wecoan's projects

Basket weave

This is for a good friend's daughter, who requested pink and grey. She's 8, so I tried to go with slightly more "mature" fabrics so she won't outgrow it too fast! It's backed with kinky, and quilted with a meandering double loop. I'm retrospect, I wish I had made the gray between blocks a little narrower. But I do love the scrappy pink binding!

Duckling quilt

My cousin's got a baby girl on the way, and mentioned ducklings as part of the nursery theme (big brother had lambs :)). Searching for ideas, I saw a really cute quilt with mama and baby ducks. I loved the general look of it, but didn't like the duck block design. So, my daughter and I designed our own ducks. It involved a lot of math and some mangled test blocks, but eventually we got it! I quilted the green parts with Lori Kennedy's honeycomb motif, and did some more detailed FMQ in the ducks. I was even able to use up some scrap/stash fabric for this one!

x and o quilt

Gift for my nephew's first baby. I've been wanting to try this simple pattern for a while. It's backed with cuddle dot minky and quilted with a cucumber vine motif.

t-shirt quilt

Another grad gift. He wanted simple, dark colors. I quilted it with diagonal lines, and then went back and doubled or tripled some of the lines somewhat randomly. I tried clear thread on the top for the first time, and found it easier to work with than I thought it would be.

T-shirt quilt

Grad gift for a friend's daughter who likes purple and blue. The Chicago panel on the back is my favorite part. (That's where the grad is headed for college.)

purple diamonds

My good friend has 3 daughters. I made quilts for the younger two when they were born, but the oldest, who's nearly 11 (?!?!) was born before I started quilting. I decided to make her one now. She said she likes purple, geometric designs, and softball, which was pretty great input. I tried half rectangle triangles for the first time, in purples and grays. (I can't take credit for this cool design, because I got the layout idea from a quilt I saw when looking for ideas online.) It's backed with fleece and quilted with my walking foot, with lines echoing the outsides of the diamonds, and narrower diamonds within. I really like the how the quilting enhances the vertical diamond design.

Braided panel

This is for my niece's little girl. She likes pink, purple, and horses - specifically, a show about a horse in the West. I fell in love with this panel for her. The narrow width made the size a little awkward, so I used M*'s friendship braid tutorial to add a braided strip on one side. It's quilted with a ripple meander that I really like doing, and backed with minky.

scrap bin lap quilt #3

let each of my kids pick fabrics from the scrap bin, and a simple design, to make a lap quilt. This is my youngest daughter's. It's about 50" x 60".

scrap bin lap quilt #2

let each of my kids pick fabrics from the scrap bin, and a simple design, to make a lap quilt. This is my son's. It's about 50" x 60". It's quilted with a brick design in the squares, and flames in the sashing. (He couldn't make up his mind!)