Baby Quilt and Snow Removal...Is it June yet?

 
So,, I fifnished this sweet little baby quilt-it finished about 45" square. The little heart log cabin blocks are cute as can be!

The pattern is free from Sew Can She. com HERE

I used up almost all of what little I had of scraps in neutral. The blue letter print was a scrap I got in a scrap bag from over at the Brooklyn Fabric Company.

I backed it with some Faux Minky-they call it Soft & Minky, from Joann. I had planned to use this blue/green Soft & Minky on another project, but I purchased the wrong amount and didn't want to piece it, so this turned out to be perfect!

A quick meander with pretty turquoise thread and this is a one day and done project! I've been so pleased with the free motion quilting stitches on my Lyric machine. I adjusted the presser foot pressure-even thought the feed dogs are dropped, and it makes all the difference! 

Perfect stitches on both top and bottom with no fussy with anything !

OK Here's the before picture-We had more snow overnight.

Here's the during picture-It's actually fun to snow blow if it's not cold and windy.

And here's the after picture. The pine tree out front always looks so pretty. All clear for now. I kind of hope we don't get a lot more snow in February! 

Baby Quilt Finish

 I've had nothing but sewing machine drama this week! But by using 3 different machines, I was able to complete this nifty little baby quilt for a co worker of DD.

 This elephant fabric is so adorable! I added the pretty pink hearts, using the tutorial from Cluck, Cluck, Sew...here's the LINK.

SO cute, I chose to back this with the dotted minkee type of fabric-so soft and cuddly.

 But I had drama with my spray baste. I'm not sure if it's the fabric or the batting, but my spray won't hold worth a darn!

 It held pretty well to the backing, but the quilt top was a whole other story. I'm thinking it's the new batting I got at JoAnn. It has a noticeable scrim on it and I think it might be the issue.

This was not an easy quilt to get finished.

 

Poor Bernie, broke down again. So I used my Baby Lock-old reliable work horse, to finish piecing.

Then I used my Auction-find Brother to machine quilt in a nice meandering design.

Those hearts look so cute! And perfect for a baby girl quilt!

The minky backing is so nice and soft. After a quick wash, it's just perfect-and never mind all the stops and starts in the quilting, and never mind the less than perfect backing-it's still a great little quilt! And best of all... it's done!

Fast Fleece Backed Baby Quilt

So, A very kind lady from our church brought this length of fleece fabric to one of our pillowcase sewing events. It was so nice of her, so I thought I should put ti to good use.

So when I was at JoAnns' fabrics the other day I saw this panel that matches.

I thought I should be able to use the fleece for the back of the quilt.

So I spray basted it together,

and did a bit of free motion sewing around the animals

The  I trimmed the excess fleece leaving about 1 inch all the way around and turned it to the front to serve as binding. Fast and easy! And it looks really nice and sooo soft!

After a quick wash...

Done and ready to head down to the church bazaar.