Scrap Quilt

My fabric stash is being overrun with scraps from my previous quilts, so I thought I'd start a little quilt from the scraps. It was fun to try something new and not worry about measuring (which already isn't my strong suit). These are all scraps from the quilts I made for some of my favorite babies/toddlers, so it is really special to look at this and think of each and every baby. It's a little smaller than my usual quilts, so it's perfect to throw over Ida in the pumpkin seat to carry around on errands.

It took a couple of blocks of time to make the front, then the rest of the quilt took me an hour or two to complete. I'm not normally into scrappy pieces, but I'm loving how there are so many different spots throughout the quilt that I love. The longer I look at it, the more favorite little spots I find.

Graffiti Inspiration

I'm always gathering inspiration (hello Pinterest), so our trip to graffiti tunnel was no exception. I love seeing what color combinations the artists use, and the different patterns they add into their work. I love the saturated colors and I'm really feeling the redish magenta color that I saw a lot of down there... especially paired with turquoise and coral. I also love seeing previous works peeking from behind the new stuff and the peeled parts where you can see just how many layers there are.

A Quick Baby Quilt

Ben called me at work one day and excitedly announced we would get to meet our nephew. He is a similar age to my sister's son, but we haven't met him yet and only received a couple of pictures. Ben asked if I made him a quilt yet.  I hadn't, so I needed to get to work.  I decided to just do a quick striped design (simple and manly, but still fun and bold) with some plain fabrics I had on stash.

I was able to sew the front, baste, and quilt the blanket all in one evening. I'm loving this quick and easy design and I definitely think I'll be making it again with different color/pattern combinations.

I used Henry Alexander Casa Azul in Pool for the binding (purchased from BobbieLouFabric) and finished that up the following evening. I'm loving the outcome and I can't wait to see our nephew using this quilt. We met him over the weekend and it was fun seeing him open our gifts and run around with Cora.

Baby Quilts

My sister and college roommate are both expecting (my sister just had her babe), so I wanted to make something special for them.  I don't have a lot of money and love making things, so getting a handmade gift from me is pretty much a given.  I was inspired by a quilt that Rad&Happy made (sidenote: if you aren't following her on IG, then you need to... I pretty much love everything she's done and sums up the anxiousness of gifting quilts in this post perfectly).  I made a couple size changes and added lots more color and pattern.

I stuck with blues for my college roommate's quilt.  I loved the monochromatic look and she said they were keeping their nursery more neutral and blue colors.  I went with the green thread mostly because I couldn't find my blue thread and already had the green on my machine, but I like the small hint of another color that isn't very obvious.

For my sister's quilt, I went with the green border to go with her nursery... I was worried it might be too neon green, but it ended up being the perfect match.  I added the blue tabs mostly to fix a binding mistake I made, but I love the color blocking and it adds a little something else to the quilt... so a happy accident :).  I also used black crosshatched fabric on the back of this one instead of the gray I used on the other one.  No real rhyme or reason, I just bought enough of each for one quilt because I loved them both and couldn't decide on just one.

I started these around the end of March and worked in small increments (usually my Thursday nights when Cora is at her grandparents) finishing just in time for their showers in early June.  These are only my third and fourth quilts I've made (see my first here), but I loved working on these knowing they would be wrapped around babies that I love.  Now I just need to work on a quilt for my own baby.