Pixel Play: Project Quilting 10.4

Oh, how I love a challenge! 

I am  not competitive in any way, but give me an idea to be creative and I'm all in!

This week's theme for Project Quilting at Persimon Dreams was Pixel Play. 

I searched the internet for a pixel image to work with and found a perler bead butterfly. 

In my stash for a very long time, I've had a baggie of 2" blocks of purple fabric. 

Perfect!

As I laid out the squares, I realized that this was going to be a big project! 

BIG=lots of time!

Good thing we had 3 school cancellations this past week. 

School cancellation=time to sew!

Lots and lots of chain sewing...along with always counting.

That's 529 two inch blocks total! 

I added a few 9-patch blocks to add more area and interest. 

Then came the quilting. Simple straight-line quilting down the middle of each block. 

Twist clock-wise and stich again!

Next came the binding. 

Both the backing and binding fabric are from my full-time teaching days when I covered my bulletin boards in fabric. Somebody apparently likes purple, huh?

Every piece of this project came from my stash, which makes me (and hubby) happy!

A couple of pups were happy with this quilt too!

I wish they had emails so they could each vote! 

This quilt...perfect for a baby measures 36"x 36".

Made in my home in Dubuque, Iowa.

Please stop by Persimon Dreams this week and vote 

for your favorite 10 Pixel Play projects!

The Lattice Quilt

Last month, a good friend told me her daughter is expecting a baby. Oh joy! This will be the first grandchild on both sides of the family.

Last week, my friend called again to tell me it will be a girl. She is over the moon giddy with the news! Of course, I had to ask if she had chosen colors yet and yes, she had.

So, what do I do?

What every quilter does. Start to pull fabric for a quilt!

Grandma-to-be said the colors were minty green, coral/cantaloupe and gray. I like the way today's new moms choose modern color combos. It's so fresh and well, modern!

Then, I went on the hunt for a quilt pattern. Looking through my Pinterest board, I found one I liked. After those last 2 quilts I made, I wanted something simple without a gazillion pieces of varying sizes. Nope, this had to be simple.

I found this:

The Baby Lattice Quilt from the Moda Bake Shop

In one afternoon, I had my pieces cut and laid out.

(no photo taken...oops)

Yesterday, I sewed all of the rows together.

  

    

Today, I started to sew the sashing between the rows.

I really like how this is coming together...and so quickly!

Baby's due in April,

so I will have plenty of time to fiddle with it,
but I'm really hoping to get it finished this month.
I don't need another WIP!

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal

*Day 30 of 31 Days of Blogging Challenge

City Sampler Baby Quilt

This past summer I finally got around to using 25 of the 100 Tula Pink City Sampler Blocks.

I truly loved making these blocks! Each block was so different and so easy to follow along...except one that I had a dickens of a time with.

I chose 25 of the blocks that were similar in colors to make into a baby boy quilt.

No baby in mind, but perhaps a future grandbaby!

I now have 2 baby quilts patiently waiting for a grand entrance!

Quilted with a simple wavy stitch from side to side.

Bound in a blue and white polka dot.

I still have 75 City Sampler blocks that need a project.

I showed this quilt to a friend over the summer.

She loved it and after a bit of hesitation, she offered to buy it for $30 for a nephew.

She left empty-handed.