I am in the mood to granny!

Just as a heads up these are old picture on a new post today, but I have been thinking about Granny Squares this weekend.  Tanya and I have been thinking about what baby quilts we wanted to add to our collection.  It dawned on us that one of our favorite quilts to make were the 2 granny square quilts we made for our grandmothers.  I started on this craze a 1 year and 4 months ago and thought that it was out of my system.  Well I just want to warn every one, but they will be making a comeback in our house.

This past week was a successful one at our house I think I got 4 or maybe 5 more completed quilts in fact 4 of them are washed and laying on the desk waiting for time to go take pictures of them.  Sadly this week is going to be a busy one for us.  Tuesday is Jared's B-Day and Wednesday James graduates from high school (wow that makes me feel old thinking about it) I remember so long ago that final week of school thinking that I am free and could do any thing.  Hum would it not be fun to be that free now?

Along with Granny Squares I want to do another of my 25 block quilts.  We made that quilt for my mother and I think the next handful of baby quilts will be a mix of these 2 types.  I am a fan of 2 1/2 inch blocks and my huge collection could use some cleaning out before my box runs over of them.

Granny's Gone Wild - Grandma Shakespeare's Quilt

Granny Squared - Grandma Johnson's Quilt

These 2 quilts were the first 2 I made.  The pictures totally suck compared to more recent pictures, but the quilts were wonderful.  I loved how we had all the various colors this is what we want to work on next for baby quilts.

Mom's Quilt - Richard's Mother Jean got this quilt.

Kathy's Quilt - Richard's Sister's Quilt

Of the 2 square block quilts I like the first one better.  The second one with the blocks not of the same share (5 X 7 rather then 5 X 5) felt a little over tall and not wide enough.  Any way expect to see a few more scrappy things out of us in the next few weeks.

Purple and White Heart and Elephant Baby Girl Rag Quilt

A couple weeks ago Tanya sewed the blocks of this quilt and then asked me to sew the rows.  It had been so long since I made a rag quilt and I blundered.  You can see above the top of the quilt was meant to be the bottom.

The bottom here was meant to be the top.  Tanya put some hearts on the back(front) to make it look more like it was done on purpose, but well it wasn't, it was my blunder.

It is a good thing that quilts can be used and loved from both sides.  This quilt is amazing and a very appealing quilt.  This quilt is listed for sell on our Etsy store.

I think out of all the pictures, this bottom one or the one above this text are my favorite.  I have rarely done a quilt where the front is so simple, but in its simpleness is elegance.

Modern Baby Boy Patchwork Quilt

This is my newest quilt Reunion Baby Bricks it is made using the Reunion line by Sweetwater a Moda fabric. We love this fabric and have made many quilts from it.  It is made of my newest pattern  Baby Bricks.

This quilt sports a scrappy binding which is a new thing for me as I have never done such before.  I think it turned out pretty fantastic.  I did very tight straight line stitching and it makes the feel and look of this quilt fantastic.  This quilt will go on our Etsy store to replace some of the boy baby quilts we have given away or sold.

Tanya was able to go out into the sun today and take these wonderful pictures.  I like this last one of the quilt, just tossed onto the chair.  We have 4 other quilts in the works (tops completed just need to quilt) all using this same pattern to restock some quilts.  We have a few friends having kids soon, so need to get stocked up on baby quilts.

Link a Finish Friday #69

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 (May) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at 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

Black and White Quilt - Mountain Quiltworks

Sashiko Pillow - Dreaming in Patchwork

Raspberry Limeade Chevron Quilt - My Quilt Infatuation

Are 3 of the fantastic items linked up this week.  Now its time to link your finishes up.

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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.

Brown, Turquoise, and Aqua Heart Rag Quilt

Tanya's newest rag quilt is this beautiful brown, turquoise, and aqua heart rag quilt.  These are colors are some of Tanya's favorites.  I like how Tanya added the brown minky on the top side of this quilt.  This is one of the first times we have done this though I have seen this on other quilts I admire.

I love the look of rag quilts.  They are a simple and fast quilt to put together and its so fun to play with the ruffles on the edges.  My washing machine though does not love them all that much. We tend to get it clogged up from time to time when we wash them, but it is worth it in the end.

The back of this quilt is just hearts.  I love this quilt and we have it listed for sell on our Etsy store.  I find it amazing how well a quilt can look using only 2 fabrics to make.