A field study of triangles.

Posted on 13.May.13 by kait

I put this simple quilt together with some Anna Maria Horner Field Study (a current favorite, if you can’t tell!) and solids from the Little General and I love it! Especially under the red bud trees just before sunset. I quilted it at Eileen Quilts in a bubble design and backed it in the butterflies, one of my favorite large scale prints.

I bound this one by machine. I don’t like it as much as a hand stitched one but the binding has begun to come off on a couple older quilts of mine, what with the heavy wear of having two dogs that like to pull quilts from their places. Hopefully machine sewn binding will stand the test of time and I’ll keep getting better at it.

I’m excited to say that this quilt is available for sale at the Little General! Hopefully the first of many, Gina is graciously showing and selling some of my quilts made of fabric from her beautiful shop. If you’re in or around Winston Salem, be sure to stop by!

So productive!

Posted on 10.May.13 by kait

I’ve been extra productive lately! I finished a quilt top last week,

two quilt tops on Monday,

started a new quilt,

and started two new shirts!

I’m super excited about all of it.

It’s Blowy Out There.

Posted on 07.May.13 by kait

I finished piecing and basting this a few months back and finally got it quilted. I rarely name quilts but a friend had said it reminded her of the wind and that sounded better than “half square triangles arranged randomly” :)

After the mini I made for Tara, I wanted to do more straight line quilting. I did a spiral echo design in the white areas and while I’m still not totally confident in my straight line skills, this was good practice. The back is pretty puffy in the un-quilted parts, but I’m really happy with how it came out!

It’s backed in more scraps, bound in Flea Market Fancy seed print in grey, and labelled.

I was so happy to take photos in the park on my block, pinned to a dogwood tree. Happy spring!

For Mom.

Posted on 23.Apr.13 by kait

I am embarrassed to admit how long I was a quilter before I made one for my Mom and how long ago I started this particular quilt. But all that aside, it’s finally finished and received and we are both so pleased with it.

I received a fat eighth pack of Jay McCarroll’s Habitat line for a MQG challenge quilt awhile ago and I fell in love with it so I ordered more and got to work on the Swoon quilt. It’s a bit of a tedious pattern so it languished in a box for awhile until I got the burst of inspiration I needed to get it finished.

I pieced a back with the scraps I had, quilted it in Virginia with a flourish pattern called Denali in a pale mint green thread, bound it in Kona berry, and labeled it.

It was a windy and very sunny day when I photographed it, which makes for washed out pictures, but big thanks to Denise and Austin for helping out and holding it up for me!

Color wheel quilt.

Posted on 16.Apr.13 by kait

This quilt is the iconic project from Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts that Cait and I made back in September. It never laid flat and was a real challenge to quilt but I finally finished it!

I trimmed it down to 45″ square, backed it with a vintage sheet I love, quilted it in Virginia with a needle and thread pattern, machine bound it in musical notes, added a hanging sleeve, and now it adorns my studio wall!

Reorganized.

Posted on 08.Apr.13 by kait

I’ve spent the last three weeks redoing my sewing studio. I used to have, among other things, a combination of free standing shelves and a portable project wall which have now become a rail and bracket shelving system to the ceiling, a permanent 8′ square project wall (using this tutorial), a peg board, and yarn cubes!As it turns out, drilling into nearly 100 year old brick covered in concrete is a PAIN IN THE ASS. Even with the right tools, finally, it took 5 trips to the hardware store to get everything I needed. I’d say it was worth all the work!The shelves are 7″ deep at the bottom and 20″ at the very top with a couple other sizes in between. I had the cubes already and used a studio-mates’ yarn winder to re-ball all my yarn so they stack neatly. Vinyl is rolled and stored in a large shipping tube. I spent about $300 all told, and I’m really happy with it.

I also finished my color wheel quilt from last year’s Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts project! I hung it high up in the small community space of the studio and I love it there. I will take better photos of it and show it off soon.Currently, my Field Study kaleidoscope quilt is on the project wall, something I am more than ready to get back to work on!

Some quilts.

Posted on 27.Mar.13 by kait

I spent a lovely and snowy weekend in Roanoke with Lindsay and Ursula working on a few quilts.

I took two with me and finished up a third one while I was there. I left behind a feather pillow (made from Anna Maria Horner’s block pattern found here) as a gift to Lindsay for all her help and willingness to let me use Ursula. And of course, for her friendship.

A lovely finish.

Posted on 18.Mar.13 by kait

This was a quilt commission that I finished last week.

Gina passed my name along to a woman and after meeting at the Little General and talking it over a bit, we settled on a log cabin quilt made from Denyse Schmidt’s Chicopee. The blocks finished at a large 27″ each and I loved working on such a large scale.

Lindsay so graciously did a rush job on this quilting and I love how it turned out. I bound it in scraps from the quilt and sent it on it’s way. I hope it gets lots of love.

For Connor.

Posted on 25.Feb.13 by kait

Remember this quilt? The guy I made it for is having a baby next month, Connor, and the first-time grandmother commissioned me to make a quilt for him.

It’s based on Oh Fransson‘s Baby Roller Rink pattern from her book “Modern Patchwork.” I pulled blue and green scraps and bordered the strips with FreeSpirit solids. It is backed in a Denyse Schmidt fabric from JoAnn’s and some scraps, quilted in a meandering square pattern with pale green thread, bound mostly in Madison from Happyland, and labeled.

I was excited to take photos of this quilt on a train up the tracks from my work. I’ve wanted to do a photo shoot there for a long time and a train was finally sided at just the right time.

I hope Connor and his parents (and his grandma) love this quilt for a long time.

My current WIP list.

Posted on 31.Jan.13 by kait

It seems like something that’s good to start the year with, a compiling of all the projects in some stage of completion.

Swoon: I finally finished this top a few months back and I have the backing fabrics all waiting to be pieced. I’m looking forward to taking this to Lindsay and crossing it off the list!

Color wheel: this was one of the Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts projects that didn’t get completed last year. It was a frustrating project and doesn’t lay flat but I’m hoping a little long arm quilting will help mellow it out. It will make a great addition to my studio space.

T-shirt quilt for Holly: I have been working on this project for way, way too long. I MUST FINISH THIS QUILT.

Selvedge spiderwebs: I have been working on this quilt for about two years. I have all the linen cut out and glued to paper so I just need to sit down and finish it! Maybe at a sewing retreat this spring.

Single Girl: I have been hand quilting this for nearly a year and a half. While I am really wishing I had had it long arm quilted instead, I know that once I finish I’ll feel a huge sense of accomplishment and will cherish it for a long time.

It’s Blowy Out There: I made this HST quilt from scraps a couple months ago and now it’s all basted and read to be finished.

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Before I tackle those, I have a few commissions and trades I need to get (started and) finished first!

Kindle case for Sarah: this should be a quick project but it’s taking me along time! Nothing like a deadline though, I have to finish it by tomorrow!

Baby roller rink: this is a commission for a family friend and her first grandchild. It is based on this pattern and will be made of scraps. I’m hoping to finish it by the second week of February!

Set of dinner napkins: this is a trade for an art piece with my friend Liz. She is moving away in March so I need to finish them ASAP!

Chicopee log cabin: this is my first quilt commission for a stranger! It’s a really nice woman named Sarah who is getting it for her mom, to be completed by the first week of March.

Kaleidoscope in Field Study: this is a queen sized quilt for a trade for a large painting by my good friend Laura Lashley. I’m really excited about this and while there is no actual deadline, I’m hoping to finish it by the end of February.

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