EPP progress

These are the first 2 stars, joined, bordered in black Kona cotton.
I'm thinking to alternate dark and light, with random color placement.
I don't really have an exact count of the stars, diamond, strips, etc. I've cut, so this is more of a make it up as you go quilt.
I will need at least 90 blocks for the quilt size I want. Only 88 more to go.

a new quilting adventure!

In my spare time, while holding the baby I do what all mothers of infants do...surf the web.
This is how I came across the "60° Diamond EPP Quilt-Along".
Translation:  English Paper Piecing 60 degree Diamond-Star along - how is that for a mouthfull?
That's it - a new obsession crafty interest was born, which in short can be described as: sewing many small pieces of fabric onto a diamond shaped paper template, connecting 6 diamond fabric templates together to make a star, removing the basting thread, connecting the stars to make a quilt.
When my oldest son saw the size of my first star - he said, "Wow, it will take months to make this quilt"
I smiled and said " Nope, years!"

These are my 2 first ever EPP stars. The ones that followed looked much, much better.

The Finisher...

This nap mat with matching pillow was started in 2006 for my second son's 3 rd birthday.
It's 2010 and it was finished last week. What needed to be done? Just hand-sewing the binding.
Why did it take so long? No idea! But I finished it just in time for my youngest 3rd birthday:
Of course, it has someone's name on it, but when you are playing house, who cares, right?






Fabric Used: Kona Solid, Assorted Juvenile Prints, Sesame Street Print, flannel for backing
Batting: Warm and Natural, unbleached
Embroidery Design: Amazing Designs Sesame Street
Equipment: Singer Sewing Machine and
Brother PE-150 Embroidery Machine

Each Solid Square was embroidered with a different Sesame Street character.

Doll Quilt

This is a first ever doll quilt I made.
I chose to use big blocks of color because I really need to practice my free-motion technique and every square was quilted with a different design.
The print is Kaffe Fasset Millefiore in Pastel.






My favorite free-motion quilted block. Is started out as a
"Flowing Glass" design, but morphed into an underwater scene.