houndstooth alabama baby quilt

It has been FOREVER since I've posted, and this quilt is mainly the reason why. Well, this quilt and life in general has been busy.

I made this for a dear friend of mine who just had a baby boy. His nursery was done in crimson, houndstooth, and elephants because they are huge Alabama fans. Roll tide!

I used the Houndstooth pattern by V and Co. I found this pattern on Pinterest and studied it to see if I could do it on my own. It looks easy enough, but I decided to buy the pattern and follow the directions. It was quite a process! Thankfully my mom helped me out a lot and that made it go much faster. Plus it's great bonding time. We plan on making Christmas placemats to use up all the red and white scraps from this project.

I finished the quilt with straight line quilting along both sides of the horizontal and diagonal seams. I'm in love with how this turned out and sad I had to give it away! I am very much wanting a purple and white houndstooth quilt of my own, but not sure I'm up to all the 60 degree triangles and messing with stretchy blocks done on the bias. Plus I have a few other quilts to finish up anyway!

Check out more photos on my Flickr page (link on the sidebar).

totes & baby quilt

It has been WAY too long since I've written a blog post. All I do is work! Here's a few of my latest projects.

I wanted to make these reversible totes and zipper pouches for my mom, sister, and grandmother for Mother's Day, but only finished my mom's in time. I just gave my sister hers last weekend at her baby shower. Still have to make my grandma's! And maybe one for myself, too. Did I mention how much I love Craftsy? This was a free class taught by Kristen Link. I'm sure I'll make these over and over again!

I finished a quilt for nephew #3 in time for the baby shower. I used Riley Blake's Superstar collection and a free Elizabeth Hartman charm squares pattern. I also got the idea to applique the baby's name on the back from Pinterest. This was my first time doing raw edge applique (or any applique, for that matter!) and let me tell you - it was a hassle. But after destroying some fabric letters, almost destroying my backing fabric, and finally reading online tutorials, I went to buy some lightweight interfacing, read and followed the instructions, figured out the zigzag stitch on my machine, and all was well! I quilted horizontal lines across the whole thing. And of course used a diagonal stripe for binding - my favorite choice! My sister went nuts over this quilt. Which is of course what I aim for :)

 LOVE. Now just waiting on the baby! I of course have more projects going on, but I'll save them for a later post. Some got pushed to the side so I could get this done in time. But as always, eventually they will get done!