Skein and Hook

This fall I started working on quilts for each of my children.  I'm going in order of need right now :)  My youngest daughter and my son needed quilts first because during the winter, their bedrooms get cooler than the other bedrooms in the house. My daughter is up first.  I got this Elea Lutz's Little Dolly fabric in from Riley Blake and I thought it was just so adorable, I couldn't resist using it for her quilt. I didn't follow a pattern.  But here is what I did...I knew I wanted to do little squares, so I decided on a 16-patch.  I used a fat quarter bundle and cut 2- 2.5-inch strips from each fabric from the longer side of the FQ.  Then I joined 4 strips together, pressed, and then cut 2.5-inch strips off of that.  Next, I joined 4 of those together to make one 16-patch.  I made 12 16-patches so that my quilt would be 3 16-patches across and 4 16-patches down. I separated the 16-patches with 2.5 inch strips and I separated th...

This past July, I participated in a quilt-a-long hosted on Instagram by  @heritage.threads and @kairleoaks .  We made a Holiday Patchwork Forest Quilt.  The pattern is by Diary of a Quilter .  I used the Cotton + Steel bundle sold by Stitch Supply Co . This was the first time I participated in a quilt-a-long and I really enjoyed it.  I typically don't tend to keep up with "a-longs" of any kinds.  I start with a lot of gusto and fizzle out after a few weeks or days.  But, this pattern by Diary of a Quilter kept my interest.  I think its the improv part of it... it makes it so fun and enjoyable to do each block.  Also, these prints by Cotton+ Steel were so beautiful to work with.  I really, really enjoyed them.  So much so that I'd like to make another one in the future. I love how you make the blocks in pairs. Making this quilt went so fast.  Before I knew it, I had a quilt top! I had this quil...