Sports Backpack

I needed another birthday gift. Here it is. I also recruited my newest bag model!

Butterfly Fling Quilt

I just love this quilt! I know I feel this way every time I finish a quilt, but this one is really fun. I think it is because I love butterflies. This line of fabric is called Butterfly Fling from Moda.
I used a layer cake to make the front of this quilt along with 15 inches of fabric for the pink squares. I saw this quilt at our "Quilting in the Country Quilt Retreat" last year and several of us wanted to make it. I think at least one other person from the retreat has made this pattern. It is an easy pattern. You choose layer cake square and then match it with another square that you will cut in 4 pieces to outline it with. I actually cut all my pieces first and layed them out before I started sewing. I changed the pattern slightly by making my pink square different from the original pattern. One of the hardest parts of making this quilt is deciding where to put your fabric. It is fun arranging the colors, but sometimes difficult to arrange everything so it looks just right. It was also a fun task though.
This is the quilting done by Merlene from Nelda's Quilt Shop. I asked for daisies and butterflies to match the fabric and this is the design she came up with. I love it, don't you? The color in this picture is wrong. See the next picture for a more true picture of the color.
I am a firm believer in labels. Sometimes I feel like I am writing a book instead of a label, but I want to include all the information. My labels are made by Nelda at Nelda's Quilt Shop.

I hope you have enjoyed this quilt. Like I say, I just love it.

Buzz Saw Quilt

I have finally finished my Buzz Saw Quilt. I started it at "Quilting in the Country" Quilt Retreat last October. I am so happy to have finally finished it. I have worked all year at completeing the projects from retreat, but I get sidetracked with other things I want to make. I am trying to finish everything on my UFO list before I start something new, but a birthday or something comes up and there go my plans. It is fun anyway.
If you have never made a buzz saw quilt, this is a nice quilt to make. It takes only a small piece of many different fabrics. You take a 6 inch half sqaure triangle and cut it into 4 strips. You also need one full strip of the color you are using. You reverse the order of the strips and sew them back together. (It is really hard to describe something that is easy to show in person.)
The piano border is made of strips from the same fabrics in the quilt. I did add one extra color to make the border big enough. I also used that color for my backing. I wish, however, that I had used white muslin as the backing. I will remember that the next time I have white on the top.
And as I always do, I added a label. I try to give as much information as possible. I also have included washing instructions because I want my colors to last as long as possible. I may not be the person washing it. I have also read some terrible quilt washing stories. Go to this site and read a really sad one: http://kimsbigquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-08-02T03%3A13%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=5