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one down, another to go

Posted in Quilting, tagged , on December 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’m still not quite sure how I fit this all in, but I’m so happy to report that I’ve finished Luke’s Extreme Team quilt.  He’s still getting a decorative pillow that I have yet to start, but that I can whip up in no time.

::Extreme Team::

{Twin Size Quilt}

Kona in Glacier Binding & Matching Pillow Case:

Next on the agenda, Cheyenne’s Space Invaders Quilt.  I’ve gotten through half of the invaders and have another 3 to go.  These buggers are too much fun, however slightly time consuming.  But I have to say, I don’t mind.  They were ingeniously designed by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Fransson!, who I love!  Once I saw her post on the space invader quilt she was making for her nephew, I knew it was perfect for Cheyenne too.  I’m so excited to bring her genius into my home yet again!  Yes, I am more or less following her pattern, but I have different colors and the space invaders are larger.  The individuals squares finish at 2 1/2″ square.  Unfortunately, the pictures don’t do the fabric colors justice.  They are so fun & vibrant.  Cheyenne is going to FLIP OUT!

The space invader gang, so far:

I had to take a sewing break this past weekend due to the upcoming finals week…ugh!  {speaking of, I took today off to study, but look at me…I’m blogging instead} But I’ll be back at it after Wednesday.  Oh yay, I’m so close to being done with this semester.  I can taste victory!

♥ R

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Just Plain Progress

Posted in Family, Quilting, tagged , , on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last week was jam-packed with “to-dos.”  It’s not often I accomplish everything on my sewing list, so I’m celebrating.  Possibly to a fault being that I have 5 papers due by Monday and I haven’t started yet.  Not to mention studying for 2 finals next week.  Nope haven’t done that either.  That’s boring stuff and I’m having fun with my Extreme Team project and yay,we got to take a random family Christmas photo by our wonderful friends Josh & Miho of Fletch Photography.  They did our wedding photos and have become new friends.  I love when that happens!

Luke’s Extreme Team quilt has been a challenge.  I told my husband, “It would be Luke’s quilt to give me trouble!”  He laughed because it’s true, he’s our kolohe (stinker) boy!  What do I mean by trouble?  Well, I sandwich pinned the quilt 2 times and also pulled out free motion quilting stitches for about 1/4 of the quilt.  Yup…it was painful!  Why?  Well, I’ll tell you.  Our kids only like to snuggle fluffy polyester blankets.  I thought, hmmm…I’ll quilt the top right onto a polyester blanket and forgo batting.  Cheap + Soft = Perfect!  Not quite.  You see, those snuggly blankets are shifty.  After I pinned and quilted 1/4 of the quilt, I noticed the massive puckers in the back and the quilt top was squirmy.  So I quit.  Took the quilt to work with me the next day and ripped out yellow stitches.  Luckily, I hadn’t given up and I reevaluated using yellow thread.  It was a great concept, but didn’t add enough contrast against the Kona in Natural sashing and it clashed with the black squares.  So I bought lovely charcoal thread and found a different polyester blanket that felt more like flannel, but was thicker.  This time around, the blanket worked flawlessly.  And the charcoal thread is exactly right.  Yay!  I finished free motion quilting last night and prepped my binding.

Free Motion Quilting in Charcoal

Kona in Glacier ♦ Binding

Extreme Team-ed a Walmart Pillow Case

::Extreme Team:: Progress

Next, a decorative pillow to tie it all together.

And just for fun…

Happy Holidays!

{Photographed by Fletch Photography}

♥ R

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Extreme Team + Space Invaders

Posted in quilt squares, Quilting, tagged , on November 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I’m so happy to be quilting for my boys!  In spending so much time quilting for everyone else, I’ve been convicted to quilt for our home.  Luke and Cheyenne are best buds and worst enemies, so it would come to no surprise that they love completely opposite things.  Luke (9) is A.D.D. to the max and needs constant activity to keep him busy.  He’s an extremely gifted, natural athlete and has enough bravery to scare any mother half to death.  He’s been begging me to make him a coaster with dirt bike fabric.  I know, coaster?  Well, it started with our oldest, Isaac (12), borrowing mine and I eventually made him his own with a fun squid print.  So naturally, Luke wanted one too.  Yes, I’ll make sure to also make him a coaster, but I thought I’d go big and really surprise him for Christmas.  I found the Extreme Team line by Michael Miller {love him} and I bought enough for a twin size quilt.  Since the boys are growing so fast and thus will need to upgrade their blankets within a few years, I didn’t want to make anything to intricate.  I felt using 10 1/2″ squares would be perfect.  He’ll be able to enjoy the large prints and it’ll be easier for me too.  I made quite a few different squares for interest and I really like how it came out, totally boy!  I’ll be sashing the squares with 2″ finished sashing in yellow or…?  I was completely committed to yellow but now that I have it cut out, I’m not so sure.  I think I’ll swing by the fabric shop one more time for a quick meander before I stitch the top together.

Luke

Extreme Team 10 1/2" Squares

Contemplating Yellow Sashing

Next, I’m working on a Space Invaders quilt for Cheyenne (9) who is my computer tech savvy, A+++ smarty pants.  That being said, he won’t dare ride a bike for fear of falling.  Yes, he’s my calm and cautious sweetheart.  I’m positive Cheyenne is the greatest lover of video games that ever existed.  If it was up to him, he would have no time limits and be able to game all day, every day…scary!  So naturally, when I saw Elizabeth Fransson’s recent post, I completely freaked out.  And yes, the space invader fabric was completely sold out online.  I emailed about 15 different etsy shops that had made items from my favorite space invaders print.  I lucked out and found a wonderful etsy shop that was selling space invader placements and happened to have extra yardage to sell me.  What a score!!!  I’ve also picked up my Kona solids for the magnified, pixellated space invaders and I’m so ready to have fun with this quilt!  It’s not like me to copy another quilter, but this time I can’t help myself.  I just hope I can finish this one before Christmas!

Luke & Cheyenne {Camping}

Space Invaders

So there you have it…my {WIP} for the month of December!  And trust me, these aren’t the only projects on my list…yikes!

♥ R

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