Sister's Quilt

My sister's quilt did get finished on time, I was sewing on the binding just as Santa was arriving. It was that close. I under estimated the time it would take to finish this twin sized quilt. Much different than a quick baby quilt! Either way it's done and sister has already been enjoying it's warmth. 

The top is FMQ with a loopy flower all over pattern. This was the fist time FMQ on my new machine so I wanted a forgiving pattern. It's one of those don't look to close finishes. After a quarter way through the quilting I found my rhythm then things started to improve. The backing is flannel, so this one was an extra heavy, twin sized struggle to get through the machine. Super warm, and a big workout! Pretty sure it negated all those sweets I have been enjoying.

Quilt Stats: 

• Finished Size: 66 inches x 80 inches 
• Pattern: Sugar Block of the Month - January 
• Fabric: Hello Petal by Moda, Kona white background, and Essex Linen
• Batting: Warm & Natural - white
• Thread: Connecting Threads - Parchment

Mom also was pretty happy, she got this quilt ladder that Dad and I put together. She was playing with the arrangement of her quilts, here is the final layout. You can see on the second rung is the Looking Glass quilt, I pattern tested. She also got her hands on that quilt too! Still trying to pick my father's brain to make a tutorial for the ladder, it was really 80% him, 20% me. 

Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. 

-Patch & Chels

Goodbye 2014

Hello out there! Yes, I am alive. This past week has been super stressful, whew it's over. Good thing I am on vacation so I can get caught up on my blog reading and see all the wonderful things my friends have been working on this last week. Here is a little recap of the last year, so many projects, good friendships, and wonderful blogging events happened this year. 

Some of my favorite blogging events of the past year include; the New Bloggers Blog Hop at Clover & Violet, Quilt Challenge with my Grandmother, Round Robin Quilt Bee, and the Low Volume Charm Swap with Michelle. January 1st will mark my blogging anniversary, one year under my belt. It's amazing that when I started blogging I had very small goals, 50 followers and have at least a few people comment on my posts (that are not related). This community is so welcoming and has the best positive energy, thank you to all my new blogging friends. You have all made this experience one of the very best decisions I have ever made :) 

I cannot wait to see what 2015 brings for this whole community! 

-Patch & Chels

Color Wheel Mini

The New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild has challenged members to make a rainbow quilt. Over the past couple meetings the guild has hosted rainbow fabric swaps, to help us build our color palettes. I think this is part of a national deal? But, not quite sure. 

Any-who, I didn't need a huge rainbow quilt, I needed a color wheel to hang by my stash. Having a color wheel handy is great when pulling fabrics. Once again, I used a pattern from Simply Retro by Camille Roskelley called Adorn. 

The background is all scraps that were pieced together in long strips then cut into the triangles. I am trying to make a dent in my scrap bin, so this helped :)

Then finished it off by hand-stitching around each triangle and putting on a striped binding.

The backing is the same as my grandmother's quilt challenge, she gave me the leftover cute foxy fabric! It was almost big enough, but goes well with my leftovers from the same challenge :).

I am excited to get this mini hung up and put into use! 

-Patch & Chels

Be ... Still

The lucky winner is commenter #110.

Sarah@123quiltDecember 12, 2014 at 3:43 AM

Your Patriotic Stars quilt is my favorite. I've been wanting to make one very similar to it. Thanks again!

Congrats Sarah, I sent you an e-mail with your new patterns :) 

This month Stitchery Dickory Dock inspired us to be still. LOL, yeah that's not me. The last thing I am able to do is nothing. Don't get me wrong I have no problem watching a movie marathon, but there will be hand-quilting or knitting needles in my hands. Something will be getting done. My mind cannot be still. If I need to unwind, it usually means reading a book. I find it's the only way for my mind to stop reflecting, perfecting, and creating.

The December block is awesome. I actually made four to complete my Sugar Blocks. That's right, all months are done and all 30 blocks are finished. Now, I need to start adding the sashing and getting this top done! That part I am ok with starting next year, when the snow is flying and holiday sewing is done.

What is everyone else doing to keep there sanity in this month of insanity?

-Patch & Chels