Instagram swap

 I love doing swaps on Instagram I meet such interesting people, and get to try out many quilting techniques with making

I did this swap last year, and someone else made these kitties.  And I decided I would make them this year.  I was kind of disappointed there weren't more kitties.

Here is the top I made all finished.

Here is the back of the quilt.

Here is the mini quilt that I received!
 

Rail Fence finished

I finally finished this quilt! I started it in November 2018!  I enjoyed the process so much.  I liked the size blocks I worked with.  I used 2.5" x 4.5" bricks.

I quilted with circles/swirls. 

This was the third of quilts I was making for my friends kids.  Hopefully they will be well covered until High school graduation.

 

Pokémon Quilt done

Here is the pokémon quilt all quilted!!!  
 

I used some flannel on the back.  For the binding I used the same colors from the front.  

I am so pleased with how this quilt turned out.  I wasn't sure how much I would like it, because of the random colors, but I am very happy with it!

This quilt design is by Carolyn Friedlander, it's called Ray. In essence it's a really big log cabin quilt.  She has a "coloring" page you can use to keep track of what you want it to look like, and all the measurements! Definitely check it out if you are looking for a quick & easy quilt to make!

Pinks & purples

I finished it!! My pinks & purples quilt! I am so happy with how it turned out!

Here is the full top after it was quilted!

And here is the pieced back.  I did not have HAVE to buy anything for it, but I chose to buy something, only because I was at the fabric store, and they had fabric ;)  I liked doing the pieced backing, I like how it looks and using up what I already have.  I also used some left over blocks/pieces on the back also.
 

Tee shirt quilt DONE!!

 And here is my sisters Tee shirt quilt all finished!

I made most of the blocks 14", but the middle row had blocks that were about 17" tall.  Also on the left side I sewed the green and orange blocks as a mini side row, because they were slightly longer.

I kept fronts and backs together, per my sisters request.

I love working on tee shirt quilts!

Finished quilt

I showed this quilt on the long arm.  But here is a picture of the full top.  It was hard to get a full shot of, because it's quite large!

Here is the fabric I picked for the backing.  And you can see the binding.  

I decided to do a teal binding, I think it worked well even with the orange.

I was trying to sew the binding and noticed the quilt was not moving. . .Earl was NOT helping.

AT ALL.

This boy loves his quilts!

Tee Shirt Quilt done!

I decided in the long run to add the smaller blocks to the top of the quilt.

I added a 2" sashing because I didn't want the quilt to get TOO large.  I measured each row, and for the most part each of them were close in size! I did end up having to add a little sashing to the top of some of the rows.  Then I added a full row to the top & bottom of the little blocks.

I also added a slightly larger border to the bottom, I figured that if I felt it was too long after quilting I could trim it, same for the side borders.

When I quilted it I actually did it upside down, because the of the back.  (there is a picture further down), but I had one small block left over and I used it in the back, I wanted to make sure the whole thing was on there. (If you don't know, when long arming you need to make sure your backing is a few inches larger in width & length to be able to attach it to the machine.)

Here is the finished quilted quilt!

 

 

And this is the back.  I don't think I have a close up of the fabrics I used, the left & right pieces have donald duck on them.  My FIL loves him.  I had actually bought the fabric for the back a few years ago to make him a quilt.  I think it works well for the back!  You can see the one extra block on the bottom right.  The bottom left is the label I used.  I tried something new.

It's cricut infusible Ink.  I usually have done corner labels and write them with a pen, but after a few washes, it ends up coming off :/ infusible ink will NOT do that!  Next time I will use my heat press to do this, you can see where I kind of moved the transfer sheet with the iron.

 I should have made it a small block on the backside, but I folded over the edges and stitched it right on top.  But like I said it's my first time, gotta start somewhere!

If you are interested in a tee shirt quilt I have more information here

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Scrappy trips finished

I have TWO finished scrappy trip quilts. I don't know exactly when these were started, I know sometime BEFORE 2015. 

I had done some exchanges, so there is a lot of variety in my blocks.  

One of these I actually quilted last summer. I just hadn't had the chance to get the second one done.

I did a scrappy back for both of them, using up some left extra blocks I had.

This backing was actually part of the left over from the first quilt!  For the binding for both quilts I used purple scraps, AND I got to break in my new die from Accuquilt.  

I bought a 2.25" strip cutter, because that is the size I make my bindings.  It was SO nice, I got so many strips cut and so easily. 

Quartered star Quilt finished!

I started this quilt in the summer of 2019.  I had actually started it as a light/darks quilt. But I wasn't happy with the way it was looking for my nephew, so I thought I would try the blues.  

I really like how it turned out.  I still have some of the test blocks from when I did it as lights and darks, so I can definitely say that will be a quilt in my future.

I was originally going to go 100% scrappy for the back, but I found a piece of blue that was almost large enough.  I had thought about making a few more star blocks and putting them on the back, but I wanted something a little easier, so I just used 5" square (many of which are the same as the front).

For the binding I used random blue fabrics, including some from the backing.

Alphabet Quilt finished!

I got the quilt top done!  And it's on the long arm.  I thought I had thread that was black, white and grey, but I couldn't find any.  So I just used grey.  I think it worked well.  I just did a meander.  I also wrote their last name in it.

Here is the top all finished, quilted and bound. I just used solid black for the binding.

And then the back.  When I found the box that housed this WIP (work in progress) it was heavier than I thought it would have been for having a few quilt blocks in it. That was because I had put some fabric with it I wanted to use!

I had just enough to do the backing for the quilt.  The main piece of the back has music terms on it, and then middle line has piano keys and then some instruments

Beer quilt - done!

I finished the Beer quilt!! Scott was very happy with it.  But he said it was so big he couldn't even hold it up! (Just to give you a little frame of reference, Scott is 6'5"!) so we took it to his parents so he dad could help him hold it up.

It was windy and this was about the best I could do.

Here is a close up picture of the finished quilt

I am linking up to What I made Monday