Stamping Spot Studio

My mom-in-law is going to Japan this fall, and requested a quilt for a 6-year-old girl:

It would look so much nicer if it wasn’t a cloudy day. Four charm packs (5″ squares) of Birdie by Moda was used, along with Kona cotton White. Leftovers got used up on the back:

If you look closely, you can see the loopy quilting. I’m liking it better than stippling!

And Jax says,

“These are my favorite blocks…right here.”

This quilt was planned in my head for quite some time until I finally got to actually DO IT! It went way faster than I expected:

Fabric: Daisy Chain
Pattern: Quilt Interrupted by M’Liss Rae Hawley in her Phenomenal Fat Quarter Quilts book

Here’s a closeup:

I tried a new quilting stitch, making it look loopy. It shows up much better on the backing:

This one’s getting mounted on my wall soon.

And Jax says, “I fit in!” And Mittens says,

“Not!”

Why is it that when I get my camera out, the sun goes away? ack. At least I have a tall son that is willing to hold up my quilts.

This quilt was inspired by Karla Alexander’s book, Stack A New Deck. I had wanted to try it for a long time now, but the perfect fabric eluded me. That is, until I saw Oz by Sanae for Moda Fabrics.

I just stacked a few layers of a Moda layer cake (10″ squares) and started cutting. It totally went against my sense of symmetry and order. I guess I’m not such a wonky person (although I know a lot of you out there would disagree).

My favorite color-changing thread went on the sewing machine and I had this thing quilted in no time.

And Jax says,

“Stop the wonky quilting and pet the wonky cat!”
(He was really asleep this way – half curled up and half stretched out.)

I’m on Quilt Porn! Check it out! (Thanks Wendy!)

Another cloudy day to take pictures :(

This was made using the leftover layer cake squares from the Sparklers 2 quilt. Instead of white for the background, I used a soft yellow.

The pattern is from the “Piece of Pie” quilt book from Pie Plate Patterns. The fabric is Fresh by Deb Strain for Moda.

Here’s the close-up with the backing and binding:

I tried to get creative again with the quilting. That was fun! Having that quilting frame sure helps.

Jax approved this quilt long before I was done with it. Jax says,

“Will you let me go back to sleep now?”

I was waiting for a sunny day to take this picture, but it never came. :( Thanks to the magic of Picnik on Flickr, I could still get decent color:

The pattern is Sparklers 2 from the Layer Cake Recipe Book by Cozy Quilt Designs. The fabric is Fresh by Deb Strain for Moda. I was lucky enough to get a layer cake of the entire fabric line on Ebay for cheap. It didn’t use the entire layer cake, so I had a bunch of extra fabric.

I got the backing and binding on sale from my favorite online fabric shop, The Fabric Shack:

I tried something new with the quilting, and I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. But I like it! I did not mark the quilt before I started – it was all done “freehand” or “freemotion” or whatever you want to call it.

Hope you had a happy Mother’s Day!

And Jax says,

“You don’t have to sew on the binding now…it’s my nap time.”

I had seen several quilts called “Disappearing 9-Patch”. Looked easy, so here I go! Step 1, get 4 charm packs (40 – 5″ squares). This fabric line is called Panache from Moda:

Step 2, sew them together into big 9-patch blocks:

Step 3, cut into quarters:

Step 4, rotate a couple of pieces around:

Step 5, sew them back together:

Add sashing and borders, and TADAAAA:

I had a few extra charm squares, so I added them to the back:

Here’s the close-up:

And I used my favorite color changing thread to quilt the layers together. This thread changes from cream to brown and back. Look closely and you’ll see it, or you can click on the picture and view the LARGE size on Flickr’s site:

And Kit says,

“Mmmm…Remy Martin 1738 Accord Royal. A fine drink!”

I had tiny leftover pieces from this tablerunner, so one night while watching TV I just stiched them together:

I used leftover batting and leftover backing. I even found some leftover binding from this quilt. It was just quilted by stitching in the ditch:

It only measures 8″ x 10″. So quick, and so tiny! I have no clue what to do with it. Any suggestions?

And Mittens says,

“It’s not even big enough to be my blanket.”

My friends are having twins! I used one Moda Jelly Roll to make these two cute quilts.

Chelsea purposely hung her nose over this one:

The fabric line is called Pampered Pooch. There are cute little bones and dogs in the print:

For quilting, I put stars in the squares of one quilt, and flowers in the squares of the other. It’s easier to see the quilting on the backing:

The pattern came from this book (again):

Congratulations Stan and Sherri!

I saw this pattern on the Moda Bakeshop website, and I remembered about this one lone charm pack I had. It was the Patisserie fabric line, and it was perfect! I finished in one weekend:

The close-up:

I know I have one jelly roll of this fabric line around somewhere…

…and I might even have a layer cake too. Hmm….

And Mittens says,

“Pass the cookies!”