Starry Night Giant Star Quilt (23)

23 quilts

I have made 23 quilts

and 

finally 1 will live on my bed!!

I finished up my 

Starry Night Giant Star quilt

last weekend,

but had to wait for a time where I had extra hands, 

and not bright sunlight to photograph it

4 corners on this quilt I have to pick the one that my quilting was NOT straight to photograph!!

I used Jeni Bakers'

Giant Star quilt tutorial, 

but made my squares bigger to begin with

so I ended up with a larger star

then I added 2 borders to make it queen sized

I used a mix of blue and grey fat quarters from my stash

and backed it with grey fleece

Straight line quilted it with 1.5 inch spacing

on my own home machine

Happy Friday!!

WIP Starry Night

I have pulled out another quilt top that has been on my to-do pile for way too long

I wanted to make myself a quilt

I pieced the top a while ago

........

like last June or July

I finally got what I wanted for the backing,

only to find out it really wasn't big enough

so I pieced the backing

and got to work on the quilting

 This is where I do my basting

I use 505 Spray Adhesive to baste, so the tile floor in the dining area

makes the most sense, and it is the easiest to clean up

It is a good thing we have a huge dining table

for a queen sized quilt

(I usually use painters tape to tape my backing to the floor during the basting step,

painters tape doesn't like to stick to fuzzy backing like minky, fireside or fleece. My helpful hubby suggested I use Tuck Tape, DO NOT DO THIS

I had THEE worst time getting it off of the fabric, and in some spots ended up cutting it off. 

That is what the red stuff on my quilt in the picture above)

I had a lot of fabric to deal with, and work through my machine

But in the end

it was all worth it, it turned out great

I will get some finished pics soon

the weather has to cooperate

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Wednesday

Swoon in Progress

4 blocks down

I have no idea, how many to go, lol

I want to make this for in my living room

my furniture is chocolate brown, and my accents are blue

I have been mixing all shades of blue and brown

But can't decide if I want to make it 2x3 for a rectangle

or if I want it 3x3 for a bigger square

???????????????

Happy Sunday

Mini Starburst Table Topper

I finished my Mini Starburst Table topper!!

I wanted a few more table toppers, and runners for the holiday season

I have had my eye on the 

Mini Starburst pattern

from Canoe Ridge Creations 

I plan on making one 

in pink, yellow, blue and grey,

the colours of my Impromtu quilt

to go in my spare room

But first wanted to make one in

holiday fabrics

See the snow flakes and swirls

This will sit on my radio stand for this year

In other news

it is very chilly this weekend -30 C

when we got up this morning!

More projects on the go

picked up some batting yesterday in the city

so I can get quilting a few of my other projects that are the waiting pile

Happy Saturday

Stay warm!!

Blogathon Canada

I am very excited

I found a whole bunch of great Canadian quilt bloggers

The Sew Sisters are hosting the Blogathon Canada

to introduce us to more great Canadian bloggers

I would like to thank Flo at Butterfly Quilting

for adding me to her blog list

I will share a bit about myself

I grew up in a city

fell in love with a farm boy

married that farmer

we have 3 children

We live on the farm and honestly

there is no place I would rather be

We grain farm and raise cattle

I have always had a love for all things home-made

I am a scrapbooker, and a card maker

I am also a quilter

About a year ago now 

my husband said to me

"you should make quilts for the twin"

the other day I said to him

"look what you started"

These are the quilts that started it all

Royal & Scarlett

my great granny quilt

My Giant Star

my Irish Chain quilt

Impromtu

my Darkside quilt

and last but not least

my Hockey Mom Quilt

I have found the blog world is a great place for inspiration

I could spend hours looking on the internet

I am glad to be making my own place in this blog world

Thank you for stopping by, I would love if you stop back again

Happy Thursday

Swoon in Progress

Swoon quilts seem to be popping up all over the blog world again

Once again reminding me of my 2 lonely swoon blocks

hanging on the design wall, waiting to be finished

Just seems like other projects keep jumping to the front of the line

So the other night I pulled out my 

already cut

pieces, and got to work

and, yes that is my seam ripper sitting

be the pile that was sewn together wrong

and so it sits

another project

I have made another table topper, 

got it all sewn together

and then sandwiched with the batting and backing

just waiting to be quilted

As I mentioned in yesterday post, 

I have changed my blog name and address, so make sure you update 

your bloglovin

Happy Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by

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a few changes

I have been wanting to make a few changes around here for a while

bear with me while they are in progress

as I am learning to do things myself, lol

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Hockey Rink quilt (22)

Ok, New Favourite!!!

But don't we say that about each new quilt we make??

I asked a question on Facebook 

a few weeks ago

"would you buy one of my quilts"

I had lots of people say, YES they would

The cradle quilt in my last post was the first one

This is the second one

I was asked to make a quilt

for my friend and her little twin daughters to use

while they are at the cold hockey rinks, watching their bigger sister

at hockey

She said it was up to me what pattern and fabric I choose

she only asked that I used Red, Navy and White,

the teams colours

This idea popped in my head right away,

I wanted the navy to be the main fabric because of where it will be used,

and tried to use as little white as possible.

the backing is supper cozy grey Fireside fabric

if you have never used it, it compared to minky for softness

hard to capture "softness" in a picture, lol

and finished it all off with a scrappy red binding

I have sent her pictures and her response was

"I LOVE IT"

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and now to show you a new addition in my house

yup, I got a wooden ladder finally

My wonderful hubby made it for me!!!

We are at odds right now over finishing it though,

he wants to stain it, I want to antique paint it

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Thursday

Stay warm!!

Central Park Finished (20 & 21)

I had a rough night

between sick kids and hubby getting up to go hunting

I didn't get much sleep last night

I have a quilt sitting on the machine right now

waiting for binding, 

I hope I have the energy to get it finished

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On to something that is finished

Central Park is Finished!!

It sat on the unfinished pile for a while

I love that it is a great mix of colours and prints

Perfect baby quilt

or nice cozy lap quilt

backed with COZY minky

This one is going up for sale, my collection is growing, 

and i have more in the works, I want to make

Besides, my hubby says it is not big enough for him to cover up with, lol

Also I have my first commissioned quilt to show

I was asked to make a (mini in my opinion)

cradle sized quilt

18x36

The customer asked for a gender neutral

cause the parents didn't know what they were having

She asked for yellow and turquoise

again it is backed with COZY minky

the grandpa to be made the cradle!!

Like I said earlier

I have more projects in the works

This lovely bolt of fabric arrived at my door step 

a few weeks ago

I.ve got big plans to use it up!!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Thursday

Aspen Frost Runners

I can remember when I was a kid

my mom and my grandmas had doilies 

on their end tables and coffee tables

Quilters make 

Quilted Doilies!!

I used Aspen Frost for Moda

Mini Charm Packs

They are so cute!!

One for each end table

and a bigger one for the fireplace

I have a few other mini Charm packs

I am hoping to make some other seasonal

table runners too.

I still have a few

other Christmas ones I want to make too

Happy Tuesday

Thanks for stopping by

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Frosty's new home

This is what my weather has looked like for the last 2 days.

I hate winter, I hate snow and I hate cold!!!

It seems fitting that while it's been ugly outside I found a home for my Frosty wall hanging. 

I plan on making other seasonal wall hangings for there as well

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I was asked to make a baby quilt, cradle sized, it will be my first paid project. 

Just need to get some better thread to quilt it. 

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Wednesday