Phoebe's Christmas QAYG Quilty and Another Kitty Christmas Quilty...

 Having a pils of scraps leftover for years from Christmas sewing, I decided to make cat quilts  - one for ours and one for Phoebe, my "grandkitty."  This actually used all my scraps! So glad!  The above picture is Phoebe on her new quilt. It is a strip QAYG, assembling backing and batting and then sewing strips cross the top, then bind - very fast way to make smaller items and looks quite good! :)  Below is a picture of it before gifting.  For the QAYG I used a fat quarter as the backing and that made the trimming extra easy! Size was same when done as a fat quarter.

The one I made our kitties is not as pretty! But it used quite a few scraps! It is larger than Phoebe's quilt by several inches each way.  It was nice that I used all the rest of the Snoopy fabric for binding!! On the one for our cats I used several strip scraps to bind.

Seattle 2024 Quilts for Grands...

Finished, sent received and LOVED!!! I used some fat quarters and some fabric cut to fat quarters by me. Seattle fabric was not generally available around here of course, so I grazed the interwebs. ETSY had a nice little shop on Whidbey Island called Undercoverquilts, and that shop had this lovely Seattle print! I wanted that theme for these two quilts, as my grands grew up in that area. Also I needed a masculine sort of quilt - no florals for the guys!  

 

Primary colors set this off I think, and the binding is from eQuilter, and is called Splatter 108 inch backing.  

Those primaries really made a good binding for the Seattle Quilt! I used my Elna 720 for the sewing and quilting, and Warm and Natural and Hobbs batting - 100% cotton of course. The backing is flannel in blue shaded prints. All in all it took me quite awhile to get these made. Designed by me. :)
 

Scrubs for 18" Doll

FINALLY got around to sewing up the 18" version of this pattern. :). Available here at Pixie Faire Love-U-Bunches Scrubs for 18"   Such a sweet little pattern. I do however fully line the top because that makes a much nicer neckline. See what I did here on the set?!  SEW much fun making things for the dolls.  I finished this a couple of months ago, and since then have been working on two throw quilts. More to follow on that later on.  Have taken up coloring book coloring again....little bit of line drawing as well. Sewing seems to be more of a Fall-Winter pastime for me.  More about this pattern for my 14" doll here:  14" Scribs info

 
 

2024 Spring Scrappy Quilt Finished...

Yes, I finished this quilty throw! I call it 2024 Spring Scrappy Quilt.  OMNI all the way - top and bottom, this was a fun quilt with 3.5 inch strips. Next one I do I think will be 4.5 inch strips on a larger center. But all the leftovers and scraps are about used up now - only three small pieces you could call "scraps" are left.  Onward to a new project...

 

Scrappy Throw No.2...

 

Oh yes! This is Scrappy Throw No.2.  Three and a half inch strips around a square starting piece. This was fun. I am finally getting it quilted on the Elna. Doing the sweeping curves again with AcuFeed.  Works well and seems implanted in muscle memory now as I have used the curves so many times. I am using OMNI thread in a light muted green on top and my preloaded light green Superior Threads So Fine 60 bobbins.  The batting is Warm & White, and the backing is a print of nostalgic Travel Americana that I have had around awhile. 

My Quilting Supervisor...and Quilting...

 She is still here and keeping her eye on me in all I do in the sewing area. Here, she is making sure my batting piecing comes along well with my joining foot. :) 

She didn't supervise my Pfaff when I was quilting the table runner...I suppose she trusts the Pfaff after all these years - the Pfaff will do a great job. :)  I insulate my windows on the sill every year with the leavings after trimming a quilt. In the sewing room. That really cuts the draft plus uses the leftovers wisely. ;) It is the trimming from all three quilt layers. The batting really cuts any drafts. Not going to look good in my House Beautiful layout I suppose though....HAHAHAHHA.....

Table Runner...Asian fabrics

 Asian fabrics table runner....the back is striking and is the dark red print shown above. Used Metrosene and Superior TWIST to quilt. TWIST began to separate when I was about two thirds done, so I switched to the same basic color in Metrosene, but of course Metrosene is not shiny and silky looking, but it worked.  Warm and White batting pieced with some Warm and Natural.  Bobbin was Superior Threads Bottom Line.

The family likes the back better than the front so that is what is upwards this time around. :) The pictures are difficult because of the 60" length of the piece, and the butterfly print just does not photograph well. In person it is very lovely and so is the turquoise with gold high lights.