Groovy Triangles Vintage Sheet Quilt

Something you may not know about me is that I love looking for treasures in thrift shops and garage sales. If you're willing to spend a little time hunting, you can find some really neat items at a great price! Recently I've been thrifting a lot of picture frames, but I also can't pass up fun vintage sheets! This quilt was made from about 8 different vintage sheet patterns. To keep it from getting too busy, I alternated each print triangle with a solid white triangle (kona snow).

The back is a solid vintage sheet in colorful stripes.

I opted for simple in-the-ditch quilting along the diagonals - not fancy, but it lets the fabrics take center stage!

And finished with a machine-sewn binding.

Details
Size: approx. 47" x 51"
Fabrics: Reclaimed Vintage Sheets
Pattern: equilateral triangles
Quilting: diagonal in the ditch

Available now in the shop.
xoxo, Megan

Sticky Sweet baby quilt

I'm calling this quilt "sticky sweet" because the colors remind me of a bag of tropical skittles. This is one of those quilts where I liked the fabrics in a stack, but as the quilt came together I liked them even more!

The pattern is just simple squares alternating with Kona snow.

I had some leftover squares to use on the back along with the floral print. The quilting is straight lines on the diagonal through the white squares. Simple!

And finished off with a hand-sewn binding.

Details
Size: approx. 39" x 39"
Fabrics: variety from Heather Bailey and Dena Designs
Pattern: alternating squares
Quilting: straight-line diagonals

Available now in the shop
xoxo, Megan

Fall Table Runner

Remember this WIP from way back in January? Well, it's finished and now adorning the dining room table. I love the warm colors, now all I need is a few pumpkins around the house to make it feel like fall.
xoxo, Megan

Changed forever

What an amazing several weeks it's been!  I left off in late February, only 2 weeks from my due date with our first child, working on a quilt wallhanging for her nursery.  Now I'm a mommy to a healthy baby girl and changed forever.  Kathryn was born on March 14 with a full head of blonde hair (just like Daddy).  We love her lots!
And yes, I did actually finish the pastel orange peel quilt before she arrived - I hung it on the wall just a mere 3 days before and it was the perfect finishing touch to the nursery.

I made each orange peel using this method, then machine-appliqued each one using a blanket stitch.

 I quilted it by machine with a big free motion all over and finished it with a pink polka dot binding.  The original plan was to hand-quilt in the white space with perle cotton, but I got impatient and chose to finish it faster instead :)

To hang it on the wall, I used this tutorial for hiding the hardware.  I like the clean, simple look.

Details

Size: approx. 44" x 44"
Fabrics: Kona snow (background) and an assortment of pastels from my stash
Pattern: Orange Peel
Quilting: free motion meandering
Made for: daughter's nursery

xoxo,

Megan

Hello Betty Patchwork Quilt

 Here's another one that sat in my unfinished WIP pile for well over a year!  I originally bought a layer cake of the Hello Betty collection, then ended up dividing it into 4 different quilts, finished 2, then let the other 2 sit for a while... but alas, this one is finished and just one more left :)

The back is fairly simple with dot prints...

 I quilted it with simple straight lines...

and finished it with hand-sewn binding.

I just love the red and blue and vintage-y feel of these prints!

Details

Size: approx. 36" x 42"
Fabrics: Hello Betty Moda
Pattern: simple rectangles
Quilting: straight lines

Available now in the shop

 xoxo,

Megan

Aqua Pop Garden Rag Quilt

For those of you who have been visiting this blog awhile, you might remember a certain red rag quilt I did a couple years ago...

Keeping in line with using up old scraps/leftovers, I had enough to make another baby-sized rag quilt, this time with aqua minky instead.

It's neat how just changing one element can transform the look of a quilt!

Details
Size: approx. 35" x 40"
Fabrics: Pop Garden by Heather Bailey with aqua minky
Quilting: rag quilt with x-pattern & hand-snipped seams

Available in my Etsy shop.

xoxo,

Megan

Bliss Double Hourglass Quilt

My little double hourglass quilt is finished!  Not a bad little quilt for using up my leftover scraps from the Wonky 9-patch.

I did big 12" blocks and even used up the leftovers from the leftovers on the back in a little pinwheel pattern:

It's free motion quilted with loops and I used a pink polka-dot print from my stash for the binding.

This quilt is smaller - but would be a perfect play mat for a baby :)

Details

Size: approx. 34" x 34"
Fabrics: Bliss by Bonnie and Camille for Moda
Pattern: Double Hourglass
Quilting: free motion loopys

Available now in the shop

xoxo,

Megan

Hometown Zig-Zag Quilt and the Biggest Announcement Yet!

Ta-da!  Another finish :)  And this one took less than 2 weeks start to finish.  Thanks to everyone for your nice comments when I was designing this one.

I'm slow to jump on trends, but I do love how this zig-zag turned out.

The back is a fun red polka-dot and I didn't let any of those HSTs go to waste! 

For the quilting, I did straight line zig zags only through the cream areas.

Hand-sewn binding in a coordinating gray print.

Details

Size: approx. 39" x 39"
Fabrics: Hometown by Sweetwater for Moda
Pattern: HST arranged in zig-zags
Quilting: straight-line zig-zags

Available now in the shop

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OK, so are you ready for the big announcement?!?



Maybe I should rephrase that..... am I ready for it?!?



Ready or not....

Yes, we're expecting our first baby - due in March.  We are very excited, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little terrified too. I have already started the nesting process which brings me to the next order of business:

I'm trying to downsize my fabric stash.  Please take a peek in my fabric shop - I have Art Gallery Fabrics, vintage sheets, and lots of destash & scrap packs for sale.  And more coming soon!


Linking up at Freshly Pieced, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Crazy Mom Quilts.

xoxo,

Megan

Coquette Patchwork Quilt

This quilt was actually made from scraps I purchased from another quilter.  Does anyone else do that?  I love the Coquette fabric line, but wasn't sure I wanted to commit to a large fabric purchase, so buying a small scrap bundle was just perfect for me.

Just a simple alternating squares pattern using Kona snow for the background fabric.  I love how the pale pink and floral prints give this a vintage feel - perfect for a sweet baby girl :)

I used some leftover squares on the back as well as a mottled pink print from my stash.

The quilting was done with straight diagonal lines through the background squares.

And finished up with a binding in spring green.  See? I did have a productive week last week!

Details

Size: approx. 36" x 44"
Fabrics: Coquette by Art Gallery Fabrics
Pattern: Alternating 2.5" squares
Quilting: straight-line diagonals

Available now in the shop

Linking up at Canoe Ridge Creations and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Wonky Bliss Patchwork Quilt

 Last week was a productive week quilt-wise.  I finished this one and another.  This time of year, the secret is having a quilt ready for binding on Saturday (aka college football day in our house).  That way I can multitask - cheer on my Horns while getting something accomplished at the same time :)

 

I used a fat quarter bundle of Bliss fabrics to make these wonky 9-patch blocks using this great tutorial from Oh Fransson!  The turquoise and red is really fun together.

Since I ended up with 18 total blocks, the 2 leftovers found a home on the quilt backing.

For the quilting, I did big free motion pebbles.  I've used this technique once before on my Butler Blue quilt, and it's relatively easy to do.  I'd say it's great if you can deal with "coloring outside the lines", but if you need precision, probably not the best technique for you :)

And I love the pretty red binding - this is what I was finishing off during the game.

Details

Size: approx. 42" x 42"
Fabrics: Bliss by Bonnie & Camille for Moda
Pattern: Wonky 9-patch with sashing
Quilting: free motion big pebbles

Available now in the shop.

Linked up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced and Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.

Orange Sunrise - a Vintage Sheet Quilt

 

Ta-da!  After I was pessimistic about when I would quilt this one here, I surprised myself and finished not only this one but also the Sunkissed quilt all in one weekend.  Thanks much to a jet-lagged husband, rainy weather, and season 4 of The Tudors streaming on Netflix.  Oh man how I love that show.. but I digress.

This quilt is made from about 6 different vintage sheet prints, and I used an hourglass pattern. 

 I quilted this with white thread using an all-over meandering free motion pattern.  This has become my go-to quilting method.  It's (relatively) fast and more interesting than straight lines (in my opinion) and I love the crinkly texture it creates after being washed.

 The back is another vintage sheet, and I also used a vintage sheet for the hand-sewn binding.

Details

Size: approx. 42" x 46"
Fabrics: Reclaimed Vintage Sheets
Pattern: hourglass
Quilting: free motion meandering

Available now in the shop.