Vrrrooom! Vrrrooommmm! Blogger's Quilt Festival

I decided to enter this quilt in Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival.  So many gorgeous quilts!

This quilt is my favorite so far this year.

We had a shower for my oldest daughter last Saturday.  She had friends from her childhood and friends from her adult soccer team.  All three of her bridesmaids were here.  She received many, many lovely gifts for her baby boy to be!

Her friend Renee made some incredible food and took care of most of the details.  We cleaned the house and picked up the cupcakes and drinks.  

The main thing I had to do, of course, was make the baby his quilt.  I decided on a car mat quilt, inspired by this the car mats we use with the Kindergarteners in the blocks.  I added some rainbow houses, a lake with fish and roads with curves.

 I had fun quilting all different patterns in the different sections.  I tried pebbling in the lake but it turned out more like fish scales or waves!  It was fun imagining my grandson playing on the quilt as he gets a little older.

 Surprise!  The other side is for my daughter.  She is decorating the nursery in blue and gray.  She likes modern, geometric designs.  So I made my first chevron quilt on the reverse.  It is hard to really say which is the front and which is the back!

 You can see the quilting was definitely on the house and road side!

 All washed up and snuggly.

Can't wait to meet the baby (he is due at the end of November so we have a little while to wait!)

Blogger's Quilt Festival Information

*Quilt Measurements; 60" by 60"
*Special Techniques used, if any: Improv, curves, chevron
*Quilted by…Me!
*Best category – Baby quilt! Scrap quilt

Halloween is in Eleven Days! Eeek!

How did we get so close to Halloween?  The leaves here have just started turning colors.  It is a grey and drizzly day here.  I have the day off so I am planning on finishing up a few things.  Here is my Halloween quilt to help you get in a Halloween mood!

Boo!

Potholders for my daughter

My daughter mentioned that she needed a few more potholders.  They are fun and quick to make.  I love trying out new FMQ designs-sort of like practice sandwiches but usable.  I indulged my love of black, white, and a pop of red.  So there you go!

Doll baby quilt

I took some pictures of the quilt I made for my kids to play with at school in the housekeeping center.  It was a quick sew!  I have already seen the kids spreading it out over themselves instead of the dolls.  I have a really cute class this year with 13 boys and only 6 girls.  Those boys all like the housekeeping center, though.  They cook food and put it on the table.  Yay!  Must have some awesome dads!

Red, orange and pink stripes-a little Eric Carle fabric and dots!

I used a heavy variegated grey thread in the bobbin.  It kept breaking when I had it in the top, too, so I went back to my regular rayon thread.  

Wish I finished everything this quickly!


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Unintended Table Topper

The week before I went back to school (teaching Kindergarten), I was given a doll baby bed.  The day before the children were due to arrive, I decided I needed a blanket for the poor dolls.  So I considered just giving them a little flannel blanket, but I am a quilter, so a quilt was in order.

 I sat down at 4 pm on Sunday to make my little quilt.  I sewed the top and as I usually do, pieced a back to use.  Then I looked at the two pieces and thought, these could be two separate quilts.  And they were small enough to just used some yardage as the backings.
So that is what I did.

I had fun using the Jester's Hat quilting pattern from Wendy at  Ivory Spring.  I like how swirly it looks.
I used some Laurel Burch butterflies for the backing for this one.

Close up of the quilting!  I took some liberties with the pattern.

 I finished both little quilts by machine.  When I brought them downstairs, I put this one on our kitchen table and it looked so good, I left it there!  I took the other one to school where the kids have been happily playing with it.  I will have to get a picture of it this week.

In other quilting news, we had a potholder swap.  I was supposed to make a fall themed potholder but I forgot about the theme and made this.  I practiced my swirly quilting.

I am still in love with these cross blocks!

I got back a very cute Halloween potholder from Heather.  I love it. It is a perfect block for Halloween! Can't picture using it, though.  I may have to hang it on the wall.

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