Pink Valentine Quilt

Now that Christmas is over, who's ready for Valentine's Day? Not me, that's for sure!  But I did make this fun pink quilt from all scraps. All shades of reddish pink including a few that are almost red. I used 2.5" strips and squares for this one. I tried to cut an equal amount of light, dark, and medium fabrics. 

56" x 64"

The top was so pink I knew that I couldn't put a pink back on it. That would make it too "little girl". So to make it more mature feeling, I went with a white and gray print that reads as light gray. 

But I added a pink paisley strip to add some fun. And I didn't have enough gray to do the whole back anyway....but we're going to go with the fun reason anyway.

Whether you like pink or you wanna decorate the living room for Valentine's Day, this quilt will fit the bill. And a bunch of scraps are out of my bins!

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Quilty Hearts Baby Quilt

For Thanksgiving, the kids got to do some tie-dyeing. Usually they just get to do a shirt, but Becca wanted to try to dye some fabric to make a pillow case. She wanted purple, but we didn't have any purple dye so we made our own with the navy, pink, and turquoise dyes. You never know how it is going to turn out until it's all rinsed and dry. Well, she didn't like it at all. We had planned on adding a piece for the end of the case .I tried every solid purple I had in my stash and I couldn't make it work.  

So with only 28" of fabric, I did some quilty math and was able to make this cute little baby quilt. I carefully cut the strips I needed, saving the large swirl for last...

So that I could put it on the back! This hand dyed fabric went from drab to fab in this cute baby quilt!

So glad there was a happy ending to the Thanksgiving day fabric dying fun! Next time I plan on using a full yard so that I won't have to add any fabric to it to make a pillow case.  

I Spy Quilt

Simple little I-Spy quilt Josie and I finished up for the shop. Josie did the layout and sewed the top. I quilted it for her. She is getting to be quite the sewist! She doesn't like to sit and sew too long, but it adds up. We picked a yellow fabric for the back and solid black binding to match both sides.

Since she has conquered sewing rows and columns, she is now working on sewing easy blocks together for a scrap quilt. We'll make a few quilts with simple blocks to make sure her seams are still lining up and then hopefully we'll move on to half square triangles. 

Kookie Kisses Pattern Release

This fun quilt was inspired by my youngest child. She has been wanting a quilt for her bed and I had her pick out her favorite colors from the Kona cotton swatch board I have. She loves the turquoise and the bright pink the best. After we widdled down her pile, this is what we came up with - medium and dark shades of pink, green, turquoise, and purple. It is such a fun color combination! An so here is Kookie Kisses, a pattern named for all the hugs and kisses my daughter loves to share with everyone!

This is a throw size made using 2.5" strips. The pattern also has directions for using fat quarters so you can pretty much use any fabric that you want.  It comes in three sizes - throw, twin, and queen. I bet you're wondering why I didn't make a twin for Emma....well, let me just say she pulled a fast one on me as I was playing around with some color designs. She has picked a two color quilt in this pattern which will be coming soon. Such a sinker!

You know that back has to be blue because it's my favorite color. But it needed a little jazzing up so I tried out several of the fabrics and the purple just spoke to me. It's the perfect addition to the quilt!

Speaking of purple, here is what Kookie Kisses looks like in all purple fabrics. This would be a fun one for a purple lover. It would also be cute in all pinks!  
 

As I was playing, I also tried a black background. Oohhh, I love this one too! I hope you see one you like as well. Maybe you have a color combination that you love to use...what would it be?

If you'd like to make Kookie Kisses for your special someone you can find the pattern in my shop. I have the PDF  and Printed versions available. 

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