Dog Gone Cute Quilt

Hello everyone!

So I am currently at Starbucks listening to my lecture but it so happens that it's on a subject I'm pretty decent at so I decided to catch up on all of my projects and put them onto this blog!

For today I have the Dog Gone Cute quilt designed by Sew Fresh Quilts! I believe there was a quilt along a couple of months ago but at that time I don't think I had my sewing machine!

I'm actually following the dogs as it shows in the the quilt along! So far I only have three dogs!

Originally when I started making these dogs I told myself that my dogs will be gray and brown but... once I made my first dog, I wanted to make the dogs all sorts of colors!

The dog below is the first dog I've ever made. and I was instantly addicted! I'm not sure which block this would be on the quilt but I was just going in order of how it presented on the pattern! This dog looks like a Jack Russel Terrier!!

The second dog I made is a little gray one with a eye patch!  At first I didn't like how the gray looked on him but as I kept looking at him, the more I fell in love with him!

The third dog I made over this past weekend! He's a red dog! In some places, he doesn't really line up but I still like him anyways! Next time I'll just have to be more careful with the seams and what not.  I was really worried that I would not like him at all because I was actually hesitant to make a red dog but he looks great! 

Based on my current progress, I think I'll probably make one dog every weekend.  I think I have about nine dogs left to make to complete this quilt, which means it may take a little over two months to complete.  I definitely want to be finished before then.

I also wish that I would have used a slightly patterned white fabric instead of a solid! I love patterned fabric but I guess a solid really pulls everything together.

That's it for now! I'll have more posts soon!

Crafty To Do List 2016

It's been way too long since I've posted here.  A lot longer than I wanted!

A lot of things have been happening including the holidays, school and traveling!

I'll make an update post coming soon but this post is for something else!

On December 31, 2015 (also known as New Year's Eve), I made a list of things I wanted to make or finish up in 2016!

I will be updating this list as I progress through it and as I find more things I want to make! You will be able to click on the names if there is a video or website!

1.  Zippered Pouch (Started/Finished: 1/1/16)
2. Jelly Charm Quilt (Started: 12/27/15)
3. Charm Quilt (Started: 1/11/16)
4. Dog Gone Cute Quilt (Started: 1/1/16)
5. Rag Quilt (Started: 1/26/16)
6. Pillowcase (Started/Finished: 1/2/16)
7. Zippered Pillowcase
8. Quilty Fun Quilt 
9. Double Square Star Quilt
10. Postage Stamp Quilt (Started: 1/16/16)
11. Tumbler Quilt
12. Hunter's Star Quilt
13. Prarie Flower Quilt
14. One Seam Flying Geese Quilt
15. Flutterby Quilt
16. Four Patch Star Quilt
17. Under the Starts Quilt
18. Diamond Dreams Quilt
19. Herringbone Quilt
20. Sticks and Stones Quilt
21. Houndstooth Quilt
22. Irish Chain Quilt

I didn't realize how many things I had on my list! It's such a crazy amount! Once I get the flow of writing on my blog again I will update the link with a finished object post! Like I said, this will be updated as often as possible!

A Huge Thank You and a Jelly Charm Quilt

Currently listening to: The High Fiber Diet Podcast: Episode 221: Bad News First

I'm so excited to write up this post for some odd reason! As usual, I'm at Starbucks with my Chai Latte writing up this post instead of doing my work!

First off, I want to say a high THANK YOU to everyone who actually reads this blog! I never thought people would actually read the stuff that I write but I actually get a lot of views, whether people read or not, I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing that people even visit my blog! Also, I realize that with the way my layout was, it was difficult for people to follow through email.  Following blogs through email is my favorite way of looking at blogs so I changed my layout to make it easier for people to follow if they want to!

Alrighty then.  So when I got my most recent order from Missouri Star Quilt Co. I got a charm pack from the Sweet Life collection by Pat Sloan for Moda!

As you may or may not realize, this is the same line of fabric I used in my Hashtag Quilt! When I made the Hashtag Quilt, there was way too many strips leftover from my Jellyroll to use it for scraps.  I don't usually like to make something out of the same fabric but I thought since the quilt I want to make looks very different from my the Hashtag Quilt! What I love so far about this quilt is that it does not require a lot of materials to make the actual quilt top!

This new quilt is called the Jelly Charm Quilt! This quilt is found in the Craftsy class called Quilting Quickly.  I totally recommend this class for beginners! There's so many quick and easy projects you can make!

I told myself that I will be completely monogamous when it comes to quilting but that is so wrong so far.  I think it's mainly because I'm waiting for supplies to come in my mailbox so I get bored and want to work on other things! Well this quilt I totally broke the monogamy but I haven't touched it since I started the actual quilting of my Hashtag Quilt.

Well here's the progress of the quilt top so far!

This layout isn't going to be the final layout.  I just wanted to lay it out to take pictures for the blog! I'm loving it so far! I didn't want to put up how to do this quilt top just because it's not my design but it should be easy enough to figure out if you don't want to purchase the class and there's also many similar patterns out in the internet!

Future Posts:
Updated Hashtag Quilt
Missouri Star Quilt Haul

Too Long of a Weekend?

Currently listening to: Never Not Knitting Podcast: Episode 90: Sweatoo You!

This past week was filled with so many crafts! First off, it's only recently where I started getting two day weekends.  Well, because it was Thanksgiving weekend I actually got 5 days off and it was definitely needed!

For Thanksgiving, I didn't really do much.  I don't know if I mentioned this before but I'm currently a full time student and I work almost full time.  Well on Thanksgiving, I spent almost the whole day working on my paper.  Because of the deadlines I was not able to really spend time with family and what not but my boyfriend did bring me back some yummy food!

Well anyways, I was able to finish all of my school work since I had all day to work on it. The rest of the weekend consisted of my crafting!

As shown in my previous post, I got my background fabric for my Hashtag Quilt! So I wanted to get started on it as soon as possible so I can finish quickly and have a finished quilt.  Well... it took three attempts before I started getting it right! It was terrible!!

So the Hashtag quilt is my first quilt ever! That means I've never done any kind of quilting of any kind.  This also includes free motion quilting.  The first time I tried quilting, it seemed like either my hands were moving too fast and machine was too slow or the total opposite of where my hands were too slow and the machine was too fast! So I ripped everything out.  Unfortunately I totally forgot to take a picture.

Then I decided I'm just gonna use a decorative stitch on my machine and just go straight down.  Well.. I finished one line and I was super excited because I finally got something on my quilt! Well then I went to do my second line... and I have no clue what happened but I did take a picture!

Yeahhhh.... so I ripped out all of that.  Now you can understand my frustration... it's my first time doing any kind of actual quilting and so far it's been a horrible experience! Well, I went back to watching YouTube videos and my Craftsy classes and I attempted it again! And so far so good!! I'll have an update post when the quilt is complete!

Well, on Saturday I got pretty sick so I wasn't really able to walk around or use much energy so I decided to work on my English Paper Piecing! I'm planning on making this into a quilt! It's pretty tiny so far compared to my other English Paper Piecing but I'm making small progress.  It is pretty scrappy!

I don't have any specific way of making this.  I just make flowers from 7 hexies randomly then I just connect everything together. 

After I did some thinking! I absolutely love knitting but ever since I moved I just lost my knitting mojo completely! Well my boyfriend loves the socks that I make him so for motivation I decided to make him a pair of socks!

I'm using a beautiful sock blank from Gale's Art! This sock blank really inspired to knit because I want to know what the sock will look like from this cool sock blank!

 

I think my sock knitting mojo is back for a little bit and I'm definitely planning on buying more of these sock blanks!

Most of this past weekend involved me working on the quilt once I started feeling better but I feel like I got so much done! I never feel like this! Hahaha (: 

I'm going to try and hurry up and get the quilt finished so I can post up pictures!

Missouri Star Quilt Co. Haul: 11/25/15

Currently watching: Grey's Anatomy

By the time this is posted up, it will be the day before Thanksgiving! So Happy Thanksgiving!

Today's post is for a haul from Missouri Star Quilt Co.! The fabric I purchased for my Hashtag Quilt is finally here!!

All of the fabric purchased is from The Sweet Life Collection designed by Pat Sloan for Moda Fabrics!

The first fabric is for my border! The fabric is called True Blue Crosses.  From all of the yardage fabrics that were available this one really stood out to me! I thought it would be perfect for my quilt!

For my backing fabric I decided on the True Blue Dotted Bloom! I really liked how even though most of the fabric was a neutral color, there were still blue everywhere! I thought it would go perfect with the borders!

With my binding fabric I wanted something that would really contrast against the blue of my border fabric! Now, I may have made a terrible choice with using the Sappy Green Dainty Daisy yardage but I did say I wanted contrast!

When I think about it, I wish there was an aqua yardage available but hey, I'll live and learn!

The final item I got was a charm pack! There will be a future post about what I'm going to this with this charm pack!

Well that's it for the haul! I'm hoping to put up some update posts for my quilts soon!

Joann's Haul: 11/21/15

Currently watching: Grey's Anatomy

So earlier this week as I was procrastinating I came upon a really cute quilt I want to make that doesn't have a video tutorial! Shocker! Isn't it? The quilt I found is from the blog Sew Fresh Quilts who is ran by a lovely individual named Lorna! I have been subscribe to her blog for a short amount of time but I instantly fell in love with her adorable patterns! The quilt I came upon is called Dog Gone Cute!

Well anyways, I ended up purchasing the quilt pattern as well as some fabric for the future quilt! Now a quick disclaimer, I have no clue what the names of the fabric are.  I know I'm absolutely terrible but the names were not provided on the fat quarters that I purchased and I forgot to look at the name on the bolt! I know.. I'm terrible.

I wanted to make the dogs gray and tan/brown! When I was purchasing the fabric, I think I had like 20 minutes before I had to get out of the store and go to work with my next client! Here's the fat quarters I got!

The black fat quarter is for the nose and the pink is for the ears of the dog! I hope when I finally start working on it, the quilt doesn't look too crazy! I'm just a sucker for patterned fabric!

I also found this gorgeous blue fabric for the borders of the fabric! I wanted it to look like the sky! So I thought the little birdies really topped it all off!

 Surprisingly, that's the end of this haul! Like I said, I didn't really have time to look around as much as I usually do! 

Diamond Dash Quilt

Currently listening to: Knitmore Girls Podcast: Director's Cut: Nicky Epstein (I love listening to podcasts! This one is one from April 13, 2015.  I'm trying to catch up with all of my podcasts and I have such a long way to go!

This is a total procrastination post! I'm supposed to be doing my school work right now but instead I'm writing a blog post!

I'm currently in school for my Masters! I also work all the time.  It really doesn't need anytime for my crafting hence the reason for only working on my crafts during the weekend and at night (if I have time).  Well every morning (except weekends) I do my school work at Starbucks. 

So right now, I should be writing my final paper for my class but instead I'm writing my blog post at Starbucks. 

This blog post will talk about all the work I've done since my last blog post!

Last time I wrote a post, I was working on my Hashtag quilt.  I believe I needed 12 blocks? before I can start putting my rows together. Well I was finally able to get all 30 blocks together and even add my sashing!

The outer border have not been added yet because I'm waiting for the fabric to come in!  As mentioned in my last post the fabric used is from the Sweet Life collection by Pat Sloan for Moda Fabrics! 

When my fabric comes in, I'm going to do a "haul" post!

Well now that I'm finished with everything I can possibly do for this soon to be quilt, I started another quilt top! Like I've mentioned, whenever there's a new video from Missouri Star Quilt Company I watch it right away! This allows me to think about what I want to work on next, as well as learn little tips and tricks from Jenny Doan!

The next quilt I decided to work on is the Diamond Dash Quilt! While watching the video, I found that this quilt is going to be quick and definitely easy enough for me to accomplish! Well, I think this quilt top took two weeks to finish but it could've definitely been completed sooner if I didn't have to go to school or work! I decided to use a fabric line called Vintage Sundaes by The Henley Studio for Makower UK.  The dark gray solid fabric is Shadow by Free Spirit Fabrics.

Right now the size of this quilt is 79 x 83 inches.  It came out two inches larger all around then what was said in the tutorial.  I thought this quilt will be a lot smaller than it came out to be! It definitely fits my queen size bed without a problem! Over the weekend, I actually purchased the backing for this quilt! I will post a "haul" post when the fabric comes in! I only look a picture of half the bed because the bed was so messy and it had a bunch of my crafting stuff on the other half! The picture was taken before I added the top and bottom borders.  I wanted to know what it looked like!

I know that some parts of the quilt top has some puckering but I'm hoping it won't be so noticeable once I quilt it and wash it. Hopefully everything works out!

I absolutely loved making this quilt! It was definitely super quick and I loved that I can be random with what fabric went next to each other! I should've taken picture of the fabric up close but it totally slipped my mind. The picture below was taken when I was adding the sashing.  By the way, most picture I take of my work is on the bed because sadly, I don't have a lot of space.  The bed is the biggest space I have, besides the railing for the stairs.

Well this is all the updates I have for now! I can't wait until I have more to write about! I should really get back to my paper now!

Until next time!