Quilt Re-Do

This quilt top was finished a week before Christmas.  But I wasn’t happy with the original.

That blue & red sawtooth line seemed to divide the quilt and there wasn’t enough white in that area.

So, after a little seam ripping, I am much happier with the new look. 

The top is made from a layer cake of Wee Folks.  But since I had used all the pieces already, I substituted a brown floral on white from Sew Cherry in the sawtooth row.  It blends right in.

The little gnomes and toadstools are so adorable!  The blocks are pinwheels and stars.

Now I’m not sure what to use for backing and binding.  As usual, there is nothing suitable in my stash…so I’ll need to buy something!

WIP Wednesday

Two projects waiting to be binded (bound?).  I’ve got them quilted.  All of my kids went to bed early last night.  Can I hear an AMEN???  I had about four hours of sewing time to myself last night.  I got through three Law & Order episodes on the Roku.  It was bliss!

The sashing fabric is from Joann’s.  I’m pretty sure it’s called Kona celery.  I just had it in my stash and thought it worked—it’s a kind of greenish yellow.  I think I’m going to use a black on black print for the binding. 

This is the fabric.  I borrowed this photo from the Windham Fabrics gallery from the “Tea for Two” line.

And here are the two quilt tops I’ve made in the past week or so.   Interestingly, both are inspired by fabrics I’ve seen on Maureen Cracknell Handmade and both are made with hourglass blocks.

Don’t forget to enter my giveaway here.  I’m heading to the DC Modern Quilt Guild meeting this Saturday.  I can’t wait to meet some other modern quilters!!!

Electric Quilt July Block

My lovely husband gave me EQ7 for Mother's Day.  Learning to use it has been challenging.  When I read reviews of it, a few people mentioned it was difficult to learn to use, but they hadn't bothered to do the online lessons or read the manual.  Hmmmmm...that sounds oddly familiar now.  I have read the manual cursorily (is that a word?), but I haven't devoted enough time to be able to say I've designed anything on it yet.  The Electric Quilt company has a contest each month making a block from the EQ7 library.  I intended to make June's block, but didn't get around to it. I did get around, however, to the LQS and purchase a few fat quarters from the Bliss and Fandango lines that coordinate nicely.  I decided to use the Bliss polka dots for this month's challenge:

Those four triangles are actually the pink dots.  But when I saw it on my camera screen, the pinks really blended and made the star unnoticeable.  I decided to cut blue triangles so the star in the middle is more prominent (it is July, after all).  So here are the pieces:

I think I"m pretty happy with the colors. The star really pops out now.   Hopefully I'll get a chance to sew it all together tonight after the kids go to bed.

I also went ahead and made that Tulip Ladyfingers block into a pillow.  I quilted the block (and didn't even think to add borders before I had cut and basted the batting and backing...then I realized this was going to be a pretty small pillow). 

I used Riley Blake Quite Contrary red dots on the back (it's actually kind of pinkish).  The pillow is really cute and would look nice on a little girl's bed.  No one here has taken a liking to it, though.  It measures a small 12x12 and I made a pillow insert.  It's got an envelope style back for washing.  Hopefully it will find a home soon:)