Flashback Friday #11: Patriotic Breeze

Like so many people, I learned how to quilt from my mom. Even though she has decades more sewing and quilting experience than I do, she still enjoys it when I make quilty things for her. After the Valentine’s Day Table Topper, I decided to make her another holiday quilt, this time for the Fourth of July. I call it Patriotic Breeze, as the pattern is Bay Breeze from the Summer 2008 edition of Quilts and More and the fabric is a charm pack of Red, White and Bold by Sandy Gervais.

Part of the reason I love Patriotic Breeze so much is that it challenged me. It was the first time that I made folded piping and the first time that I worked with 1.5” squares. I love how it turned out, especially with all the blue. I can safely say that it is one of my favorite quilts that I have made. Luckily, I get to visit it at my mom’s house. I also have fabric picked out and set aside for a similar piece for myself, but in a different colorway. Patriotic Breeze was finished in November of 2009.

Check out the Fall 2011 Bloggers' Quilt Festival at Amy’s Creative Side for more inspiration.

WIP Wednesday: October 26, 2011

Cold season arrived at our house recently, so I have been spending most of my time caring for a sick baby while sick myself. I did manage to make a little progress, and started two new projects.

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Current Projects

Blueberry Pie {18/18 blocks complete}: The blocks have been sewn into rows, but I ran out of time to take a picture.

Call Me Crazy block

Call Me Crazy {31/42 blocks complete}: I was only able to complete one block this week, but that’s okay. I’m really enjoying the process on this one.

Flurry by Kate Spain

Christmas Gift #1: When Kate Spain’s Flurry line came out, I snapped up a bunch of it, plus some coordinating solids from Pink Chalk Fabrics. I am hoping to turn this stack into four Christmas presents, a few gift bags and something for myself. I started piecing the first present and I really enjoy working with this fabric line.

Beginnings of Christmas gift bags

Christmas Gift Bags: I started piecing a few Christmas gift bags with the above mentioned Flurry fabric. Someday, I would like to wrap all the gifts I give in homemade bags, but right now I’m focusing on Christmas.

Finished Tops Currently Being Hand Quilted

Unblogable #1

Finished Tops Currently Being Machine Quilted

Kaleidoscope Quilt Along

Finished Tops Awaiting Quilting

Between the Lines/Paris Cats
Scrappy Green Quilt (aka Unblogable #5)
Unblogable #2
Warm Cool Quilt Along

On Hold

2011 Memory Quilt
Color Book
Scrappy Nine-Patch {12/70 blocks complete}
Valentine’s Day Half-Square Triangles

Stats

New projects: 2
Completed projects: 0
Total projects: 14
Projects on my Not Yet Started list: 20

Flashback Friday #10: Scrappy Keyhole Table Runner

After finishing the Two Weeks’ Notice table runner, I started another table runner with the leftover jelly roll scraps. This time, the pattern was Keyholes Table Runner, also from On a Roll Again by Heather Mulder Peterson. I don’t remember when I started it, but I finished it in the spring of 2009. It took me so long because I hand quilted it in a very dense cross-hatch pattern. I accidently left out one of the blocks, which I found a few weeks after I finished the runner. This table runner now lives at my grandma’s house, occasionally making appearances in her kitchen and her breakfast nook.