Glow

Maggi got the kit of Kaffe Fassett fabrics from Bernie before she passed. It was about twice this size at about 100 inches.  It was a kit called Glow by Free Spirit.  I realized I doubted that I would ever use it as a bed quilt, so decided to make it smaller and use the left over fabric for the other side.  I don't have anything in my stash that would work for a back and wasn't interested in buying anything.

This is the reverse side.  I used the same Moda WOW to break up the color a bit.  I added that luscious lime green and some orange batik leaves that I used for a blouse a few years ago. This is a free Moda pattern called "Simply Woven."  I had to redo s few blocks because I had trouble with rotating the blocks consistently  Once I got it...it was easy.

Pane by Pane Tree Quilt

 

This quilt has been waiting in the wings for about 4 years.  I found the pattern in Love of Quilting magazine March/ April 2014.  I tried it first in tans and neutrals I had in my stash.  I had purchased fabric for this and then had to change it, so purchased several yards of new fabric. One lady said she used this pattern using many different fabrics.  I will have to think about that.  It wasn't my favorite pattern and I usually don't like to make a quilt more than once.  I have already done it twice!  I do like how it splits up a pretty focus fabric though.  I didn't quilt this one as much as the tan one and I may regret it.  It didn't lay really flat and maybe more quilting would have helped that, but it was a pain to quilt.  Straight line quilting is hard and I would much rather do  a design where I don't have to worry about marking or sewing straight, etc.

I saw a quilt by Aleta Top Gustavson on Quiltville Open Studio in December of last year, and I loved it.  I finished one (not as big as Aleta's) in less than a year.

These blocks are 1 inch finished.  Marge called hers the idiot quilt.  :)

Displaying quilts in the living room.

Smith Mountain Morning is done!  Bonnie Hunter's pattern.  I need a different name since it really doesn't go with my color change.

This is what I am putting on the other side of the Kaffe Fassett Glow downsized quilt. It is a free pattern for Moda's jelly roll strips.  It is found here.  I have added some of my own 2.5 strips.  I have not planned how much additional fabric I will need, so I am just using an about one strip per block of my own or Marge's fabric.

This is made from a kit by Kaffe Fassett called Glow.  Maggi generously gave me the kit.  The finished quilt was to be 90 x90.  I pieced it to 72 x 90 and after laying it on the floor decided even that was probably too big for a couch quilt. I am making it 60 x 72. It will be a while before it gets quilted because I like to do two at a time to justify the mess I make in the living room with the tables.

Simplify wallhanging.  Embroidered in 8 different hoopings.  Marge and I saw a sample at Bernina and each made one.  Mine doesn't have a point at the bottom because of an initial misplacement.

Frozen Elsa apron made for Madison. Saw the many aprons that Marge made for Terra's preschoolers.