts. Does anybody else feel that way?


Hopefully I will get the rest of the O&W blocks done this weekend.
Then next week I will start sashing the Paintbox Owl quilt. 
I love it when I have projects to work on!


Everybody have a great weekend!
K

Picture Wednesday - Paintbox Squares Finished!!

I know, I know, I have been slacking off on my blogging, but making Hexagons has taken over my life! I have also been organizing and spring cleaning in my sewing room.
I did finally finish my Paintbox quilt-a-long squares. All 80 of them. I love, love, love how they turned out! I also love the layout I decided on. I will be using a Kona Charcoal to sash them with. I am hoping to get the quilt top finished sometime next week.







Next I will have to figure out what to do with the back. Any suggestions?

Picture Wednesday - Addicted to Hexagons!

Yes, I am now addicted to making Hexagons! Thanks Texas Freckles and everyone else in the quilting/blogging world that kept talking about how easy it was. I blame all of you for this new addiction! 



They are so much fun to make! It is the perfect project to work on while you watch TV. I have made about 40 of these little beauties so far and have a lot more cut out. 


It's amazing how much cuter the fabric looks when it is in a hexagon shape!



I want to make a lap quilt and with good timing, Melanie at Texas Freckles is starting a hexagon charm piece-a-long.



This will be a long project! I think I am going to go about it in "blocks". Make a 7hex x 7 hex block and then put them together. Hopefully this will make the project seem less "big".




I almost have my first row stitched together!
I will keep posting my progress on this quilt.


Happy St. Patrick's Day! Now go out and drink some green beer!
K

Friday!

I finished my first "getting paid for" quilt. The Stacked Coin quilt came out beautiful but I was not happy with the photos I took of it today (very cloudy here) so I will not be posting photos yet. I will see if I can get some better photos before I ship it out next week. 


I have been seeing a lot of my fellow quilters working on hexagons. I wasn't sure I wanted to try it until I read Melanie at Texas Freckles Blog. She had done some research and had links to other blogs on ways to make them. Apparently they are very addictive! So I have decided to give it a try. I picked up some 1.5" pre-cut hexagons at the quilt show last weekend. This will be my weekend project while I catch up on some TV shows.
If I become addicted - I am blaming Melanie! LOL!





I also worked on a few more Paintbox Quilt Along blocks. Only 28 more to go. Now I will have to decided on a sashing color? Charcoal Grey??





Don't forget that Target launches their Liberty of London line this Sunday!!! You know what I will be doing on Sunday!!
Have a great weekend!!
K 

Picture Wednesday - Quilt For Sale!!

This beautiful little gem is now for sale in my Etsy shop!


This cute and girly quilt is made up of bright designer cotton fabrics in a modern pattern. The back is a simple square block in Turquoise Kona Solid Cotton and a beautiful Kaffee Fassett Aqua floral print. Machine pieced and quilted using 100% cotton batting. The Turquoise binding is hand stitched using a blind hem stitch for an invisible finish. The quilt is pre-washed giving it a beautiful and soft crinkled look. 
Quilt measures approx 40x40. 










I love the wavy line quilting!


If you are interested just click on the Etsy link to your right and it will take you to my shop.
I love this quilt and it will be hard to part with but, it would make a little girl really happy!

Monday

Here it is, Monday again. Not much going on just working on the same projects and since I cleaned the house this weekend I have lot's of time to sew. 
This week I am working on - 


1. Hand stitching the binding on the Stacked Coin quilt. Got lots done this weekend while watching TV. Have about 1/2 of the quilt left to do!



2. Starting to work on my March block for Corey who is a part of our "Sew New To Me VQB" group. I am looking forward to working on her block. It is to be made up of 1/2 square triangles. Figuring this out will be fun!



3. Sewing up some more of these cute Paintbox Quilt Along squares!


I have a exciting photo to post on Picture Wednesday!


Everybody have a fun week of sewing!
K

NJ Quilt Fest

So I have a very good reason for not posting yesterday. I spent all day at the NJ Quilt Fest in Somerset, NJ with my artist friend Cindi. We had a great day looking at all the quilts on display and shopping in the booths. I forgot my camera but really didn't need it. We were both very disappointed in the quilts that were on display. There were only a couple of really good ones that evoked a feeling. Most were just flat and looked the same. The booths were ok. I get really frustrated that you can't find the popular "modern" fabrics at these quilt shows. I did stumble on a couple of cute Japanese prints but that was about it. Even the booths that carried some Amy Butler & Kaffee Fassett had mostly the older patterns (that I have already). And not one booth carried any good solids! It seems like the only place you can find cool fabrics in online. Maybe I should start my own online fabric store????
Here are some photos of the cute fabrics I did find yesterday - 


I am in love with this cute fabric created by Kokka called Trefle. I think I will fussy cut the pieces and frame them for my sewing room.



Love, love, love the jumping frogs also by Kokka.



I have been looking for this fabric for awhile. It's Alexander Henry "Senor Burrito". He is so cute!


So this weekend I will be hand stitching the blind hem on the stacked coin quilt. I have lots of TV taped so I can catch up on my shows!
We also have 2 house showing scheduled for tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed!!
Have a great weekend!
K