The Week Of Quilts - Finished WIPS for Every Day of The Week...Monday to Friday that is!!

I know that's a grandiose blog header but I'm aiming to document a week of finished quilts!!...just so I cover my butt I'll change it to include quilt tops??!!

I've finally starting moving my stash up from the garage into my new sewing space (baby son's old room ) and I'm slightly mortified at the size of the stash and the random UFO's I've been unearthing!

Meanwhile a new cuzzie baby boy was born down the coast ( East Coast of the North island ) and he needed a quilt....cue this ridiculously cute Monster print from Robert Kaufman at my LQS.

So a stack of Kona Cottons in Blue and Grey....

Aaaaand a 60 degree ruler later we have a pile of 6" triangles....ready to test the point matching skills of any die hard triangle quilt fan!

I thoroughly enjoyed the repetitive nature of this type of sewing and with the company of some Netflix...how did I live without this before???....the top was busted out in two nights.

A wee while back I was the lucky recipient of a giveaway hosted by my Gorgeous Sparkly Boy, Molli, and the sponsor was Ms Midge, who you all know is an Aurifil brand distributor.

I chose this sexy variegated silver/grey thread for my topstitching from my winnings and it slid through all three layers like a hot knife in butter...divine...barely any lint even though I used a flannel for the backing.



Here it is all bound and yummy looking



I did a basic 1/4" quilt outline from every seam



Which showed up beautifully on the backing



I machine bind most of my quilts now but particularly baby quilts so they can be washed multiple times without fear of the binding coming loose.

Bound and labelled ready to be loved...which after hearing from the Mumma it is very much.:)

These bibs were also found in the ridiculous stash/hoarding downstairs and all they needed was a bit of velcro...too lazy for snaps LOL

OK peeps one quilt down and hopefully four posts to go?!

Finishes Yay - And Two Have Moved Out Already

Lots and lots of pictures coming up...you were warned

So it seems I have been doing some finishing amid the shambles that is my routine at the moment...yay!

 

Feels soooo good to look at these all together and feel like I've accomplished something this week and made some other people happy too...doesn't get any better...two of these have already gone to new homes!

 

 

 This baby quilt was done so quickly ( 2hrs)  that I didn't even get time to take any quilty stats about it.

Eldest son's "Someone Special" has a new nephew arriving any day now and when she saw the other baby quilt come back from the longarmer she fell in love....how could I not offer to make one as a gift??

They were both flying out in a few days to Aussie for 3 weeks so I knew I wouldn't have time to quilt it myself...work, kids blah blah blah...so I quickly text my Quilter and she said sure drop it off 3 day turnaround!!

 

 

Machine quilted binding, scrummy chenille backing

 

 

And gorgeous hands quilted all over

 

 

Too perfect for a wee boy me thinks, last of my Sweetwater Reunion and a little Mormor to round out the primary colours

 

 

 

I couldn't resist a pic of a pile of quilts ready to be bound and snuggled

 

 

Binding ready to go

 

Baby quilt of Triangles that somehow dropped on the floor and got missed from the other Triangle Quilt, so in the spirit of not wasting anything I sewed them together used a skinny white border and had exactly the right amount of Chez Moi by Moda that I have had for far too long...done dusted

And just scrumptious, it's quilted all over in a Fleur de Lis pattern and has softened up beautifully after the dryer

 

No home as yet for this one

Quilt size 36" x 49"

 

Little OWB is growing up too fast and obviously observing her Mumma all the time she knows exactly how to turn Lady Muck on even if I switch her off at the wall!! Not even 2 yet...scary

 

These were early morning photos when wee one was asleep so they are a little bit off in colour.This was purely an exercise in triangle sewing and a colour combo I was stuck on....pink,orange and low volume prints

 

Once again it washed up beautifully and I love that I used up some of the prints in a scrappy binding...I feel oddly satisfied when a fabric is all gone? Except of course for my must haves then it's PANIC and I must buy more...weird

 

 

Finished size is 40" x 63"...also no home as yet

 

Last but certainly not least the custom baby quilt for Dear Friend's first Grandchild!!! She's only a couple of years older than me but it seems frightening when I have a toddler....AAAAAGH

 

Mum To Be chose the colours and I really enjoyed pulling from my stash to match her paint chips

I hope she's just as pleased

 

If you got to the end of this post well done....it was looooong, have a lovely weekend and catch you on Sunday for Fabric stashing....

 

Linking up with all these lovely peeps

 

AmandaJean over at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday

 

Lindsey@ Fort Worth Fabric Studio

 

 

And Sarah over at Georgia Girl Quilts who's hosting TGIFF