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

Pillows From Scraps

 Gratitude Week ~ Day 5

Today I am grateful for my home.  It is a place of love, happiness, safety, security, and some craziness. It is a place where we can have fun, learn new things, make mistakes, and be ourselves.  It has been a huge blessing this year when we have had to stay home so often.  

I am also grateful that I can make things to beautify my home, like these pillows.  They are made with the scraps from this quilt.  

I had so much fun making all four of these pillows.  

The back is this beautiful print designed by Amanda Murphy.  (Almost all of the fabrics on the front were designed by her as well.)

These pillows now live on the gray sofa in my basement.  

Cheetah likes the backs better than the front.  The silly boy is not a fan of random.  

I love how they bring more color into the basement.  

What are you grateful for today?

#givethanks

XX,

Jasmine

Pillow Time

 

I recently made these two pillows for my mom.  They were made with the scraps from two turning twenty quilts she made (and I finished) in 2016.  

I cut out the pieces with the 3.5 inch Accuquilt square die.  It is so nice for scraps!  I did pull out four of my own scraps.  Each pillow panel has two each of 24 different fabrics.  Then they have a one inch finished white border to make them 20 x 26 inches.  

I made a pink one to go with the pink bordered quilt.  

I made a purple one to go with the purple bordered quilt.  

Here they are together.

And here are the backs which were made with the leftover border fabric.  

In exchange for the pillows my mom gave me the rest of the leftover fabric and scraps.  It was a win win.  

I also turned two practice blocks from Kitty's pony quilt into a two sided pillow.  

The brown one was the first block Mom made before I asked for My Little Pony inspired colors.  

This gray minky pillowcase was made for Cheetah to take with him to college.   He was excited for a fuzzy pillow to match his dorm room bedding.  

I used my own Minky Pillowcase Tutorial to make it.  

More pillows are on my bucket list.  

XX,

Jasmine

Summer Twist: A Finished Quilt

This quilt became a fast finish, because I was making it for my sister-in-law who lives in New Hampshire.  I found out that my niece was visiting for Thanksgiving and would be happy to take it back with her saving on postage.  Sweet! 

Both Cheetah and my hubby came up with the name "Summer Twist" because it has summer roses and is a twister quilt. I made it my way by cutting ten inch squares into four equal pieces and putting them up on the design wall.

I have never been to my sister-in-law's house so I had to ask her what colors she likes and uses.  She told me that one room has denim furniture and the other room has beige furniture.  I asked her if she liked neutrals or would want an accent.  She said that they like all colors, except Kelly green.  Then she left it up for me to decide.  I thought that red would be a good accent color and went shopping. 

This is what I brought home.  It is mostly StudioE Essentials 8 and 9. The solid is Kona Black.

But when I got it up on my design wall, it looked too busy and not long enough. 

So I went back to my LQS (thank goodness their Pre-Thanksgiving Sale was extended) and bought more fabric.  Using only two of each fabric made it so I had enough for a second quilt.  So this quilt will have a twin which will live with me.  I'm thinking of calling the second, yet to be made, quilt "Twister Twin." 

I added some Kona Crimson, Robert Kauffman, and Kimberbell Designs in addition to some more StudioE.  Plus I added one more row.  It looked so much better on the design wall. 

This made me really appreciate my way for doing the twister quilt.  It was easy to add a row and change the fabrics because the pieces weren't sewn together yet.  The hardest part of this quilt for me was deciding on the layout.  As you can see it changed from the picture above to the layout below. 

I love it and will be so happy to keep its twin at my house.  ;)

I quilted it with a pointy spiral because the twister blocks always remind me of pinwheels.

 
I added one of my corner labels (not pictured) and bound it in Kona Black like the border. 

I put one of the leafy prints from Essentials 9 on the back. 

I took this quilt to show my mom because she also bought some of the same fabrics to make a quilt.  My dad saw it all folded up with the backing showing and said, "That is striking." 

Turns out my dad like the top even more.  I hope my sister-in-law feels the same way. 

Quilt Stats #119
Name: Summer Twist
Pattern: Twister quilt from 10 inch squares made my way
Fabric: Mostly StudioE Essentials 8 & 9 and Kona Black
Amount Used: 6.5 yards
Batting: Hobbs 80/20
Size: About 53 x 70 inches
Date Finished: November 2014
What I Learned:

• Multi-color prints need some one color prints to balance them out. 
• I like adding fabrics from another line.
• I love my way for doing the twister. 

I also finished up the gifts for my two nieces who live in New Hampshire.  I told S that she couldn't peek at her gift until Christmas.  I wrapped the pillow cases in large mailing envelopes, hoping they would be easy for her to pack. 

Pillow cases and lap quilts make great gifts! 

XX,

Jasmine

P.S.  I will be linking up with Let's Bee Social, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop, and Finish it up Friday. 

P.P.S.  Congratulations for Vicki who won the Halloween panel and candy corn fabric from my last post. 

P.P.P.S.  I am also linking up with Jennie of Porch Swing Quilts for her Santa's Sweatshop linky party  (Twice-quilt and pillows).