a scrap quilt for kate

Dont interpret the fact that it's been almost a year since I posted anything as I haven't been working on fun projects! It's just been a little extra crazy around here! And honestly, my lack of ability to take cool photos is a slight deterrent to post anything! Hopefully I can take some half decent pictures and share some of the stuff I've been working on. Any suggestions on how to take good photos of fabric and quilts?

My sister was in town last month and mentioned to me my Kate (#3 child) didn't have a blanket to call her own. In reality...I've made several little quilts for her but they have all been commandeered by her little sister. I found this cute quilt top that I had made out of scraps and even had quilted a couple years ago but never ended up finishing it. Perfect....how easy is it to just put a binding on something! So Sarah - here's Kate's new quilt....and yes, Alli knows it's not hers!

(found this darling mini dot fabric for the binding)

(the back is white minky....so soft!)

vintage baby quilt

I saw this darling design at quilt shop down in St. George a couple months ago out shopping with my sister. It was fun and super easy to make! I used an Oz for Moda charm pack (5 inch squares) and cut each of the squares in 4. I'm determined that this quilt would be the perfect use for my scraps so next time I'm going to try and do this with what's already leftover in my sewing basket!

Basically you make a fabric sandwich to start out - take the back fabric, turn it upside down on your work surface and tape the corners down to hold it in place. Use a light spray of adhesive and then lay the batting on top. Another light spray and put on the top background fabric. It's a little tricky with the fabric being sticky but make sure there aren't any bumps and both fabric pieces and the batting are lined up correctly. Then take a quilting pencil and draw a grid on the fabric and position the squares evenly. After the squares were arranged (my 3 year old did this part and I just fixed a few to balance out the colors) just a small dot of adhesive (or even elmers glue) will hold the squares in place while you sew a grid over the whole quilt. Put on a binding, throw it in the wash to fray the edges and wash out the glue and you're done!

Mine is about 40" finished.