More Vintage Sheet Goodness

I've been wanting to quilt sooo badly but having a new baby doesn't leave me with much time. She's a really happy baby who sleeps well at night (usually about 7 hours straight now) but since she is sleeping so well at night, she eats a lot during the day. Plus, I have notoriously slow eating babies. She nurses for an hour or so, five or six times a day.

So like I said, not a lot of sewing going on :)

But I had a bunch of 36 inch strips cut from when I was cutting fat quarters from my vintage sheet collection. I figured if I was going to the trouble of ironing them that I might as well cut a bunch of other stuff at the same time. I also have a bunch of 5 inch charm squares and drunkards path blocks cut out too, but they will take longer to put together and I needed something quick!

I finished this quilt top in about an hour last night after the baby went to bed. I think it is simple but sweet. I can hardly wait to quilt it!



I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Bethany

Two Finished Quilts and Randomness

Here are a couple of quilts I finished earlier this spring but never got around to blogging about. They were the last 2 unfinished quilt tops I had. Now the only quilt WIP (work in progress) I have is a bunch of HST blocks that will make another value quilt someday.

The first is a simple pinwheel quilt. I used fabric I'd had hanging around for a while. I sort of fell out of love with this fabric, which I bought before I found the wonderful world of online fabric shopping. I think it's pretty cute now though - perfect for a sweet baby girl :)















This quilt was also made with fabric I'd had for some time, but that I definitely still liked! The pattern is a disappearing nine patch that went together quite quickly. Both these quilts were free motion quilted and I'm starting to feel much more comfortable with it.












I'm starting to get my sewing groove back. Things are still busy with a new baby but I'm trying to sew at least a little everyday. It's less than two months until the Millrace Folk Festival and I'm trying to sew some new items for that too!

Random picture of my sweet baby :)




And last, but not least, my oldest turned 6 yesterday! How did that happen??? :)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Wednesday!

Bethany

My Newest Creation

Evangeline Grace

Born April 26 at 12:26pm
8lbs 7oz
21.5 inches
100% sweetness!

Some Baby Stuff

So I know I'm not a regular blogger, but oh my word, it's been a while! I blame it mostly on over three weeks of being sicker than I remember being in forever. I didn't even think about touching my sewing machine for about a month :) I've eased myself back into the swing of things by making a few things for the baby (due in eight days!!!).

First I made a couple receiving blankets. I'm not sure you can even consider this "making" something:) All I did was cut them to size and serge them. They aren't creative but they are big and perfect for swaddling (they measure around 33" x 40").







Next I made a nursing cover. I never used one with my first three kids, but after seeing my friend Lenae's, I decided I really needed one! I like that it's hands free and that it's not a heavy, hot blanket but mostly I like the fact that it will be big enough to hide the post baby belly :)










I've also made a purse for myself but have been to lazy to take pictures. I'm hoping to get a diaper bag made too, but am feeling a little uninspired. We'll see!

Value Quilt - Half Square Triangles

I finally finished my value quilt! I finished the quilt top a year and a half ago (using this tutorial) but never got around to finishing it. I'm not sure if I'm nesting or what, but I've been really wanting to finish up my unfinished projects these last few weeks.






It is made up of a lot of my mom's old scraps (free!) and there isn't one modern designer fabric in the entire quilt. Despite all that, I really love this quilt and our whole family had enjoyed cuddling up on the couch with it.










Details


62" x 62" (my biggest quilt so far!)
made with scraps (some probably more than 10 years old)
pieced, quilted and bound by me!



Have a great week everyone!
Bethany

Another Baby Quilt Done!

I love this little quilt!

I quilted about a quarter inch on either side of the seams and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I wanted to keep it basic but didn't want to stitch in the ditch. I think it added just the right amount of interest.

I bought a new walking foot for my machine (which it turns out has nothing wrong with it other than being an older, kinda crappy machine!) and I love it. It's the best twenty dollars I ever spent! I used it for the binding too and I'll never go back to my quarter inch foot for that. I always feel like I'm fighting with the binding, trying to feed it through and keep it straight, but with the walking foot it was sooo much better.











My little helper :)





I washed and dried it after I finished to give it that soft, crinkly look. I'm thinking about putting this one in my shop :)

Happy Weekend Everyone!
Bethany


Details

32.5" x 40"
Charm squares are BasicGrey by Moda
Solid is a kona cotton
Binding is Amy Butler Sunspots
Pieced, quilted and bound by me :)

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! :)