Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Roll Play in dots

I made this quilt a few months ago and looking through my blog posts, I never documented it! I'm going to list it for sale in my etsy shop, but before that, I'm going to write a little post about it here.


I did a quilt shop hop -- I think it was during the summer -- and each shop gave away a fat quarter of a polka dot fabric. As I was finishing up a bunch of table runners, I found a Pieced Tree pattern called Roll Play which looked perfect for these fabrics... and here it is:


(sorry for the shadow...that's my Christmas tree! My photo space is pretty limited right now - and it happened to be raining outside!)


Isn't it cute? It's 35.5 inches square. It has a crease in the middle as I've had it thrown over the back of my sewing chair since I finished it. I had the polka dot in navy that I used for the binding in my stash...otherwise, all of the fabrics are from the shop hop. Here's a close up:




I did some simple straight line quilting - end to end - following 1/4 inch from some of the seams.


I made the backing with some of my 2.5 inch squares - I cut up any left overs into this size and have used them for a variety of things.






I used Bonnie Hunter's free pattern "Scrappy Trips" to make the blocks...and then added to them to make the backing bigger. (Link to the pattern Quiltville-ScrappyTrips)  Here's a little close up:

wow - I just noticed the quilting looks pretty good even from the back! If you're interested in purchasing, I'll have it in my etsy shop in a short time!


Friday, December 11, 2015

New Etsy shop

I've decided to sell some of my quilts. I'm overflowing my storage space...and still want to create new quilts. My etsy shop is here:


https://www.etsy.com/shop/LivingInMyCraftRoom?ref=hdr_shop_menu


Yes, I've opened it today with just one post - I'll be adding more as I photograph and measure them.


I do have at least 1 quilt that I've finished and haven't documented on this blog...and I'll be putting one up for sale too.