Quilt Number 300

Just before I started blogging I came up with a numbering system for my quilts. According to that numbering system, this is quilt number 300!  I made it for Quilts for Kids SLC.  This is my fabric pull.  The fabric for the four inch strips and binding came from my mom.  The backing came from my stash.  

The top has 17 different fabrics and was sewn together jelly roll race style.  (Funny thing is that quilt number 200 was sewn the same way for another donation quilt.)

I pieced the batting together from the leftover batting of the six quilts I quilted for Quilts for Kids SLC.  I always find it helpful to lay the batting pieces over the quilt top to make sure I have enough before zig zagging it together.   

I quilted it on the Bernina Q24.

It is quilted with loops and scattered hearts.  It is so much fun to quilt in rows this way.

Here is what the backing looks like after trimming it.  It is kinda wild, but cute.  

I sew the binding to the back of the quilt by machine first.  Then I have found it helpful to iron the binding flat before top stitching it to the front.  My wool pressing mats make this so easy because I am not fighting the weight of the quilt on an ironing board.  (I only iron the binding like this if I have a cotton backing. I don't when I have a minky backing.)

Here it is all finished.

I still need to wash it and get some more pictures.  But I love it.  Be prepared to see a lot more chunky race quilts made with my mother's fabric.  I have found that if I keep the quilts simple that I can make more of them.  

By the way, if I were to number my quilts now, I would do things a bit differently.  But I don't think it is worth changing it up now.  Have you counted or numbered your quilts?

XX,

Jasmine

More Quilts for Kids

This is the Whirling I Spy quilt I worked on at the Quilts for Kids scrap quilt workshop.  

I was able to finish the quilt top while I was there.  

After I finished the Modern Pearls quilts I was able to load it on my long arm and quilt it with a simple stipple.  

There was enough backing provided to use as a binding. 

Then I added the label.

This baby quilt was so fast and so much fun to finish that I decided to work on the other six I brought home.  They were all pieced by other volunteers and finished by me.  

Two Spider-Man quilts with different bindings.  (I noticed one was upside down later.)

The backings are a little wonky, but Cheetah approves.  

There was a cute taxi cab quilt with a pieced backing. 

There was a beautiful red and black floral with a red backing.

There was a cute teddy bear sailor quilt with a striped backing.

The last quilt had some cute bear fabric with a pieced backing.

Now they all sit in a pile until I can get them washed and delivered to one of my local quilt shops which is a drop-off location.  I hope to do that very soon.  

I loved working on these quilts and look forward to making more for Quilts for Kids.  

XX,

Jasmine

Quilts for Kids

A couple months ago I found out that there is a Quilts for Kids chapter based in Salt Lake City.  The chapter has only been going for a few years.  I was so excited to discover this because I missed making baby quilts for Primary Children's Hospital. My friend who used to take my quilts there stopped doing it.  

I made arrangements with my family to go to the October scrap quilt workshop.  I didn't want to go there empty handed, so I pulled out this cute pinwheel fabric by Tasha Noel and made a whole cloth quilt the day before.  I quilted it on the Bernina Q24.   

I kept it simple with a loopy line.  

After the quilting was done I trimmed the edges and added a red and white polka dot binding.  

It may be busy but it is super cute.  

Quilts for Kids likes the quilts to be prewashed, so I washed it right away.  I love the crinkle of washed quilts.  

Once I got to the workshop I was able to add a label.

The workshop was at the Quilter's Lodge.  Kits were provided and we worked on a fun I Spy quilt.  

I had not been to the Quilter's Lodge before.  It is about a 30 minute drive from my house.  It is a beautiful retreat center and quilt shop.  

I had never seen so many Aurifil colors in person before.  

Such a pretty rainbow! I was able to buy a light purple thread that had been on my wish list for awhile.  (The last time I tried to order a light purple online I ended up with a medium purple.)  I will share more pictures of the I Spy quilt I worked on in another post.

While I was there Sandy, the chapter leader, asked if I would like to do long arm quilting for them.  I said that I would love to and also brought home six more baby quilts to finish.   I am really excited to be helping Quilts For Kids SLC.  

XX,

Jasmine

Custom Propeller Quilt

This is another quilt I made at the request of my husband's work.  It is for one of their clients who was having their first child.  My original plan was to make a simple half square triangle quilt out of boy colored solids.  Then they found out that the client loves propeller airplanes.  My second plan was to find some propeller airplane fabric and alternate squares of that with hour glass blocks.  Then I remembered a quilt I had seen and loved which Connie from Free-Motion by the River made.  She called it her Pinwheel Batik Baby Quilt and provided a tutorial for an eight inch block.  A similar quilt to hers became my final plan.  

This was my original fabric pull.    

I was going to do eight inch blocks and tested out two different AccuQuilt dies to make part of the pinwheel.  (The grid on my cutting mat is in half inch increments.)

I realized that sewing those pieces to finish at 2 by 4 inches would drive me crazy and quickly changed my plan to be twelve inch blocks.  So much better!

Plus I would only need twelve blocks instead of thirty.  A much better plan.  I just needed to add another red fabric and another blue fabric from my stash to balance it out.  

I made all the big propellers warm colors and the little pinwheels cool colors.  I like how that turned out.  Then I added a three inch border.  

I love how it looks like the propellers and pinwheels are spinning in the sky.  

I quilted it on the Bernina Q24 with spirals to keep the spinning look going.  

I put the binding on later that night.  (I seem to do a lot of bindings late at night because I love finishing quilts.)

This simple baby quilt only took me one day to cut, piece, quilt, and bind.  A couple days later I took photos outside.  

I love a fast finish!

I hope the recipient enjoys lots of baby snuggles until their son is big enough for the quilt.

XX,

Jasmine