Mitered Baby Blanket

I sewed a quick baby blanket for my best friends daughter who is due with her first baby any day now!

I used cotton voile on the front and flannel on the back.  The voile makes it silky and a bit more lightweight.

See this perfectly mitered corner?  I followed the directions from this site. It seems like its not gonna work but if you follow the directions carefully you'll surprise yourself with how easy it is. 

I also crocheted her a blanket but completely forgot to take a picture.  I'll have to ask her to snap one for me once the baby is born.  :)

Round and Round

I first saw this Round and Round block on Kristy's blog Quiet Play and loved it!!!    Once we got the pattern in at work, I bought it....went home and cut out one blocks worth and started sewing.  The pattern calls for charms squares so I used this pack of Happy Tones.

I had tons of Kona White in my stash so used that with the charms.   The block sewed up pretty fast.  And its huge!  23 inches to be exact.   :)

I'm going to make this block into a pillow.  Then I'm going to make another one with a different background and turn it into a baby quilt.   More on that when I get it done.   

April Modern Block and the Finale

Yesterday was the last class of our year long Modern Block class.  We introduced students to 21 blocks, many techniques and the modern quilt movement.   I can't believe its April already and its now over.

This is the final block - "House on a Hill".  It was the introduction to raw edge applique.

I ended up using this block as my label for the quilt.  I wrote the particulars in the space under the house.  

I decided to make up two different settings for my 21 blocks and make a two sided quilt. 

This is what I came up with for one side:

And this is the second side - my favorite setting!

I used Kona Navy for my background and used up some scraps for the binding.  I had a local machine quilter, Shelly Nolte, quilt it for me with an all over pattern.  I used a wool batt which gives it a bit more loft than normal.  I really love it.