TGIFF - Hexie Garden

It's done!  I finished my Hexie Garden quilt.

My mom bought me the kit to make this quilt some time last year.  I started cutting it out and piecing the blocks in August.  I finished piecing the top at a retreat in January and I quilted it last week.  I put the final stitches in the binding this morning... just in time for TGIFF!

I used my Hex N More ruler by Jaybird Quilts to cut out the hexagons and triangles for this quilt.

 I did change one of the fabrics in the kit.  The turquoise fabric in the center of the flowers is from my stash.  The kit had a solid dark grey for those triangles and I just felt the quilt needed a pop of something instead of the dull grey.  I am so happy I changed it!

I love orange and the orange fabric that was included in the kit for the binding was just perfect.

I love hexagons and this quilt was all machine pieced and so much fun to make.

 I am linking up to TGIFF over at my friend M-R's blog Quilt Matters.  She made an amazing little quilt using leftover half-square triangles... You should definitely go check it out!

WIP Wednesday - 02/11/2015 Modern Medallion

I haven't spent much time in my studio this past week. My daughter has been sick for the past 5 days so we have spent quite a bit of time watching movies on the couch. That means more hand quilting time on my Modern Medallion.

Here are a couple of pics of my progress so far. I am almost done crosshatching the patchwork border.

Last week I managed to machine quilt my Hexie Garden quilt. I am hoping to have it finished by Friday for TGIFF.

Linking up to The Needle And Thread Network. Click on the link to visit other Canadian bloggers and see what they are working on.

 

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Minecraft quilt blocks

My friend has asked me to make quilts for her 3 kids. She has a son and two daughters. Her son is a huge Minecraft fan and thought it was really cool when he saw a quilt online. I decided to start with this quilt, so I went looking to see if I could find a pattern or some cutting instructions, something to help me get started. I have two girls and know very little about Minecraft so getting started on this quilt has been interesting!

I came across the Quilting Board somewhere on Google. One lady was asking for help making blocks based on the Minecraft game. This lady suffers from discalculia, which is like dyslexia with numbers. She couldn't turn the pixelated images into quilt blocks to make a quilt for her grandson. Tina Benson, from the blog Slightly Off Quilter, came to this lady's rescue and used EQ7 to design the blocks for the quilt. She was kind enough to share her design on the Quilting Board and also on her blog.

So I have been using Tina's design as a guide to make these 16" blocks for a Minecraft quilt for my friend's son.

Here are my blocks so far:

I received my order of Kona solids from Mad About Patchwork earlier in the week so I will be able to continue making my blocks. This quilt is a lot of fun to make and I am already getting lots of great feedback on Facebook and Instagram.

 

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