A Turtle Quilt

Okay, my husband and I went and watched Iron Man 3 on Saturday night and it was the bomb! So I'm definitely recommending it (if you like that sort of thing). It was a nice day in Yuma, probably one of the last actually, so we went to a church function in the West Wetlands for a carne asada dinner and some good chatting. Then we left and saw two different families from the dinner at Iron Man... Great minds?!
Last week was a little challenging for me, project wise. I finally bought a real quilt frame and OH MY GOSH, it's huge! Like, I can barely get into my bathroom from my bedroom huge. We put it in the master bedroom because it's the only spot big enough! I can't wait till we move so I can set up a new sewing area and NOT have a quilter in my room! Would you like to know what projects I have going? I have a half painted desk, an unfinished appliqué quilt, an unquilted pinwheel quilt, a mis-cut new quilt (I still haven't figured out what I did wrong), a graduation present quilt with WAY too many pieces, and a baby quilt in pieces on my sewing room floor. This week I also got a custom order for a quilt, pillow, and curtains for a boys room! I love it when people want me to make them things! I'll be describing all of the projects in detail as they get finished, but right now it seems like I have too many "irons in the fire!" This post will get one of my projects into the "finished" category, so I'll stop complaining!
As some of you may notice, I really like fabric. That may be an understatement, so on with my post! I pick up this waytoocute Aneela Hoey fabric on the way home from my Disneyland trip a bit ago. It's from the Little Apples line and is printed with little adorable turtles, snails, apples, and weeds. I love that the print is small and that you get to see lots of those guys! I decided that I couldn't be so heartless and chop it up for blocks, so I used it for backing and decided on a plain chevron design for the front. This little guy was quilted on my Bernette and I made the binding and hand-stitched it on. Lastly, i made a turtley label for the front with my Etsy quilt shop's name, Ellita. Check it out here and feel free to buy it ;) I hope everyone is having a good Monday!
~Rachel


Piecing the top

Getting closer!

I finally managed a "stained glass window" picture!

Quilting....

Adding the binding

 

Finished back

 

Finished front

 

My Ellita tag

 

Chevron quilting

 

Too many pictures?

 

Ok, I'm done now!

 

 

 

 

I hope you all enjoy this turtley cuteness as much as I have!

Blanket Stitch

Most of the people I know and love have babies, so I'm always making blankets and quilts for them. One of my favorite things to have on hand, is a lovely and colorful stack of simple flannel blankets for all the newbies! I'm no crochet-lady yet, that's more of Haley's area, so I do a simple blanket stitch around the whole thing and leave it at that. One day I'll get ambitious and really figure out how to crochet! All you need for these blankets is basic sewing supplies and two, one yard pieces of flannel, or one piece of flannel and one of regular cotton. Square these up, sew them (right sides together), turn it the right way out, and stitch up the hole after you iron it. Easy and cute!
~Rachel