Baby Quilts for the Twins

I have finally finished the quilts for my twin nieces, Millie and Billie! 

For the twins' quilts, I wanted to use some fabric that I had gotten from my mom, which was the same fabric she had used to make some other cute baby items for their nursery room. Some of the fabric had some large panels with birds and trees, but I didn't want the entire quilt tops to be made out of just those panels pieced together. I wanted them to have more of a patchwork look. So figuring out how it would all work out was a challenging process.  In the end, I'm happy with the patchwork / not-too-planned look of both of them! 

Here are the photos!

Planning out the quilt tops (with another baby quilt underneath as a guide for size):

One of the quilt tops before basting and quilting:

Close up of some of the hand-quilting:

Cheerful green binding all ready to go:

Binding in process:

Finished quilt for Millie:

Finished Quilt for Billie:

"Inspired Modern Quilts" with Elizabeth Hartman on craftsy.com

I signed up for "Inspired Modern Quilts" on craftsy.com!  In case you haven't heard about Craftsy, there are many great online classes for lots of topics, including lots of quilting related classes. I use the Craftsy app so I can watch the lessons right from my iPad! What's really great is that once you've enrolled, you can watch the class whenever you want and as many times as you want. And there is a chat feature where you can post comments and questions. You can even share examples of your work if the class has projects.  I'm excited to start this one! 

Neons and Chevrons quilt top

I just love neons! I couldn't resist the new Riley Blake designs neon fabrics! As soon as they were in stock at my neighborhood quilt shop, Sew Modern, I headed on over to snatch them up in all of the colors! I have many projects in mind for these fun projects. 

For this quilt top, I cut squares in equal sizes in all of the neons and in a black and white chevron, also by Riley Blake designs. 

I then pieced together squares, with each made of three small squares in one neon color and one square in the chevron print.  Next I made 8 even larger multi-colored squares each out of four of the pieced squares.  I made four vertical rectangles each with two of the pieced squares. Shown above are some of the squares as I laid them out for planning purposes to make sure that the color order had a random look. 

For the final quilt top, I made four rows. Each row has two of the four-square pieces and one of the two-square rectangles, with white squares from a Kona solids charm pack used to make the smashing in between each piece in the row. Between each row, I used white strips from a Kona jelly roll as the smashing. 

Oh how I love a cute little fabric store

One of my favorite ways to spend a weekend afternoon is browsing (and buying!) fabrics! I'm so glad that nearby there is an adorable little fabric store with a beautiful selection and fabulously helpful staff! It's called Sew Modern (now isn't that just a perfect name?) and it's located on Pico in West LA.

Happy sewing!

Fabrics for new projects

Just some leftovers and scraps, but they look pretty good together for a little baby quilt.

I just love the vintage feel of these adorable patterns!

These two fabrics need some friends! Then I'm going to turn them into a quilt for....myself!

Baby quilt in progress - blue, coral / orange and pink

Th quilt below is now in the quilting phase. I am making this one for a friend's new baby.  The fabrics were chosen to coordinate with her baby room decor, which is by Cocala Couture. 

Baby quilt in progress - pink and brown birdies

This quilt is one of two currently in progress for my twin nieces, who just turned 1. The material coordinates with the decor that is already in their bedroom.