Orange Peel QAL

So over at Quilty Habit there is a fun Orange Peel quilt along going on.  Sometimes it is hard to resist jumping into a fun new project even through there are so many other projects with deadlines stacking up.  Jess made it look so fun so here I am making an orange peel quilt.  I made a rule for myself, though.  I HAVE to use my scraps for this project.  My scrap stash is getting a bit out of hand.

The last scrap bag I loaded up had a great pile of matchy prints from my lqs.  They tend to make a lot of kits so I think they came from one of them.  I grabbed the stack and started my project.  I have also put myself on a fabric bin diet (hi I'm Carolyn and it has been 1 month since I raided the scrap bin at my lqs).

I am making more of the orange peels as I go along and add to my little quilt.  I am doing the stitch and flip interfacing method.  Also, I am adding some fun stitching to a few of the peels as I go along.  

This is my scrappy quilt so far.  The blocks are 5 inch squares.  Some are pieced and I like the look they add to the quilt.  They won't all have peels on them.  I am just going by feel and what I think looks good.  It is a whatever goes quilt. 

I am linking up to the half way post Jess has up at Quilty Habit.

Sewvivor - Sweet Boater Chick

Some of you may have heard of the contest of Sewvivor that has happened over the past couple of years over at Family Ever After.  Well this year it is Quilters Edition!!

I have decided to enter into the contest and for my audition I have decided to enter my Flight of the Seagulls quilt.  (It was between this one and my Modern Mini, hexagon quilt)  I looked through my photos of different quilts and this one is still one of my top favorites.  I love how the geese (seagulls) move across the quilt in an all over way.  And how they are all different sizes.

I designed this quilt.  Piece by piece I watched it grow on my design wall.  The background is not just a single piece of fabric, it has been chopped up and sewn back together to give it a different texture.

 The quilt is quilted in rolling waves.  Even the back has pinwheels of flying geese.  Here is my original post for my Flight of the Seagulls quilt.

I hope I make it as a contestant for Sewvivor!  I can't wait to see all the quilty goodness that comes from the entries!

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Megan's Wedding Quilt

Ok so maybe I should call it Megan and Justin's quilt, but you know it was really for her ;)

I have been a busy sewing bee lately.  Last week I completed 2 tops.  I think this summer I have created more tops and finished off more quilts then I even realized.

So Megan is one of my best friends and 2+ weeks ago she married the man of her dreams, Justin.  Megan and I met in college and for as long as I have know her, her favorite color has been green.  She even has a green graphing calculator!  So I knew that green would be the main color of her quilt  Justin's favorite colors are black and gray.  I can totally work with that, too.

Because things at my house have been so hectic and crazy lately I was not totally sure I would be making it to the wedding, but as it grew closer I knew I had to be there, quilt in hand.  SO off I went to my stash to find the perfect fabrics for the quilt.  I pulled 6 greens with different textures and polka-dots.  I then pulled 3 grays with black and white in them from the coma line by Moda (perfect since she is a teacher!).

I created this mixed up all over pattern just for their quilt and I think I need to write it out because it was so quick and so easy and I put it together, quilting and all, in just 3 days!  I was even spray basting it at 11:30 pm on my deck!

I did straight line quilting on the quilt, kinda following some of the seams on on the quilt.  The binding is Quilters Linen by Robert Kaufman, I love the non-solid solid look of it.  The backing is of of my favorite go to leaf prints, it just worked perfectly with the green on the front and the gray binding.  

In the end it measures 54" x 54".  I used Pellon 100% cotton Natures Touch batting.

Megan and Justin said they were very happy with their quilt.  I think that it will be perfect when they go to concerts and the sit on the grass or for snuggling on the couch. :)

Happy wedding to Megan and Justin!