Modern Rainbow Quilt

56 x 72

This modern quilt has 8 different kona cotton fabrics for each colorway. That's 32 different colors! I have been playing with solids a lot lately and this one on flicker caught my eye.

It's quilted with a simple meander with a white thread to not take away from the fun vibrant colors. Okay, really it's because that's what I always do. I need to get some time to broaden my free motion quilting selections. As of right now I only have two options. Perhaps I'll get to that next year...

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Hunting T-Shirt Quilt

Another memory quilt is finished and this time it is made from hunting and fishing shirts. I added in two pairs of jeans to this one because the color and texture went so well with this quilt. Surprisingly, I didn't have any trouble quilting the jeans. They do make those spots a little stiffer than the rest of the quilt.

Apparently, my friend's husband rubbed a whole in this dog shirt and she wanted me to keep it original.  I applied a patch underneath the shirt to keep it from getting bigger and then I stitched around it with a cream thread. Then I also quilted a little loop d loop around it to make sure it is secure for washing.

I love how you can add almost anything to a memory quilt.  This time I added two pockets that I carefully measured and cut to fit into the block.

I cut stuff off sleeves and saved little areas of logos to use for the small pieces. And when I didn't have enough I just used a blank piece of the shirt to finish filling in the pieces.  I searched a long time to find a camo print that I liked.  Finally found this one with the trees and leaves.

Quilt Stats:
Pattern: My design
Size: 59 x 74
Batting:  Hobbs 80/20
Quilting: Medium/Large meander in a tan thread

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Boomerang Quilt

My entry for the Blogger's Quilt Festival is this paper pieced Boomerang Quilt. I used Kona Cotton colors Iron Gray, Pepper, Sprout, Sunflower, and Bahama Blue with a Snow background.

 It is quilted with a modern freehand wave about an inch apart.  The back is a simple grungy gray.

Hope you are enjoying all the beautiful quilts at the festival this year!  Thanks to Amy for hosting this fun event!

Disappearing Rainbow

51 x 64

This is a disappearing 9 patch quilt made from 5" scrap pieces.  I got the idea here to make this quilt. It was so fun to dig into my scrap bin and pull out all these different colors.  The background fabric is a textured print from connecting threads. 

The back even has it's own rainbow!  Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Giant Flying Geese Quilt

88 x 96

This quilt is made from giant flying geese blocks. You can find the directions here and another example here. I added a few more blocks and got rid of the border. The blocks are mostly set in groups of 2 geese with an occasional single one here or there to make the row long enough.

The flying geese blocks finish at 16.5 by 8.5 and I didn't have a ruler large enough to trim them easily. Other than that, it was a fast and easy finish.

I had been looking for a extra wide back for a while online, but while I was in Joann's one day I saw a new flannel extra wide backing. It was white with black and looked perfect for my quilt. Plus it will make this quilt extra soft and warm.

Linking with Finished or Not Friday, Crazy Mom Quilts, and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.