Cheetah's Magic Carpet Quilt

When I discussed making a bed quilt for Cheetah, he told me that the quilt he loved the most was my Floating quilt.  It uses the Magic Carpet quilt pattern by Christina Camelli.  I used her printout from the pattern and I was able to figure out how to make the quilt into a queen size.  

My sister's son also really liked this pattern.  So while I was unavailable my sister and my mom went and picked out fabric for two very similar quilts.  They did a great job.  I cut out both quilts at the same time.  

Cheetah's quilt has the red in the center.  My nephew's quilt has purple in the center.  I used the long arm to hold all the columns as I was piecing the quilt.  

 

This quilt is 93 inches square without borders and 99 inches square with borders.

The Bernina Q24 was still being serviced, so I basted the quilt in my basement.  

Then I quilted it with the Tiara. 

Cheetah wanted a flame-like design for the quilting. 

While it would have gone faster using the long arm, it quilted up very easily.  (It is the basting on the floor that is a lot more work than loading a quilt onto the long arm machine.)

Kitty once again enjoyed testing it out before I got the binding on.  I love how she matches the quilt!

Cheetah loves his new quilt and I love how it looks on his bed.  

I also made the three pillows on his bed.  

XX,

Jasmine

The I Spy Sick Quilt

One day I found a video done by Karen of Just Get it Done Quilts where she talked about using ugly fabric to make a quilt that would be used in the hospital or when the family was sick.  I didn't feel like using ugly fabric, but I thought it would be fun to use my novelty scraps to make a sick quilt.  (I have been known to pull all the nice quilts off the beds when my kids are sick.  A fun replacement quilt is a great idea.)

When I pulled out the novelty fabric box full of scraps and leftovers, I realized that I had enough to just cut five inch squares for the quilt.  

I did cut some five inch squares from my regular stash of red, orange, blue, green, and purple.  Some almost solids helped tone down how busy this quilt is.  After piecing the squares together I added a skinny border which was left over from a dragon border print.  

In the interest of using things up, I zigzagged the batting together after laying it out over the quilt top.  

My long arm was being serviced, so I quilted it on the Tiara.  I still love this machine!

The backing is a flat fold ultra fuzzy blue minky I bought.  I didn't inspect it closely when purchasing it and later found that there were pink dye spots mixed in with the blue.  Oh, well.  Stains are to be expected on a sick quilt.  

The kids enjoyed making minky angels and skating across it bare footed even before I got the binding on.  

It was quilted with a large stipple.  

I'm so glad I made this quilt.  It used what I already had and has brought much fun and comfort to our home.  

Kitty loves to find Pikachu.

Believe me, this quilt has definitely fulfilled its purpose as a sick quilt.  I have no idea how many times it has been puked on in a year and a half.  

Because it is a sick quilt, I wash it in hot water.  Some of the blues have bled onto one of the whites, but it is still perfect.  I need to make at least one more sick quilt to keep in the rotation.  I will be sure to find the silkiest fuzziest minky I can.  

XX,

Jasmine

Uneven Nine Patch Quilts

I enjoyed making these simple baby quilts.  They are just a large uneven nine patch block made with two coordinating fabrics which were 1.5 yards.  The inner section is 24 by 34 inches and the borders are 8 inches wide. 

I bought the fabrics when a quilt shop nearby was closing earlier this year.  They are all Riley Blake/Penny Rose fabrics. 

I quilted the first one on my Tiara. 

I quilted the second one on the Bernina Q24. 

I found it easier to quilt this design on the sit down quilting machine because I could keep the borders more continuous.  I chose a simpler border design on the second one to make up for that. 

The first one has wild quilting in the center, feathers in the border, and flowers in the corners.

It has a cute red with daisy stripe binding. 

The same red daisy is on the back. 

The second one has a heart/swirl combo in the center, circular loops in the border, and flowers in the corners. 

It has the same red daisy stripe binding. 

The backing is the cute strawberry print from the top. 

They both finish about 40 by 50 inches and will be donated somewhere soon.  (I might take them to the local Project Linus.)

I love simple baby quilts!

XX
Jasmine

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My Mom's Zen Suedle

I mentioned earlier that my mom also took the Sue Patten class with me.  As part of the class she designed her own Zen Doodle/Suedle quilt.  She used stencils and traced rulers for her design.

I offered to quilt it for her and changed a few things along the way.  I quilted this on my Baby Lock Tiara so that I could quilt by color.  First, I quilted all the blue and teal that she wanted.

Then I added in the hot pink.

The background was filled last.  I did some wild quilting with different motifs including hearts, hooked spirals, flowers, and paisleys.  It went a lot faster than I was expecting.

I even added the binding for for my mom. It is a blue Northcott almost solid print.

I was pleased that even though I quilted by color and not from the center out that there were no tucks on the back.

The top fabric really is Kona Black, but I found it hard to photograh.

The back is the same as my Zen Suedle quilt, Fire and Ice.

 Here are some close-ups.

This really was a fun quilt to make for my mom.  If you enjoy free-motion quilting, you might really enjoy making a Zen Doodle/Suedle quilt.  Sue Patten recommends using a solid black or other very dark fabric for the top and adding color with threads.

My mom plans on hanging this quilt (which is about 42 by 54 inches) in her basement sewing room.

XX,
Jasmine

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Fire and Ice

{A Picture Heavy Post}

This is my Zen Doodle quilt which I designed during a class taught by Sue Patten.  She calls it a "Zen Suedle" or a "Not-Your-Grandmother's Wholecloth Quilt."  I decided to name mine "Fire and Ice" due to the thread colors I used.  During the class we got the quilt top marked.

I decided to quilt this on my Tiara because I have more control with tiny designs while sitting down.  I started out quilting red and a little orange.

I added more orange and then the yellow.

Once I switched to a variegated thread I had tension problems.  Twenty minutes of quilting led to two hours unpicking.

That really slowed me down.  Eventually I was able to fix the tension and quilt all the warm color variegated thread sections.

Then I added a pop of blue variegated thread for contrast.

The blue added so much to the overall look of the quilt.  At that point I realized all my chalk pencil markings for the background had disappeared.  I had to put the project aside until I felt like marking it again.  I find that I need more breaks on more detailed projects.

Finally, I marked the background and quilted it with a very dark gray thread.  I really like that the background thread is a little lighter than the Kona Black.

The quilting took a little over two months.  It has nearly 200,000 stitches.  That is as many stitches as a large queen size quilt I quilted in the past.  I love how all the quilting turned out.

I am so pleased with how it looks on the back as well.

I am grateful that even though I quilted by color and not from the center out, there weren't any tucks on the back of the quilt.  It is almost a double sided quilt with the solid black top and the printed gray back.

 Now on to the finished quilt...

I will let the pictures speak for themselves.  ;)

I'm loving this finished quilt which finishes about 41 by 53 inches.

XX,
Jasmine

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