Simple Baby Quilt

I haven’t quilted in what seems like forever! When a couple at church had their baby on Friday, I new exactly what project to work on at our Ladies’ Craft Day on Saturday! I made a stop at the fabric store, got onto my quilting board on Pinterest and found this cute and simple quilt pattern from Two Little Banshees.

All you need is 6 fat quarters, fabric for backing and binding, and some batting.

I was going to just “stitch in the ditch” but I decided I liked quilting an inside border in each block better.

Here’s how it turned out…

I love the way the brown quilting makes the blocks pop!

  

I chose a coordinating stripe for the back

I can’t wait to go and see the baby and take him his new quilt!

Better Patterns

I hate patterns! I don’t hate using patterns, although I do usually end up changing them after a while. I hate dealing with patterns! If you thought getting a map refolded was hard, it’s because you’ve never tried to refold a tissue paper pattern and get it back into it’s original package…

Tissue paper is so fragile and delicate. I always rip them and I can never fold them up again.

unfolded

yeah, I don’t think they’re going back into that package ever again…

I have a few patterns that I use quite a bit and have more that I have to trace myself onto tissue paper that I make a lot!

But my friend Bonnie gave me some terrific advice! Trace your patterns onto interfacing. It’s stronger, but transparent enough to trace onto. You can write notes on it and pin it over and over again. And they are WAY easier to fold up and put into a ziploc bag!

these are so much better!

Purse Pattern Sampler

Here is a sampler of the purse patterns I like to make:

 

My Made-up Pattern

I have been trying to find the perfect pattern for the great Moda prints Layer Cake I got for my birthday. I still have not found the one. So tonight I made up my own. I'm not sure if it is truly an original thought or if it was inspired by something I've seen somewhere, but I think it might be it...
I am going to use the prints with white corners. I think it will be a cute, scrappy kind of quilt. And I kind of like the horizontal shape rather than the traditional square.
And if I don't like it, I will still have half of each block left over. :o)

Hooded Towel Tutorial

Here is how to make a hooded towel in about 30 easy, yet general, steps. LOL

If you have any questions or need more details, just ask.

1. First cut out strips of fabric to cover the trim on either end of the towel to needed length and desired width. The sides with the fabric trim will be the "front" of the towel.

2. Iron down a hem on all sides of the fabric strip. 1/2" - 3/4"

3. Pin and sew to the front of the towel. Repeat on other side, if desired.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the washcloth "hood".

5. Cut out a piece of coordinating flannel for the hood lining.

6. Pin hood to the flannel on 3 sides, right sides together.

7. Sew the flannel to the 3 sides of the hood.

8. Trim off the excess flannel from around the hood.

9. Turn hood inside out.

10. Fold right sides of washcloth together (flannel facing out) and sew together on short end, leaving the open end at the bottom.

11. Turn hood inside out.

12. Find the center of the long side of the towel and mark with a pin on the back side.

13. Match the center of the hood to the center of the towel and pin together with the open end of the hood lined up with the edge of the towel. (as seen in picture below)

14. Sew hood to towel using a 1/4" seam allowance.

15. Trim any excess lining flannel from between the hood and towel and then sew the seam together to finish.

15. Now you're done and it only took half the steps I thought it would. I guess it seems like more when you're making them. :o)