I've had two big finishes recently. Mackenzie's D-Love Quilt, and Ada's Plus Quilt. Ada's birthday was on the 11th, and let me tell you, I cut it close. Truthfully, Willa is still waiting on her birthday quilt. The top is done and is being quilted by Angela ( <3 ). In order to get this one done on time, I carried the quilt with me and stitched on the binding whenever I had a free minute. I decided to bind it in RK's Quilter's Linen. I love it! I got warnings that the red, and perhaps the pink would bleed, so I doubled up on the color catchers. As promised, when I took the quilt out of the washer, the color catcher was bled upon. I pulled it out of the dryer on the eve of her birthday.
In addition to the SJ fabrics there are some Moda Crossweaves and Pezzy prints. I'm still heart broken that the crossweaves are being phased out of production. They are great solids! I love texture and rich vibrant colors, and the crossweaves have both. I used some of the Jewel prints from Lizzy House. They make great "almost solids" and are perfect for a color quilt like this. There is a LouLou Thi in there. The hugs and kisses are very much like the Jewel prints. All the dots are Michael Miller.
I have no idea how big it is, but here is the front. I cut the charms into 4 inch squares instead of 4.5 inch squares most plus quilts utilize. So mine is a bit smaller than most. I used smaller cuts in order to have some left over from the FQs I used to be used for the pieced strip down the back. And as someone who has OCD (and not just the kind that people claim to have when they are picky clean about their house) using whole numbered cuts makes me feel better.
On second thought, using the balloon print on the back was a little busy, but I love that little red-headed girl. Ada sends balloons to her twin in heaven pretty often, so I had to use it! I love this print so much I've often thought about getting a tat of it.
I also scoured etsy to find a seller who had the fabric in order to make Ada her birthday shirt. Each of my children have gotten a customized shirt for each of his or her birthday. One day I'll make a t-shirt quilt out of all of them. This is the 1st time I've customized the shirt to their birthday quilt. Of course, this is only the 2nd year they've gotten birthday quilts. Willa has a love affair with poodles at the moment, so I could only have gotten her a poodle shirt.
Ada is my last quilt in Sarah Jane's Children at play quilt. Her new fabric collection is just as cute. I can already see that I'll have to force myself to work on my sewing skills to make some dresses from the new fabrics, but as someone who isn't a huge nautical fan, I don't see any quilts coming from it.
