Texture

A charm pack from Craftsy called Boundless 1930s Revival had me checking out the Moda Bakehouse for precut recipes where I found the one above.

I had a lot of fun experimenting with FMQ designs to create a lot of different textures on the surface of the quilt.  I don't think all of them worked, but I'm pleased with the experiment.

I'm linking up with Busy Hands Quilts

Little Boy Blue

This quilt was made as part of a Craftsy.com class on modern quilting.  The quilt is about 40 x 50.

The top came together quickly and was put away as I pondered quilting possibilities.  When I settled on what I wanted to do, I put the quilt away for even longer because I knew I wouldn't particularly enjoy making said design.  I'm not huge on marking . . .

I'm so glad I finally did it though.  I'm very pleased with how it turned out.  Negative space is really beginning to grow on me as is quilting with a walking foot.  There is a Craftsy class on dot to dot quilting that I think I should take next.

Melon Peel

Inspired by:  Craftsy Modern Quilting class

Fabrics:  The grey was a Christmas gift.  The petals were from my scrap drawers.  The back was an amazing find at MCC.

Thoughts:  This is a quilt that's been on my list for at least 6 months.  

It's one of seven projects in a modern quilt class I took on Craftsy.  Sort of.  I mean, the style (melon or orange peel) was used in the Craftsy class, but I had no wish to individually appliqué 36 petals on to individual squares then piece them all together and blah blah blah. 

Remember the hexis I did?  Click here to refresh your rememory.  It was the first time I sandwiched a top and then added the details after.  I knew I'd need to do it again,

Note to self:  Hand positioning is critical if you don't want jogs like the oopsie above.

This might just be top five for me.  I really like it.  I'm a little annoyed by the shrink.  Either I needed to wash the grey a second time or my 20p / 80c batting shrunk a bit.

There it is.  I have two more from this Craftsy class to quilt - one is by hand and it's on a frame - it will be a while.  The other is ready to go whenever I get the urge.  When it's done I'm calling this a complete (because the hand quilted one will take forever) and starting a new course.

Brenda's

My husband chose the cat print :)

Can anyone tell me what the star block is called?  I didn't take careful enough notes.