Groovy Wishes -- Finally Finished!

It might have taken a year and a half since the Wishes BOM with the Fat Quarter Shop finished, but I am finally finished with my version of the Wishes quilt!

Introducing Groovy Wishes!

You can check out all of my posts about this quilt here. I used Kona Charcoal as my background and the majority of my fabrics came from the Cabana Blooms collection with a few others mixed in.

I went back and forth and back and forth about if I was going to quilt this myself or not, but ultimately decided against it. It is pantograph quilted with a winding feather pattern. I used a pink leafy print from my stash for the binding.

I had so much fun taking this one to the park and taking pictures! Unfortunately the grass was still wet so I didn't get quite as many full quilt shots as I would have liked, but this little bridge worked out just perfectly.

For the backing, I used all of the leftover pieces from my fabrics and sewed them together into a big strip, then cut the strip in half and sewed the halves together, and then cut the strip in half one last time and sewed it together again. While it probably should have been big enough for the backing based on square inches, it was too square -- it was not quite long enough for this twin sized quilt. There's a black strip at one end to round it out.

I am wishing that I still had a twin bed to put this quilt on! I might just have to cuddle with it on the couch instead.

Quilt Stats:
Name: Groovy Wishes
Pattern: Wishes BOM
Size: 78x62 inches
Fabrics: Mainly Cabana Blooms, others mixed in
Quilting; Winding feather pantograph
Backing: Leftover piecing fabrics

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PS. We are having a sale on our Bear Tracks Pattern -- only $5 until July 12th!

Summer Solstice QAL {Cutting}

This summer I am participating in Melissa at Happy Quilting's Summer Solstice QAL! This is the first time doing one of her quilt alongs after following them for what has to be years!

I am planning to do the 2x2 quilt with 24 inch blocks which makes a 54 inch quilt. Here is my fabric pull:

I won these fabrics over three years ago, so it was probably time to put them to good use. They are from the Botanica line from Timeless Treasures. The fuchsia marble is my background, I am going to use the green marble for my inner stars (the yellow in the diagram), the large black floral will the be "surround" (red in the diagram) and the white will be my outer stars (orange in the diagram). I'm planning to use the smaller floral for my binding and potentially some of my sashing.

I got everything all cut this weekend and ready for the next set of directions!

I am very excited to see how this all turns out! Hopefully I hoarded these fabrics for the perfect project. :)

Linking up with Happy Quilting to share my slicing!

Reversible Summer Tablerunner

My mom was here this weekend visiting and while she was here, I went through my pile of abandoned quilt blocks and sorted out a few for her to donate to a guild that makes charity quilts. I also pulled out a few blocks for myself to work on and try to finish.

One of these abandoned projects was started from the triangle cut offs from a Stash Bee block that I made in 2013. Yes, 2013. The blocks are here, the start of the pinwheels are here,  and I guess that's the last time I posted about this project. I actually took my pinwheels and put them together with some solid aqua Kona and made a table runner top and then the project was put in the abandoned project box for almost three years.

Since it was a little on the small side for a table runner, I added some red borders. I found some patriotic fabric in my stash to use as the backing, quilted it, and bound it with some red striped fabric.

This was such a quick and easy afternoon finish! I quilted it with loops and stars to give it more of a patriotic flair.

The backing fabric is VERY busy but on its own as a "wholecloth" style table runner, I think it works well. I have used this fabric in things before, but usually in rather small pieces.

It's good to have a finish and something new to put on the table!

Sharing at Finish it up Friday, Free Motion Mavericks, Fabric Tuesday, and Sew Cute Tuesday!

Now on Moda Bake Shop: Ribbon Candy!

While I didn't "help" with this quilt, I am excited to share that my sister Amanda has another pattern on Moda Bake Shop today! Introducing Ribbon Candy!

This quilt uses two jelly rolls and some yardage for the background, border, and backing. She used Basic Grey's new Christmas line Juniper Berry which is SO adorable!

While the piecing is not complicated in this quilt -- it is mainly stitch and flip squares and rectangles -- the main thing is keeping all of your colors arranged to have your ribbons in the right order.

Here's a close up of the block!

Hop on over to Moda Bake Shop to check it out!

Aquamarine {RSC 2016}

Today I only have one block to share, but it's a good one! I made one of my two blue birthstone blocks this week -- my March Aquamarine.

There are a few patches that are a little on the dark side, but I am extremely happy with it in the grand scheme of things. This week I hope to get my true blue sapphire done so that I'll have eight of my twelve birthstone blocks done! You can get this pattern from No Hats in the House.

Sharing at Scrap Happy Saturday!