Stars and Jeans Rag Quilt

Last week one of the kids down the street had a Birthday and Tanya and I decided we wanted to try out a Rag Quilt with Jeans.  What we underestimated was the over all weight of a said Rag Quilt made out of Jeans.  We figured a full quilt out of Jeans would be too heavy and did every other square Jeans.  Well I am here to say that, while its lighter then a full blanket it is WAY, WAY, Too Heavy.  The only saving grace is the kid getting this quilt is Autistic and they tend to like heaver blankets (you often see blankets made with weights in them for autistic kids).

On the alternating material we decided stars would be fun and dug into the stash for random stars.  Here is a closeup of the quilt you can see that I added in as many seams as I could as I love the extra style it adds.

And lastly the back is made of blue flannel.  It also has flannel in the middle.  Again this is a nice and heavy lap quilt and will keep any kid warm.  (Oh and Tanya says it was like wrestling a Alligator to sew haha)

Tanya would also like me to announce the winner to her rag quilt giveaway (well rag quilt scissors giveaway) Jared pulled #19 out of the bowl.  Gene Black is the winner.  He seems to be lucky as he has won from us in the past.

Gene Black said...19

I have a pair of those "not strong enough" scissors....yeah I bought the wrong ones.

My favorite "weird" color combo is purple and green with some yellow accents. - actually if you think of a purple iris, it is not so weird.

Plus Plus

 The plus quilt is finished.  This quilt is out of the Reunion line by Sweetwater.  It has echo quilting in variegated thread.  It has a somewhat scrappy binding, with part red part blue chevrons. This is one of my favorite quilts.  I am glad we are giving it to one of our own kids. James (our 17 year old is its recipient).

Link A Finish Friday #42

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (November) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend on Fat Quarter Shop.

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in the US and we were happy to celebrate Julia's first Thanksgiving. I don't know where mom got this hat and bib but Julia was the cutest one at the dinner.

After Dinner Jared helped Uncle Cody fix his truck.  I think it took Cody twice as much time to do what he was doing then it should have taken but I am so happy that Cody let my son help he was so happy to be such a big helper.

American Hero from Desertsky Quilting 

Blue Monkey Business from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Were 2 of the most visited quilts last week.  Thank you for Linking Up.  

So for the rules.

1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Applique Flowers Quilt

This is the first pieced quilt that was started by Tanya.  Each row has three blocks with appliques and one with a fussy cut. The quilting done is echo quilting.  The fabric is from the Amelia line by Me & My Sisters for Moda.  The white is a white on white with a paisley print.

The back  is scrappy as well.

Here is a close up of a couple blocks from front. This is a Christmas gift for a sister in law that claims she is a girly girl. Hopefully it is not too girly.

Mom's Quilt

This quilt is made from a top that was done months ago.  Each block has 25 colors in it.  The back  is  the same white as the borders in the front.

Echo quilting was also done around edges.  The center has a x through each block.  The binding done is a black/rainbow stripe.

Here is a close up of one of the blocks.

This quilt is for my mom.

This cross-stitch magazine and floss was one from http://simplesew.blogspot.com/  Rebecca has claimed this prize and she has already picked the one she is going to try first.  She is a little slow at cross stitching but it is something she really enjoys.  Lucky for us Halloween is now a year away so she has plenty of time to make the one she picked.