the string quilt road less traveled

For a Winter Challenge, a few lucky Dallas Modern Quilt Guild members were able to get some Madrona Road fabric by Violet Craft and asked to make something, drawing inspiration from the guild. I really wanted to make a cross quilt, some I have seen made for members.  Not enough fabric for that but I did come up with a string quilt, something I ended up using all the fabric in. I did add white, grey, yellow, and navy solids, staying a little true to the color palette.

 Some of the seams are little off.  I could use a tutorial on HST, and sewing with bias cuts. and basting tighter. And de puffying a quilt. Ugh. Maybe if I could turn off The Bachelor while cutting/sewing, I would be a tiny bit more accurate.

 I quilted some mad- plaid  looking stripes, yay for straight line quilting. And if you WERE a darning foot, where would you be?

See the chop stick wrappers below? I was inspired to quilt using that pattern. Sometimes you are inspired from the weirdest things.

The back is a Bella Solid yellow with a bit of B/W Ta Dot. I am going to bind it in black? navy? It's too late to think about it today. I have two days until due date. 

I did I did I did! I did have enough scraps to make a 12 inch block for our giveaway of all 15 blocks by all the DMQG members who participated in the challenge.

Ruby

I love buying charm packs because they have bits of a whole collection. But I always end up sticking them in a drawer and forget to use them. When I found Ruby by Bonnie and Camille again, I knew I'd feel guilty for cutting it up. So I bordered it with 2 inch sashing and Ta Dots for the corners to gain some size and made four to a block. Then sashed those blocks too. I will always love aqua and red, it's so cheery.This is couch size, as all my kids are older and no one is stuck in a crib. So it is perfect for curling under and reading a book or just for a snooze.

 

 I went for quilting in chevrons, not in any order nor even. In a pale aqua thread.

Quilt Con

Yup that's me in the second and third row of a quilt being made for the Austin Children's Shelter. It's no winning block for the Modern Quilt Guild Quilt Con Raffle Quilt but seeing this is way okay.

http://themodernquiltguild.com/tag/quiltcon-block-challenge/page/2/

Quiltcon block challenge reveal

 I barely made it in time to enter the quilt con block challenge! Whew, no time to press yet.

 Color Blocked  Spider Web.

 A Quilted Modern City.

And I say barely because I was doing a lot of this...

Ticker Tape quilt for Hailey

I made this ticker tape quilt for my daughter's best friends new baby girl Hailey Faith. It has pieces from quilts I made for my own daughters and grandsons.

My non-OCD quilt. No measuring, stabilizing, or perfecting this quilt. Very wonky in some spots.I actually hung it upside down. Can you tell I got tire of sewing itty bitty pieces? The sizes got bigger and bigger...

 The pieces are just from everywhere, chenille, dots, modern, old, designer, and what not.

 I am starting another one of these just in chenille pieces only that have had  for years from all the treasure hunting done on first Mondays in Canton.

 Once washed, the edges will fray a bit. I see some threads I need to clip!

Audrina's quilt

Here's baby's quilt I made for my sweet niece Audrina. She is due to come home any day now. My sister said she is going to be girly girl and that it had to be pink. It's more salmon than pink but definitely girly. I used the same Mod Circle pattern and Ta Dot for the leaf pattern.







The back inspired me to make another quilt, maybe a Kate Spade ( brown/white/pink orange!) insipred quilt or Mosimo type colored zig zags. Will follow up.

 


The heart is tell her how much I love her and hope she come home soon (born 1/21/12 at 24 weeks). I think I will add a prayer in her quilt label.



Rainbow Bright

A sunny bright quilt made in strips: a great way to use scraps, large or small. Hey! Pink is not a color in a rainbow!
It is in mine.

Pink and brown girlie quilt- hand pieced and hand quilted.

Habitat Challenge Quilt in Mod Circles

 Dallas Modern Quilt had a challenge sponsored with Habitat fabric by Jay McCarroll. I used an awesome pattern created by Lindsey Rhodes of LRstitched you can find here . The Moda Bakeshop featured  Mod Circles quilt is a wonderful way to use the  tiniest pieces (templates included in tutorial). It's 11:23pm, other wise I would have photographed this baby outside, however it's raining and gray skies in Dallas for at least a day.(Ignore the baby milk stained ottoman!)

 I hand quilted the petals inside the circle, something I have not done for a while. The rest is meandered using long side to side (pictured sideways...woops). The brown is a Bella solid, solids were the only fabric we could have used. Some used Bella Stone, white and grays.I chose brown to bring out the earthiness of the fabric collection, and the binding in Kona Pomegranite gives it the punch I was aiming for. Next time I plan to hand turn the petals in to see if i like the no raw edge better. But yes, I will be making another one of these!

 The back has some stacked coins to use up more of the challenge fabric.

 I hope Lindsey is proud. Happy sewing!

Swap pouch for Dallas Modern Quilt Guild

 Dallas Modern Quilt Guild members swapped pouches. Instructed to use the tutorial on Noodlehead's site here, I made mine in some Tufted Tweets fabric with a little bit of dots for a small pocket. I might have to replicate this one for the keys/sunglasses/phone I always lose. Happy sewing!