Hello Betty Flange Binding Completed

Finish and Zig Zag

Finally finished the binding the Berry Delicious Jelly Girl quilt. I have 2 friends expecting babies this summer... hopefully at least one will be a girl.








I had a bunch of white and black caroler charm squares left plus some yardage, so I decided to make a zig zag quilt with the left overs.

KEM's Halloween quilt rows...

I finally got all the rows done for KEM's Halloween quilt. And the top 8 rows are fully connected. I'm going with a different pattern for NEM's, but same fabrics except different sashing fabric. This one got too boring, though I like how it looks. I think NEM will be lucky if he gets his by 2012 :) I want to straight line quilt this one by myself... but basting it is going to a be a total pain since I don't have a great space to lay it out that isn't carpeted...

Binding experimentation...

I started working on the Hello Betty binding. I read a tutorial a while back on a flange(sp?) / piped binding and thought I'd give it a try. I like how it looks, however, next time I need to remember to increase the width of my binding strips by 1/8th of an inch otherwise the binding is too tight especially at the corners because of the excess fabric from the flange.

February 12...

When I started this I just pulled the solid yellow from my stash. However I miscalculated when i added one more row of blocks to the quilt and I now realize that I don't have enough for a 4 inch yellow border. I'm leaning towards buying some more... the other option would be to shrink the border to 2.5 - 3 inches. It's a moda bella solid, so it should be easy to find. But I don't know exactly which online store I got it from. My only worry is I would get it and it wouldn't be a perfect match b/c it was from a different dye lot...









Neptune Jelly Girl binding progress...

Pastel projects...

Well, I still haven't gotten the binding on, but I did cut off all the excess batting and backing...





I'm working on a baby boy quilt using the boyish fabrics from a "Love U" jelly roll.






I got quite a bit done on the Verna quilt top. 36 blocks made, pressed, squared to 9x9 inches and sashing cut. The pattern has a 5 blocks by 6 blocks arrangement. I was going to make it 6 x 6 but then changed my mind to keep it rectangular and go with 5 x 7 blocks.

Works in progress... Jan 2011

After talking to Jordan today I was inspired to post something. Though until last weekend I hadn't really quilted any since my last post... except maybe a row or two on Kiran's Halloween quilt.

I got the Curve Master presser foot for x-mas. So I can so curves without using pins. I also long ago bought a Drunkard's Path template and a 28mm rotary cutter that I had never used...





I had a few Hello Betty charm squares left from the retro color scheme that I didn't care much for, so I thought I'd practice with them. Originally I thought I'd arrange the blocks 3X2 but then changed my mind midway and decided to go with a 6X1 table runner. However, now colorwise I don't like the block arrangement but I don't think it's worth the time to fix for a practice project...









I'm also starting to work on this pattern...





I used the ruler J&J gave me for x-mas to cut up a Moda Verna layer cake... If I like how it turns out I plan to use the pattern again. I think the pattern would be a good boy quilt pattern and I have a wintery fat quarter bundle that I want to use to make a pair of quilts for K & N. I also like the big pieces in this quilt for those fabrics that have large scale prints...






I cut some strips for binding my jelly girl quilt...





Kiran's winter coat got a rip in the outer layer of fabric so we bought an iron-on patch at Joanns that he picked out with a truck on it and I sewed it down... and that is the extent of my quilting/sewing :)