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Positively Perfect Quilt: Completed!
101 month ago
by Erin
The quilt for mu cousin is finished! I used this Positively Perfect quilt pattern and a jelly roll of Cape Ann fabrics, among others, to make it. I tried to get some outdoor pictures of the quilt this time and I also messed around with the contrast and other settings in Photoshop, so maybe this time my pictures are a bit better!
You can see the quilting really well in this shot. I did a diamond pattern on the pluses and dots, and then lines on the borders.
The back was pieced together using leftover pieces from the two border fabrics on the front, and leftover pieces from the Jelly roll. I also had one more plus left over somehow, so I used that in the backing, too.
You can see the binding a bit better on this one. I used all the leftover stripey fabrics from the jelly roll to machine bind my quilt. I love that I can just grab a few strips from my Jelly roll to bind the quilt! Makes things so easy.
This “made with love” label was on one of the selvage pieces! How nice is that? So I added in my name and date to the label. Forgive the smudging… I want to keep things as anonymous as possible. 
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Spring in San Diego
01 month ago
by Erin
Things have been crazy around here. Sometimes I wonder why I am in the business of catering weddings — one of the most stressful (and wonderful!) days of a person’s life!
Yesterday I drove my in-laws to the San Diego International airport, which happens to be the airport closest to us. They are flying out to a cousin’s wedding (the cousin this quilt is for). I just barely got the quilt done that morning in time for them to take it. Some of my markings didn’t wash out completely — oh well! I tried, anyway. I will have a post on it as soon as I have time to load the pictures from my camera.
After I dropped them off at the airport I decided to stop for a cup of coffee and walk around Balboa park a bit. I can’t believe it’s already been six years since I’ve been there! I walked through the rose garden…
Then I took the bridge behind that crazy cactus across the street to where the museums are.
This is in front of the Science museum (not pictured). On the right is the Natural History Museum and behind the fountain is a path down to the belltower, which tolled 11AM as I took this picture. Back to reality. Got in my car and headed back to work… I hope we can come back for a longer visit soon.
Granny Squares!
31 month ago
by Erin
Still working on my Positively Perfect Quilt, I actually finished the backer tonight but couldn’t jump into quilting it just yet. I don’t have a big enough space in my home to baste quilts, so I take it to our shop and baste it there. 
So in the meantime, I got started on ANOTHER quilt that will be a wedding gift! I saved some of the pink jelly roll strips from the Positively Perfect quilt to use on this one. This girl seriously LOVES pink; her wedding this summer is pink-themed. The bridesmaids are even wearing pink dresses! (I should know… I just picked mine up!)
I have been wanting to try out a Granny Square block, it seems like they’ve been popping up ALL over the quilting blogosphere! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try it out. I’m SO glad I did! I am LOVING Granny Squares! They’re so FAST and EASY to make, I got three done in just about an hour and cut out the pieces for a fourth. Here they are on my improvised design wall:
I seriously need to get some better lighting in this apartment.
It’s going to be really fun coming up with new color combinations with this. I want all of the blocks to have at least SOME pink in them. This one combines some Cape Ann prints (pink) with Michael Miller (yellow):
Some more Cape Ann with a purple solid I picked up in the remnants bin:
And these are both Cape Ann:
So, three blocks down, at least 17 more to go! I hope this one comes together quickly. I want to have it ready for the bridal shower, which is just around the corner.
Have you make Granny Squares yet? What quilting design do you think you would use?
