Remixed Geese

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!  

I keep meaning to show you this quilt and it's about time!  I pulled from a stash of 1930's feedback prints I had been hoarding for too long.  This is also the quilt that made me fall in love with flying geese.  

The top is quilted in vertical lines, at 1.5 inches apart.  

The back was a solid piece of the blue (same blue used in the front).  Then a 'border' of white with warm prints around the edge.  For this quilt I like the back just as much as the front.  It's nice to piece the back and get a reversible quilt. 

Close up of the back prints.  The binding is Kona pewter.

Detail of the front all folded waiting on a good home. 

Happy Friday all! Thank you to QUILT MATTERS and CRAZY MOM QUILTS for letting me tag along.  If you want to check out other great Friday finishes, check out the links :)

Sew long for now, 

CHELS

Weathervane Quilt

So, I probably shouldn't admit this, but I am starting a new quilt.  For this quilt I am using my 500 Quilt Blocks book by Lynne Goldsworthy and Kerry Green.

  All I can think is SPRING!  Spring flowers, spring weather, spring warmth.  The only view from the window is snow and more snow, this girl is over winter.  The weatherman says there is more snow on the way.  Not the news I wanted.

Still a huge fan of this book, highly recommend.

For this quilt I am going to use the weathervane block.  The block is 12 inches square finished.  

Although, I am using variation one.

Here are all the squares cut and ready to go!

On a side note, my roommate got older, so I whipped up a cake.  She only likes pink with sprinkles.  Ta da!

Lots of pink lots of sprinkles. 

Lets just say it was as good as it looks. 

Happy sewing and happy eating!  

Sew long for now, 

CHELS

Feedsack Prints

Another goal for 2014 was to use my stack of feedstack fabrics I have been collecting (hoarding) for the past two years.  It was time for these beauties to get cut.  

Here are some of my favorite prints :)

My first project of the year, was Remixed Flying Geese quilt, made with this FREE PATTERN designed by Erica Jackman from Kitchen Table Quilting.  I just loved the way it came out.  

 The quilt is about 51 inches by 66 inches, a great lap quilt.  Now I am debating about hand stitching or machine quilting the whole thing?  Ah, decisions.  

As I was cutting the squares for that quilt I was left with a stack of 3 inch squares among other scraps.  Most of these scraps are to pretty to just toss in my scrap bin.  I decided to come up with another project.  After all, I did wait two years to cut into this fabric.  

So the second project of 2014 will be a Granny Squares quilt, but with 3 inch squares instead of the traditional 2.5 inch.  The blocks will be larger but I think it will still look good.  

Thats all for now, 

CHELS