Blue Drawstring Bags and Curious Nature Quilt

I got my other three drawstring bags done.  They are fun and easy.  Now I have all the presents done.  I used leftover blue fabric (most Amy Butler and Jason Yenter) from my daughter's blue quilt.  Thrifty me.

I also finished the binding on my youngest son's quilt.  I used a Curious Nature w/ solids bundle I purchased from Marmalade Fabrics.  It is very masculine looking.  That is what I was trying to achieve.

Now off to San Antonio to see the gang and hand out gifts.  Yeah.  I am so excited to see my granddaughters.  

Tula Pink Drawstring Bag

I had to come up with a handmade item for our gift exchange for the Austin Modern Quilt Guild.  I had been hoarding saving some Tula Pink Birds and the Bees for a special occasion.  I saw a tut on In Color Order and it seemed just the ticket.

It's Pink and its Tula

I added in one of my owl pincushions.  When we started drawing gifts someone stole it away from the original drawee for their 7 year old granddaughter.  We had a blast.  I ended up with four pink fat quarters.  Yeah.

My little owl pincushion

I am in the midst of doing three more drawstring bags. Hope I get a chance to take pictures before I give them to the granddaughters tomorrow.  

Is This Blue or What?

Ok.  I got carried away with the blue.  My daughter loves blue.  So blue she is getting.  This is going to be a wall hanging.  Mainly Amy Butler and Jason Yenter fabric.

Blue Back

Fish Back for another Christmas Quilt

Improv Block Wall Hanging-More Denyse Schmidt Love

I am not totally thrilled that it turned out crooky. This is to match my sisters Hope Valley quilt.  I needed to square it up before I bound it.  Live and learn. I am still slogging away at Christmas gifts.

A little Denyse Schmidt "Hope Valley"

Ok a lot of "Hope Valley" went into my sisters quilt.  I also made her a wall hanging which I hope to get a picture of today along with another finish.

I am not sure this colorway is my favorite but when combined with the dotty fabric it turned out really cute.  I used unrelated fabric in the same colorway for the backing and binding.

The pattern is called "Rainbow's End" from Villa Rose.  It is a postcard pattern.  She has a whole line of easy peasy patterns.

Solid Color Quilt

I finally quilted my totally solids quilt.  I had it pin basted for a couple of months.  I made this over a year ago.  My first foray into using solids only.  I also used variegated threads on the top and lavender thread in the bobbin.  This is a two sided quilt.

Color Cues

This is my first time to use a different thread on top and on the bottom.  I also made double sided binding for the first time.  It was not as hard as I thought it would be. It is hard to see but the top has blue binding and the back has dark purple.  

Lasagna Quilt and Russian Rubik Block

I finished up another quilt top for my friend Jessica's charity.  I used 2 1/2 strips of blue batiks.  It was fun.  I must say that I used a lotta lotta thread and had strips streaming everywhere.  See the cornerstones in the corner.  That is what happens when you measure your border incorrectly.

Blue Lasagna Quilt

I also started a new quilt.  The pattern is called Russian Rubik.  You cut octogons with a template and then use triangles to square up the block.  I just got one block done but I think I am going to have fun with it.  I am doing the baby size first to make sure I have the hang of it.  

It is all about charity quilts

I got my quilt kit finished for my favorite shop owner's favorite charity.  Someone had donated all this purple batik.  Can't go wrong with batik for a quilt for a young person.  I used the "Apron Strings" pattern and lots of 2.5" strips.

Various pieces of purple

Before that I finished a quilt using a charm pack of "Little Black Dress" by Moda that I won at a meet and greet with the San Antonio Modern Quilt Guild.  I had various neutral solids that I used along with the "Seashell" pattern by Villa Rose Designs.  

Lastly, I finished up some butterfly blocks for our quilt guild's charity quilt for this month.

I am behind on Block Swap Adventure.  I was on vacation, then out-of-town for business.  My swap partner for September and October both want thirties reproduction fabric.  No scraps of that in my scrap pile so I had to head to the quilt shop to buy some.  That is probably the only kind of fabric that I don't have any of in my stash.

We have our grandson for the weekend so I probably will not get much done until Monday.