What I'm working on

Have you seen the new fabric by Bonnie and Camille that is Scrumptious? A jelly roll happened to show up in my Christmas stocking (YAY!) so that is the one I have been playing in lately. The squares are finally finished and I have started to put the sashing and such together. Here it is so far.


Phone pictures just make everything look so much worse than they really are. The colors in this line are so vibrant and happy. No wonder quilting is addicting. With such wonderful fabrics and colors and patterns to work with, it is understandable that we have to play in every chance possible.
 

Lacrosse Quilt

*UPDATE as of April 2016: PATTERN IS NOW AVAILABLE!!. Click here for more info.

Imagine this: a few days before Christmas and someone brings you a quilt and tells you that it is a Christmas present and if possible, could you please have it done in time to give as a gift. The response: OF COURSE! There were a few quilts in line before this one but we made it happen and even turned and gave it to her within 24 hours of receiving it. Her daughter had made it as a gift for her boyfriend who plays lacrosse. For her very first quilt, she did an amazing job! It was so fun to play with.

Look at the detail on those lacrosse... tools? Sticks? Bats with nets? 

The numbers of his jersey and the black border were both quilted the same with the nets and sticks being outlined to emphasize the appliques. She was so excited when she saw it the next day that it made the almost-all-nighter-just-before-Christmas worth it.

Good Times

A good friend of my mom's has asked me to quilt several quilts lately. She is a phenomenal quilter so I was quite intimidated to start on these. They were so fun though. Whenever I pick up a quilt top from someone, I always ask if they have something specific in mind that they would like to see quilted whether it be design, style, color, etc. Marie always tell me to do whatever I want. There have been a few designs kicking around in my brain lately and when I saw the quilts she gave me, I knew it was time to play with them.

The black and grey pieces were stitched on to where the edges frayed when washed so I couldn't do too much on those but I loved the feathers in between. The other she gave me at the same time was also wonderful.

They turned out so fun and the flowers are my new favorite design to play with.