Very Hungry Caterpillar

My mother-in-law asked me to make this for her new granddaughter - Jules. I found all the material online....so much fun to make! Wendi, of course, had it quilted (stippled) and then bound it for me. I hope they love it!

Regular sized quilts as of late

 This is my first Buggy Barn quilt.  I took a class at Cotton Shop.  My friend (Michelle) makes awesome quilts that I get ideas from.

 close up of one of the flowers

 Bound in a scrappy sort of way with grey minky (mmmmm).

 Traditional strip quilt.  I can't seem to get away from making these.  I guess though I've made lots but not kept any.  This one is ok.  Not my fav.

 I love how it's backed in cute soft polka dot...minky.

 Pink and Orange Quilt (topsy turvy) done again with a pattern from Crazy Mom Quilts

 Love the flower quilting...quilted by my friend Michelle.  All others were quilted by Stacy Simmons.

And...my most fav of all.  I did save the best for last.  Saw pattern and kit in Fabric Mill in Orem and HAD to have it.  Love all the greys, greens, yellows together.  Who knew they would go so well together.  

 I took a bazillion pictures trying to get the pattern of the minky but it just wouldn't show up.  

Trust me it's so cool

Tops are done of 2 crib sized Christmas quilts (I don't know why...just to get rid of the fabric that was given to me)

Another big square quilt (from a kit...I do well with those...not so much thinking)

And...another couple scout quilts.  I think these may be the last.

Crib sized quilts as of late

 I love rainbowish bright colors.  This is called stacked baby coin quilt.  I got the quilt pattern from a blog that I absolutely love.  

 These two quilts, i bought the fabric in St. George at a cute little fabric store.  Daisy something.

Top is all squares together, bottom is sashed in between 4 squares.

 Bound in a cute plaid with darling roasted marshmallows on the back.  Camping theme.

 Love this one...Cowboy theme same pattern as above.

 Bound and backed in darling print. (sorry no brand names of fabrics..can't remember)

Ideas for scraps

So, I saw these and thought they would be great to make if you have a bunch of scraps! Saw them both on the Connecting Threads website. They have a lot of cute fun stuff and if you watch they put a lot of their kits on sale!

Charming Scrappy Squares Lap Quilt

Fall in the City Lap Quilt

Just another scrappy baby quilt

I think I need to make some BOY quilts.....there's a lot of pink on here! LOL This is a baby quilt that I made from scraps from Wendi. They all coordinated and were such cute colors......this quilt practically made itself! I backed it with light green flannel and had it quilted with pink thread. So cute.....

Here is another quilt made from left-over material. I made four nine-patch squares and just rotated them. This one is  backed with white flannel. As you can see....Wendi and I like stripes on the binding. It just adds a little pizazz to the quilt.

Charlene's quilt - my favorite!

As Wendi has said, she likes to use her scraps.....so I have helped her do that! She gave me a bunch of scraps she had actually gotten from someone else. I loved the colors but couldn't figure out how to make it work. Wendi helped me pick out another fabric (the polka-dot fabric border) to go with the scraps I already had......and wah-lah.....Charlene's quilt! I love all the colors in this.....calm and soothing.

It's the same pattern as Miquel's but I put the appliqued section on the other side. It just worked better with the way I had sewn the strips together. I backed hers with minky so it is nice and soft.

We bought the material for the binding when we bought the polka-dot used on the flowers and the border. I love that it has all the colors of the quilt in it! Wendi has a great eye  for picking out unique but coordinating binding material......thank you Wendi!!

Wendi used her machine to do the applique for me (I hate doing applique!). She did a blanket stitch around each flower and leaf.

If you look closely you can see the stitch she used on the binding....it's not something you see right away but it does make it look so much better!

More Girly Quilts

Wendi made a darling quilt for someone and I loved the pattern. It had three sections, one with appliques, and two that were strips sewn together - various sizes and materials. I loved it so much I made two of them......one for Charlene and one for Miquel.

Miquel wanted something to take to college with her to put on her bed. She picked out the materials and I started it before she went to St. George. Unfortunately, I didn't finish it until almost the end of her sophomore year. But hey, that was 13 years sooner than it took me to get Sydney's quilt finished. (I still need to take pictures of hers!)

We wanted something a little different on Miquel's quilt so she could reverse it if she wanted to. We also needed something really light-weight so she could use it during the hot months in St. George. I still used the warm-n-natural batting in it.