A Lovely Year of Finishes - June

Wow, I can't believe it is the end of June already.  I feel like this year is flying by.  I finished up my goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes about 2 weeks ago and I can't believe it took me this long to write about it.

I started Orion's quilt right after he was born.  I had an idea what I wanted to do, but once I saw his sweet little face I knew exactly the quilt for him.  I finished the top quickly and it took me a little bit to figure out how I wanted to quilt it.

So I decided on quilting it with straight lines vertically about 3 inches apart and then 4 sets of 4 horizontal lines that are 3 inches apart.   I think that it will be enough quilting to hold up to a growing little boy.

The back is a fun letter print.  I picked it up a while ago from my LQS and it matched perfectly with the front.  And I have to share my excitement that this entire quilt came from my stash!  (Em, I know you know how big my stash is and you probably aren't too surprised, haha.)

I really love his name on the quilt.  I sent it out to the little guy this week.  Can't wait to hear what his mommy thinks of it.

I am linking up to the June Finishes at Sew Bittersweet Designs and Fiber of All Sorts.  There are so many great projects that were finished this month!  Hmm, now to decide for next month.

Modern Mini Challenge - Modern Pinwheel

It's that time of year again for another Modern Mini Challenge.  This year I went even smaller and made m quilt just 10" by 10".  My entry is my Modern Pinwheel quilt.

I was given a bag of small scrap triangles by one of the ladies at my LQS from a project she recently completed.  They were all so pretty, coming form a Christmas line in the store.  

I made a bunch of them into half square triangles, adding in the touches of yellow to brighten it up.  Each square was just 1.75" before I put them into the pinwheel.

I then hand quilted, with pearl cotton, tracing the teal fabrics.  That part took the longest, but I am so very happy with the results.

I am linking up my Modern Pinwheel to the Modern Mini Challenge at Ellison Lane.  There are so many beautiful mini quilts entered already.

Orion's Quilt

I am halfway through with my A Lovely Year of Finishes goal.  Baby Orion was born to one of my besties on May 31.  The moment I saw the little guy I knew the quilt I had to make for him.

So now Orion's quilt top is together.  I decided to use some of my Oh Deer by Moda charm pack and a fun newspaper texty print.  I started the top by making patchwork letters for his name.  I used the technique by Oh Fransson, Simple Patchwork Letters.  

It was so simple, I made up patchwork blocks and then cut out my letters.  After cutting out the letters, I add fuseable web to the back to make it easier to applique the block to the background fabric.  I found it funny that even though there are over 100 spools of thread in this house, I had to go and but 3 more because I didn't have the right colors.  After I had all the colors, I zigzagged around each letter.


Since the little guy's name is Orion, as in the constellation Orion's Belt, there had to be stars on his quilt.  I made some scrappy stars and for extra color pieced in the little birds.

 
And for fun, a picture from the back.  I love seeing the light through a quilt.

Now I have to quilt it.  I am thinking about free-motion where the newspaper texty print is.