Baby Quilt Fever

I don't know what has come over me. I've made two quilt tops in two days! I want to practice free motion quilting on some vintage sheet quilts before I attempt it on one of these. Hopefully my machine will be looked at this weekend so I can do some straight line quilting too!

This is my first quilt using a charm pack (Origins by Basic Grey for Moda). I really love how quickly it went together. The sashing is a Kona cotton (I have no idea what colour). You could use a jelly roll for the sashing too. They are 2.5" strips.





These fabrics I've had for about a year and a half. I wasn't sure how I'd like the end result - turns out I love it! It's a disappearing nine patch. All my block were 5" blocks and the borders are 2.5" strips so you could make this quilt with pre-cuts too!






I still plan on sewing my bags and purses but I'm having so much fun with these right now! :)

Vintage Sheet Finds

I had a great week at the thrift stores. Sometimes I go weeks without finding anything. I think I now own around 30 sheets and about 6 pillowcases. Time to make a few more quilts! :)










I don't think these two are very "vintage" but they were in great condition and I can definitely see using them on the back of a quilt!




This is definitely one of my favourites!




These two pillowcases were in great condition also. I already own the pink, blue and yellow sheets in the same pattern.




Another favourite.




Again, this one isn't vintage but it was too cute to pass up! I can see using it as binding or backing. Plus, it's purple!




Here's my entire sheet stash. I have my work cut out for me!

Vintage Sheet Baby Quilt Finished!

It's done!









It's actually been done for about 10 days. I was waiting to get a photo outside but it's been so stinking cold (it went down to -24 Celsius last night without the windchill!) that I finally settled on taping it to the wall to get a decent shot of the entire quilt!

I love this quilt! I'm not sure if it's the simple design, the vintage sheets or how little it cost, but I have plans to make more for sure.





Now all it needs is baby :)


Happy Monday!
Bethany

Fabric Necklace

Some necklaces I made.










My mom first made these about 15 years ago. All of hers had beads. I thought I'd like them tied too. I'm starting to list some of them in my shop.

I also finished my vintage linens baby quilt but I'm waiting for a nice day to try and take pictures outside. Soon, I hope! :)

Vintage Linens Baby Quilt

I started a new quilt on the weekend. I decided to use vintage/thrifted bed linens (I now own around 20 sheets and a few pillow cases too!). Here is the quilt top finished.











The last few quilt tops I've made are still waiting to be basted and quilted, but this one is already about half quilted! In the past I've done all my quilting on my mom's Bernina, but she lives 25 minutes away and I really wanted to be able to quilt this one at home. I've only ever straight line quilted and that's what I had planned for this quilt. I have a walking foot for my Kenmore but it is having feed dog issues and the stitch length was all wonky. At the last minute I decided to try stippling with the darning foot. After practicing on a 6" x 6" piece I went for it!

It's definitely not perfect. A couple of times I've made loops or crossed over stitching, but overall, I'm really happy with it. My wrists, on the other hand, aren't so happy. I think it's just a pregnancy thing :)

Hopefully I'll have pictures of the finished quilt in the next few days. It'll feel good to have a finished quilt!

Have a great day!
Bethany

Last Minute Gifts

I hadn't planned on making any Christmas gift this year. Between craft shows, Christmas concerts at church and growing a baby, I just didn't really feel like it. Until Monday! I decided I wanted to make something. I picked pillow cases because they're so easy.

I headed out to Len's Mill and bought some flannel (cheaper and cozy) to make pillow cases for three of my nieces and nephews. If I'd thought of it earlier, I would have made more! There's always next year :)

Here are a few photos! (Our computer with photoshop is finally fixed so I can edit photos!!!!)











I plan on giving them their pillows tonight so they can have sweet Christmas dreams on them. I hope they like them!


Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Bethany

SALE!

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be having a 10% off sale in my etsy shop this weekend. Sale starts tonight at midnight and will end Monday night at 10pm (EST).

Just use the coupon code TURKEY10 and you'll automatically receive the discount.

Have a great weekend everyone! And Happy Thanksgiving to my American family and friends :)