the scrappy squares quilt

On Friday I finished my project improv quilt!! Thanks Jacquie for inspiring so many of us to quilt improvisational.

Last week, I kept debating on whether to use minkee for the back, since I got a little worried with a few of the comment on how difficult minkee can be. I did go with the minkee thanks to Allie, and her encouragment!! I'm so glad I did, since it is so soft.

My cute little guy hopped on in when I was taking pictures, and was pointing to the quilt.

Here is a picture of the back. I did a bit larger of a stipple, thinking it might help with the minkee. Also, using my ironing board while quilting it helped it to not hang and pull. Since minkee stretches quite a bit, I think that really helped. I will definatley be doing many more quilts with minkee!! :)


The end!!

project improv~ the quilt top

I finally have my project improv quilt top all done, and I think I can get it quilted by the end of the month. I'm not one that can whip out a large quilt each week, but am excited if I get one done each month. Hey, I think for a beginner with 6 kiddos that is pretty good. :)

I picked up some striped white minky and am planning on doing the back with that so it will be nice and soft for cuddling up under while watching movies. Has anyone ever stippled over minky? My plan is to try, so we'll see how it works.

The end! :)

a scrappy week-end~ in aqua and red!!

This week-end I whipped up a little doll quilt to hang in my kitchen since I'm just starting to re-decorate it with mushrooms. Isn't that so shocking!! :) It was a fun way to use some of my scraps, and I love how it turned out. And it was finished in a week-end.

I also did my project improv charity block from my aqua and red scraps. It is a fun wonky strip block, and will be sent off this week, to arrive just in time for the deadline of April 1st.

Hope everone has a magical week!! :)

project improv~ a wip

i now have all the squares pieced, but still need to add the white sashing to most of them. after that, it is just sewing the sqaure together, and then quilting it. i'm starting to see this come together. :)

i love the scrappiness of this one.


hope everyone has a cheerful week-end!

project improv~ with my little guy!

i worked a little more on my project improv blocks this week-end, and got a few shots of my little guy trying to get into the yummy red fabrics. it was just too cute, and couldn't pass up the picture perfect moment. :)

i cut all the fabrics into strips, and then sorted them into small containers to help the process go a little quicker. :)

hope everyone has a magical week!

project improv~ a few more blocks

it has been a little slow going, but i have a few more blocks to share. now i'm just waiting on my bolt of white sashing that i ordered online to arrive, so i can make more progress on this. (thought you'd want to know des, that i did order a bolt of the white sashing). :)

here is the lovely fabrics that nettie sent me from our swap. i love them all, and if you notice in one of my project improv. blocks, i've put some of these already to use! :)


see you next week! :)

project improv~ the fabrics!

i'm so excited to start project improv. this will be my first improv quilt and am planning on doing the wonky log cabin. i chose my fabrics~ red, aquas, browns and a tint of green so it can be a quilt for our living room. there are about 30 fabrics!! wow!! is that too many?

the japanese ones!! i love japanese fabrics; aren't they so yummy!!

the other yummy stack!

now i'm off to start cutting! :)