Melody - A New Quilt Pattern

This is my new scrappy quilt pattern called Melody. It's made from scraps - small scraps. I have a tub of strings that I used to make this quilt. I love the movement in the rows and this is what prompted me to name it melody. It's got a nice flow just like a sweet little song.

I tend to keep my neutrals very tight. In this quilt there isn't too much variation in the background fabric, but you could absolutely add more if you like.

Here it is in a rainbow! There's a note in the pattern for making the rainbow version in both the baby and the throw size. It really depends on how many different colors of scraps you have. 

If you've got scraps coming our your tubs like I do, you can find this fun pattern in my etsy shop here.

Linking with My Quilt Infatuation

Queen Size Postcard Quilt

96 x 96

I recently finished this queen sized postcard. My customer wanted this dusty blue back. I think it looks great as the binding as well. Just wanted to get the pictures documented. You can order one in any size in my etsy shop.

 

Rainbow Bargello with a Twist

So much has slowed my progress of this quilt that I started last year, but that doesn't matter right now. It's done! I had a lot of solid 2.5" strips that were left over from cutting quilts from my solid fabrics. As I said in my last post, the bin was overflowing so it needed to be used. Went through the bin and pulled out every fabric that had at least 2 full strips. I cut some black to put between some of the sections which helped me have enough colors to make this top.

Black binding to go with both the front and the back. I had a little bit of the tube left so I added it to the back for a touch of color.

The bin is still full so I still have work to do. But at my current pace of sewing it's going to be a while. I broke my finger and man it's a pain to try to cut fabric. The sewing part isn't too bad. But I do have a custom quilt I have to make (of course I get one when my finger is broken!) so I will push through. 
 

As I was getting a post ready for what I thought was my first finish of the year, I realized that I never blogged about this beauty. This one was finished in January, but it has been such a crazy hectic year I guess it slipped by me. I had a lot of solid 2.5" strips that were left over from cutting quilts from my solid fabrics. The bin was overflowing so it needed to be used. Went through the bin and pulled out every fabric that had at least 2 full strips. So this quilt is just a bit different than my typical bargello because I sewed it in 2 sections and then put it together. You can see that the pattern on top is repeated on the bottom. This made the big fabric tube so much easier to cut. BUT it takes 4 strips of each color. Yes, I had that many leftover strips!

I used a lime green binding because it just brightened up the quilt and I love that color!

 Isn't she pretty folded on my couch? But no, I am not keeping her. You can find it in  my etsy shop.

Leaf Table Runner

My daughter and I made a second fall table runner recently for our coffee table. We chose some rich fall leaf colored scraps for this one. I love these small projects for her (she's 12) because they are small enough for her to finish in a week or two and not get bogged down.

I did a simple quilting on it by a small meander on the leaves and X's on the border. I was going back and forth about adding more to the white part but I decided that less was more on this project. 

 I was hoping to get two Christmas runners done, but that didn't happen. So we'll have to move on to spring runners in the new year. December is such a busy time of year.