Postcard with Gray

I've finished another postcard quilt, this time with gray and all original colors. I thought it would be fun to compare it too the previous one I made with the extra colors. It's the one with the black binding.
 

There's not a lot of difference between the two. Mostly I see a few darker pieces on the black one in the bottom left corner. I also see a few different fabrics in the upper left where I changed out some of the orange to make it more diverse and more towards the lighter orange. I wasn't sure I would like the black binding, but I really think it's striking in this photo. 

I'm working on a new pattern...finally! It will be sewn just as soon as my sewing machine comes back from the repair shop. I hope it's not gone too long!

Camouflage Quilt

I've been meaning to make a camouflage quilt for a couple years now. I've finally done it! The backing fabric has been hiding in my closet for a while, but I stumbled across it looking for something last month. I have two bolts - one with this reddish color and the other is more tan. 

I wanted relatively small pieces to give this quilt the camouflage feel and I think it worked out. The only thing I would change is to add some of the backing fabric to the front. I will be doing that on the next quilt. 

56" x 68"

 This would make a great gift for any outdoorsman. Good thing my kids have plenty of quilts or some of them might have tried to snatch this one up!

Another Postcard Quilt

Recently, I was asked to make a postcard quilt and as I was getting fabric out to cut I thought why not make 2 while I have everything out. This is the one quilt where all my boys help me layout and iron as I sew. It is so helpful! Anyway, that first quilt is sewn into blocks and ready to sew into a top, but there is no hurry since the customer doesn't want it until November. Because this one isn't a special request, I was able to use up some different colors of solids I had left over from other quilts. I think I added at least 10 more colors to the 37 that are already in my quilt usually. 

I was running low on gray prints, but I found this one in my backing bin. It didn't match any of the gray solids I had on hand so I ended up using Kona Pepper. It looks very striking, but not overpowering like black does. One down and one to go!

 

Scraps with Black and White

60" x 72"

The fabric pieces for this quilt were cut this summer, but got put on hold because other quilts took priority. But I am glad it's off my cutting table now and ready for someone to snuggle with. 

It's a one block quilt and there are 30 blocks in the quilt. I started using 9 black and white and 9 color fabrics in each block, but it just seemed like there was too much black and white and not enough color. So I started switching out one or two of the black and white for a colored one in each block. 

 It was still challenging to layout the blocks with all that black and white, but I persevered and got it done. I love the break of color the black and white provide. It's a fun scrappy quilt for sure! Lot's of scraps still to go!

Linking with My Quilt Infatuation.

King Size Rainbow Bargello

Look at this ginormous rainbow of a quilt! It's a king size bargello modified from a pattern by Let's Quilt Something. Sorry to say she has removed her blog completely so the pattern is no longer available.  Below is a shot of the texture after the quilt was washed. I quilted an over all meander in a gray thread. It's wonderfully crinkly!

 After making this big beautiful quilt, it's finally time for a fall quilting break! It will be a short one though. I have a lot of things planned this week, but then I'll get back to quilting.  There's too many quilts to make!