Wednesday, July 15, 2009

twins!

Twin quilts, that is! I'm happy to present Miss June and Miss July, my Project Linus quilts #6 and #7.



They are based on the Quick Strippie pattern from Mary Quilts, but I used different strips of fabric instead of just one print. And if you look closely, you'll see that these are all cat fabrics! Someday I'll tell the story of how I came to possess all this kitty fabric...





For the quilting, I did some random straight lines over the prints (in white thread) and stippling over the green/yellow strips (in green thread). Pretty much the same as I did for this one. I tried to be more methodical with the quilting, and they turned out a lot better than the one I quilted last week. I didn't even curse the batting too much (except when stray bits kept getting caught up in the walking foot - so annoying).





And here are the backs - pieced with 10.5" squares of novelty fabrics. Anytime I cut a novelty fabric, I cut some extras for the bin of backing squares. And when I get bored, I sew up a 5x6 back for the next PL quilt (or two, or three...).





So, let's see. Today is July 15 - that means I have 15 days to bask in the glory of being all caught up with my PL goal. Sweeeeet! I'm excited to concentrate on some personal projects for a few weeks.

5 comments:

  1. these are great....i always love a quilt that is simple. the strip quilts always look great. these are so fun

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  2. You are cranking out those quilts! These are sure to make some lucky kiddo very happy!

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  3. These are really great. I like making strip quilts - they're fun and easy (and I think they look good too!)

    And would love to hear the cat fabric story some time.

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  4. You. Are. Awesome!!

    and I love your backings.

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  5. These are really pretty quilts - I'll have to keep them in mind the next time I need a quick quilt.

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