Bear Tracks Quilt Top

I am excited to show off my version of the Bear Tracks quilt top!

I ended up having a lot of trouble adhering to the layout in the pattern because I am working with five different fabrics and only three different basic colors. So I did diagonal stripes of each color and mixed in some unpieced squares around the edges.

Here's the final quilt top:

And here's the original quilt for reference:

I don't have enough fabric to do the borders (I don't think) so I will be working on getting this quilted this weekend! Then it will be sent off to a sweet little lady named Penny!

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Spring Splendor Pattern Premiere and Giveaway!

After a long fashion, Spring Splendor is FINALLY in pattern form!

Amanda designed this quilt using a fat quarter bundle of Joel Dewberry's Botanique line and turned it into a gorgeous queen sized quilt perfect for spring!

The main technique used in this quilt is stitch and flip triangles -- if you are an advanced beginner or intermediate quilter, this quilt should be a piece of cake!

One nice aspect of this design is that it works well with larger scale prints -- I love being able to highlight some of the gorgeous large scale prints on the shelves!

Want to win your own copy of Spring Splendor? Leave a comment below with what the Easter Bunny brought you! Want to get your own copy NOW? 

Update: Our winner is Diana!

Check out Alison's baby sized version of this pattern made with Island Batik fabrics!

Spring Splendor on Etsy

March Stash Bee Blocks

This month in the Stash Bee, our Queen Bee was Robin and she requested these really neat modern scrappy blocks.

I love that she included her drawing of the block in her post!

Since I'm already done with my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for the month, I figured I needed to continue to bust scraps, so I made Robin three blocks!

I pulled out my stash of 2.5 inch squares and the leftover 2.5 inch strips from last month's Stash Bee block. It makes it so much easier to already have scraps in the right size ready to go!

Since I have found that lots of people request low volume backgrounds in the Stash Bee, I have a old makeup bag filled with my low volume scraps so that they are always at the ready. Unfortunately, I am getting very low and my scraps are getting too small to work with unless I was doing some small paper piecing. Looks like I might have to go shipping!

Multi-Faceted is on Moda Bake Shop!

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen some sneak peaks of a quilt that I was quilting for my sister, Amanda. It's all finished and up on Moda Bake Shop!

Introducing Multi-Faceted!

This is a fun quarter-square triangle block quilt that uses two print charm packs, one solid charm pack, and a little bit of yardage.

It finishes at 55 inches square so it is a great little throw or really big baby quilt.

I quilted this with a pattern I would describe as a "directional meander" -- the meanders are essentially layered on top of one another and travel diagonally across the quilt.

This picture shows a closer view of the quilting:

I quilted it with a medium grey thread that is about the same color as the grey ovals in the fabric in the top right corner in the close up picture. The binding is the same fabric as the backing, which is one of the largest scale prints in the collection.

I hope that you visit Moda Bake Shop today and check out Amanda's newest creation! (Made with my help!)

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Rainbow Hexies -- Finished Rainbow Mini

I'm so excited to share the finished mini quilt that I made as a part of the Rainbow Mini Swap -- Round 2 on Instagram!

Here is the beauty!

I was very excited to make this because my partner was one of my hive mates in the Stash Bee last year! I didn't remember to get a picture of the back or of the goodies that I sent either -- boo! Jackie was very excited about them though.

The binding was a little bit tough especially with the inner corners, but it turned out really well! I put hanging pockets on the back as well.

Stats:
Name: Rainbow Hexies
Size: Approximately 20 inches across at the widest point
Quilting: free motion in various patterns
Fabrics: Kona Ash and lots and lots of scrappy strings

And here is the mini that I received, made by Briawna of Purple Poppy Quilts!

Isn't this just gorgeous? I am trying to figure out where to hang this beauty and have already started using the pin cushion!

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