Here it is on my Queen bed.  It's big! 

And here is it with its sister.  :)

By the way, my aunt sent me a video of the girls opening their quilts on Christmas morning.  They love them!  YAY!!!


This quilt was #6 on my Quarter 4 Finish-Along List.  Linking up!

After making THIS quilt for my aunt to give my cousin at her wedding, I decided I wanted more opportunities to make quilts to sell.  So I created a listing on Etsy and advertised it on Facebook.  And what do you know - another aunt got in touch with me and asked me to make 2 quilts for her adult children!  Woot!
It was really cool to work with my aunt to figure out what to make for each of her daughters (my cousins).  They live far away from me (well, one state away at least, which is kind of far when one state is Utah and the other is Idaho), so I really don't know them very well.  Apparently the older cousin is really into puzzles.  And also fantasy.  And a little bit of Star Wars.  And she likes fall colors.
I'll admit - it took quite a bit of work between me and my aunt before I had a clear direction on colors for this quilt.  The pattern I had picked from the very start.  Fabrics were harder.  Have you ever tried finding fantasy themed fabric that is appropriate for an early-twenty-something girl?  Most everything I found was too babyish.  And then I found a really pretty Pegasus/Unicorn fabric, but it just didn't go with the color scheme.  More on that later.  
In the end, I found an awesome puzzle piece print and a dragon print that went really well with the colors I had in mind.  (Oh yeah - and check out the red Star Wars print).  Nearly everything else came from my stash - WIN!
For the quilting, I went with a simple stipple.  Partly because I needed something fast and easy.  Partly because it fits so well with the whole puzzle theme.


 The binding is actually from April Rosenthal's "Best Day Ever" line.  Of course I stitched it by hand.  Even though it was early December and I was swamped with Etsy orders.  Bindings just must be stitched by hand.  Besides, I can't make Rummy mats while watching TV with the hubby, can I?

Now lets talk about the back for a bit.  My Aunt requested flannel, since they live in Idaho and it gets pretty cold up there.  SO I found a flannel version of that pretty Pegasus/Unicorn fabric and bought a yard of it (no WAY was I going to spend $12 a yard on an entire quilt's worth of BACKING FABRIC).  Then I supplemented with some solid flannels from Joann along with some flannel from my own stash.  

I had this grand idea to piece together a couple giant puzzle pieces for the back.  But I made some HUGE calculation errors (which I discovered AFTER cutting, of course) and ended up having to scrap the whole idea because there wasn't enough fabric.  So the back is really a mish-mash of random stuff because I was just trying to get it all to fit together.  :p  The quilt is SUPER warm and cozy, though!

Of course, I included a label.  I bought a whole bunch of printable fabric and I'm loving using it for labels.  

My Aunt requested large Full size quilts.  Here it is on my Queen bed.  I think it's big enough!

And here it is with its sister.  :)


This quilt was #5 on my Quarter 4 Finish-Along List.  Linking up!

Oh man, November and December were CRAZY!  My Etsy shop exploded, which is a good thing of course, but it kept me super busy trying to keep on top of all the orders.  Not to mention the commissioned quilts I started in October and finished in December (more on those later).  Whew!
But for now, here are a few quick photos of some of the things I made in November and December 2015.  :)

Korbin's Growth Chart
One of my long time/favorite customers on Etsy (who happens to be my sister-in-law's mother) ordered another growth chart for her newest grandson.  The mom requested red/orange/gray to match his brother's blue/green/gray growth chart.  I had fun trying to get some artsy shots of this awkward shaped object with my weaksauce camera and yellow walls and toddler helpers.  :)  But the best part about making this growth chart was getting to deliver it personally.  Korbin's grandma is one of the sweetest ladies I know.  :)





Starburst/strings pillow
I thought I had some pictures of this, but apparently I don't.  I've been using it for three months on my rocking chair, so I pulled it out for a quick photo just to prove I actually finished it.  ;)  More photos of it HERE.  I made this pillow as part of my guild's challenge to make something from scraps.  I pulled out my TINIEST scraps to make the two sides of this pillow.  I really want to make something bigger with my strings someday - I have a TON of them.




Noah's Stocking
Whew!  Now everyone in the family has a stocking.  I should have taken a picture of them all lined up.  It's a little embarrassing - you can definitely see the progression of my sewing skills over the years!


Camera Strap Cover
My sister is an avid Harry Potter fan and a self-proclaimed Ravenclaw, so I whipped up this blue and silver camera strap cover for her fancy new camera.   Tutorial HERE.



 I also made a whole bunch of these little tissue holders to give as gifts at a party.  I made a few extras for myself, of course.  Tutorial HERE.

Crayon Rolls
I made these for my boys' 4th birthday.  They LOVE these little notebooks, so I had to make a spot for them.  They are also obsessed with all things super hero lately.  (Although if you were to ask them now, they would say Darth Vader is their favorite...)



Lastly, Rummy mats!  I made 12 of these babies in 2 1/2 months.  Yikes!  Next year I'm going to make them ahead of time so I'm not completely swamped during the Holiday season.
I took this picture one day to show the difference between my very first Rummy mat and my 30th Rummy mat.  I would like to think that my skills have improved.  ;) 



 Wahoo!  These are finishes #2 (pillow), #4 (stocking), #11 (growth chart), and #12 (crayon rolls) from my Quarter 4 Finish-Along list.  Linking up!

I participated in my first swaps in 2015!  The first was for the Nebo Modern Quilt Guild (see more of that one HERE).  It was so much fun I promptly signed up for two more.  The #schnitzelandboominiquiltswap, and the #pillowtalkswapIGstyle, both on instagram.

I blogged about my SchnitzelandBoo swap HERE.


Here is what I made for the Pillow Talk Swap on IG:

I'm stealing Patti's photos because they are WAY better than mine.  She asked for a Christmas pillow and I was more than happy to oblige.  :)  I pulled out my long hoarded Kate Spain "12 Days of Christmas" charm pack and went to town.  The trees and pinwheels are 3D!  I used Moda's free "Jovial" quilt pattern (find it HERE) and made my blocks half size.  Try as I might to come up with a different idea for quilting, I just had to go with pebbles.  I like how the quilting looks like snow.  :)
For the other side, I cut the rest of my charms into 2.5" squares and pieced them together randomly, with the exception of the white section.  I tried to copy some of the many cute fonts from the fabric for the "Fa la la la la."  Then I quilted the two back panels with petals.  I love how the back turned out!

This pillow was pretty hard to give up, but I scored an AWESOME pillow in return!

This picture does NOT do it justice, but my partner totally made me a Christmas Cathedral Windows pillow.  And she sent me some awesome extras - my favorite being the ornament stuffed with the trimmings from this pillow.  It's darling.  :)


For my last swap of the year, I made this little Wide Open Pouch for our guild Christmas pouch swap.  Since I'm pretty much obsessed with Dresdens still, that's what I went with. 




Wahoo!  These were finishes #8 (pillowtalk swap) and #9 (pouch), from my Quarter 4 Finish-Along list!  Linking up: