Kaleidoscope for baby

Here's my latest baby quilt.

I take a quilting class at the local adult school and

this is our latest project/pattern.

I take the class to keep my quilting skills SHARP!!

Let me tell you...

this kaleidoscope pattern quilt was a DOOZY!!!

Oh my goodness!

All those triangles...

All those points to match!!....

All those blocks to square up.....

(don't look too close!  LOL)

It is NOT a quilt pattern for the faint hearted.

;)

I think foundation piecing would make it easier...

(for me)

BUT...

It's done now!!!

Yippee!

I was able to use some fun fabrics on the back.

The cute zebra print came from a pillowcase found at the thrift store!!!

I know.

Crazy luck!

And...

a striped binding is ALWAYS a great thing!!!

My striped fabric stash RARELY lets me down.

So...

I've practiced my precision piecing.

ON to LOOSEY goosey improv!!!!

AND maybe some...

SCrappy HAPPY strips!!!

Happy quilting friends!

The moment of Truth

The Moment of TRUTH came this morning.

It's the moment when the quilt is turned over.

The moment you FINISH quilting.

The question is ALWAYS.....

ARE THERE ANY PUCKERS????

WHEW!!!!

It's nice and smooth.

A quilt I finished recently had a

NICE. BIG. CRINKLE. in the middle.

:/

It was a BABY quilt too!!!!

How did THAT happen????

Well...

It does happen to me sometimes.

I get going with stitching and

HATE to stop and CHECK the back!

Pedal to the metal

is not always a GOOD IDEA!

;)

Whew!!!!

I'm done quilting two quilts!
In between quilting I did some

sleeping

and some

eating.

But that's about it.

;)

The double wedding shower is Saturday and I

REALLY wanted to see the girls open their quilt-gifts!!!

Guess you could say I was motivated!

The Girls are sisters getting married only a month apart.

The double shower should be fun!!!

It's interesting to see the polar opposite style of quilt designs chosen, huh?

I let them choose a small quilt top from my pile

and then I made them queen sized.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are BIG.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts are HEAVY.

Yes.

Queen sized quilts take a while to make

EVEN

when you've got a head start!!!!

Like I said.....

Whew!!!!

In between quilting I had to have a FUN little break.

Someone gave the pieces for the this little doll dress away!

The fabric and the rusty pin holding it all together

gave me SOME indication how OLD this

UFO

probably is!!!!

This little dress is probably

SO HAPPY

to be out of the UFO pile!!!

And a little girl I know is going to have some

fun dressing her doll in

VINTAGE style!!!!

The quilts are ready to go.

And I'm ready to REST.

;)

I was frugal and used my stash for the backings!

I think I like the pieced backs better anyway!!!

You can't tell from looking...

but I tried my hand at feathered quilting.

The feathers seem to be invisible...

even when I look really hard!!!

Oh well.....

Guess it's good to practice those

FANCY stitches

EVEN When....

 they can't be seen!!!!

points!

Can you believe it?

I didn't lose any points on this one!!

I know it was that fancy trianglesonaroll paper I was using
But...

I still want a few brownie points for doing it!

You just don't know how I struggle with getting things to

Match up!

truth be told...I don't usually worry about it too much.

It was kind of exhilarating to finally have a quilt come

out looking so .....well......perfect.

It is a small one.

And I did have those little triangle papers.

And I did slow down a bit.....

I really DO need to slow down!

Here's the back.

I pieced in the baby's name to the quilt back instead of

adding it as an appliqued tag afterwards.
Fun, huh?

Details for you out there who like that kind of thing.;)

• Simple diagonal quilting lines.
• Each block is 4"
• 64 blocks altogether.
• 6" wide white border.
• Quilt measures - 43"x43"

Have fun quilting today!

I'm adding this to sew and tell friday!