Sharks and Stars (Baby Sharks 2)

I made a baby girl quilt, but the third STAR baby is going to be a boy, so I had to make a boy quilt instead. At first, I wasn't keen on the idea of using a fabric I'd already used, but I really like this orange and blue combination, which is slightly different than the first orange and blue combination.

I liked the quilting design on my last quilt so much that I used it again on this one.

I was very pleased to find orange star fabric.

New items purchased to complete this quilt: the orange star fabric and the backing fabric

Finished size: 37" x 49"

Purple and Yellow Progress Update

I posted about this quilt in March, after finishing the top, and then it sat draped over the office chair in the sewing room until the beginning of July. I had three blocks - two 14" blocks and one 7" block - to finish in order to complete what was going to become either a second quilt top or the back of the quilt. Here are the 14" blocks:

I already had the purple pinwheel parts, which measured 8.5", done - all I had to do was add the yellow - so you wouldn't think I would have put it off so long, but I didn't know what I wanted to do, and was rather overwhelmed by all the tiny piecing. I ended up making ten 4.5" blocks with purple centers, which made it seem more manageable.
 
Hopefully I'll have a finished product soon!

ETA: The finished project!

Blue and Green Paisley Quilt

This was a difficult quilt to design because, while I had many coordinating fabrics, I had less than a yard of the paisley fabric, which I wanted to maximize and make the focal point. I wanted to create a design that used the fabric efficiently and in somewhat large pieces.

I absolutely love the quilting design! So much that I plan to use it for my next quilt.

I started designing this quilt with all these fabrics:

Too many choices

I then narrowed it down to these:

Much more manageable

When I finally decided on a design, it required using only one of the blues.  I wasn't sure which one to pick, but I'm really pleased with the choice.

Close up of the final choices

New items purchased to complete this quilt: one spool of thread

Finished size: 37" x 49"

Blue Flannel Blankie

I'd love to say that I whipped up this little blanket in no time at all, but unfortunately I repeatedly ripped out many, many stitches while trying to quilt it. The quilting was ultimately very minimal and very straight, after my failed attempts at curved and free-motion quilting. Nonetheless, it is a great project for my 2013 goal of using up my stash, even if it took longer than anticipated! This print is cute, but the primary color scheme did not lend itself well to anything else in my stash except this blue flannel, which was a perfect match.

It will be a perfect baby gift, especially with the addition of my home-made "ribbon." I frequently forget about wrapping gifts until the last minute, and by using a strip of fabric, you can easily make a matching tie for your quilt. Cuteness!

Finished size: 36"x39"

Blue and Black Granny Squares Quilt

I love this quilt! It turned out so nicely.

I've never made an over-sized block for a quilt back, but I really like the effect. The tiny one was an after thought as I was putting some scraps away.

I used some black polka dots left over from the shark quilt:

This black print is from Amanda:

And I had just enough scraps from the pink star quilt to make two of these blocks:

I decided to use the bright white fabric to make these two blocks stand out a little more.

New items purchased to complete this quilt: one spool of blue thread

Finished size: 40"x50"