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American Flag Quilt: Done!
25 months ago
by Erin
I’m so happy to share my latest quilt with you… American Flag!
American Flag Quilt, completed August 2011
The design was inspired by Amy Smart over at Diary of a Quilter. As soon as I saw her quilt, I knew it would make the perfect gift for a family member.
Closeup of quilting, border and binding.
I added a gold border to the piece that Amy originally didn’t have. I was planning on also adding a white border around that, but once the gold border was on I felt happy with the size of it. The binding was made from leftover red scraps.
The quilting done on this piece was a simple double grid pattern (like Rita over at Red Pepper Quilts does). For this quilt I used 100% cotton batting — it was so much easier to quilt! Before, I was using polyester batting. It was just too high loft and difficult to work with. Although I do like the high loft look, I was so much happier to see no bunching when I was done with it! Another divergence from previous quilts — I used spray adhesive to baste as outlined in this tutorial. So the spray adhesive coupled with the low loft cotton batting made quilting this piece a BREEZE.
The back of the quilt.
I had a lot of left over fabric on this project that I didn’t see myself using for any other projects, so I decided to create a very pieced backing. In fact, the white and tan squares were originally cut to be an additional border on the front. However, once I laid them out with the flag design, the quilt top looked too muddled. The flag was lost in there. So I repurposed them for the backer. I loved pieced backs! Even though it adds more time to the project, I think it keeps quilts looking more interesting.
There you have it! I have to say, I really enjoyed this flag quilt experience. I’d love to make more (and I have more ideas pinned!) Have you made any flag inspired quilts?
Quilts at the 2011 Orange County Fair!
05 months ago
by Erin
I went to this year’s Orange County fair a couple of times (once to see Selena Gomez and once to see Huey Lewis and the News). The second time I stopped by the Craft pavilion and looked at all the amazing quilts. They were so beautiful and inspirational! And I had to throw in Hello Kitty there. 
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Coffee Quilt: Done!
06 months ago
by Erin
I finally finished the coffee quilt I posted about about a month ago. I’m so happy with the way it turned out:
The finished coffee quilt!
The quilting I did on this one was very much inspired by Rita at Red Pepper Quilts. I quilted double set quilting lines on the squares about 1/4″ from either side of the seam lines like she did on her Broken dishes quilt. Then I did a diamond pattern on the border.
The back of the coffee quilt.
The piecing I did for the back was inspired by Amanda Jean over at Crazy Mom Quilts. I love her pieced backs!
Closeup of the pieced backing, quilting and bias binding.
This was also my first time doing a bias binding. I used this bias binding tutorial from Amy over at Diary of a Quilter. It didn’t turn out quite right (not all of the stripes are going the same way) but I’m pretty pleased with it!
Closeup of the label.
And of course, I labeled it! This time the label I used was big enough to include care instructions, so I did that, too. When I started this quilt I wasn’t sure what its final destination was going to be: sell, keep or give away? I decided to give it as a gift for Christmas this year. I have a large family so starting early and making gifts is essential! (And I obscured the recipent’s name just in case any of them see this blog!)
Next up: this American flag quilt (also intended to be a Christmas gift). Time to get cutting!
