The Scottie Quilt--Done!

I finished the Scottie quilt just in time for the baby shower for Dearest Daughter #3 just in time for the shower yesterday.  I think it came out really cute and she just loved it--all the colors and accent colors of the nursery.  And Scotties--what's not to love about Scotties.  (The kids had one growing up, too.)

The fabric is a jelly roll from Riley Blake's Sweet Baby Girl line and the pattern was purchased on Etsy.  It's "Scotties" by QuiltsbyElena.com; which is quite the coincidence given that the grandbaby will be named Elaina. This was a super fun quilt to do;  very easy--a beginner familiar with 1/2 square triangles could do it.  I'm a slow sewer with limited sewing opportunity and put this together in about 2½ months.  It measures 49 inches square--handy for crib, playpen, or rolling on the floor.  She's leaning toward hanging it on the wall, though.

Going to take a break now and do some garment sewing--probably for fall, though it still is hot here.  Ah, possibilities--one of the joys of sewing!  Are you fall sewing yet?

Have a great day!  

Llama, Llama

This is not the "big" quilt I've been working on; this is a little something I've been toying with before I started  the Scottie/big quilt.  The Scottie quilt is all done and has borders on.  I'm just waiting for the 505 spray to come in the very slow mail--neither Joann's or Hobby Lobby here carry it.  This Llama quilt just needed a little work to be finished.

It's just a flannel panel--you can get it from Etsy or fabric.com.  I also got co-ordinating fabric of little pink  llamas for the backing, and little hearts that echo the border ones for the binding-all flannel, too.   

Now for every other quilter out there this is probably an easy-peasy, no-brainer project.  But for me, this was my first attempt at free-motion quilting.  I've always had very simple, small projects that I stitched in the ditch outlining the patchwork.  I read up and watched  YouTube videos.  It was actually very easy and relaxing to do.  I was so intimidated for nothing!  It was really fun going around the llama's fluff.  I also outlined the lettering, the Llama's features and saddle.  Going around the hearts on the border took more thought and care and I also added a large heart in each corner,  The other wrinkling is just from being folded.

It's a small quilt.  I figure it will come in handy with the car seat:  enough to tuck in around her without overwhelming her with a bigger size.    I the meantime, it's a pleasure to sew for this Grandbaby-to-Be.  I do believe I'll be doing free-motion work on the Scottie quilt--if the 505 spray ever gets here!

Happy sewing, all!