Winnie the Pooh Quilt

Finally posting again - it seems like I blinked my eyes and the summer was over! How does that happen? Life just seems to speed by quicker all the time!

Well, since I have been working on contest quilts all summer and not able to post pictures of them (according to the quilt show rules) - I am re-visiting the Winnie the Pooh quilt I made for my grandson Broc last Christmas. (Oh no - time to think of Christmas gifts again!) 

This is his third "Pooh" blanket and they are sacred to him. I didn't make the first one, but tried to make the second one similair to his first one as a spare when the other one needed to be washed. It was in lighter pastel colors - cotton Pooh print on one side and minkee on the other with, of course, a satin binding.

But when I decided to make the third one, I had this bright red Winnie the Pooh fabric and red minkee . . . so this "Winnie" blanket looks different! The difference did not go unnoticed by Broc - but was eventually accepted!

I had a lot of fun making it. It gave me a chance to practice my free-motion embroidery around the trees and characters in the print. I still struggle with satin binding - but finished it!

Crazy Minky Quilt and Bunny & Flower Wall Art Quilt

Crazy Minky Quilt and Bunny & Flower Wall Art Quilt

I made this crazy Minky quilt as a gift to one of my granddaughters, Autumn. I wanted it to match with her new bedding - but also be soft and cuddly! I kept it simple by rotary cutting across 6 different coordinating squares of quilt fabrics at the same time in different directions. That left me with six different geometric shapes. Then I reassembled them, alternating the fabric, and sewed the shapes back together forming six squares. Next I sewed the squares together. I didn't add any batting, since I wanted to make a soft, lightweight quilt, so I just backed it with soft, pink minky.  I quilted along the pieced edges with lots of different embroidery stitches. I rolled the edge of the Minky, pinned it and sewed it down to create the binding. So simple!

Autumn loved the blanket, but wanted to create something too . . sooo . . . together we designed a matching art quilt for her wall. Autumn loves bunnies and flowers - so we decided to combine them both and try to stay in the same color scheme!

Most of the quilt was fused and then quilted. The bunny is soft white flannel with a little batting - so the bunny would look 3-dimensional! We also added embellishments (Autumn helped with this!) and I hand embroidered to give the flowers more detail. This was the first quilt I used a wrap-around fused binding and it was so easy - I think I will use it more often. The simplicity of the binding made it easy since we were working together and wanted to finish it quickly.  If you look close you will see some of Autumn's creative touches . . .

the shear pink polka dot bow on the bunny's head and many small butterflies! She has a good eye and is a great help. Kids see things differently and can be an asset when designing projects. Let me know your experiences quilting with kids (especially grandkids!)