Finished: running around Mama's cottage

I finished the top for this baby quilt a while ago.  It took me the birth of a baby girl (and an empty quilter) to finally get it finished.

The pattern is on Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  (Although I'll admit I figured out my own instructions to get the size that I wanted.)  I used a random charm pack that I had gotten for purchasing "too much" fabric from the Fat Quarter Shop.  It is called Mama's Cottage.

I added some solids to it to help balance out the colors and tone down the emphasis on pinks.  (It is pretty balanced, but some times I like to balance away from pink for girls quilts.)  I did use a pink and grey minky for the back, so there is still plenty of pink in the quilt.

My quilt holder isn't quite big enough yet.  He tried really hard to hold it up and straight and flat, but needs a few more inches on his arms.

This is the first family that I've given three baby quilts to.  I thought for a while it was the first family to receive three quilts from me, but then I realized I've given four to my brother (phew).

I quilted it with double loops in a very light pink thread.  The quilting went really quickly...either I've been doing a lot of custom work lately or the sewing machine didn't give me many problems or I've gotten a bit better at this whole quilting thing. 

(Part of the Q3 FAL)

Q2 FAL

Here we go!  I made some good progress last quarter, even if I didn't work on many items.

1. Lego quilt (M): The couple is big into Legos and used a Lego bear in both of their baby announcements.  I thought I'd try to make a quilt with both elements; we'll see how it turns out.  It's my first time with circles.

2. baby girl quilt (PSVK): This is made but needs to be quilted.

3. E's quilt: She is five years old and needs a new quilt!  We went to the fabric store and she had lots of fabric that she liked, but she seemed to gravitate towards brights, rainbows and flowers.  Her mom wants it to be able to grow with her.

The rest are hold overs from last quarter and I didn't work on them at all...
4. Meshing solid HSTs: This needs to be quilted.  Densely, so the grey variations aren't so prominent.

4.  Scrap bee blocks 2017: This got all put together and now needs to be quilted.  I also want a scrap backing, so that needs to be pieced.

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

6. Rainbow Log Cabin.  I need to decide what to do with this.  I was thinking of making it reversible.  If I don't want to do that, I need to just finish it up!

7. Scrap quilt. Surprise, surprise, it needs to be quilted.

8. Winter quilt.  I have the fabric and an idea for the pattern.  It involves triangles and a sketch is somewhere on the blog.

9. Pillow with green/purple fabric.  I just want to make an easy pillow.  I just need to do it.

10. Black scrap quilt.  This is so close to being finished.  I want to square it up before binding, and the task seems daunting.

11. Wedding quilt left over HST II (JNK).  While I don't have a pattern in mind yet, finding one for HSTs will be pretty easy.  I was considering adding in some pink to have a pre-made girl baby blanket.

12. Green stripes.  This isn't square.  I don't really know how to square it up well (or easily), so it's been sitting around for a long time.

Things that don't count for the Finish-a-long but I want to remember them:

14. Jeweled floors
15. Wedding quilt pillows
16. Quilt for Ryan  
17. Trying to fit in - left over triangles
18. Fabric from Christmas

 

Joining wiht Q2 FAL.