Showing posts with label sew cherry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sew cherry. Show all posts

Nov 7, 2016

Lulu quilt, finished!

Do you ever see those giveaways on Instagram?
I have fun with them, usually you only have to become a follower and leave a comment.
Last summer, I won this pattern, designed by Amber Johnson.
Her company's name is Gigi's Thimble, 
her Instagram name is gigis_thimble.


Not only did I win the pattern, but I also won the machine quilting for the quilt I made with Amber's pattern!!!
It takes a jelly roll to make the Lulu pattern, that's all.
I only had a couple of jelly rolls, but I chose Sew Cherry, maybe my all time favorite fabric line.
It's Lori Holt's original fabric line.
I am still hoarding this fabric, so it was a little difficult to break into!


The quilt came together really fast, with a lot of chain stitching.


Here's my quilt, all machine quilted!
I just love it.
Stephanie Romney did the quilting, 
her instagram name is stuphfromsteph.
I highly recommend her, she did a fabulous job :)


I back the quilt with a soft minky.
I thought about giving it to my newest daughter in law for Christmas, but just couldn't part with it.
This quilt means a lot to me since it's Sew Cherry, Stephanie quilted it for me, and the back is minky.
It's my first minky quilt to keep for myself :)


I usually bind my quilts with a bright red, but didn't have any 
Sew Cherry.
I chose this gorgeous aqua with red cherries for my binding.


I could just stare at these beautiful fabrics all day!


Isn't it pretty with the beautiful aqua binding?


More Sew Cherry love!


I love the aqua against the pretty pinks.


I hope you've enjoyed looking at all the photos of my pretty lap quilt, it's so nice to be able to share with my quilty friends.

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Aug 15, 2016

Lulu quilt

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I enter contests sometimes on Instagram, and this time I won!
I won bigtime!!!
I won this pattern by Gigi's Thimble which is made with a jelly roll.
As a bonus, Stephanie @stuphfromsteph gave the generous offer of machine quilting the quilt top :)
Steph even said that she would pay for the return shipping.


I had a jelly roll I was saving for a special project.
Sew Cherry, Lori Holt's first fabric line!
It's my favorite ever!!!


I got busy cut the jelly roll up and went crazy chain piecing.


I had to take a photo of the process, the fabric is so beautiful and so colorful.


I finished sewing all my blocks, 16 of them in all.


To make sure the low volumes and bright colors were evenly placed, I took a tonal photograph.
It looks good to me :)


Here are all the blocks laid out, with the borders, before I sewed them together.
I had to add a few extra pieces, but made sure that they were all designed by Lori Holt.
I don't know if you can spot them...


Yay, I finished my quilt top, I love the explosion of color.


I can hardly wait to get my quilt in the mail.
I'll show it to you when it's quilted and bound :)

Jun 15, 2015

Farm Girl Vintage - Silo Barn Quilt


I love this Silo Barn quilt in the Farm Girl Vintage book, by Lori Holt.
It's on page 92, and measures 51 l/2" X 51 l/2".


I have seven silo barns from a Quilty Fun Barn sew along that Lori had a couple of years ago.
I decided to make this quilt.
It was pretty quick, considering I already had the barns already sewn :)


Mine's a lot busier than Lori's, but I really like it :)


The gingham border is from "Sew Cherry", Lori's first line of fabric.


I love my little quilt, I just have to get it machine quilted :)

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