Fun Fabric Friday: 02/25/2011

Wow!  I just found out about a new line coming out from Free Spirit, designed by Jenean Morrison.  It's called Silent Cinema and the colors and patterns are fantastic!  There is so much interest and movement in the patterns that I can envision some really fun quilts made out of it.  I snagged the image below from Jenean's blog - I think this is my favorite color.  Head over there to see more and let her know what you think!

Quilt for Cole's 1-Year Birthday

Because I wasn't quilting when our nephew, Cole, was born, I wasn't able to make him a baby quilt.  However, I decided that a quilt might make a good first birthday present.  I fell in love with the "My Happy Nursery" fabric from Cloud9, which I discovered at Spool, and I decided to use that for Cole's quilt.  If you haven't touched this fabric, you really must!  It has such a nice feel to it - I understand it's because of the high thread count.  As a bonus, this fabric is also organic, which means it is super-safe for Cole!  I decided to use a pretty simple pattern that they made over at Spool and I think it turned out quite nice.  See the photos below.  I decided to back the quilt with a blue flannel with white polka dots.  The flannel makes the quilt nice and soft on the back - perfect for cuddling.

Photo of the Quilt Top.

Collage of photos of the quilt.

Mid-Week Sneak Peek

Can you believe I've never made half-square triangles before? I actually taught my mom how to make them, but hadn't done it myself. I decided I would do a zigzag quilt with a whole bunch of random fabrics alternated with some mustard colored Quilter's Linen from Robert Kaufman (actually, I think the color's name is Raffia). I've gotten off to a pretty good start, but man are there a lot of triangles to make! Hahaha.

Making lots of half-square triangles!  256 of them to be exact.