One of the new panels at The Stitching Room is the Flutter Butterfly panel by Susybee. I added white borders to the panel as well as bee, butterfly, & dragonfly appliques. Quilted with the Curls edge to edge design. Had 2 strips of the backing fabric left so I used those in the binding & added the green polka-dot fabric to make up the rest of the binding. It is a cute quilt! Love using panels, especially for baby quilts. May have to ship this one off for a soon to arrive little one.
When you purchase a new sewing/quilting tool it is always good to find the many ways that you can use said tool. Well, for me it was the Dresden Ruler. I had a few short 2 1/2" strips left over from my Christmas star quilt so I used them to create the split Dresden blade. I set the small end of the ruler between one of the 1 inch marks on my cutting mat then put a piece of painters tape on the ruler at the half way mark. This then became the marking to place on the seam line on two pieces of the fabric strips that I had sewn together. Thus, this became a split Dresden blade. I was able to use ALL of the remaining strips from my prior project to create this small quilt which measures about 41" x 41".
Finished a Christmas quilt this morning. The pattern I used was the "Starstruck" pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Company. The quilt measures 77" x 77". The stars were made from a jelly roll of Magic of the Season by Lisa Audit of 40 Karat Crystals for Wilmington Fabrics. The background is a green leaf print that I had several yards of. The backing & binding were the candy cane stripe fabric. The binding was sewn on the bias. I machine quilted the entire quilt with an all over loop pattern. One of my favorite patterns to use on Christmas quilts.
I named the quilt "Magic of the Season" because that was the fabric print name, but also because I do believe in the Magic of the season. Yep, I am a sucker for music, movies, and books that share the Christmas season, and yes I do listen, watch, and read them all year long.
