Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilts 12 through 16

Although it's been a few days since I blogged about it, I am steadily working toward my goal of quilting all 20 of my "flimsies" by June 24th! Here are the latest:

# 12 Groovy Guitar Coins Quilt

#13 Star Sampler (this was an oldie -- I made it 4 years ago!)

#14 Max and Whiskers Hip to Be Square

#15 Wheels Hip to Be Square (I had to hunt down this fabric for a custom order last fall, so I made a duplicate quilt top at the same time!)

#16 Modern Meadow Hip to Be Square (the last of the Modern Meadow tops I made last summer)

So, I'm down to a handful of flimsies (4) and I'm really looking forward to completing this challenge so I can start making some new tops!

 

Finish it Up Friday

I have two finishes to share this Friday.

Oh, how I wish Moda Fabrics would consider reprinting this collection! Still one of my favorites. (Authentic by Sweetwater).

 

I wasn't brave enough to cut into any precuts, but I had plenty of bits and pieces to trim into 2 1/2 inch squares to make this pattern by Penny Sturges. (I chose not to add the optional zipper).

Love all the pockets on the inside!

 

My second finish was first blogged about here. I'm the chairperson of our guild's Block Of the Month committee, and this year we chose some beautiful Kaffe Fassett and Philip Jacobs florals as the inspiration for our color scheme. We decided to go with a pale free background solid, and I love the overall palette.

It's a fairly large quilt (80 inches square), so I wasn't able to get a good picture of the entire top.

When I went to look for sashing fabrics at my local quilt shop, this stripe just called out to me.

I love the backing, too!

Linking up to Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday.

 

Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilts 9, 10 and 11

This month, I have issued myself a personal challenge of quilting my stack of unquilted tops. To read more about my progress, here's the initial post.

Today's theme is Kate Spain! It's no secret that I'm a big fan of her fabrics, and I've made at least one quilt in each of her collections. Central Park is one of my absolute favorites. Quilt #9 is a Flying Geese lap quilt using my Mother Goose and Baby pattern.

I still have a lot of this fabric collection on hand -- it's hard not to hoard it!

Quilt #10 features a newer collection, Honey Honey. I had some leftover jelly roll and charm pack pieces, so I used my Hip to Be Square pattern and some white background fabric to make this large lap quilt:

I really love the way these collections pop on a white background!

Quilt #11 is from a new pattern I'm working on. I used selected fabrics from the Terrain collection...

...plus a little Central Park on the back!

That brings the total number of flimsies left to quilt into the single digits -- only 9 to go!

Linking up to Blossom Heart Quilts' Kate Spain Blog Hop!

 

Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilt #8

Another flimsy is finished!

Only 12 more to go!

 

 

Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilt # 7

It's quilted!

This one's a big one, so I'll have to blog more about it once I get some decent pictures!

Only 13 flimsies left!

 

Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilts 5 & 6

Last night, I quilted these two Ahoy Matey baby quilts. These have been so popular -- I think I've made ten? The whale border print has become harder to find, so I've thought about trying different border combos. However, I must admit that I really love the borders as is!

I saved myself some valuable time by creating these as one long quilt (the bottom border of the first was also the top border of the second -- I just cut an extra wide border piece during the assembly process. I was then able to load the quilts and backing only once on the frame instead of twice (this saved the step of pinning all the layers to the muslin on the frame.

Once the entire piece was quilted, I cut them apart to create the two separate quilts.

Only fourteen more flimsies to go! Here's a preview of the next flimsy:

This one may take a couple of days!

 

Finish the Flimsies Challenge Quilt #4

Tonight's finish is small -- but it's a finish!

When I first saw this project using the ombre solids from V and Co 's Simply Color fabric collection for Moda, I was so excited to try it. I think I bought the yardage the first day it was available. I eagerly cut it up into a variety of squares.

That's when I developed a love hate relationship with the quilt. It was more of a challenge than I anticipated laying out the squares into a pleasing variety of contrast. Once I sewed the top together, I really wasn't sold on the success of the project.

However,once I quilted it I fell in love with it all over again, and now I can't wait to quilt the tangerine version that is also in my pile of flimsies. I'm especially loving the zig zag backing, and I just had to finish the binding tonight so I could see the full effect!

Only 16 flimsies left to go!