Quilty Confession. I am TERRIBLE at focusing on one project. It has become a common for me to start a project, and mid-way through get completely distracted by another idea that has popped into my head. I’m still making headway on the baby quilts I’d like to eventually sell, but I had an idea for a quilt pattern and I completely abandoned my WIP baby quilts. Before inspiration struck I did manage to finish a few quilts.

First up is a quilt I designed in order to use my nifty 30 degree creative grid triangle again. It could just as easily be made with half-rectangles. I initially whipped up a nautical version, seen below with the binding only half-sewn, but then saw a palette of solids sitting on my shelf that I thought would be perfect for this design. Both quilts are approximately 40″x60.” I used glue basting and my machine to sew the binding on the pastel version, it didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked so at some point I’m going to cut it off and try again.

I also managed to get this Carolina Lily Comfort Quilt quilted and bound. The machine binding went MUCH better for this one and I actually like the way it turned out. Again, the size is approximately 40″x60.”

Ok, now for my most recent quilty distraction. My Floor Tile Inspired quilt. I follow an Instagram account called Ihavethisthingwithfloors and it is a neverending source of inspiration. They posted a multi-color tile pattern several weeks ago, I think it had 4 or 5 colors and I thought it would translate beautifully into a two color quilt. I jumped into Illustrator and figured out the math and directions to quickly piece the quilt via strip piecing.

I wanted to test my math before making a bed size quilt, so I decided to make a quick baby quilt in teal and white, seen below.

This pattern works up SO FAST. Once I knew my math was correct I ran to my local quilt shop, bought solid yellow yardage, and got to work piecing the queen size yellow and white version. I had the top complete in a matter of days. Here is the quilt before quilting:

I knew I wanted this quilt in my new guest room, so I sent it to my favorite longarmmer and asked for a nice loopy figure-eight pattern, or what I refer to as “Denyse Schmidt Loops.”  I’m hoping to get the binding on before the Austin Modern Quilt Guild meeting on Thursday. Next up I want to make some simple pillow shams for the bed.

That’s all for now! Stay tuned later this week for my very first Moda Bakeshop Tutorial! I’m super excited about it and can’t wait to share.

Linking up to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday 🙂

Til next time, Piece Out!

Corinne