Fabric Love #21: Children At Play

I want to share with you my two favorite fabrics this week. They are from the Children at Play collection by Sarah Jane from Michael Miller...and I love them :)

The whole collection is fabulous (and I will be getting more in the shop soon) but my two favorite ones right now are these.

Balloons

and On the Go

Both from the Sarah Jane - Children at play collection.

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Pinwheels Part 2 COMPLETE

Hello Pinwheels...again :). As a change from the last Pinwheel completed a little while back, I decided to quilt #2 a little differently:

Can you see what the difference is with the first one?

Let me give you a hint - look closely at the seams. It's the quilting :). The first quilt I made I did meandering freestyle all along the quilt. However, for #2 I decided to accentuate each pinwheel by quilting along each seam.

LOVE it! The simple straight line quilting along each seam made every single one of the pinwheels POP and it plays quite well with the more modern design.

The quilt top is simply stunning - even more so in person ;)

The back mimics the pinwheels from the front and features Starling from Alexander Henry Fabrics:

Together the quilt is so light and airy. The colors reminds me of the perfect spring day :)

The binding is from the Peaceful Planet line and hand binding on the back.

Honestly, I love the results but didn't quite enjoy the quilting. The quilt was HUGE (compared to some of the smaller quilts I've been working on) so to maneuver and constantly changing quilting directions to accommodate for all the straight seams along each pin in the pinwheels was a nightmare. I didn't keep track of time (or else I'll never quilt again!) but I would guess it took about 10 hours...give or take. By the end of all the quilting and hand binding I was exhausted. However, I am happy with the results and at the end of the day, that is all that matters :).


Quilt Information:
Spring Wheels (#2)
Front: 100% Cotton Prints and Solids.  Showcase fabric: Starling by Alexander Henry
Batting: Warm & Natural 100% cotton
Backing: 100% Cotton Solid (Amy Butler & Kona Solids)
Completed Dimension: ~60" x 66"
Quilting Method: Straight-lined quilting along each seam and each pin on each pinwheel
Binding: Machine Sew to Front and Hand Sew to Back (Peaceful Planet by Studio E)

Where to Buy?
Pinwheel Quilt #2
Fabrics Used for this quilt

I will be sharing this quilt at these great Linking Parties.

Pins? Again???

Yep - time to break out the safety pins again.  This time isn't as bad as last time - it's only 2 mid-sized quilt this time **phew**

Quilt #1 - Modded - Zoo in Green

No pics for the golden version due to a [stupid] mistake in measuring the quilt backing ... it will need to wait till next week 'cause I am D-O-N-E with pinning.  On to quilting up the one pinned quilt and some binding from last round of quilting :) - Did I ever mention I love the binding process :)?

Weekend Wrapup: Seeing Stars

First off I am glad that my local post office is not closing.  News is that nearly 3,700 USPS post offices will probably be closing soon.  To check if your local post office is on the list go HERE.

In addition to closing offices they will also be canceling Saturday services. I wonder what kind of other changes are on the horizon and how this will affect small business like mine who depends on the USPS for shipping.  I guess we'll have to wait and see and keep our fingers crossed that changes are for the better...

On to some lighter discussions, I've been seeing a lot of star quilts around so I decided to make one of my own.  Never made these before so I was a little bit nervous about it, but so far they are so much fun to make! Here's my progress so far:

I still have a huge stack to complete:

I love quilting! :)