Sunday, August 24, 2014

Back to School/Sewing

I have a finish! This is exceptional since I worked all week and feel like a zombie. I added the final borders yesterday, made the label, pinned it, machine quilted it, and bound it. I pieced this quilt in late July and early August because I wanted to make orange peels like I was seeing all over blog land. I thought it would make a good baby quilt, but really did not have a specific recipient in mind...

I attended a charity board meeting on Monday night and saw one of my fellow board members. She is expecting a baby girl in October. I asked her about the nursery and she said she had lots of natural wood, a throw rug in bright colors, and she had painted little orange accents throughout the room (Her house is also a 100+ year old Victorian). I immediately thought of my Rainbow Orange Peel flimsy.
Initially, I had bought this fabric, Soire'e by Lula Tueller of Moda, for the backing. It was a flat fold for $5 a yard, I will use it for something else eventually. Instead I decided to embrace her orange and  to use an orange with white pin dots I had bought in June from Connecting Threads for $2.50 a yard. I only had two and a half yards, so I added this blue print from my stash and was able to use every bit of the orange with white pin dot for the binding. Between the orange pin dot fabric and Wonder Under I bought to make the orange peels, I only spent $15 on this quilt. Everything else was from my scrap bins and stash.
I just quilted around the orange peels using my walking foot on my Pfaff. I considered echo stitching again on the inside, but I decided there was enough quilting.
 I made a quick label and machine bound it. I also added a hanging sleeve in case she decides to hang it. I washed it this morning and just took these pictures out in my pasture. It measures 44 x 52 inches, so it is a decent size. I plan on giving it to her at our next meeting on September 8th. She is pretty eclectic, so I think she will love the scrappiness of it! I entered it in this quilt-a-long over at Quilty Habit, so be sure and check out the others here
http://quiltyhabit.blogspot.com/2014/08/orange-peel-qal-final-linky-party.html

 I also managed to get some slow stitching in this week after work. My oatmeal sashing on my Quilty Stitches is coming along and setting off the cross stitched blocks. The pattern for the last block came out on Monday, but I have not started on it yet. It is Sunday, so I will keep working on this for Slow Sunday Stitching be sure to get inspired with what others are working on here http://www.kathysquilts.blogspot.ca
My fat quarter bundle of Miss Kate from Bonnie and Camille of Moda arrived in the mail yesterday! I ordered it at the beginning of June with some birthday money.
Recently I have been collecting Bonnie and Camille fabric without knowing what I will make with it. I just know I have to have it! I hope to keep making some progress on my quilting while getting back into the groove of work...

44 comments:

  1. What a great baby quilt! Sounds like it will be perfect in the baby's nursery. That red and aqua together really sings, I can see why it caught your eye.

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  2. What a lovely gift for a lucky baby! I like your colour flow you chose. I'm sure it will become a favourite for many years.

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  3. I still want to make some orange peels...your quilt is beautiful! :0)

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  4. I found you on the Sew Many Ways linky party. I love your Orange Peel quilt. It is going to be the perfect baby quilt for your friend. The pieced backing is very clever.

    Love your needlework also...so tiny!

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  5. What a fantastic quilt! I love the blue and orange back too.

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  6. Love the rainbow effect of your orange peels! That will be a wonderful gift! Welcome back to school! It started for me this past week, also. I know the exhaustion you are feeling. Hope you have a great year!

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  7. Your Orange Peel quilt is so cute. Fun that you used orange fabric on back of Orange Peel quilt.

    And your Quilty Stitches is looking fabulous.

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  8. Ooh Miss Kate! I used Marmalade to pick my Quilty Stitches colors except for a deeper red to replace the coralish one. And your Orange Peels are just stunning. I had thought I would sash Quilty Stitches but I didn't save a color for it at the start. I guess it will go without by now.

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  9. What a lovely bright quilt and how nice of you to give it away, I'm sure it will be a treasure for years to come.

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  10. Orange peels are so popular. Like your rainbow fabrics. Quilty stitches making progress with bits of time after work.

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  11. Your quilt is SO GORGEOUS!!! And how generous of you to give it away! (I'd have a baby for that one!). I'm sure that your co-worker will love it. I also enjoyed your Quilty Little Secrets post. I'm going to have to write one this week, too funny!

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  12. What a beautiful quilt. I am sure she will love it! A lucky baby for sure.

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  13. What a bright happy quilt for a little baby. I love the orange and blue backing.

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  14. Your Orange Peel quilt is a rainbow of color. Nice.

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  15. What a lovely quilt you've made. I'm sure your friend and her baby will both love it. The orange backing is just right for a baby. It's a nice feeling to make something from all the bits and pieces already on hand. It makes room for all that new fabric coming into the house!

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  16. PS - US Open Tennis starts today!! I know you'll be watching. I have just over one hour until the evening session starts. 7pm New York is 11am here, so I feel a fortnight of daytime sewing coming on while I watch the tennis.

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  17. What a fabulous quilt! I'm just about to join in a new QAL for orange peels and I've been stuck as to which fabric to use, I love the way you've done the colour change, so I'm wondering now about doing an ombre version. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  18. Your orange peel quilt has turned out really well. Love the backing and I am impressed that most of it came from scraps.
    Your are so close to finished on the quilty stitches sampler. Nearly there.
    Enjoy your new fabric.

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  19. Oh I just adore your orange peel quilt! So Beautiful. And I'm with you on the Bonnie and Camille fabrics, just love them all.

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  20. Your Orange Peels will make a fabulous gift and should be perfect in the nursery.

    I also love the cross stitch. Beautiful.

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  21. Oh my golly! Your orange peel quilt is stunning! I am also making peels but in a different setting. I may be tempted to change my layout after seeing yours!

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  22. Looove this beautiful quilt!!!!

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  23. What an incredible gift your orange peel quilt is Tanya! Love how your quilty stitching is coming along too!

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  24. Fabulous! An orange peel quilt is also on my to-do list but you've done a remarkable job on yours and in a short amount of time, too. I'm sure it will become a treasured gift.

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  25. What a lovely gift! I also have some birthday money burning a hole in my pocket, mmmm fabric!!!

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  26. Your orange pel quilt is wonderful. Love your cross stitch too.

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  27. Love your orange Peel Quilt! Great colors!

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  28. Such a lovely orange peel quilt! Love the rainbow and color layout.

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  29. I really love your take on orange peels. I think that's about the most fun one I've seen yet. And your cross stitching... oh my!!!

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  30. The Orange Peels is fabulous. Beautiful!

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  31. Love your quilt. It's on my to-do list soon. Your stitchery is fabulous! I'm still on block 1 lol

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  32. What a beautiful orange peel quilt!

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  33. The Orange Peel quilt is so bright and happy. I am sure the recipient will love it.

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  34. Congratulations on such a gorgeous finish! Love, love, love those orange peels and the quilting, too! Lots of quilting and stitching goodness in this post!

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  35. What a stunning rainbow quilt! Doesn't it feel good to use up those scraps to make something so pretty!? I know I'll never get tired of that

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  36. Your quilt looks great and so does your stitching! Well done!

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  37. What a sweet & cheerful baby quilt. Beautiful.

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  38. Your guardian angel pointed you to that meeting so you would meet your friend and learn of her blessed event to be. Blessings,

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  39. How is it I missed this one last Fall??? So glad you rejuvinated it at Tuesday Archives!!! (Although your title back to school sewing made me cringe...LOL!)

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  40. What a gorgeous orange peel quilt!! So pretty.

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  41. What a beautiful quilt you have made!! LOVE the bright orange backing. :-)

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