Last week I was happy to see my S'More Love quilt featured on the DC Modern Quilt Guild blog!

I have a quite a few works in progress:

1) helix quilt is quilted and ready to be bound. I just need to cut/sew together/press binding.
2) I started piecing a new project - a tie-dye inspired rainbow spiral. I have almost all the squares cut out and finished the first spiral (pink).
3) plus my numerous finished quilt tops. My goal is to quilt at least three of those before the new year.

I love S'More Love.

A coworker of mine is expecting a baby, which is wonderful. What is also wonderful is that she works in camping and the S'More Love line by Cosmo Cricket for Moda came out just as I started thinking about what kind of camp-themed quilt would be fun to make. I love when a fabric line I think is really cute is also perfect. She is also not telling gender, and I think it is gender-neutral. I would definitely use this for my son, but I think it's really cute for girls, too.

I took a detail shot of the backing, which is so cute, and so appropriate for a Girl Scout mom -- Girl Scouts invented S'Mores, after all!

I followed Katie Blakesley's 100 Quilts for Kids tutorial. This was a really easy quilt to put together. I don't think it took more than 3-4 hours total, although I did it in 15-20 minute increments here and there. I am a relatively slow quilter, so it was nice to have something that felt simple.

I used a charm pack, some neutral solids I had, and filled in the extra charms needed with a few fabrics from my stash. I'm really pleased with how they coordinated, and don't think anyone who isn't obsessed about fabric would ever notice.












For the backing, I used yardage of the Cabin Fever stripe and broke it up with another solid (bought from Del Ray Fabric's specials page, but I can't remember what it is. It's got a nice texture and I wish I'd bought more!). It's bound in a Denyse Schmidt for JoAnns Meadowlark Circle. This is one of my favorite fabrics. In my quilting life, orange is truly a neutral, so finding a great orange print is excellent.



It is straight-line quilted, and is the first time I've straight line quilted without bunching up fabric terribly. I did criss-crosses in the squares and did lines in the solids.

I am really happy with it and will be giving it to the recipient today!

Working on a new quilt (blog)

After trying and failing to keep this blog updated for years (seriously, I have posts going back to our living in Alexandria, and that was more than 4 years ago), I am going to use it to chronicle my quilting adventures and maybe throw in some book reviews here and there.

I don't have time to take great photos, sadly, but I use my iphone constantly, so will use those as placeholders for now.

So, what am I working on now?

This:



 

This is the helix quilt pattern (can be found here ). I got the pattern from a magazine I bought maybe 1 or 2 years ago. I have had this in my mind for months if not years but wanted to make it my own, with the blue and orange.

I still need to add the side panels in plain white. I did stitch the blocks together already and press it already.

I hope to catch up on some of my old quilts in future posts!