1 post tagged “crazy 9 patch quilt”

I finally uploaded a bunch of photos, which I know is the most exciting part of reading crafty blogs. Ready?

Here's the robot crib quilt I made for our pregnant friends:

Insanely bright colors, but I always get a little bored with making everything for babies in pastel. Babies see brighter colors better, so why not liven up their spaces a little?

Right now I'm working on a Crazy 9-Patch Quilt for the back of our couch, because our old fleece throw blankets got scratchy... and I just wanted to try something more complicated than rows of squares.

Here are pics of the fabrics, and the first set of blocks I finished. I have to say, I'm not loving the browns. I wanted something like neopolitan ice cream, but I was on a tight budget and every cheap brown Joann's had was sort of ugly. Of course I had a bunch of pinks saved up, so the hardest part there was narrowing them down. The yellow with pink flowers in the middle of the fabrics is my favorite of all, but I only had one fat quarter and can't find anymore. So sad.

I'm almost finished with the third (and final) set of squares, and then I start sewing them together. I haven't decided if I'm going to separate them with strips of brown, or if I'm just going to sew them right to each other. Also, no decisions on a border, back, or binding yet. I still don't even have the batting. I'm sort of waiting for Joanns to have a sale on their Warm N Natural.

Next, I'm thinking about making a photo quilt for my mom. Her sister emailed her a bunch of old black and white pics of her family, and I thought that if I could get some cute ones of my family and my sister's family I could print them out on some of that fancy printer fabric stuff and put together a lap blanket or something. Possibly for Mother's Day. If not, her birthday is in November. :)