Donna's Twin Quilts

Last year, one of my customers on Etsy (check out her Carpenter Star Quilt HERE) contacted me and asked if I would make twin sized quilts for her two grandchildren.  Of course I was super excited to be getting a quilt request from a repeat customer!

We decided to make the same quilt pattern for each child using different fabrics.  This is a larger version of the Scooter Pattern by Fort Worth Fabric Studio.

We went with Grow by Me and My Sisters for the girl quilt,

And Mixed Bag by Studio M for the boy quilt.

I'm a real sucker for big tall stacks of freshly cut fabric.  :)

And Noah (my 2 year old) loves dump trucks.  I think this quilt would have been perfect for him, too.

Even though I called these the "twin quilts," the grandchildren they were made for are NOT twins - the quilts were made for twin sized bunk beds.  :)  Here is the boy version testing out one of our twin beds.  Donna likes her quilts large (like me!) and this one has plenty of excess for tucking.  ;)

These quilts were huge - I had to snap a photo of the quilting in progress.  YES!  It's totally possible to quilt a bed sized quilt on a home sewing machine!!!

Girl version on the bed.  :)

I took the rest of these photos on the lawn the day after I finished them, which just so happened to be the day we were leaving for vacation (and the day I shipped them out), so I didn't have a lot of time to wait for better lighting.  Ah well.

The border and binding for this quilt were from a different line that I though matched well.  And of course the binding was sewn down by hand.  Only the best for my favorites!

For the quilting on the girl version, I went with an overall flower/swirl design.  It took about 4.5 hours to quilt.

We decided to add in this little strip of fabric on the back of each quilt.  Both quilts were also backed in this neutral green solid, giving them a little bit more of a matchy feel.

The boy version got a straight line meander with a few arrows thrown in for fun.  It took about 3 hours to quilt.

This one got a fun stripe-y border and a colorful patchwork binding.

I love how they turned out!

Quilt stats:

Started: May 2017

Finished:  July 2017

Fabrics: Grow by Me and My Sister Designs, and Mixed Bag by Studio M

Batting: Pellon 100% Cotton

Finished size: Boy: Approximately 100" x 74"

Finished size: Girl: Approximately 99" x 72" 

Recipient: Donna's grandkids

Methods used: Piecing, FMQ

Binding: Machine to front, hand to back

Time to Make: About 25 hours EACH

Baby #3 Car Seat Cover

SO baby #3 will be here in two weeks or less!  And even though I already have two boy car seat covers, I really wanted boy #3 to have a new one.  I guess I got a little tired of the first two.  So, against my husband's better judgement, I made a new one.  :)  Isn't that what you would do?

First I went through some of my yardage and found one piece that I wanted to use, but wasn't sold on any of my other pieces for the other side.  So I decided to use some of my beloved Mixed Bag layer cake to piece together the top!  I cut the layer cake in half because I'm planning to turn the other half into charm squares for a puff quilt.  Then I mocked up a whole bunch of design ideas in Excel and posted them on IG for my IG friends to weigh in.  Unfortunately, there wasn't really a clear winner - everybody seemed to like a different design.  SO I let Jaxson and Bronx be the tie breaker and this is the design I ended up with (tutorial over at Happy Quilting):

 

Then I mostly followed THIS tutorial to make a car seat with a slit in the front.  What do you guys think?  Do you like your car seat covers with the slit or without it?  I'm hoping that I don't regret making it this way - I think it will be nice to be able to quickly peek at my baby to see if he's awake or asleep.

 I love the Rick Rack edges, and the big buttons on the handles.  :)

For the other side of this totally reversible car seat cover, I went with this traffic signs print.  If you know my family at all, you know this is perfect for us - Hubby is a Transportation Engineer.   

Now I think we are ready for baby to get here!  Hopefully we won't have to wait too much longer!

I finished early this month!  This was my goal for April's ALYOF link up (I was #111).  Linking up HERE:


This was also goal #1 for the Quarter 2 Finish Along (original list here).  Linking up HERE: