Flashback Friday #5: Heartz

My first lap quilt was made from a pattern called Heartz. I continued the blue and purple combination from my first quilt, but wanted a quicker pattern with less room for error. The piecing is semi-improvisational. The fabric placement was carefully planned, but the cutting was done freehand.  I finished piecing this quilt in 2005, but didn’t get it quilted until December 2007. It usually can be found on our living room couch, but migrates around the house as needed come winter.

Flashback Friday #4: Gentle Art

I learned to quilt from my mom, and we get together every so often to sew. Sometimes we even make the same project! I had a ton of fun making the Gentle Art table topper with her. I made mine out of the Celebrate Spring line by Sandy Gervais for Moda. It was a fun charm pack pattern. This project was finished sometime in the Fall of 2007.

Flashback Friday #3: Seaside Rose Moda Tin

Just before the charm pack craze really exploded, Moda put out a series of charm packs tins. They each came with a charm pack, a pattern and a CD with a larger pattern and information on the fabric line. I loved collecting the tins, but only made up a couple of them. The first one I work on was a gift from a family friend. I started working on it while visiting my parents and finished it in September of 2007. I wanted a quick project and focused more on completion than precision, so the seams don’t all match. Coincidently, it coordinates with the pre-existing paint color in our downstairs bathroom, so that is where I hung it. I would like to use the pattern again someday.