Christmas Gift Projects!

 I put the quilting project aside to work on some aprons, tea towels, and pot holders for my kids and their partners.

First project was the reversible apron for my daughter.  I called it melted candles.

Then came the easier aprons for the rest of them.

Dog apron for daughter's fiance.

Hot chili peppers for son and blue apron for his girlfriend.

Next came the pot holders. I wanted to use up the fabrics.

And I still had a little fabric left; so, I made tea towels.

I really enjoyed making the tea towels, super easy pattern.

Delectable Mountain

This pattern is referred to by numerous names: Delectable Mountain, Mountain Majestic, or Mountain Dawning.  Some folks make their Mountain Majestic quilt by using layer cake squares. Others have made Mountain Dawning by using jelly rolls. And some use the old method, Delectable Mountain.

I wanted to make mine by using up a leftover jelly roll and adding black strips from my scrap stash. I needed to come up with a plan. Luckily for me while researching, I came across Quilts by Jen, https://quiltsbyjen.ca/how-to-make-delectable-mountains/. 

Using 2 1/2 inch width strips, I cut 2 1/2, 4 1/2, 6 1/2,  & 8 1/2 inch strips lengths of both dark and light color fabrics.  I then drew diagonal lines on 2 1/2 inch area of each strip.  

Making sure the diagonals went like this for each placement.

Before sewing down, I made sure the strips were aligned properly.

After piecing was completed, I needed to decide on pattern for my Delectable Mountain. 

I played with different pattern arrangements. 

And this is what I came up with! Next is quilting and I have an idea for how I want to do the quilting. I hope to get this project finished by end of year. This was to be my November quilt, but life got busy and I got lazy.

Last Day of Summer

I finally finished my summertime quilt just in time to enjoy on the last day of summer, which is 96 degrees, eeks!

Backside fabrics reminds me of Japanese fabrics: fireworks motif and the other of tiny white flowers background of yellow.

Log Cabin Quilt As You Go

 I have always wanted a quilt with bright orange colors to bring summer sunshine to my collection. I started this quilt-as-you-go after seeing a jelly roll that was just screaming for me to use.

I had leftover jean material from another project, but I still needed to get additional since I miscalculated the stripe size.

Using two different motifs for the back of quilt. Yellow fabric reminds me of tiny daisies and the blue fabric of Japanese fireworks. 

Happy Memorial Day!!

 Almost forgot to post!

I did a pinwheel running a couple of years ago, but this one is way too cute!

The Pineapple Express

 I keep on calling this quilt the pineapple express since I'm going to be mailing this off soon.

Pineapples since the child was born on Pineapple Day.

The binding went quickly.

I used a new decorative stitch, different from the one I used on Maggie's quilt.

This is the wave for younger sister and here is the link to the other wave I did for older sister: http://color-my-world-with-warmth.blogspot.com/2018/04/ready-for-spring.html

Pineapples galore! The other quilt had bunnies. 

The Pineapple Wave!

My niece's second daughter was born on pineapple day, a premie. I'm just getting around to finishing up a quilt for her. Her quilt is the same pattern that I made for her big sister's quilt, called the Wave.

Of course there has to be pineapples in this quilt!

The animal print is the only fabric that is in her big sister's quilt. The solid orange is leftover fabric from my son's cosplay costume. Some of the other fabrics are from my mom's stash that I inherited. The rest of the fabrics are mine. Yes, I did purchase the pineapple fabrics since I didn't have that motif in my stash.

Basting day went quickly since this is a small quilt. It's larger than a baby size. It is the perfect size for young children to cuddle under while watching tv. I can picture the two girls doing so when they get older.

All that is left to do is the binding. The binding colors are yellow and brown-- think pineapples!