Ships and Sailors - A New Pattern

Introducing my new pattern called Ships and Sailors! It comes in 6 sizes from Baby to King. The pattern includes directions for a 3 fabric quilt from yardage or a multi-fabric quilt from fat quarters. 

This blue quilt is a large lap generously sized at 70.5" square. It is made from 3 different blue fabrics, a light, a medium, and a dark.  It shows off the pattern nicely with the dark fabric as the anchor. (Pun intended!)

This green and black version is a small lap quilt sized at 56.5" by 70.5". This one is made from fat quarters. I love that you can still see the blocks, and it almost sparkles like gems.

You might be wondering where I came up with a name like Ships and Sailors. The name comes from a game my kids like to play. They learned it at camp several years ago. It is very similar to Simon Says, but it involves a captain and his shipmates. As I was designing this pattern, I thought of this game. Mostly because I was working with blue (it's my favorite color) and the blocks remind me of boating.

You can find Ships and Sailors as a PDF  in my pattern shop at Etsy.

Linking with My Quilt Infatuation, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts, Busy Hands Quilts and Free Motion by the River.

Postcard Quilt Along - Finished!

The Postcard Quilt Along is coming to a close and now we can see everyone's completed quilts. I am excited to see all the variations on this pattern.  I made a King size quilt with two pillow shams. 

102" x 114"

I love the color in this quilt. Such a beauty! It's quilted with wavy lines and backed with gray.

The pillow shams have no binding this time. Last time I used yellow binding. Can't decide which I like better.  The pillow backs are gray also.

Thanks to Sandra for all the work you put into this quilt along. Hop on over to Sandra's blog to see all the beautiful quilts and thanks for stopping by!

Custom Memory Quilt

88" x 88" 

Would you believe me if I told you this entire quilt top was made from men's dress shirts? Well it was! I used 6 white long sleeve shirts for the background and 17 colored dress shirts. The shirts were in very good condition, but because they were so tightly woven, my sewing machine didn't like them.  We plowed through it though and she is happily back to sewing her favorite cotton once again.

I made 4 pillows in different patterns, each of them are 16" square. The first two come from the quilt pattern and the last two are just HST patterns.

I used 4 of the shirt backs to make the pillow backs. I picked a variety of colors in the medium tones so nothing would stand out too much.

This was a big project (mostly because I couldn't use strip piecing), but it turned out so well. It looks just like it was made from quilting fabric and it will be a lasting memory of her husband.

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Minecraft Quilt

Well, I had to post this just to show you that I've been working!  I only took one picture before I sent it off.   Minecraft quilts are fun to make if I only make them once in a while.  Since I haven't made one in a while I enjoyed this one.  You can find the pattern here.  Email me for the pdf pattern.$10.99

I just went looking for pictures of my kids helping in the sewing room and apparently I have not been taking any. I've been really slacking in the picture department all around. I don't even have any of the kids this year except for Easter. This needs to change! My kids help layout the tiny squares to make the faces and my teenager checks them and puts them in numbered rows.  Sometimes I can even get them to help with ironing!  I promise to get pictures next time!

Red White and Blue Jelly Roll Waves

50 x 70

 I had a custom request for a red white and blue jelly roll wave quilt. This is Myra's pattern that you can find here.  But this was a special request because he wanted three things on the back of his quilt...a pixilated cross, a flag, and the come and get it symbol.

I had to do a little research on the Come and Get It symbol to see what it was. 

The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers.  You can read more about the story here, but it comes from the flag sewn from a woman's wedding dress that showed a lone star, an image of the cannon, and the words "Come and Take It."

Here's the back all finished with the three symbols that represent God, Country, and Guns.  The backgound on the front and the back as well as the binding is Kona Bone. 

Linking with Busy Hands Quilts and Crazy Mom Quilts.