Lindsay Lou - A New Pattern

 50' x 66"

This is my new pattern called Lindsay Lou. I named it after my oldest daughter. As you might have guessed, her name is Lindsay. When she was little I used to call her Lindsay Lou. Her middle name is not Lou, but it just sounds so playful and sweet.

This is an easy beginner quilt that is perfect for summer! It comes in 5 sizes from Baby to King and is made from a layer cake. I used the Nest fabric line from Moda to make the lap size quilt.

I found a soft blue floral print for the back to keep the quilt light and airy. Lately it seems I have not been piecing my backs, so I decided to add some fun to this quilt. I found a pink fabric in my stash that goes perfectly and breaks up the blue of the backing fabric.

Myra from Busy Hands Quilts  made a baby size with a beautiful aqua background. She chose bolder fabrics in navy and red for the triangles. I just love this combo!

Hope you like my new pattern, it's a different style than the others. Thanks for stopping by! You can find Lindsay Lou here.

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.


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Throwback Thursday - Veggie Tales

For my first Throwback Thursday I've picked two Veggie Tales Quilts. This first one I Made in 2010 and it was one of the first quilts I ever made. I bought a panel with two different blocks - Larry the Tomato shown on this quilt and Bob the Cucumber which I used on the second quilt.

Now keep in mind that I am completely new to sewing and quilting at this point, with only the internet and quilting blogs to help me. I had an old sewing machine my mom bought for me and it did't do much but sew a straight line! I am good at math however, so I got out some graph paper and drew up how I could use the fabric I bought. I probably only had a half hard of a few prints to work with. 

I came up with this design using the border print on top and bottom. The back is all black as I hadn't started piecing backs yet. I quilted straight lines a quarter inch away from the ditch on all the sashing on my sewing machine.

Five years later in 2015 I decided to use the other panel to make us a matching quilt. I dug out all the remaining fabric, did a bunch more designing on graph paper and came up with this. You might guess that I didn't have enough of the panel print to get all the way across the quilt, so I had to break it up with the sashing.

There were two prints I didn't want to use on the front left over so I used them on the back.  I quilted it the same way, but this time on my longarm. All the left over pieces went into I-Spy kits I made in that year too.

We still have both of these quilts on the couches in the front room. They are well loved by the kids. I love them too. They remind me why quilting is so much fun. You get to play with color and fabric, do some math, and sometimes you even get to put a puzzle together and make it beautiful. Yes, I do love math!

Linking with MMM for Throwback Thursday.

Another Purple Cross

 80" x 90"

I had a request for a purple cross quilt in my shop. This one is a full sized quilt. Purple must be a lot of peoples favorite color as I've made 3 purple cross quilts. I used over 20 different fabrics to give this such a scrappy look. 

Here is my first attempt on the design wall. It was looking a little too pink purple so I took out the offending print. You can see on the cross where it's gone now.

Normally I would use a solid on the back of a bed quilt, but she is giving this quilt to be used on a couch and she wanted it to be big.  It is definitely big!  I found this beautiful purple print at Marshall's Dry Goods. I love their prices and the wide backings are pretty nice.

Here's a close up of the backing fabric. I actually ordered 3 different purple prints so I could choose the right color. I like this print and will use it again, hopefully in a different color.

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Regatta Quilt #2

Regatta quilt #2 is finally finished! (You can see #1 here.) This one has been sitting out on the hallway rail since I finished the other one. Was that January? I don't remember, it's been so long!  I was not loving this as a quilt top with the gray, but now that it's quilted....I LOVE IT!  Amazing what a little quilting can do.

I quilted varying sizes of swirls on all the colored strips and a back and forth on the gray including the little blocks in each row between the colors. The texture this created is so wonderful!

I really wanted a green fabric with red lady bugs that was as Joann's earlier this year. But the day I went to get it they had just sold most of it. There wasn't enough left for the back of this quilt. So I settled on this green floral print. I settled.  I wish I had been more patient with buying the back because I really think I could have found something nicer. 

I hear that Roseanne is doing a final update soon on the Regatta Quilt Along that she hosted, so if you haven't finished yours yet, there is still time!

Linking with NTT, Busy Hands Quilts, and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Wrangler - A New Pattern

 Today I am excited to release my newest quilt pattern - Wrangler. It is a combination of modern and traditional styles. The cream colored rectangles are the lassos and represent the cowboys and the modern part of this pattern. The navy stars represent America, patriotism, and freedom and are the more traditional part of this pattern.  I love the rustic fell of this quilt!

The key to success in this pattern is choosing an accent fabric (the star points) that is darker than the rest of the prints. Here is the pattern in some different fabric lines. The first one is Elementary by Moda shown below.

But I wanted to show you some more looks you can get by changing out the background and star fabrics.  This one is made from Kate Spain's Voyage with purple stars and an aqua background.

Choosing an accent fabric that is closer in value to the rest of the prints will also be successful, but will provide you with a softer look like the one shown in Moda's fabric line Scrumptious. So pretty!

Lastly, a fun rainbow of colors off set with a gray background and navy stars. Because who doesn't love a bright and cheery quilt!

I made the lap size quilt, but the pattern has instructions to make the quilt in 6 sizes - Wall, Baby, Lap, Twin, Queen, and King.

If you'd like to purchase the pattern it is available as a PDF download on Craftsy or Etsy.

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts, Crazy Mom Quilts, and Can I Get a Whoop Whoop.