Peppermint candies quilt

I hope you can see what a difference beautiful quilting makes

quilted by Debby Brown

A nice swirl

more quilting detail

I finished binding this quilt recently even though it was pieced back in Nov. for my Quiltmaker "Scrap Squad" assignment.   Debby Brown did a beautiful job quilting it for me.

Happy Sewing,
Kim

I've linked up with Crazy Mom Quilts on finish it up Friday, go have a look at some more finishes :0)

machine binding ( back)

Scrap Squad

My first Quiltmaker Scrap Squad quilt: Rhapsody in Bloom designed by Doug Leko.

Here are my quilts made for the Scrap Squad, ( all machine quilted by Debby Brown) you can go and see what the other Scrap Squad members have created too!  Just click on .Quilty Pleasures blog. and have a peek...oh grab some coffee first :0).  Happy Sewing, Kim

Back of "Rhapsody in Bloom".

"Raspberry Dessert" designed by Julie Herman

9-27 update......I'm the featured scrap squad member
on the Quilty Pleasures blog today.

"Spinout" designed by Barbara Cline.

"Linkin' Logs" designed by June Dudley

Back of Linkin' Logs

Paper piecing

Paper piecing my next Quiltmaker assignment while up in Maine.  Everything goes faster wit

h chain piecing.

"Linkin' Logs"

This was a fun and fast pattern to make, I really enjoyed it!  Find out more about it at the Quiltmaker Magazine blog called Quilty Pleasures.  Happy sewing, Kim

I'm using this old post to add to finish it up Friday over at Crazy Mom Quilts because it got mailed this week  to my NEW great niece!  I tucked in a copy of the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" to go with her new quilt!
Welcome to the world Avery!  Love, Auntie Kim

 

close up of quilting by Debby Brown

Here is the back

Back of "Linkin' Logs" machine quilted by Debby Brown.

In the next couple of weeks "Quiltmaker" magazine will release their latest issue.
(Quiltmaker also has a fun blog called .Quilty Pleasures, with giveaways, and free stuff.)
After that the "Scrap Squad" will debut their quilts made from June Dudley's pattern
called "Linkin' Logs".  All eight of us came up with scrappy versions of her pattern.
Here is the back of mine and soon I'll show the beautiful completed quilt front. :0)
Happy sewing, Kim

Next "Scrap Squad" quilt

Here is a little peek of the next quilt, Quilted by Debby Brown.

 

Happy Sewing, Kim

Giveaway over at Quilty Pleasures

http://www.quiltmaker.com/blogs/quiltypleasures/2011/06/spinoutbykim/

My quilt " Spinout" by Barbara Cline is the featured quilt today over at the Quilty Pleasures blog..........and a giveaway.......go check it out! Good luck and Happy sewing, Kim

"Spinout" designed by Barbara Cline

"Spinout"

designed by Barbara Cline

In the July/ August issue of "Quiltmaker" Magazine.

I think this is a fine looking quilt.  When I was a new quilter I would have been very unhappy with how I made this quilt and probably would have done many remakes and "unsewing".  Now I have learned to enjoy the piecing process, to relax about my mistakes, and imperfections in my projects.  Do they really take away from this quilt? Will these errors, that I am going to share with you, reduce the enjoyment the recipient receives from this quilt?  NO :0) I don't think so........ do you?

A recycled shirt with part of the pocket  still attached.

stripes don't line up

Two different stripes to make one pinwheel

Two different colors for border....two orange, two yellow

 pieced together shapes for triangles

Here is the basic foundation piece

side #1 cover with solid piece of fabric

I am using scraps and this piece will not cover the foundation shape #2

this corner is not covered

this is a scrappy quilt so I can just add a piece on

now the foundation is covered

cut away paper and fabric from cut line making sure to have 1/4 inch seem line all around foundation piece

there are several of these pieced together in my quilt.

Quiltmaker Scrap Squad Reveal and Two giveaways!

Ta Da!!  The Quiltmaker Scrap Squad  has made Julie's Herman's pattern "Raspberry Dessert" in their very own scraps! (  My blue and yellow version of "Raspberry Dessert' is machine quilted by Debby Brown and together we will  donated it to QOV. )  You can visit  Julie over at Jaybirdquilts to see all her patterns, visit her terrific blog and learn what she has been teaching a Brownie troop too!  
You can see Julie's quilt "Raspberry Dessert" in her colorway (do you think it might have anything to do with raspberries?) and make the pattern from the current issue of Quiltmaker Magazine.

*****This is the part where you could win a pattern from Julie!******

In celebration of the new issue of Quiltmaker magazine Julie is giving away  one of her patterns here on my blog!  Just leave a comment  by Friday telling me what the Brownies learned and I'll  pick a random winner on Saturday April 2nd.  Also.......You might have fun by visiting the rest of the Quiltmaker scrap squad members and seeing how they interpreted "Raspberry Dessert" in their scraps,  PLUS you will get more chances to win a pattern of Julie's!
Linda
Dionne
Donna
Carol's page
Ruth
Jane
Pat

"Raspberry Dessert"

"Raspberry Dessert" by Julie Herman

Guess what?

*****You can also win fabric from the Quiltmaker blog......just jump over there and follow their instructions to enter.*****  Good Luck everyone.  Happy sewing, Kim

Blue and Yellow quilts....countdown to Quiltmaker Scrap Squad reveal

Square in a square is one of my all time favorite patterns......lots of plaid scraps........machine quilted by Debby Brown.  Just plain fun!

( Oh and this is a little doll quilt I hand quilted to have some handwork to do on a car trip)

Happy Sewing, Kim

Blue and Yellow quilts....countdown to Quiltmaker Scrap Squad reveal

 This quilt is my scraps put into a Marti Michell pattern called 'Celebration of Stars", I also made this quilt in her colors from her fabric line as a block of the month.   The beautiful quilting is done by the talented Debby Brown. Happy Sewing, Kim

Blue and Yellow quilts....countdown to Quiltmaker Scrap Squad reveal

A pack of Moda charm squares made into a baby quilt, quilted by Debby Brown......nice and bright :0).
Happy Sewing, Kim

Blue and Yellow quilts....countdown to Quiltmaker Scrap Squad reveal

Scrappy geese all lined up big enough for a queen sized bed.  Happy sewing, Kim

Blue and Yellow quilts....countdown to Quiltmaker Scrap Squad reveal

A small quilt used as a table topper in my bedroom......lots of little blue and yellow scraps :0)
Happy sewing, Kim