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Chevron Baby Quilt

May 8, 2013 by Wendy Cohen 25 Comments

I finally decided to get on the bandwagon with a chevron quilt. I have seen many different techniques out there to create a chevron pattern. I checked them out and decided to go at it using half square triangles. I used the traditional method of drawing a line down the middle and then sewing a 1/4″ to either side.

Since then, I saw this amazing tutorial by Camille Roskelley of Simplify that changed everything!

I have not yet tried this method, but I can’t wait to use it.

Here’s the quilt laid out on my design wall (i.e. mirrored closet door with cotton batting spray glued to it…shhh…don’t tell my husband.)

Here’s the binding in progress…I am back to hand binding. I like the look and feel better. Plus, I like the process of hand binding.

Here she is all finished. This quilt measures 41″ square. I just love it!

I used this adorable tiny bee fabric for the back that I have had in my stash for years.

Here’s the entire quilt. I love the color way and the combination of colors. I like this so much that I can’t wait to make another chevron quilt!

Here it is in my favorite photo spot on my gate!

This quilt is up on my etsy site for sale if you are interested!

This was such a fun and simple quilt to make! Enjoy!

Filed Under: craft, quilt Tagged With: chevron quilt, chevron quilt pattern, joel dewberry, quilt, yellow and gray quilt

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Mediterranean Quilt

May 5, 2013 by Wendy Cohen 9 Comments

It is always fun to make a quilt for me…I love the process. It is is even better when you are inspired by someone else…someone who selects some of their favorite fabrics and wants you to make them a quilt. One of my best (and favorite…shhhh don’t tell anyone) friends from college asked me to make her a quilt. She has always loved bright fabrics and mediterranean style. She picked out some great fabrics. I had fun with all the fabrics … front and back of the quilt. I start out by sewing large strips together…

I then flipped some of the strips and added some accent borders. I also decided to add a special monogram to the front of the quilt. I like how it turned out.

Here’s the front of the quilt…nice and bright!

You can see the front of the quilt and the back of the quilt here together. The back had more of a blue mediterranean feel.

Here’s the entire back of the quilt. This is a solid fabric panel…a cheater fabric they call it. Looks great as a back.

I used some new variegated Aurifil thread that I just purchased. It is a special Tula Pink thread collection. You can find it here.

I used an orange / yellow variegated thread to quilt the top which worked great; the one in the top right of the photo.

Here’s the final product…it’s already well on it’s way to it’s new owner…hope she loves it!

Stay tuned later this week for some more quilts and a few cookie recipes!

Have a great week!

Filed Under: applique, color, create, quilt, sewing Tagged With: aurifil, colorful quilt, mediterranean, mediterranean quilt, monogram quilt, monogrammed quilt, quilt, tula pink, tula pink aurifil

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Going Modern…

April 18, 2013 by Wendy Cohen 19 Comments

I have been collecting yellow and grey fabric for sometime. Blame it on pinterest….there are so many amazing pins that inspire this design. For example, this great ensemble (link here):

I didn’t have the exact shades of yellow, but the inspiration was there. It all started to come together when I thought about matching it up with this cool newsprint fabric. Originally, I was thinking of a solid gray background and then I went for the newsprint. More interest.

I did a pretty simple design that consisted of 5″ blocks, 2 1/2″ strips and some 2 1/2″ blocks.It was pretty quick to put together. This quilt is technically borderless…no formal borders which is starting to become pretty trendy. I still was tempted to frame this beauty, but I didn’t.

Here’s the finished quilt top accompanied by some beautiful nasturtium in my front yard.

Another shot of the front. What is crazy about this quilt is how many shades of yellow and grey come through and how they look different depending upon the light. Here’s a sneak of the back of the quilt as well. A chevron stripe in a field of yellow.