Pretty Bricks Quilt Complete

This pretty little Pretty Bricks Quilt is now complete :). This quilt contains beautiful soft colors from a variety of designers and fabrics (see bottom of this post for a list of fabrics).



and sitting pretty waiting to be used and loved:


This quilt contains no shashing - instead it has a simple repeating pattern throughout the quilt top:


The quilt back is as simple as can be - a single sheet beautiful print from Henry Glass and Co. The contrast shows up each side of the quilt but at the same time each consist of beautiful florals for consistency:



For the binding I used a playful and colorful polka dot cotton print. I love how the aqua plays against the pink of the fabric and it picks up the aqua from some of the fabrics on the quilt top:


I do love this little girly quilt. It has a soft beauty about it.  It's simple design keep the focus on the beautiful fabrics.  

Quilt Information:

Pretty Bricks (1)
Front: 100% Cotton Prints and Solids. Fabrics include:
   -Kona Solid Cotton-Tarragon from Kona
   -Novo Blossom: Nude from Alexandr Henry
   -London Cats Vine - Pink   
   -Riley Collection  from Anna Griffin
   -In the Flight: Floating Butterflies from David Textiles
   -Magical Solid Melon   
   -In The Manor - Floral Pale - Sage from Kaye England
   -Prospect Park from Kitty Yoshida for Benartex
Batting: Warm & Natural 100% cotton
Backing: 100% Cotton Print (Summertime from Henry Glass and Co)

Completed Dimension:  Approximate 42" x 54"
Quilting Method: Straight Line Quilting
Binding: Machine Sew to Front and Hand Sew to Back (Brush Me Mine for Moda)

Pattern available soon.  I'm a little backed up with projects so I'm hoping to get this and other patterns out by this summer. **crossing fingers**

I am sharing this finished quilt at these lovely Linking Parties.

-Q

Weekend Wrapup - Belated

Had quite a productive weekend - niece's birthday party (HAPPY BIG 5!), spend some fun times with the boys, and even spend some time in the sewing room.

Made a lot of progress on the Zig Zag quilt:

A preview of the Pretty Bricks quilt COMPLETED :)

...and of course a messy messy sewing table to boot:

...don't forget the chaos that was the nicely organized fabric closet. 

This closet tend to get pretty darn disorganized pretty often - with the onset on new projects, more quilts and fabric orders coming in.  Don't worry this looks pretty neat a few hours after this photo was taken - I can't stand it THIS messy :P.

Have a great week everyone - happy sewing!

-Q

Weekend Wrapup

This weekend was like winter revisited - cold, winter, rainy and we're stuck indoors most of the weekend.  I didn't get as much done as I would like - not unusual :P - but I did get a chance to baste the next 2 quilts:

Framed Blooms:

I love how the applique blooms just pop against the off-white fabric.  I'm still unsure how the quilting will be...hopefully something will just come to me when I'm done basting this :).

Pretty Bricks:

All these delicate designs reminds of a pretty and elegant little girls room.

-Q

Weekend Wrapup

You know you have had a productive sewing room weekend when this is how the room looks like by Sunday night:

Did I mention that is the NEATER part of the room? EEK!    A lot of organizing and cleaning up to do.  When the room gets this messy it's actually not all that productive to work in it.  I spend countless minutes shuffling through piles of fabrics, loosing design pages, random pins everywhere and rearranging the cutting table to get a few inches of workable space.  I don't know about you but I HATE it.  All the while I'm thinking I should stop now and clean up.  Next time I'm in that room I will tidy up!

With that said, I did manage to do a lot of cutting and sewing despite the mess.  Here's a sneak peak of two quilts I have been working on:

Framed Flowers - A look at the 'Frame'

Pretty Bricks

Here's to another productive week and some much-needed cleaning :).

-Q