Space quilt

Welcome to those dropping by from the Aurifil blog! If not, check out my guest post on AURIbuzz where I was challenged by OLFA and Aurifil in the Slice & Stitch Challenge, a monthly event during which one Aurifil Artisan and one OLFA Ambassador each share how they put an OLFA tool and a specific weight of Aurifil thread to work. I had the privilege of using 80 wt Aurifil and the OLFA Rotary Circle Cutter. Don't tell anyone, but this was really not challenging. Both are soooooo easy to use…

As promised, here’s my construction process of the galaxy quilt from start to finish. (I’m still referring to it as ‘the galaxy quilt’ because I haven’t decided on a …

Here's a basic visual guide for embroidery and hand quilting.

Embark on a quilting adventure with Riley Blake's free Rocket Quilt pattern, 41.5"x55.5"—a beginner-friendly cosmic crib quilt for your space explorer!

Volare is the Italian for 'to fly' (or soar) and is the name of the current European Space Agency mission being conducted by Luca Parmitano on the International Space Station. And now it's the name of my latest quilt: It's now in the possession of the young boy I made it for, so here are a lot of photos... (closest to the sun, Mercury, then Venus) I explained in earlier posts about piecing the background. It came together really well, and with a bit of care at the sandwiching and quilting…

Did anyone notice that I completely skipped over “Baby #1” when I started posting last fall? I posted the quilts made for babies #2 and #3, but wasn’t quite sure if I had photos …

Rosie's outer space quilt

To see most current post at Kelly Girl Quilts, click HERE! Good Friday morning, look at all the nice Nevada sunshine today! I ran out to take these pictures before work... I forgot yesterday morning. I'll take some more quilting pictures when I have a kinder afternoon sun and you can see the texture a bit better. I thought about a gold binding, but decided to stay with blue. and... the back is a panel of the solar system, the stars glow in the dark. I usually go with a pieced back, but fell…

This project has been in the works since August and I'm so excited to have it finished and gifted to my new baby nephew! My sister...