A quilt for Moby

I took some time out yesterday to make a quilt for Moby, my twin sisters little dog. He's the cutest, loving dog and he's not interested in playing all he wants to do is cuddle. My sister goes through a lot of receiving blankets with him and a quilt is just what Moby needs.

I purchased this fabric over a year ago in hopes to make something for him.

I was able to practice my free motion quilting!

I just have to make Moby a little pillow to go with his quilt. He loves little pillows to rest his head on.

This weekend I'll make sure to post some pictures with Moby enjoying his quilt.

Happy quilting,

Dara

Linking up to Scrap Attack

Happy Friday, Saturday to some!!
Based on my previous post, I'm linking up to...

http://www.stitchedincolor.com/2012/01/scrap-attack-quilt-along.html

Dara

Scrapping my scraps

I thought this quilt would do some damage on my scraps...nope. I'm in the process of machine quilting (in the ditch) the arcs on this quilt.

So, I decided to do a couple more scrap quilts to "scrap" my scraps. I really want to buy more fabric so, I'm trying to get rid of some scraps. I need more fabric! :)

I started a New York Beauty quilt, which i'm paper piecing. Paper Piecing hasn't been my favorite technique in the past, however, I'm loving it now. I use to just cut chunks of fabric, always had to remove stitches, and thought it was so time consuming. I'm surprised it has actually been fun creating this quilt. I measured each section and cut strips of fabric to a particular size to cover each section and it made the process much quicker. I also took my time to position the pieces just right so I wouldn't have to pick out so many stitches.

Here are some pictures of my progress.

Curves make me nervous as you can see I pin, pin, then pin some more.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments on the previous posts!! I love comments.

Till next time,
Dara

January 2012 FMQ Challenge

I've took the free motion quilting pledge over at SewCalGal's blog to learn to FMQ in 2012. This month's FMQ expert was Frances Moore. I love this design. I still need a lot more practice, but I'm happy with my first attempt.

Happy quilting,

Dara