Quilting Is Fun, Really

The beginning of this year did not start out with any resolutions because I was too busy quilting to even care! There are times when I go months without touching my sewing machine because of mom stuff and kid stuff, but there was this little window of opportunity and I knocked out three baby quilts at one time!



This lap quilt was for the adorable baby Reese. I wanted to get away from the Amy Butler type fabrics I'd been using a lot of and go with more small scale, country bright patterns, ie birds, flowers, etc

This one is the first abstract landscape type quilt I've ever done. I used 30's reproduction fabric for the background and more mod fabrics for the fishes and boat. (They aren't attached) The actual quilting was the most fun because I was able to be a creative with my stitches and sew different patterns for the different parts of the landscape... waves, trees, clouds, sun, etc. I hope baby Oliver loves it!

This last one is a traditional quilt made with, again, 30's reproduction fabric. I loved all the little boat and airplane patterns in the fabric, and this is the first time I bound a quilt using denim. It wasn't as unyielding as I thought it might be. I was thrilled to find out it actually matched baby Wyatt's nursery, especially because I never bothered to asked any of these mommy's what colors they were using! Live and learn.

Most of the time, I prefer to make up my own quilting patterns, but there are a lot of great books out there that can teach anyone how to quilt. AND, despite my boring write up and dingy photos, I promise quilting is fun, really!