WIP Wednesday - Quilting in circles

Happy hump day. If you haven't stopped by since last week be sure to check out my latest finishes Playtime squared and Pink-a-lime-tron and today is the last day to enter my 100th post giveaway.

I am working on finishing this lovely for the January installment of the Lovely year of finishes (LYoF)

Had a little issue at the very end of piecing the top. One yard of my feather print was juuuust not enough. SERIOUSLY, fabric, come on!

 I added a little cornerstone. Nope I didn't go back and add cornerstones to the other corners. Asymmetrical corners are tres chic especially for seam ripper haters.

Here are a few quilting in progress shots (QuIPs)

Wavy lines spaced 1/2" apart. Just going where my needle takes me.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced See you there!

Pink-A-Lime-A-Tron

The lucky square quilt is finally finished and has a new name: Pink-a-lime-a-tron. Kim came up with the name. I'm so indecisive and not creative when it comes to naming.

 

Details on the fabrics can be found here.

  

Stats

Name: Pink-a-lime-a-tron

Size: 65"x85"

Pattern: Lucky Square from Sew Crafty Jess (available in her pattern shop or on Craftsy)

Machine pieced, quilted and bound a mi casa

 

I forgot to take a picture of the back of the finished quilt so here is a full shot prequilting. The back is pieced with mostly flannel and a row of blocks highlighting the fabrics from the front. I had intended to use the purple dot only but I miscalculated how much I needed and had to go back and buy more. Joann's was out so I got some gray pebbly flannel. I am very happy with the way it looks.

Here is most of the back after quilting.

I quilted with an orange peel design except I peels are going from seam to seem instead of diagonally across the square.The texture it creates is just fantastic. I used Aurifil #1147 light leaf green for the top thread  Aurifil #2530 Watermelon pink for the bobbin. The pink really shows up on the green and gray fabrics but melts right into the purple dot.

 

Now you can appreciate how much difference the quilting makes. And yes this did take hours. I used my home machine which has about 6 inches of throat space. It took about the same amount of time as it would to watch all the Pixar movies. Guess how I know that?

 

And for the last touch of luxury, for the binding I used AMH good folks voile.

Linked up with Quilt Story: Fabric Tuesdays Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF. Hey I am real proud of this one :)

Don't forget to enter my 100 post give-a-way. It ends Wednesday night.

The start of something great

In this bundle, Cuzco plays well with Chicopee and friends. As a whole I wasn't a huge fan of Juggling summer but the ovals are a great stash builder. You can see it better in the photo below.

From top to bottom: paisley in lime (Chicopee), heatwave stripes in lime (Chicopee), voltage dot in black (Chicopee), Midnight sky birds (Simple Marks by Malka), dotted leaf in lime (Chicopee), Indigo citadel (Cuzco), Indigo plumage (Cuzco), Turquoise ovals (Juggling Summer), Indigo oakshott cotton, Gray tweed  texture (Mod Century)

I could just eat them up...

aaaaaand turtle cookie!

Today is a Pixar marathon day with quilting, cleaning, and cooking. How about you?

TGIFF- Playtime squared

Make sure to visit my 100th post giveaway. Open until Wed Jan 23rd

My Friday finish is a quilt for some friends who are expecting a baby girl soon. I almost called it Candyland because it was so sickeningly sweet (collective awwws from the audience please) and the pattern reminded me of a board game map.

Playtime Squared

Size: 36" square

Fabrics: Fly a Kite from Riley Blake and various solids from my stash

Pattern: Lucky Square from Sew Crafty Jess (available in her pattern shop or on Craftsy)

Machine pieced and quilted by me on my home machine with 50wt ivory Aurifil

Binding: pink stripe from Simpatico

Quilted loops in the solids

 

Backed with Paris map print from Dear Stella and some pink

The quilting shows up nicely on the back

 

Labeled = legitimate quilt.

I can take pictures in the snow too. See we got enough snow to almost cover the ground and thereby close school early. No complaints here.

Linking up with Finish it up Friday and TGIFF.

Let's celebrate my 100th post - Giveaway

EDIT: The giveaway is over. Winner posted soon.

I have been blogging since August and have reached 100 posts yaaaaaay (muppet arms). To show my appreciation for all my readers, I think there is more than one of you by now, I am giving away 8 fat quarters of these lovelies.

 Mod beads, hop dot, blossom, all Westminster fabrics. Great for stash building or just plain hording.

fine print:

1. To enter, leave me a comment telling me the weirdest/funniest thing that happened to you on a bus. Seriously, if you don't you can't win. I'm counting on you to leave me some bizarre stories that will make me look like a crazy person for laughing so much. Feel free to just make it up. 
2.  If you are a no reply blogger please leave your e-mail in the spam free way: (name @ email com). 
3. If you are a follower leave a second comment saying so. 
4. You have until Wednesday January 23rd to enter. I will draw a winner on Thursday with random.org.
5. Open worldwide

WIP Wednesday - quilts squared

This week it's hip to be a square. Testing out sewcraftyjess's lucky square pattern. When I first saw her Lucky Square quilt top my first two thoughts were "that's amazing" and "how did she do that?" Well now I know and if you want to know too her pattern is now available in her pattern shop or on Craftsy. 

Lucky Square Twin. You can take a look at the list of fabrics I used here. I'm about 1/4 done with the quilting. I need to finish the design going across and then do the same up and down. I enjoyed the process so much that after making a twin sized top I started on a baby. Nope wasn't sick of all those squares yet.

 Lucky Square Baby. I reversed the design on this one. Fussy cut centers and sashing from Fly a Kite. The solids are various colors I had in my stash. I think most came from connecting threads.

I'm quilting in the solids only with a neutral Aurifil.

This is my favorite block. PUPS!!

Peak of the back. Dear Stella Paris map print and some pink. I love the way the quilting is coming out on the back.I'm taking suggestions on the names of both of these quilts. Go Kite Yourself? probably not appropriate. 

The rain down here is really starting to get to me (and my poor dogs). This is why all my pictures have looked like poo for the last week. Oh and for those of you who can't get enough of Downton Abbey, Upstairs, Downstairs is now available on Netflix. All 78 episodes. You're welcome.

Lucky Squares

Check out SewCraftyJess's blog today for the unveiling of her Lucky Squares pattern. I was a lucky pattern tester. I love the pattern, the process, everything. The instructions are very easy to follow and there are pictures for each step.  Luckily, she is giving away copies to three lucky commenters.

 Twin sized top with man sized feet

Solid: Kona Celery

Prints:
1. Painter’s Canvas in Vanilla by Laura Gunn
2. Words in Gray by Lori Holt
3. Sketch screen texture in green by Timeless Treasures
4. Sketch Screen Texture in Purple by Timeless Treasures,
5. Spring Meadow in Green by Kelly Lee-Creel
6.  Bees Knees in Forest by Tula Pink
7. Victoria in Blue by Jennifer Paganelli
9. Nests in Garden by Laurie Wisbrun
10. Diamond Ikat in Green by Dear Stella
11.  Delicate Duet in Pink by Pat Bravo
12. Mini Tulip in Fuschia by Patty Young
13.  Small Spots in Snow Robert Kaufman
14. Star Flower in Fuchsia by Rashida Coleman Hale
15. Haystack in Fuchsia by Violet Craft for Michael Miller

Using some bright Aurifil for quilting. I'm taking my time with this one because once it is done I will be gifting it and this is going to be a hard quilt to let go.

Linking up with Fabric Tuesdays