Baby Bear Claw

I finished up a quilt for my mother-in-law!

I used a white double-loop in the white sections.  I did a matching color meandering star in the other parts.

I wasn't rushing through this quilt, but I was trying to get it done quickly.  So my go-to quilting motifs were fun and nice to use again.  There also weren't too many threads to hide at the end, which was another huge bonus!

Finished! Blue facets

A few months ago I asked any of my close friends if they'd like a quilt.  One of the guys in the group loves quilts, so his wife asked that I make one for his birthday.  We ended up with a blue version of Christa Watson's Facets.

  

This was such a fun quilt to make!  Usually I made a quilt and am happy to not make it again (with a few exceptions), but this could easily be one of those exceptions!  Making the crumb triangles was relaxing.  It took quite a while and made quite a mess, but I was able to use up some scraps and not think too hard while doing it. 

 

The color in the pictures above and below this paragraph are probably the best; I foolishly made the mistake of taking pictures on a sunny day and the pictures taken in the shadow have an odd color tone I couldn't get rid of.  I kept track of the Kona colors I used: Jamica, Prussian, Mediterranean, Teal blue, Riviera, Windsor, Sky, Oasis, Bluebell, Splash, Water, Jade green, Nautical, Cyan, Breeze, Evening, Malibu, Paris blue, Nightfall, Marine, Ocean, Blue, Bluebell, Navy, Bahama blue, Spa blue, Niagara, Celestial, Pacific, Royal, Algeria, and ...White.

 

I put a very soft backing on it...I'm actually not sure I'll use this type again.  It was more of a plush than a minky, and there were little fuzzies everywhere!  

Anyway, I quilted a random triangle in the diamonds with a variegated blue thread.  I did some piano keys in the white shashing.  I made the piano keys random widths so that I wouldn't have to measure it.

Update Oct '21

Well, it's been a very while since I've done a progress update, again.  But the kids are back in school now and I have a bit more time.  I know these aren't super exciting, but they help a ton in keeping me organized.

1. Blue facets.  This just needs a few more threads tied and the binding put on.  It is creating a lot of little fluffies right now since it was cut to size, so I didn't open it up for the picture.

2. Harry Potter-esque.  This has been a bit more fun to piece than I was expecting.  Three blocks down, seven in-progress, and eight not started.

3. Scrap quilt. I found some similar grey thread to finish this up, but it hasn't gotten back on the quilter yet.

4. Fabric from Christmas.  Threads need to be buried and a binding added.  I'm close!

5. Trying to fit in - left over triangles. The top was finished!  I then put it away and forgot about it.  The quilter just opened up though, so maybe this would be a nice short one to put on.

6. Scrap bee blocks 2017: All finished, just needs pictures.  Still.  Wow.  It still needed pictures with my last update.  I really need to get on taking finishing pictures.

7. Black scrap quilt.  This needs pictures.

8. Winter quilt.  After much debate, I think I decided it was good as-is and doesn't need any borders.  I'll probably re-evaluate that though, since I can't remember for sure now.  

9. Temperature quilt.  I need to quilt this.  It's from 2017, so it's rather low on the priority list.

Well, I'm pretty happy with nine items on this list.  After some lists with 22 items it feels rather skimpy.

Finished: Minecraft quilt

It's finished!  Finally.  Can you tell its origin is from Minecraft?

 

Around 2014(ish) my husband and I were playing Minecraft.  He made the floor below, and I really liked the design.  I played with several layouts with the same structure, but could never get anything I really liked.  However, by this time I had bought some fabric...ok, a lot of fabric...for this quilt so it couldn't completely get side-lined. 

I finally put lines in Excel, topped them with green and liked the result.  I didn't have quite enough of the grey or green, so the top and bottom edge have some solids (bluegrass, emerald, and cypress).  Most of the time I expect these ends to be tucked in or under pillows, so I don't care too much.

My husband and I fight over the covers quite a bit, so I did make this extra large for a queen.  It just makes life happier.  Oh, I forgot to show it, but it is backed in minky.  I love the softness.

 

 

As for quilting this monstrosity, I decided to just quilt the cream part with square swirls.  (There are silver swirls in the all the fabrics, although it's had to see.)  The squares matched the Minecraft feel very nicely and I was happy with how it turned out.