life is a beautiful ride...

i couldn't wait to finish this project.  it was my first commissioned project and i was totally nervous.  i made it for a friend of mine who loves biking, obviously!  i saw this material and immediately thought of her. the back fabric couldn't have been any better!  the pattern is chain link by amy smart.

darth tyrinis...

what can i say?  i let my husband name this quilt.  it is, however, his!  he needed a replacement (desperately) for the blanket he sleeps with at night.  he has used the same ratty blanket for probably 25 years.  it's nasty polyester and itchy.  the new one had to have specific requirements.  couldn't be too hot, couldn't be too short, had to be big enough...he sleeps really hot, so i had to figure out what i could use to not keep him too warm.  at someone's suggestion (can't remember who!), i used a piece of flannel instead of traditional quilt batting.  i wanted to make more of a quilt type creation that just a blanket, so this is what i chose!  good news is he loves it.  it has great weight to it, but isn't too hot.

the first...

finally!  i started this quilt in april.  it was my first quilt top ever.  i probably bit off a little more than i could chew, but i'm glad i did.  i learned a ton from this quilt!!  it's been sitting in my craft room, starting at me for a couple of months.  mostly because i fell out of love with the colors, and didn't know what to bind it with.  finally i got some fabric and finished it.  i like the colors again, now, which is a bonus!

the sweetpea...

i wasn't really quite sure what i had gotten myself into when i started these quilting shenanigans...four quilt tops (more posts to come!) and two completed quilts later, i'm still not quite sure.  all i know is that right now i am loving it so much!!  it's a combination of finding the right combos of colors, a big puzzle of  block making, and therapy as i sew, sew, sew.  

this was my mother's day present to my cute mom.  i didn't get it finished quite in time for mother's day, but i think she forgives me!  with this quilt, i went a little bit more than just straight lines on the machine quilting.  i also quilted around certain blocks.  i love the pattern it ended up making.  random but cool!