Friday Finish For Mum!

This one took quite a while to finish, but so worth it!

This is Bonnie and Camille's Round and Round pattern that I've used before and just love working on the large blocks.

Fabric is Day Sail from Camille Roskelley........... perfect for a summer quilt!

The back was what took me the longest.  I debated on whether to track down more yardage of Day Sail or to piece the back with what I had left.  I found the little sail boat blocks on pinterest....

I also added more friendship blocks for another border to break up the solid blue.

I recently read a blogger's post that talked about having trouble photographing finished quilts...

My Liam is not concerned... and maybe a bit bored?

This quilt is a gift for the family's Cape House!  Just in time for the 4th of July vacation week!  

Linking up with Crazy Mom and NTT....

Thanks for stopping by and an early Happy 4th to all!

Jen;)

Summer fireflies

This Friday finish is a baby quilt featuring Sarah Jane's fabric from her line, Wee Wander.  

This quilt is inspired by the free pattern from Freshly Handmade.

I recently purchased some new labels from JJ Labels!

Love how they turned out.  You can customize your own labels on her website.  I did try using the website, Spoonflower to create labels, but found their editing tools difficult to use.  Has anyone else experienced this?  

As for a Friday start, I've recently joined the Summer Sampler 2016 quilt along!  You can join any time here at Freshly Pieced.

You receive one pdf per week featuring a block from 10 different designers and 7 bloggers.  You can join anytime!

Here are my first two blocks...

 Funny how you pick up on mistakes after you take a pic?

Anyone notice this in the block above?  

I'm using left over fabric from Miss Kate and Day Sail.

Have a great weekend!

Linking up with CrazyMom Quilts and My Quilt Infatuation!

Jen

Burst of energy!

I finally finished this baby quilt inspired by a free Wee Wander pattern which also uses some of Sarah Jane's fabric.  I've used her Sommer collection and love it!

Perfect for a little girls' room...

This is another Out To Sea finish using Sarah Jane's cute fabric again and pairing it with white minky for the back.  I've quilted this on my Bernina using the serpentine stitch, #4.

Last, but not least, is the double slice quilt using a layer cake from Kate Spain's Canyon fabric collection.  I love this fabric, so bright and cheery to start off the spring season with!  I've posted this in my etsy shop, but might change my mind.... I've grown attached to this one:)

Feels great to get a lot of sewing done... all inspired by the longer, sunny days here in New England.

I'll be linking up with My Quilt Infatuation and Crazy Mom Quilts this week.

Thank you for visiting!

Jen

The beach is this way....

This week I worked on a quilt for our family's house on the Cape.

I purchased this fabric from Timeless Treasures, ideal for any home near the beach.

It's full of whales, sea horses, crabs and all things inspired by the beach!

I'm going to quilt this with wavy lines to represent the ocean

and give it lots of texture.  I just kept adding to the main panel in strips to keep this quilt simple and let the fabric panel be the focal point.   A few fabrics from my stash complimented this collection really well.  I hope to have a finish by next week.

Anyone been to the beach lately?

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Spring is in the air.

After completing the round and round quilt top I had quite a bit of fabric left over from the Day Sail collection.  This block is another round and round featuring the blues and greens from Camille Roskelley's collection.  They are fresh, crisp fabrics that pop when set against a white background.  

Since it's school vacation week, we made a trip to a local art supply store for some inspiration.  

Thank you for visiting!

I'll be linking up with My Quilt Infatuation and Crazy Mom Quilts 

and Let's Bee Social this week.

Jen 

Red, White and of course, Blue

This is my first project for 2016.  It's a pattern I've used twice before called Round and Round by Camille Roskelley.  I've used Day Sail fabric choosing the reds and blues this time.  

Besides taking the time to square up all of those HSTs, this pattern comes together quickly.  The blocks are large measuring about 25".   I've completed five blocks so far.  I should have a complete quilt top within a few days to share.

The completed quilt top should measure about 68"x72".

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation this week.

Happy Friday Everyone:)

Thanks for visiting Pretty in the Port!

Jen

Northern Lights Finish

This quilt was not as simple as I thought it would be.  The pattern is written for the lighter version of the quilt, and of course, I chose to do the dark version.  Somehow this was difficult for me to wrap my head around when piecing the top.  I loved the star blocks!  Lovely... and not too hard to put together.  The cross blocks were another story.  There are SO many seams that it's tough to get everything to line up nicely.  I used lots of pins and starch to get everything to lay flat.  The pattern does show which direction to press your seams to as you work.  For whatever reason, when I printed the pattern, none of the photos/diagrams showed up.  I simply followed the pattern directly from my laptop screen, but I do like a hard copy to reference.

Overall, for my first attempt at this one I am happy.  I do love the Scandinavian look of the pattern, much like the fair isle sweaters.  One mistake was my choice in backing.  I wanted this to be a warm cuddly quilt for winter.  I chose minky with the dots in a snowy white.  Minky is not my friend to say the least... it moves.  I pinned and pinned and checked, but ended up with a hot mess on the back and ripping out a lot of stitching.... NIGHTMARE.  I followed the many tutorials on line, including those from the Missouri Quilt Company to guide me when working with a larger quilt and cuddly fabric.  I used a serpentine/zig zag stitch for the binding and for outlining the star blocks.  I also sandwiched this quilt with a layer of warm and white batting.  It was just too heavy for my little Bernina and I to get finished.  I keep thinking about sending quilts out once I've completed the top.  Perhaps I should just stick with a nice quilting cotton for backs unless I'm doing a baby quilt?  Thoughts?

This one measures about 60x60 and is available on etsy as a pattern from Cora's Quilts.  

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Happy Holidays:)

Jen