bijou lovely

improv.

2012-05-24T16:05:00.000-05:00

Did a little improv sewing today on my Bella & Echo quilt!

Not completely sure how I feel about it just yet, but it's growing on me.

I don't have a real plan for this quilt, I just pulled some coordinating solids from my stash and started sewing. I find that's the best way for me to relieve stress! Sometimes planning just makes my head hurt more.

I'm looking forward to having a three day weekend, and maybe squeezing in a little more work on this. But we're also in the process of painting our front door and building planters this weekend, among other things! I wish sewing was the only thing on my to-do list!

new quilt labels.

2012-05-23T16:44:00.000-05:00

I am really excited to share my new quilt labels with you!

I decided it was finally time to buy some real labels after stitching mine by hand for so long. I would go through all the work to finish a quilt and then procrastinate on giving it to it's rightful owner because I was too lazy to make a tag. I hadn't found any labels that felt right for me after a lot of searching, but as soon as I saw a post from Pascale from //between the lines// a few weeks ago, I knew I had found the perfect ones!

I wanted something that felt a little luxurious, and these definitely do that since they're handmade and stamped into white dyed leather!

They're from cocosheaven on Etsy, and I couldn't be happier with them!

I already stitched one onto my Neon Chevron quilt. I love the way it looks with the contrasting Cosmo floss.

Now I need to finish some more projects so I can add labels to those too :)

Update: For those of you who asked, the labels and feel exactly the same after washing and drying!

giveaway day.

2012-05-21T11:10:00.000-05:00

Hi there! Today is Sew, Mama, Sew's Giveaway Day. Thanks for stopping by! If you're here for the first time, welcome! I hope you'll stick around.

I'm going to offer up 5 copies of my Colorblock Quilt Pattern to 5 lucky winners today.

The pattern will come as a PDF, so this giveaway is open to everyone!

To enter, simply leave a comment on this post. Tell me what you did this weekend, your favorite new color combo, what you've been sewing recently, anything! Followers get an extra entry by leaving an additional comment. Please leave a way for me to contact you in your post if it is not linked in your profile.

This giveaway will close on Friday, May 25 at 5pm PST.

Update: This giveaway is now closed! Congrats to our winners, #318 Kelly Smith, #218 emmy, #238 Sarah, #162 Kirstin@SquintMom, and #336 Charlene.

neon chevron quilt.

2012-05-18T15:23:00.000-05:00

This neon chevron quilt has been finished for awhile, but for some reason I just couldn't get around to photographing it! I finally took it outside today to get some pictures, just in time to participate in the Blogger's Quilt Festival.

This quilt was inspired by the neon and chevron trends that have been so prevalent lately. It's definitely bright and fun!

The focal point of this quilt is obviously the multi-colored chevron strip. Basically I strip pieced together three solid strips, then cut them into squares and paired them with white to make half square triangles. There was a lot of extra trimming to get the stripes to line up with the next part of the chevron that was not so fun and definitely not documented, so there won't ever be a pattern for this quilt, sorry! Maybe someday I'll try again, but maybe not. :)

As you can see I echo quilted along the chevron panel to bring out the pattern even more, and the rest I just quilted in random straight lines.

The back is just simple stripes, but the chevron quilting makes it a lot more fun!

The solids I used are Kona Medium Gray, Cactus, Cerise, Melon, and White. It's bound in the Cerise as well.

It is a larger baby quilt or small lap size, at 40" x 62".

It folds up perfectly to show off the chevron!

This one is listed in my shop!

If you have a chance, make sure to stop by Amy's Creative Side to look through all of gorgeous quilts that have been linked up for the Blogger's Quilt Festival!

junior prom.

2012-05-14T21:42:00.002-05:00

This weekend was a whirlwind, trying to get a ton of stuff done before I left today for Boston. Along with house projects, packing, and celebrating Mother's Day, I helped my sister get ready for her junior prom on Saturday. Here are a few pictures I took of her and her boyfriend before they left for the dance!

Aren't they precious? I love these two!

bathroom update.

2012-05-11T12:23:00.003-05:00

The bathroom is finished! At least the construction phase anyway. We still need to add some shelves and towel bars, etc, but the bathroom is functional again.

The shower door was installed this week, which was the last major component we needed to actually use the bathroom again. I was a little worried that the doors would make the room feel a lot smaller, but thankfully your eye just travels through the glass to the actual shower itself, so the room still feels big and airy.

We were having some issues with the faucets that came with our vanity, but after getting some replacement parts (provided by the company) they are working just fine now.

Yesterday was the first time I used the shower, and it was pretty much the best shower of my life. I am in love.

I found this little marble topped stool at an antique store a couple weeks ago, and it's perfect in here!

It's kind of hard to get a straight on shot of the vanity now that the shower door is in. I was sitting on the bench to take this picture, trying to avoid shooting through the glass.

Obviously there will be some less than pretty items in here eventually (i.e. shampoo, etc) but I took those out for the pictures :)

Now comes the fun part...decorating and accessories!

Previous bathroom posts: here and here, and before pictures here.

wonky cross blocks.

2012-05-08T17:56:00.000-05:00

I actually made something today! A couple of wonky cross blocks for our circle of do. Good Stitches... a great way to ease myself back into sewing!

Here's a tutorial for these blocks, in case you've never sewn them before and want to make some! They're super simple and go together really fast.

not a lotta sewing.

2012-05-07T15:38:00.001-05:00

Excuse the pun. The past couple weeks have been really busy, but I haven't sewn a thing! Between vacation, work travel, my sister's graduation, and other events I haven't spent a second in my sewing room, apart from stitching up some ruffled streamers for my sister's party. Kind of sad considering this pile of fabric is just waiting for me to sew up into some kind of quilt!

Windham Fabrics sent me a charm pack of Lotta Jansdotter's newest line, Bella, which should be available in stores in August.

After seeing these in person, I knew I needed to buy some Echo to add to it! I've wanted this fabric forever, but for some reason had procrastinated on buying it, and of course now it's hard to find the entire collection in one place. Luckily my friend Tracey had just found some at her LQS and picked up an extra FQ bundle! It was meant to be.

I picked up a few different colors of linen I thought would coordinate with the prints at Joann, and they match really well!

I think I'll add in a few solids and get to sewing, hopefully at some point this week!

Woodland Tails Pillow.

2012-04-26T14:50:00.000-05:00

I'm still trying to catch up after being gone for a few days, but I wanted to share this pillow I made for Issue 9 of Fat Quarterly with you! The issue is all about sewing with and for kids, and it's packed with a ton of fun projects. You'll find the details on how to make this pillow in the magazine, which comes out on April 30th.

It was really fun to participate in this Designer Challenge! The focal fabric is Woodland Tails by Sherri Berry. You'll also find a picture of my herringbone quilt in the article about Project Linus, along with a few other quilts from our do.Good Stitches Inspire circle.

Colorblock quilts.

2012-04-25T11:39:00.000-05:00

Thank you so much to everyone who has purchased my Colorblock Quilt Pattern! I really appreciate your support.

Today I wanted to share some of the Colorblock quilts that my pattern testers made. I had planned on writing this post last week, but ran out of time before we headed off to San Francisco for a long weekend, so I apologize for the delay. I cannot thank my pattern testers enough, they've been so great throughout this process and really helped me to refine the pattern directions to make them clear and easy.

Here's a quilt from Megan of Notes from the Bench. I love the mix of contrast between the blocks!

Jamie of Busy Bee Quilts used Hello Pilgrim prints for her quilt, it looks so beautiful!

Erica of Happy Fabric made this fun quilt, I love the red binding!

Jen used some bold colors and graphic prints, it looks great!

Marcia of Little Pink Rose Quilting & Sewing made this pretty floral version. So springy and cute.

Shanna of Sweet and Sassy made this space quilt, perfect for a boy!

Marti of 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks used some Valori Wells fabric, I love the color combo here and how well it coordinates with the column print.

Suzanne of Class Creations made this sweet girl version. I love the use of the Children at Play panel with a border for the column. Very clever!

This pretty quilt is from Brittney of Brittney Selby Quilting. The brown sashing is perfect with these prints.

Ella of throw a wench in the works made this cute rainbow version. I'm always a sucker for rainbows.

Colby of sew.quilt.explore. made this colorful version, and even tried out some wavy quilting on it!

Ramsey made this gorgeous version. Again, I love the colors here!

Last but not least, Mandi made this fun lime and black quilt. Stripes are always a great choice for the column fabric!

Thanks so much to all of my pattern testers! You all did a fantastic job :)

Colorblock Quilt Pattern now available!

2012-04-18T11:16:00.001-05:00

The long-awaited Colorblock Quilt Pattern is finished! You can purchase it in my new pattern shop!

The pattern features tons of cutting and assembly diagrams to help you make this 40 x 55" baby quilt, along with helpful tips to make the process even easier. Purchasing the pattern also gives you a license to sell any colorblock quilts you've made on a home-based production level.

I have lots of pattern testers to thank for helping me make sure the pattern was easy to understand. I wanted to make sure it was just as easy for beginners as it is for more experienced quilters! Tomorrow I'll share some of the gorgeous quilts that were made by my testers.

Here are the two quilts that I've made using this pattern. One for a baby boy...

and one for a baby girl.

This quilt is seriously so fast and easy to make! The pattern is available in PDF form and will be emailed to you immediately after purchase. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me!

two of a kind.

2012-04-17T14:06:00.001-05:00

I flew through these two quilts last week, just in time to gift them to two of my friends who are having baby boys very soon. The girls are sisters-in-law and they're both due with their first child within a few days of each other. How fun is that? These little cousins were destined to have matching quilts!

I had planned on just doing simple patchwork, but somehow made my squares way too small! Apparently I forgot to look back at my measurements to see how big I should make the squares before I started cutting. I didn't have much of a few of the fabrics left so I had to figure out another way to bring the quilts up to size. I had seen this quilt by Kelly and must have filed it away in my head, so the idea of an off centered rectangle was the first thing I thought of. This gray Lisette chambray from JoAnn was the perfect fabric to use for the front!

I quilted both of the quilts the same, through the diagonal of each patchwork square, and then with intersecting straight lines which created a grid where the lines overlapped. It looked really cool when it was finished, although it was definitely tedious while I was quilting!

It's bound in another Running Stitch print from Patty Young's Lush collection. I love the way the orange looks as a frame around all the gray.

I had a lot of yardage of this green dot I bought a JoAnn forever ago, so I decided to use it up as the backing of each quilt.

Overall I was pretty happy with how these turned out, considering I only had a little over a week to put them together!

I can't wait to see the two little guys all wrapped up in their matching quilts soon!

sneak peek.

2012-04-11T14:20:00.001-05:00

Just a little blurry sneak peek of what I've been working on this week. So many straight lines, so little time.

happy mail.

2012-04-10T14:55:00.000-05:00

Today I received the most beautiful mini quilt from my friend Jen of mj & co.

I met Jen through Instagram, and got to know her when I offered to help her pretty up her blog a bit. In return, she offered to make a mini for me to hang in my sewing room! I made the most random mosaic of inspiration ever, and somehow she translated my love of scrappy improv, wonky stars, Melody Miller typewriters, and Good Folks into this gorgeous work of art!

Oh yes, and we can't forget the straight line quilting! I also love the text prints thrown in there!

Jen labeled the back using this cute notebook fabric.

And did a little FMQ outline around the details of the typewriter! I just love that heart!

This has already made it's way up onto the wall, and it makes me smile every time I look in that direction!

I am so grateful for all the work Jen put into this mini quilt for me! It is absoultely perfect. And did I mention how great it is that we can find new friendships in something like Instagram? Love that! Thank you Jen for making my day today!!

bathroom update.

2012-04-09T13:20:00.001-05:00

I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend! I didn't mess up the ham, so thanks for crossing your fingers :) We spent a good portion of the weekend putting the master bathroom back together. It's still not finished, but it's actually semi-functional now!

We sealed the floors and installed the vanity, toilet, and light fixtures on Saturday. Obviously we're missing a sink, due to a faulty bolt in the countertop, but we should be able to fix that this week and get this side of the bathroom totally functional! We're also still missing a shower door and fixtures, trim, and we need to paint the door and add the other bathroom fixtures and figure out shelves in here, among other things. Definitely work left to be done!

Can I tell you how happy these pendant lights make me? They are my favorite part! Along with the floors of course.

I think it's about time to buy some accessories for the room. I already have a few items on my wishlist at West Elm!

kaleidoscope mini quilt.

2012-04-06T09:37:00.001-05:00

I hope you all enjoyed the Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Tutorial yesterday! I wanted to share a few more pictures and details about the mini quilt I made with my kaleidoscope blocks.

The idea for this block came from a doodle I made on the back of a business card at work. Sometimes inspiration strikes when you're not expecting it! Basically I wanted to use the idea of HSTs in different sizes and orientations that were spaced out within a quilt. I added in the colored rectangles that make the pinwheel shapes (the green in this quilt) once I drew it up in Illustrator, and when I started putting the blocks together I was happily surprised to see the secondary patterns (including the wonky-ish star in the center!) that appeared. It was kind of a happy accident!

I used the Running Stitch prints from Patty Young's Lush collection that I had bought recently. I wanted something mostly solid, but I also wanted a directional print so you could tell that I was playing with the orientation of the HSTs. This subtle stripe was perfect, and it doesn't hurt that the colors are so vibrant and springy.

I used a hera marker (my new favorite tool!) to mark two lines through the center at a diagonal, and then quilted straight lines in 4 V's starting in the center of the quilt. It was a little bit tedious but luckily since it was only a small quilt I finished it quickly.

I backed the quilt in the yellow zigzag from Heather Bailey's Pop Garden, and bound it in the Raspberry Running Stitch print.

It's hanging up on the wall in my sewing room for now. I think it might stay there! :)

Happy Friday! I hope you all have a nice Easter weekend. My weekend will be packed with bathroom work (we're installing the fixtures this weekend!), sewing, cleaning, and cooking. We're hosting Easter dinner on Sunday! Fingers crossed I don't mess up the ham :)

kaleidoscope quilt block tutorial.

2012-04-05T07:00:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to be today's stop on the Festival of Half Square Triangles! I've got a block tutorial for you today that utilizes some half square triangles and a few rectangles to make a fun pattern that reminds me of looking through a kaleidoscope.

We are going to be making a single Kaleidoscope block in this tutorial, which looks like this:

Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Tutorial
Note: all seam allowances are 1/4".

1. For each block, you will need to cut the following pieces:
Color A: 2 - 3" squares
Color B: 2 - 3" squares
Color C: 2 - 5" squares
Color D: 4 - 8.5 x 2.5" rectangles
Background fabric: 4 - 3" squares
2 - 5" squares
4 - 2.5" squares
4 - 2.5 x 4.5" rectangles
4 - 2.5 x 6.5" rectangles

2. The pieces cut from Color A, B, and C will all be made into HSTs, along with your 3" and 5" squares cut from the background fabric. Pair each of the A & B fabrics with a 3" background square, matching them up right sides together (RST). Then repeat with the C blocks and the 5" background squares.

3. Use a ruler and a hera marker or pencil to mark a line down the diagonal of each of your pairs.

4. Stitch down each side of your pair, 1/4" to the right and the left of the line you made. Continue with the rest of your pairs. This is a great opportunity to chain piece your HST units to finish them faster and conserve thread!

5. Use a ruler and a rotary cutter to cut along the line you marked on the diagonal. Now you have two HST units! Continue with the rest of your units.

6. Press seams open.

7. Trim your HSTs. A & B units should measure 2.5" square, and C units should measure 4.5" square.

8. Now, onto assembly! Arrange your A & B HSTs as shown below, with a 2.5" background square in the middle. Make sure the orientation of the HSTs is exactly as shown.

9. Sew each A unit to the left side of a 2.5" square. Then sew each B unit to the right side of the 2.5" square. Make sure to keep your units in the same orientation you had arranged them in during Step 8. Press seams open when finished.

10. Arrange your C units as shown with a 2.5 x 4.5" background rectangle.

11. Sew each C unit to the left side of each 2.5 x 4.5" rectangle. Make sure to keep your units in the same orientation you had arranged them in during Step 10. Press seams open when finished.

12. Arrange units as shown, with A-B unit on top, a 2.5 x 6.5" rectangle in the middle, and your C units on the bottom.

13. Sew the top side of each C unit to the bottom edge of each 2.5 x 6.5" rectangle. Then sew the bottom side of your A-B unit to the top edge of each rectangle. Make sure to keep your units in the same orientation you had arranged them in during Step 12. Press seams open when finished.

14. Arrange units as shown. Sew each A-B-C unit to the left side of each D rectangle. Press seams open when finished.

15. Now you should have 4 finished units that look like this (sorry for the bad picture...somehow I forgot to take one at this point):

16. Arrange your finished units into a block by turning each unit 90 degrees with the Fabric D rectangles meeting in the center.

17. Sew the top two units together, and the bottom two units together. The sew along the center to join and finish your block.

18. You're done!

Each kaleidoscope block measures at 16.5" square, which means 16" square once they are sewn together. Make as many blocks as you like to bring your quilt up to your desired size! I made four blocks to make this mini quilt, which measures 32" square. I love the wonky little stars that form when you join these blocks together! I'll share the rest of the quilt details tomorrow! (Update: See quilt details here!)

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the Festival of HSTs! Please let me know if you have any questions on this tutorial. Make sure to stop by at Canoe Ridge Creations to follow along with the rest of the series and make sure to enter your own HST quilts to win some great prizes starting April 16th!

sherbet squares.

2012-04-04T09:26:00.002-05:00

This quilt is finally finished! I am embarrassed to say that this is my quilt for the Inspire Circle at do. Good Stitches from last September! Why it took me so long to finish, I have no idea.

The color scheme for this quilt was inspired by a picture of some kind of ice cream (I'm guessing grape sherbet?) I had pinned a while ago, which is why the quilt is called Sherbet Squares.

I added some scrappy borders to the sides of the quilt to increase the width a bit. It was looking a little too rectangular with just the blocks. I'm not usually one to add borders but I think they really make the blocks pop in this case.

I quilted it in wavy lines (again!), with gray thread. I think I'll be taking a break from the wavy quilting for a little while now!

I backed this one in a thrifted purple striped flannel that is perfect for this quilt! I was happy to find such a large cut of fabric in my stash in this color.

It's bound in Kona Coal and includes one of our cute do. Good Stitches labels designed by Lee at Freshly Pieced!

It's all ready to be shipped off to a child in need through Project Linus!

p.s. Don't forget to stop by Canoe Ridge Creations this week to check out all of the stops on Megan's Festival of HSTs! I'll be back tomorrow with a fun HST block tutorial!

thank you!

2012-04-02T16:47:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to write a quick post to say thank you to all of you who volunteered to test my Colorblock Quilt pattern! I tried to find a good mix of beginner, intermediate, and advanced sewists, and there were lots of you in every category! There will definitely be more patterns to test in the future, and I will always come here first for pattern testers so there will be more opportunities if you missed out this time.

We have a record for the fastest pattern tester to ever finish I think, Marti from 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks. I contacted her this morning with the pattern, and she already sent me a picture of her finished quilt top!

I cannot explain how happy it makes me to see other people make this quilt! Marti used fabrics from Valori Wells (Nest and Wrenly lines, I think?), and they make for such a happy springy quilt, I absolutely love it!

pattern testers?

2012-03-30T15:51:00.002-05:00

Update: I think I have enough people now so I'm going to close the comments. If you responded, you should hear from me this weekend! Thanks!

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I'm looking for a few people to test my Colorblock Quilt pattern to make sure everything is right before I publish it!

If you are interested, please comment below or send me an email with a little bit of background about you:

1. Have you made a quilt before? If so, how many? (Does not have to be an exact number... one, a few, or too many to count are all perfectly fine answers).
2. How long have you been sewing?
3. Have you followed a quilt pattern before?
4. What level of sewist (sewer?) do you consider yourself: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced?
5. When do you think you could have the quilt finished by?

I'm just trying to get a good range of people to make sure I didn't miss anything! Looking forward to your comments! :) Thanks!

festival of HSTs.

2012-03-26T18:27:00.002-05:00

Do you love half square triangles? Looking for some, fresh ways to incorporate HSTs into your next sewing project? Then you are going to love the Festival of Half Square Triangles!

I'm really excited to be participating in the fun going on starting next week, hosted by my friend Megan at Canoe Ridge Creations! I've got a bright and springy quilt and tutorial to share next Thursday. I can't wait to share it with you!

Starting Monday, April 2, we've got two weeks jammed packed with all sorts of half square triangle tutorials and projects from some of your favorite modern sewing bloggers! After all of the creative inspiration, you are invited to link up a HST sewing project of your own -- bags, mini quilts, home decor, you name it. Then our fabulous group of bloggers will choose 10 finalists, at which point it's all up to YOU to choose a winner! That's right, we've got some fabulous prizes up for grabs -- stay tuned for more details!

Here's the schedule:

Monday, April 2 -- Sara from Sew Sweetness

Tuesday, April 3 -- Amy from Amy's Creative Side

Wednesday, April 4 -- Faith from Fresh Lemons Quilts

Thursday, April 5 -- Holly from Bijou Lovely

Friday, April 6 -- Katie from Swim, Bike, Quilt

Monday, April 9 -- Erin from Two More Seconds

Tuesday, April 10 -- Megan from Canoe Ridge Creations

Wednesday, April 11 -- Jeni from In Color Order

Thursday, April 12 -- Heather and Megan from Quilt Story

Friday, April 13 -- Katy from I'm a Ginger Monkey

Monday, April 16 to Sunday, April 22 -- Linky Party featuring all of YOU over at Canoe Ridge Creations!

Monday, April 23 to Wednesday, April 25 -- Viewers Choice Voting

Friday, April 27 -- Winners Announced!

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So grab a button, check out the Flickr group, and join us for the Festival of Half Square Triangles -- starting Monday, April 2!

flea market fancy.

2012-03-23T11:44:00.000-05:00

My Flea Market Fancy bundle arrived this week! I've been looking forward to getting this in my hands for quite some time. I wasn't quilting when it came out the first time (and I'm not a fan of paying crazy prices for out of print fabric), so once I knew it was getting reprinted, I knew I had to have it!

As you can probably tell, I didn't buy a standard FQ or 1/2 yard bundle. I knew there were some prints that I would use a lot more than others, so I bought different amounts of each. The leaf and posie prints are cute, but not something I see myself using much outside of quilts made with the whole collection, so I bought a 1/2 yard of each of these.

I bought a 1/2 yard of each of these more geometric type prints, primarily because they have multiple colors in them, and I tend to use more one color + white prints than multicolored ones. Again, I doubt I'll use these much outside of quilts with the whole collection.

I bought a yard of each of the flower and dot prints, because I love dots and use them a ton and they are all one color + white prints (even if there are different shades of each color in each print, they still read as purely green, red, and blue).

I bought a yard of each of the bouquet prints as well, because I love the print and the color combinations in each and I think they'll be great as pouches or bags, as well as in quilts.

Last but not least, the beloved seeds! I bought 2 yards of the green and pink, and 3 yards of the gray. I don't want to run out of these anytime soon, and because they're really basic (and essentially one color + white prints even though they have a tiny bit of brown in them) I will use them all the time.

I can't wait to cut into this collection! I bought mine at Hawthorne Threads (and the green seeds are from ricrak on Etsy), but you may have to search a bit to find all of the prints! It seems to be flying off the shelves everywhere.

Happy Friday!!

productivity.

2012-03-21T13:06:00.000-05:00

I've been pretty productive lately when it comes to sewing. I don't know what's gotten into me but I am so determined to finish up all the projects that have been pushed aside for so long. Whatever it is, I like it! It feels so good to check things off the list of remaining WIPs. You can tell by the state of my sewing room that I've been doing a lot of making lately (and umm...not a lot of cleaning)!

I definitely need another system to sort my scraps. This basket always seems to be overflowing no matter how much I try to use them up!

I finished the top of this puzzle quilt this week. I gave this to my husband for our anniversary in September, which is embarrassing to admit. Thankfully he doesn't mind waiting.

I just need to figure out what to back it with so I can finish it now!

I've also got two quilts with binding attached to the front, just waiting for a little TV time to stitch it to the back, along with about a million other things going on! Hopefully this productivity thing lasts a little longer :)

bright stripes.

2012-03-20T13:11:00.000-05:00

Nothing new here today really, just another brightly striped quilt for a baby boy.

I make these a lot, I know. But sometimes simple is best. This one is very similar to the mustache quilt, but without the mustache! The back is different though, it's really cute!

This print is by Suzy Ultman, in her Critter Community collection for Riley Blake. It's on sale right now on fabric.com. I think it would make an adorable whole cloth quilt as well, with echo quilting to outline the blocks!

I quilted it with wavy lines (I filmed the wavy quilting tutorial while making this one) and bound it in Kona Medium Gray.

Here it is all folded up and ready to be shipped off to its new home.

I'm still a fan of simple stripes, so it's safe to say this won't be the last one of these you'll see around here.

wavy quilting tutorial.

2012-03-19T07:00:00.000-05:00

A few of you have requested a tutorial on the wavy quilting I've been using on some of my quilts lately. I'm not sure how else to do this other than with a video, so I made one this weekend for you!

Hopefully it makes sense. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments and I'll answer them as soon as possible. When you're finished, your quilting should look something like this...

I'd love to see any quilts you make using this tutorial! Enjoy :)