peak hour

this week's wip:

As cute as this line is (Peak Hour by Don't Look Now for Riley Blake), 

I'm afraid I don't have enough in my stash.

It makes darling play quilts


Have you made it through all the entries at Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival?  You actually have 2 more days to post an entry . . . 2 entries!  Then the voting begins for each category.  If you go to her site, and scroll down,  you will see each of the categories.


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reunion @ midnight

Welcome to the Blogger's Quilt Festival . . . thanks again, Amy!

This quilt falls under the "bed quilt" category.

"reunion @ midnight" will make a perfect boys dorm quilt, especially with the dark back.  I really love Lizzie's original pattern, but I had to alter it to fit an "extra long" dorm mattress.

I found the pattern in this fun book by Lizzie House.  It has 4 quilt patterns, with beautiful illustrations and step by step instructions.  The photography is incredible, not sure if it's photographed in Nepal or Utah.  Here, here and here are links to her blog posts telling about projects and showing some of those beautiful pictures from her book.

You will recognize her fabric from this popular line several years ago . . . yip, stashed!

I used this nifty Lazy Angle by Creative Grids ruler to cut the shapes.   Available at Fat Quarter Shop.  There are many sizes and variations to this design using this ruler.

Quilted on a HQ Sweet Sixteen.  You can learn more about that wonderful machine here and here.  

Learn more about the quilting in this post, which tells why I wanted to quilt . . . .



this design:

The back is created from the "discard" pieces while cutting the front.

I love how the quilting pattern shows up on the back of the quilt.

That quilting link above also tells more about quilting a name into your quilts.

Photographed in Sundance, Utah.

2 college quilts . . . DONE!

Laura is modeling the back of apron strings.

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