Baby Quilt Binge - Day 5

Today, I am going to work on a quilt without a blue background! Because, as much as I love this color, they're all starting to look the same.

This is the third time I've made this heart pattern, which I found in an old quilting magazine. I changed the setting triangles to make them pieced and totally ignored whatever measurements the designer used, and I've gone by memory for the past two versions, so I'm not sure how mine compares to the published version. I thought I might have it out of my system for a while, but looking at it this morning, I still think a bed-size version with a white background could be a fun way to show off scraps.

I won't have as much quilting time today and tomorrow, so I'm going to try to find a quick idea that'll work with the fabric on top of the pile.

Baby Quilt Binge - Day 4

I may need to start looking for another brightly colored sheet, because finding ways to combine this blue sheet with my scraps has been so much fun. Having the blue to work with took care of one big decision. All I had left to do was pick out a pattern and the right handful of scraps.

Last night, I pin basted and quilted Blue Sheet Quilt #1 and Blue Sheet Quilt #3 -- those names are terrible, but at least it helps me keep track of which is which!



Bear with me, I only got half of the binding sewn down last night before the migraine won and chased me off to bed.



This is the one that started it. I wanted to do the scrappy churn dash blocks and was getting ready to dig out a white sheet when I stumbled across the blue one.



Once these two around bound and I get the binding hand stitched on the kaleidoscope quilt, that'll be five of my ten baby quilts done. Now I've got to start the next five from scratch.

This post is linked to Sew Cute Tuesday.

blue sheet quilt #1

The blocks for the first blue sheet quilt are done. Somehow, I keep coming back to Churn Dashes, even though it's not one of my favorite blocks...maybe one of these days I'll figure out why!

I do like the way they look in this project. There are twenty different fabrics in each block, except for a couple I made at the end when I was running out of triangles.



Once I get the sashing on these blocks, I'll cut the rest of the squares I need for blue sheet quilt #2. And I'm almost positive I've got enough fabric left for #3.

I'm keeping my eye open for more bright solid sheets -- this is fun!