Happy Scrappy Baby Quilt continues...

The quilt top of my "happy scrappy baby quilt" is finished.  This quilt is a present for a sweet little baby we know.

Lots of trimmed half square triangles.  Trimming is tedious, but it is so satisfying when they are all trimmed and neat and pretty!

I had fun working with these fabrics.  The colors of her room are yellow, turquoise, orange, and pink.  I chose lots of geometric patterns, birds, flowers, and fun little pattens such as bikes, scooters, pinwheels, etc.  I basically picked all my favorites!

I also threw in some solid colors instead of solid white.  I love how the bright solids mix in with the others.  It helps bring out the colors in the low volume fabrics and helps to balance the design.

On a separate topic...  If you regularly check your favorite blogs through Google Reader, it is going away in less than two weeks.  On July 1st, Google Reader retires.  Rest assured, there is a solution to this problem!

A great alternative is Bloglovin' and you may have already noticed the "Follow this blog with Bloglovin" button on many of your favorite sites.  It is easy to sign up and it is easy (with a click of a button) to upload all the blogs you currently follow in Google Reader.  I was very surprised at how fast and simple it was to transfer them over.  If you love your Google Reader, I highly suggest you check out Bloglovin'.

Have a great week!!
Candace

Scrappy Happy Baby Quilt

Some friends of ours just recently welcomed a beautiful little baby into their home. So of course I had to make a quilt for the little one and I really wanted to make a scrappy quilt with half square triangles.

The nursery colors are yellow, turquoise, pink and orange. 

I picked fabrics that consisted of simple geometric designs, flowers, and fun designs such as pinwheels, birds, and bikes.

I love making scrappy quilts with lots and lots of different fabrics and I have an obsession with triangles. 

For the back of the quilt I chose this stripe that I found at Ikea a few years ago.  

I also used this fabric as part of the backing for an I Spy quilt that I made last year. You can view the quilt and the back here:

I Spy Quilt Revisited

I Spy Quilt Made it to the Beach

Here is the back of the I Spy quilt (which I LOVE)...

Stay tuned for more...

Happy Sewing!

Candace

Oklahoma Tornado Relief

The Oklahoma City Modern Quilt Guild is raising money for those who were affected by the recent tornados in central Oklahoma.  Two of which were rated F5 and one broke the record for the widest tornado at 2.6 miles wide.

The guild is holding a raffle for the two beautiful quilts pictured below created by its members.  Please note... the quilts below are not mine, if you want to pin them please do so from the OKC Modern Quilt Guild site.

 

Pattern - "Tulsa Town" by Villa Rosa Designs

Measure 57" by 72"

I did however, get to contribute the two following blocks to the quilt on the left and pieced the quilt top on the right.

For more information on the raffle and how you can contribute/enter to win, please visit the guild's website - Even Moore Love:  Long Term Support.

They are accepting entries at okcmqg@gmail.com from now until midnight CDT on Friday, June 21.  Two winners will be chosen and announced on Saturday, June 22.

Please keep those in need in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to recover and rebuild.

Candace

Festive Mug Rugs

More mug rugs!  My local quilt guild hosted a patriotic mug rug swap so I decided to make one for the swap and extra one for my sewing desk.  

These lovely fabrics were sent to me, along with others, by the wonderful Sina at Quilt Essentials.  She has a lovely shop and is so sweet.  She offers beautiful fabrics and great customer service (and no, she did not pay me to say this).

For more mug rug posts:

Mug Rugs:  First 3 of 9

Mug Rugs:  Next 3 of 9

Mug Rugs:  Last 3 of 9

More Mug Rugs

More Mug Rugs continued...

and the start of it all...  Mug Rugs!!

Yes, I have made a lot of mug rugs.  I also have a mug rug pattern listed in my etsy shop for 13 different variations.  You can find the listing here... Bundle of Mug Rugs.

Happy Sewing!

Candace

Happy Hexagon Baby Quilt

The baby quilt is all finished.  I really enjoyed working with hexagons and I am going to have to make another hexi project again soon.  I love that I can take them with me anywhere and work with them on the go.

Basted and ready for quilting.  I always press the back and front with a hot iron and heavy starch.  It really helps the quilting process run smoothly and prevent tucks and pulls.

My sweet little Apollo hanging out with me while I sew.



Adding the binding...

 

Look out... lots of pictures in this post.

All done!

I love this backing combined with the Good Fortune collection.  The backing is "the abc's of fleas" by Alexander Henry and the colors match nicely.  This fabric is great for a little one because it can be interactive and a learning tool.  Letters to learn and lots of fun objects for a game of "I Spy". 

I hope you have enjoyed watching this quilt develop.

It is now listed in my Etsy shop and you can find the listing here:  Happy Hexagon Baby Quilt.

Have a great day!

Candace

Hexi Progress

Here is the progress on my hexagon baby quilt.  I decided to arrange the hexagons to fade from one color to the next.

I also added a slim grey border and a wide white border of Kona cotton.  The blue and white stripe (Retro Clown Stripe Blue by Michael Miller) is the quilt binding prepped and ready to go.  This stripe matches the blue in the collection nicely.

The backing is going to be "the abc's of fleas" by Alexander Henry Fabrics.  I love the fun letters and so many cute little objects.  Lots for a little baby or toddler to look at.

Stay tuned for the finished product...

 Happy Sewing! 
Candace

Good Fortune Hexi...

With so many hexagon projects out there lately, I decided to start a hexi project.  I had two charm packs of Good Fortune by Kate Spain sitting on my shelf waiting to be put to good use.  With the recent move, I was out and about a lot and away from my sewing machine.  This seemed like the perfect project to keep my hands busy sewing while on the move.

For the template I used a link from Geta's Quilting Studio...  Tips for cutting hexagon templates.  There is a link at the bottom of the tutorial for hexagon printouts.  She has a page set up for each size making it easy to print out 1", 1.25", 1.5" or 2" hexagons.  I printed the 2" on some cheap card stock.  The 2" worked well with the size of the charm pack squares and cut down on the fabric waste.  

 Another little step to add in is to punch/poke a small hole in the center of each hexagon once they are cut out.  It doesn't need to be pretty, just big enough to stick something in there later (I used a chopstick) to help pop the card stock out once the hexagons are sewn together.  

These little lovelies went everywhere I went.  I just kept a little bag with my hexagon project in it and worked on it whenever I could.  The reactions of others were a little surprising to me.  Whenever the hexagons came out, it wouldn't be long before children, ladies, and yes... even men would pick them up and start sorting them by color or laying them out in different designs.  I was really surprised by this!

There are some men in my extended family that I would never have expected to play with fabric, but there they were playing with the hexagons like little kids playing with toys.  I never said anything when they did this, but I absolutely loved watching what different things they would come up with.

Hexagons are so much fun to make and to work with.  The possibilities are endless and they can be addicting.  These are going to be made into a baby quilt and arranging them is part of the fun.

Happy Sewing!

Candace