I like to make things for my mom, especially quilty things. When I
found this cute fabric with blue and green clover made out of hearts, I knew I
wanted to make a St. Patty’s Day table topper for her. The yardage languished
in my stash for far too long before I came up with a pattern that I liked. This
block must have a name, but at the moment it eludes me. Once I started working
on mom’s version, I fell in love with it so hard that I had to make one for
myself, too.
To make these little cuties, I cut 5” squares out of the focus fabric
and my blue and green scraps. Then, I cut some of them into 2.5”x5” rectangles
and some into 2.5” squares, so that the focus fabric and scrappy fabrics
alternated.
I actually started these quilts in March 2011. It took me so long to
hand quilt my mom’s version that I decided to machine quilt mine. I quilted the
same pattern on both, as I had never compared the results of the two quilting
techniques side-by-side. The hand quilting is homier, but the machine quilting
is much faster and cleaner-looking.
Of course, a handmade present called for a handmade gift bag, so I
whipped up one of my fabric gift bags, based on a block made by HoosierToni.
After I figured out the math from scratch, I realized that there is a tutorial
at thought and found.
Linking up with Finish It Up Friday at crazy mom quilts.
Very cute table toppers, Rachel! And the gift bag is a great idea. I felt pretty cool figuring out that math for myself, too, only to see that tutorial later. She has several fun star tutorials that I'd like to make.
ReplyDeleteVery cute, and I love that we have 'matching' table toppers! Love that the St. Patrick's day fabric has blue in it too. The bag is really darling - you & Toni both have good ideas! ;-) Thanks, Rachel!
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