Building Fun!

I have another quilt finish to share!
This one is my Building Fun quilt.  I tried to think of a unique name for it, but the pattern is already named "Building Fun," and that's what stuck in my brain.  So, here it is.  Building Fun:

I made this quilt mostly because I wanted to.  I didn't have any real plans for it, other than to maybe list it in my Etsy shop. 

 The fabrics are Textured Basics, by Patti Young and I won them in a giveaway, which is awesome.  (Hi, Lethargic Lass!)

The pattern is by Geta Grama and can be found HERE.  It's one of the first patterns I pinned on Pinterest and I finally had to break down and make it.  Actually, it's the only quilt pattern I've ever purchased and followed.  (That should show you how much I love it).  Normally I prefer to be inspired by others and design my own stuff. 

It was really relaxing to sit and quilt this with a basic stipple.  And SO FAST!  Also, it washed up really well.  As much as I love unique custom-style FMQ, I should really do this more often.

For the back, I pieced together all of my leftovers with a bunch of white.

The binding is this green dotty vines.  I'm not sure where it came from, but it was the best match from my stash of big cuts, so I went with it.  I think it works.   Of course, it is hand stitched.  :)

In the end, I did decide to list this one in my Etsy shop.  You can find it HERE.
Of course, I had to have a little bit of fun photographing it using the twins' building blocks.  :)

I even remembered to add a label!  I kept it very small and simple, since this quilt will hopefully be sold someday to someone I probably don't know.  

This was so much fun to make!  Now, on to the next project!

This is project #4 from my Q3 Finish Along List.  (Mine was linky #42) Wahoo!

WIP: Building Fun and Broken Herringbone

I finished a new quilt top!  This one is from the Building Fun pattern by Geta Grama.  I used some Textured Basics by Patty Young that I won in a giveaway awhile back.  I love the colors, and I'm glad the stripes aren't quite as distracting as I anticipated them to be.  It was fun to make a quilt from a pattern, with all the math and stuff done for me.  (Although I DID have to do some figuring when it came time to cut everything.)  Now I just need to quilt it.  Although I'm tempted to do something fancy and customized for each block, I'm thinking I'll do some stippling.  It's been awhile since I've done some simple, relaxing meandering.  I'm looking forward to it.

This was my goal for June's ALYOF.  (My goal setting post can be found HERE.  Mine was entry #51.)

I've also been working on another quilt, which is also almost ready for quilting.  May was my month for Do.Good Stitches (FIRST TIME!  WAHOO!) and I chose the Broken Herringbone block.  It was so fun to receive all my little packages in the mail and I was so excited when the last one finally arrived!  Here they are all lined up in color order:

I've got a really fun plan for these.  Hopefully it works out the way I've imagined it in my head...

I debated for awhile which of these two quilts I should commit to for my July ALYOF goal.  In the end, I decided to push myself.  I think I can finish these two quilts soon because I'm motivated.  However, I've got a new quiet book in the works for my shop that desperately needs attention.  It's going to be awesome (and big), and I've just got to finish it.  So my goal for July is to finish my ABC quiet book.  Everything is cut out, now I just need to do lots of ironing and stitching. 

Linking up:

Life is Good (When You're Retired)

This is just a quick post to let you all know I completed my May goal for ALYOF.  :)

My goal was to make something (using scraps) for a friend of mine who is retiring after 24 years of teaching.  She was the teacher who taught next door to me during my whopping 5 years of teaching third grade.  She was a fabulous teacher, mentor, and friend.  She was always so good to let me come in and rant or bounce ideas off her.  She is the kind of person who is absolutely bursting with energy and is constantly on the move.  :)  When things were going well, or when they started to get stressful, she would just brush it aside and remind us all that "life is good."  She was ALWAYS saying that.

Of course, since I HAD to make her something, I decided to go for some embellished kitchen towels.  I traced the alligator (the school's mascot) off of one of our school t-shirts and appliqued everything onto the towels, then added the ruffles.  I was thrilled to finally have a use for this big huge strip of relatively cheap red fabric that I just can't bring myself to use in a quilt.  :)  Hopefully it works okay as a towel...

I'm not sure if my friend is going to be spending more or less time in the kitchen now that she has all that free time, and her kitchen probably isn't red, but she LOVED the towels.  :D

 I'm linking up with Shanna and Melissa over at the Lovely Year of Finishes party:

My goal setting post is HERE.  My entry was #104.


And now for my June goal.  I've been working on these super fun blocks using Geta's "Building Fun" pattern (which is totally on sale until tomorrow!).  The plan for June is to finish up the blocks and sew them into a top.  I'm crossing my fingers that the stripes aren't too busy...

P.S. Don't forget to go vote for your favorite quilts in the Blogger's Quilt Festival!  Voting closes on May 30th!

 You can find my quilt here:  Viewer's Choice
and here:  ROYGBIV