More Minkee

I made these two minkee quilts for Andrew and Elizbeth and finished them just in time for Elizabeth's birthday party last Saturday.

I bought the Dr Seuss minkee in Shipshewana at the Cuddle Corner in the Davis Merchantile. The black, red, blue and white are from Joann's, bought either on sale or with a coupon.

I stitched the strips together with the serger, just like Julie did and like Calise's. It is so much easier to have that mess all contained when I loaded them on the longarm.

I used the same panto, Turbulence on both and they have Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Elizabeth's has red minkee backing and red thread

And Andrew's has blue backing and blue thread. I LOVE this Dr Seuss fabric I got at Joann's for the binding.

I just rolled them up and tied with a ribbon and Liz opened hers first. We told Andrew to open his and he said, "It's going to be just like hers!" They are very similar, I must admit.
Look at the cute Nana labels I added.

Julie's Minkee

My daughter, Julie, bought a kit at the Cuddle Corner in Shipshewana in October and made this quilt for her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, Kendra. Se took her Serger with her to the retreat and that's how she sewed the strips together. It worked so well that I used that same idea to make Calise's.

I don't think I got a photo of the whole quilt, but you can see by these pics that it is just beautiful!

I quilted it with the new Flower Child panto, lite spearmint Omni thread and
Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Then she bought more minkee to make one for Tony, so they could each have one. His is browns and blacks, and very soft. Black Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. Adding batting th these makes them quite heavy, but oh-so soft.

 Square Spiral panto on his.

Trip Around The World

Charlotte made another Trip Around The World baby quilt. I think she makes one of these for every baby shower she attends. What a great, simple idea!

Flannel fabrics on the front, popcorn panto, Warm & Natural batting and Chambray PermaCore thread

 Minkee on the back!

A Quilt for Maelyn

The first quilt of 2013.
One of my coworkers had a new granddaughter born on Sunday. The baby's mom had given me these fabrics to make some burp cloths and applique the baby's name on some gowns and when I gave the finished pieces to her, she said I could keep the fabrics. I told her I would make a quilt with them and I have actually made 2 quilts with those fabrics.

This one is for Maelyn:

Yikes, that orange zig-zag fabric makes the quilt look wonky! I didn't notice it until I saw this photo. I quilted it with Feather Me, mostly because it was on the table, but I think it is a fine choice for this girly little quilt. Hobbs 80/20 batting and light pink Permacore thread.

The backing is a pink minkee, so soft!

The other quilt is a Baby Bricks and I'll save it for the next baby girl. It's' quilted and the binding is started.

Here are the burp cloths:

Kimmy's Bricks

Here is the first of Kimmy's 2 brick quilts. This one is flannel front and back. I was trying to figure out the pattern for these quilts. There are rows with logs sewn together with seams matching and then there is a row that is offset.

She wanted just a meander on both of these so that made for some really quick quilting. A new Omni thread for this one.

And the pieced backing:

Here's the 2nd one in yellow, gray and black. What a strikiing color combination.

This one has PermaCore canary thread and they both have Hobbs 80/20 batting.

And the backing, a gray minkee:

A Quilt Done Last Summer

There was a question on one of my quilting message boards about quilting fleece and minkee. I knew I had done one for Janet last year and so I went in search of it on my blog. I can't find it, so I'm posting it now.

She purchased 2-1/2 yards of each and I quilted it using Feather Me pantograph, PermaCore Strawberry thread. No batting for this one. It quilted like a dream and she says it is just cozy as can be.