A Big Girl Bed

 It is hard to believe that my baby is now three.  (Even harder to believe that my oldest is now twenty!) Earlier this year she moved into a big girl bed.  Her room is too cute not to share.  

I love decorating with quilts.  They make it cozy and absorb noise.  

Miss Kitty loves her big girl bed.

While I love all the pink in there, her favorite color is definitely orange.  I have an orange and pink quilt for her on my bucket list.

XX,

Jasmine

Giant Log Cabin

 

This is a quilt I made while in the middle of a big commission project.  I needed something simple and fun.  It is inspired by the giant log cabin quilt made by Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation.  Here is a link to her tutorial.  

My quilt is made with scraps, stash, and a recent purple purchase. A big thanks to my friend Mischelle whose scraps has enhanced my own this year.  I started in the middle with a fussy cut economy block and worked my way out.  

It only took a day and a half to build this log cabin.

I quilted it on the Bernina Q24 when I had the time.  

I quilted it with loops and daisies because I used some daisy fabric.  

I quilted around the fussy cut daisy in the middle.  

I was so excited to finish it that I didn't take any good pictures of the whole thing immediately.  It is my first all purple quilt that I have made for me (and it is my favorite color). I wanted to replace a different quilt that was on my new sofas for May--my purple month.  The quilt on the sofa is the back of my Jolly Rancher quilt.  

I love having it on the sofa.

The quilts on my sofa get used by the family when they haven't been dragging around their own favorite minky blanket or quilt.  

Like what happens with many quilts, it had to be washed before I got a picture of the whole thing.  So here it is all cozy after a wash.  

I think I need more purple quilts for my collection.  

XX,

Jasmine

Yellow Projects

My husband likes to keep the dresser and night stand in our bedroom covered with table toppers.  It protects the wood and hides the dust.  I had used the same table toppers for years, but the fall table toppers did not look good with my spring decor.  

I So I bought some yellow fabric and quilted it up on the long arm.  Then I cut it to the size of the dresser and night stands.  

Once I got the fit right I added binding.  

The yellow brightens up the dark wood.  

That bear paw pillow was another one of my finishes.  I love how they coordinate.  

I also made a sunshine dresden pillow.  Quilting it was so much fun.

 

It was on the bench in my entryway for spring.

These colorful pillows could become addicting.

XX,

Jasmine

Pink Pillows

 

When I was decorating my bedroom in February 2021 I decided that I needed some pink pillows for my sofa.  I pulled out my bonus triangles from Kitty's heart quilt.  She uses it for her dolls more than for herself.  

I arranged the triangles in opposite directions on the two pillows.  

The pillows finished up quickly and looked great on my brown sofa.  

The backing of the pillows was left over from another pink quilt.

I love how they look in my bedroom.

I wonder why I don't make pillows more often.

XX,

Jasmine

Projects for the Girls

The girls didn't need new quilts.  They loved their quilts they got for Christmas 2019.  

They are great to play on and have princess tea parties.  

However, they still needed something mommy made just for them.  I decided to use up some minky I bought before Kitty was born.  

Some pink minky became a fuzzy blanket.  

 

Made just for Kitty.  

Although her favorite blanket is still the double sided hot pink minky.  (Also bought before she was born.  All I had to do was cut it to size and vacuum up the fluff.)

Some purple minky became a pillow case using my minky pillow case tutorial.  

Made just for Bunny and looking darling on her bed.  

Then once the Bernina Q24 came back from being serviced, I decided to quilt a flannel blanket for Kitty.  

The machine worked great!

This little quilt is actually used as a rug in Kitty's bedroom.  It looks so cute on the floor.

The girls' rooms look so beautiful in pink and purple.  It is everything I dreamed of when I thought of having daughters.  

The only problem is that Bunny's favorite color is pink and Kitty's favorite color is definitely orange.  Looks like I need to keep making quilts and other quilty projects for them.

XX,

Jasmine

It Has Been Awhile

My last post was nearly two years ago.  I didn't plan on taking a long blogging break, but life happens.  Thank you to everyone who has checked up on me and checked for new posts on my blog.  My family and I are doing well.  I have just been busy taking care of all five of my children and trying to meet their individual needs.  I am grateful I have had quilting to keep me going even if I haven't been blogging.  

Things have somewhat calmed down and I am hoping to get back to blogging.  I have over 50 different projects that I have finished and not blogged about since Thanksgiving 2020.  I find myself reading my own blog and showing people the pictures from my blog.   I hope to bring it up to date.  We'll see if I can get caught up.  

I thought it would be fun to show my most recent finish first (because I am the most excited about it). It is from Camille Roskelley's book Simply Retro.  It is the Vintage pattern.  I just added four more blocks, sashing, and borders.  My quilt is actually king size finishing at 104 by 104 inches.  It is made from Craftsy's Boundless Sea Spray fabric I bought years ago to make a different quilt.  

This puts me one quilt closer to reaching a goal I set before I got married 22 years ago.  I wanted to have one quilt for my bed for each month.  I now only need to make two more and I already have the fabric to do it.  I love looking at quilts on beds and want to share my progress towards this goal.  

I have fabric for a blue and cream winter quilt for my bed to replace my Farmer's Wife quilt for January.  

I use my Double Irish Chain on my bed for February.  It was my ninth quilt finished and has over 200 hours of hand quilting.  

This is a Colorado Log Cabin that my mom pieced for me.  She had me quilt it.  

This is my Cheerful Patch quilt for the month of April. I finished it this year in March.  The yellow nine patch is also a recent finish.  The pillows and the quilt on the wall were sewn by my great grandmother.  

My Modern Farmer's Wife quilt is the May quilt for my bed.  The doll quilt on the wall was started by my grandmother.  She cut out the fabrics for eleven out of the twelve dolls.  

I plan on making a yellow and white quilt for June.  It will be bright and cheerful reminding me of summer sunshine and lemonade.  

My Around the Twist quilt is for the month of July.  The quilt on the wall is a recent finish and is actually a gift for one of my nephews.  I just enjoyed it there before gifting it to him.  

This quilt will be for the month of August.  But I will enjoy it for September this year because I just barely finished it.  

This Stack-n-Whack quilt is what I usually use for the month of September.  I had it on the bed for just a few days this year.  

This black and white improv log cabin is my October bed quilt.  I finished it in 2021.  

My Colorsplash Trip which I finished in 2007 is for November.  I couldn't find a recent picture, so here it is at my old house.  

Cookie Crumbs is my scrappy Christmas quilt for the month of December.  I finished it in 2020 right after my last blog post.  I hope to blog about it soon.  

Seeing all of these quilts in one place is very motivating for me to finish the last two quilts for my goal.  I have made more than twelve queen/king size quilts, but I have decided they need to be seasonal to fit my goal.  You can't really have too many quilts, can you?

XX,

Jasmine

P.S. If you want to read more about these quilts, links to their individual posts can be found on the pages under my header.  (Quilts 1-100, Quilts 101-200, and Quilts 200+)