Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Little Things To Sew Travel Quilt


Well I did it! I am officially done with all 21 projects in the Little Things to Sew book Challenge! I was able to finish up the Travel quilt and add in an extra pillow case this morning! I want to say a really big thanks to Shelley for hosting this fun challenge for if not for her I would have never finished up with all the patterns from the LTTS book. : ) 



For the quilt I wanted something with spring like fabrics in it, so I went with baby ducks and chicks with a peachy yellow main fabric. If you are looking more closely now you are not wrong, there are not chicks in this quilt at all. I decided after cutting into the fabric that I really loved the ducklings on the quilt by themselves and I am now saving the baby chicks for yet another Travel quilt later on. The cool thing is after I finished the quilt I had enough fabric left over to make a matching pillow case too!
(I uses 1/3 yard of each color of the duckling fabric total if you are wondering)


I quilted the top with a double diamond shape on my sewing machine. It really wasn't too bad except for the center rows where it was a tight squeeze on my machine for the fit. I did hand stitch the back of the binding on though, not too bad. ; )


To make enough fabric for the pillow case I cut 6" of the blue and brown ducks and sewn them together as one fabric for the border of the pillow case. I do like seeing all three fabrics on the pillow case for a bit fun. (The brown fabric is on the inside of the pillow case.)


Little Prince C loves it too! The whole time I was sewing this up he kept trying to snatch it from me. He sure was glad this morning when I really let him have his new quilt!



Thank you so much Shelly again! I couldn't have done it with out you!

I hope the rest of you ladies have as much fun sewing along with the Little Things to sew book challenge as I did!


Sharon

10 comments:

  1. You are ON FIRE, lady! This looks so cozy and cuddly and I don't blame Prince C one bit for snatching that baby and getting all wrapped up.

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    1. I think so too, it's a good sign that I will get everything on my sewing done before Easter. ; )

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  2. Firstly congratulations on the finish. Who would have thought that the challenge would have unearthed such an extraordinarily dedicated sewer! I won't ask what you're going to do for the next 6 months until the rest of us catch up!!
    Your quilt is beautiful. I really like the colours, they're definitely springtime, but I think you'll find they'll sui the summer and autumn too! Gender neutral and very tasteful. The quilting looks lovely with the big diamonds.

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    1. aawww, thanks McStitch! I know I am going to making a few more things from the book still, art smock and bucket hats. The diamonds were not bad to sew and wee bit of fun. I can't image how you made those perfect circles on yours now.

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  3. Congratulations on finishing all the projects in the book! The quilt looks great.

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    1. Thank you Cindy. : ) The quilt is well loved by little man.

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  4. WOW!! Congrats on finishing the entire book! Your quilt looks so cozy. I like the variation you took with the colours and prints. I will be lucky to finish one more project before the challenge is over!

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    1. Thanks! You have sewn a bunch of projects yourself, I really love those Frozen capes you just made too! My Sweet pea is wanting one too.

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  5. Congratulations Sharon.
    You can see how much he loves it.

    On a personal note, all the best and you are in my thoughts often.

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  6. You're a sewing legend (and so fast!)

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