Super-Sized

This is the first of two commissioned quilts that will be super-sized version of quilts I previously made as baby quilts.  A lovely etsy customer was kind enough to say she loved the baby quilts but needed them for twin beds.  Here is a super-sized granny square quilt (my baby quilt was based on Jolene's wonderful tutorial).  I kept it as similar as possible to my original quilt, but in this larger version the these squares began at 4.5 inches cut.  The sashing finishes at 3 inches wide, while border is 6 inches.

I even kept the quilting the same as the original quilt.  I created a flower in each granny square, complete with four leaves at the corners.  The white areas are filled in with a fun loopy design.

I love the two Flea Market Fancy prints I used on the back.  I joined them with a rainbow of leftover squares from the top.

These two Denyse Schmidt prints on the back have a touch of black which works nicely with the black and white grid fabric I used again for the binding.

I finished up just in time to enter this into the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  Thanks for visiting, especially if this is your first time! Be sure to check the link party over there for tons of inspiration.
                                                           

Quilt Measurements: 69 x 89

Quilted by: me

Best Category: home machine quilted, bed quilt

Next on my to do list is basting a giant flashdance quilt.

Revisiting Granny

This past winter I made a baby quilt of granny square blocks, from Jolene's tutorial.  A wave of granny square quilts rippled through blogland.   I wasn't surprised; I love everything she makes.  These blocks are particularly striking when they are made, as she did, from scraps.  I mentioned before that I love how the variations in value makes the blocks twinkle.

An etsy customer asked me to recreate this baby quilt (which is still available by the way!) as a twin sized quilt. So I am revisiting granny, only this time she's super-sized.  I started with these sunny fabrics and some scraps from the original quilt.

I cut lots of 4.5 inch squares and ended up with a dozen blocks just over 17 inches square.

I'm waiting for more Kona white to arrive for the sashing and borders; then I need to decide on backing fabric.  Hmm.

Next up, I'll be creating a super-sized Flashdance for the same customer.  That should be an interesting exercise

Quilting Granny

My granny squares are the getting the free motion treatment today.

FYI, if you're thinking of making some granny square blocks of your own or are about to piece the top together, be sure to pin your sashing strips.  Because of the way these blocks are constructed, all four edges are on the bias.  So go easy on these and use lots of pins to avoid wavy borders.

Granny Squares

I told you recently that one of my new strategies for dealing with scraps is to cut most of them into strips and squares.  I used quite a few 2 1/2 inch squares in a bib set, but there were many leftover.  And then Jolene created a tutorial for her granny square quilt blocks.  Perfect!

I can't tell you how fun these are to make.  I'm not one for repetitive sewing, so these are great.  Each one uses different  fabrics, if you're going scrappy, in new combinations. 

These blocks, in happy spring-like colors, are my winter therapy for 2012, for sure.  I added some black to keep them from being too, too sweet, and I like the contrast it adds.