2015 quilty goals: January update

2015 quilty goals

I really plan to get these quilty goals completed this year! Today is the last day of January, and how have I done so far in getting any of these goals finished?

Well, I am close to having the t-shirt quilt finished and I have started on the Batik Slash quilt.

I feel like I am looking good especially since starting the week of the 12th and lasting through mid April I am and will be home at least ten hours less a week.

Soon I will have some quilt completions to show. 2015 is looking GOOD!

High School T-shirt Quilt

I have been working quietly on a huge t-shirt quilt.

It is the biggest quilt that I have ever made (93"x96"). There were times when I wondered what was wrong with me; why was I making such a big quilt?

In the end, as always, there is a love for making things and the thanks and love from the recipient.

As I quilted this quilt I thought of the person that would get this quilt and all of the memories that she held in these t-shirts. I hoped for the best future for her as I worked on her pleasant past. As I thought of these things, the size was not a problem and the quilt was finished quickly. It also helped that I made a decision to quilt four blocks a day until all 49 of them where finished.

First, I quilted a straight line from top to bottom on the piecing line, then I quilted each quilt block with free-motion quilting.

These are just a few:

  

 

I wanted to have a different quilting pattern for each quilt block, but it was getting difficult. Instead I used many similar patterns but tried to make them a little different in each one.

I was able to finish this quilt just in time for Christmas. It felt really good to make a decision, set a deadline, and make it happen. It feels even better to give a gift that is loved so much.

 

So, here is a full view of the quilt top before quilting:

 

 

Forgive the office supplies in the corner. Just keeping it real.

 

 



Serenity

This will not be the first quilt of 2015, nor will it be the last for 2014.

I got a good bit behind blogging my quilts in 2014 and plan to catch up this month.

Also, I thought that I had already revealed this quilt, but I guess I just missed it.

Here is the gorgeous Serenity:

 

The back is a beautiful castle fabric that has what can only be thought of as princesses and a few frogs. I is the perfect fabric for this quilt in colors and for the fact that this little girl is called their little princess. I gave my friend a choice of fabrics and this is the one that we both chose.

Perfect? I think so.

 

The binding was a pink fabric that I had on hand. It just looked absolutely perfect with this quilt!

 

One last picture to show off the quilting. I think that the quilting shines on this quilt and really adds to the appeal of this quilt. It helps to liven the patchwork up a little. I think all in all this is a perfectly sweet little girl's quilt.

Maybe I should rename it Perfect Serenity. It would be a perfect name, right?

 

And we have a perfect-sweet little princess quilt and the only fabric bought was for the backing.

Love it!