2015 Quiltings

I am still behind in my blogging, so this post is a recap of 2015. I made the one below for a baby of my friend, Lindsay. I was inspired by a 19th century American quilt I saw on Pinterest. I really like how it turned out with the contrast of lights and darks. I need to make a bigger version sometime!

Below is my mock up in black and white. 

The following quilt is probably one of my favorites. My mother-in-law commissioned a queen-sized quilt for their bedroom. It was based on the Kaffe Fassett quilt below I found in a book. You can compare the two below (Sorry for the poor pictures ). I changed the color scheme a bit, but I did use a fair amount of Kaffe Fassett fabric. Can you tell he is one of my favorite designers? This quilt was trickier to make because of all the diamonds and hexagons and their non-90-degree seams. I think it is worth it though!

My version (quilt top before quilting)

The real thing. Or at least a photo of a photo of the real thing.

I always find it hard to design pillow shams to go with quilts, because I don't like when things are too matchy-matchy. Below is what I came up with. I did some hand embroidery in the middle. Also, my mother-in-law is very good at making her bed.

 

I think I actually made this quilt in 2014, but I forgot to take pictures until 2015....

Another queen-sized quilt! This one was a Christmas present for my mom to put on one of the beds in their new house in Utah. Turns out she put it on their own bed. I did a simple lone star on a white background. I love lone stars, because I like how the fabrics blend into each other. It worked out well because I used a bunch of fabrics (Kaffe Fassett again, "Roman Glass") that my mom gave me for my birthday.

Final product, with the shams and mini pillow I made:

I made a bunch of various pouches this year, but here is one of my favorites:

I made the quilt below for my sister-in-law's 4th kid. I chose a color combo I have never used before, and it kind of reminds me of girl scouts. 

I never was in Daisies.  

Anyway, I bought this amusing food fabric a little while ago. Is it kind of weird that it is all junk food except for the tomato?

I gave the quilt below to my mother-in-law for Christmas. This one took a bit longer than I thought it would. I had to draw a diagram of the entire thing with every square, and I would cross off each set of squares as I sewed them. Sorry for the bad picture :(

I am always watching TV when I sew, and this one I shall dub my "Jane the Virgin" quilt because I was binging on that during this quilt's production. I also have some "Breaking Bad" socks I knitted.

That's it for 2015! Hopefully I am more diligent about blogging in the future :)