Nell's Flower Shop Yo-Yo Pillow (2/7/09)

This afternoon's look back project is my Nell's Flower Shop Yo-Yo Pillow that I did back in February of '09.  It uses Moda's Nell's Flower Shop line.  I had a package of charm squares and a yard of one of the brown fabrics - so I used the charm squares to make yo-yo's and made a nice little pillow.  The base of the pillow was quilted in brown #100 silk using a meandering stipple all-over design before I applied the yo-yo's.

Morning Glory Dresden Plate

Again on this one I don't have an exact date (uggh!).  I think it is from 2008, and it still isn't quilted (uggh!  uggh!).  I used an older line from Moda called Morning Glory, which I had picked up from a quilt shop, in Columbus, a few years ago.  Then a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to find some additional fat quarters to match the wovens that I already had.   Mix in some nice quality cream-colored fabric and a desire to learn how to do a Dresden Plate quilt ... and voila!   I should have smoothed it out on the design wall a little more before taking the picture though!  It is hard to see in the picture (because it blends in with the white design wall), but there's a cream-colored border OUTSIDE of the checkerboard border.  So this piece actually has three borders ... 1. Cream,  2.  Checkerboard,  3.  Cream.  While this is a lap quilt in terms of size, it will actually be hanging on one of the walls in our master bedroom when I get this quilted.

Postage Stamp Quilt - Update

Okay, had to do a little work on this one ... When I got done with the main body of the quilt, I added a 2½" cream border.  Then I added a 5" blue border - but I really didn't like it at all.  But I didn't want to just start chopping things ... so I gave it a couple of days to be up on the design wall (to stare at it).  Eventually I decided that the wide borders just didn't look right.  So I chopped them down to the same width as the cream borders.  I think I like it a lot better now! 

Moonlit Pumpkins (10/2006)

This morning I'm looking back to a pair of pillows that I did in October of 2006. 

Here's a closer look at the quilting ... a basic zig-zag stitch horizontally and vertically across the seams.

One group of fabrics - two quilts

Today I'm looking back to a pair of quilts that I made in November of 2008.   Both are made with the Miss Jump's Scrapbag line from Moda.  The first is an original design that I've been calling a "16-patch twister".

The second quilt, a basic rail fence design, was made with the leftovers.

Spring Magic ...

Here's a wall hanging that I started tonight.  It uses a pack of charm squares from Moda's Spring Magic line, and a couple of white fat quarters.  Think I should have alternating rows point down?

Madeira Log Cabin (8/11/08)

My look back quilt for today is a log cabin quilt top that I finished on 8/11/08.  After taking the pictures, I realized that I was just a few inches away from making this a queen-sized quilt -- so I added some borders to it.  (haven't taken more pictures yet)  Ironically it will be the only quilt that I've made to actually be on our bed. 

Le Jardin (1/30/06)

Today I'm looking back to a fun Moda kit that I finished back in January of '06.  This quilt is called Le Jardin.  It was one of the first quilts that I quilted on the HQ-16.   In terms of size, it's about a twin.

Postage Stamp Quilt - Update

I got 16 more blocks done for my postage stamp quilt .... It really is SO easy, and moves along fairly quickly.  Of course I'm using a strip-piecing method - I'm not sitting there stitching together a gazillion little 1½" squares of fabric.  From one Honey Bun and a couple of yards of cream fabric, I got 32 blocks, each 8" (finished).  I will probably leave off two of the blocks and just do a 5x6 block layout for the lap quilt.  Here's where it's at right now ...

Harvest Home

I'm not sure when I completed this quilt - but it was pretty early on in my quilting experience.  The main body of the quilt was done using nickel squares from Moda's Harvest Home collection.  The borders are each a slightly different color - although each one is gold.  I did some pretty ambitious quilting in the borders for this being such an early piece.  The quilting in the main body of the quilt is all just stitch-in-the-ditch.  I hadn't learned how to do traditional quilt binding yet at that point, so I turned over the edges of this quilt and stitched them down.

Postage Stamp Quilt

Here's the postage stamp lap quilt that I'm working on currently ... It uses the Beach House line from Moda and some cream fabric.

Gingersnaps Quilt and Pillow (9/2006)

I did this quilt called Gingersnaps back in September of 2006.   I neglected to take any pictures of the finished quilt unfortunately.  Later that month, I used the leftovers from the kit to make a coordinating pillow.

Here's how it looked as it was on the design wall midway through the construction process.

Legacy Purse (6/2/10)

I decided to use the leftover scraps from the Pineapple Sundae quilt to make a quick little purse/tote.  I sewed several of the 1½" strips together and then quilted the fabric with #100 brown silk.  I used that fabric to make the body of the purse.  The quilt and the purse used Moda's Legacy line.

Garden Magic (3/30/05)

My look back project for today is a small wall hanging that I did back in March of '05.  The project was a kit from Connecting Threads catalog, back when they were still selling a lot of Moda fabrics in kits.  (Wish they still were!)  I really encourage newbie quilters to do small projects ... they really do help you build confidence.  And with their small size, you have less money invested in each one (so you can do more), and you can get each project accomplished more quickly, and not get bored with the piece or feel overwhelmed.  Is it perfect?  No, not at all.  But I learned some new lessons, and gained experience and confidence!

Pineapple Sundae

I finished the Pineapple Sundae quilt top this evening during the Indians game.  I had been wanting to do a pineapple log cabin quilt for a long-long-long time, and bought this kit during a special.  Of course the latest Keespsake Quilting catalog arrived in the mail today and the Pineapple Sundae kit has been moved to their clearance section, and marked down from $139.99 to $89.99 - wow!  I remember getting it for a good price - but not from Keepsake Quilting.   I'm happy with the way it turned out.  Now I have to figure out how to quilt it.

Fruit Cocktail (7/25/05)

I learned a lot of lessons from this wall hanging that I completed back in July of '05.  This was pretty early on in my quilting, and wasn't confident at all with my thread choices when it came to my quilting.  I ended up using pink thread to do a freemotion pattern called "Ricky Doodles" (according to Ricky Tims) or a version of "headbands" (according to Diane Gaudynski).  My favorite name for the pattern is called "peacock feathers", and it's really the first freemotion motif that I became comfortable with.  As for the wall hanging itself, this was a small wall hanging kit available through Connecting Threads when they were offering Moda stuff (before they radically changed their catalog offerings).

And here's a close up of the stitching.

Four Seasons Pillow (11/13/06)

My look back for today was a pillow that I made with the Four Seasons line from Moda.  I used the embroidery module to quilt some designs in each of the nine squares of the pillow top.  With the leftover squares I made prairie points to go around the four sides.

Flowers For Kashmir (8/9/08)

My look back today is to a top that I finished on 8/9/08 called Flowers For Kashmir.  It was a Moda University kit.

Zippity Doo Dah (10/14/09)

Here's a fun panel from Moda's Zippity Doo Dah line that I did last October.  I will probably quilt it in silk like some of the other panels that I've done.

Fall Is Here (10/7/08)

Ahhh .... just thinking about Fall puts a smile on my face.  I'm not a summer person - and it was close to 90 degrees today - yuck!  Anyway, my look back project of the day for today is a small lap quilt called Fall Is Here.