all or nothing as far as quilting goes

I have always been like this, but it still catches me off guard how I can go without making for quite some time, and then I make almost manically. It's like my mind decides I need a pause, and when it hits play again, boy does it. When my husband is gone and I miss him tremendously, quilting helps. It busies me, settles my mind some, and lets me feel productive and creative and that helps ease the burden of missing him.

So here is what I have been making as of late. It all started with the first custom quilt.

This sweet customer purchased a quilt I made last year for his granddaughter (you can see that quilt here) and asked me if I could make on just like it for his new grandson.

I mimicked the design, just had the focal square be on the left instead of the right.

There is nothing more humbling to me than someone coming back to me, asking me to make another quilt. 

I loved how the blues played off each other in this quilt. And stripey bindings forever!!

This next quilt.....I LOVE everything Alexia Abegg designs and her Sienna line is no exception. I could not wait to make something with it!!! 

Big, chunky strips of beautiful fabric. The focus gets to be on the color play and the fabrics and this is a design I will make again. 

I love simple design. 

I really enjoyed quilting this one. This one is available in my shop! 

Still feeling blue, I started on this one.

My take on a classic design. Big ol patchwork and scrappy low volume fabric in the background. 

I decided to not quilt the star, something I don't usually do, and instead framed it. The result was a drapey, sort of puffed star.

I have had Nicole's Stack Quilt pattern for a bit, and I guess I was waiting for the color scheme to hit me. In this case, I based the color palette on the Leah Duncan backing I wanted to use, and voila!

The Stack Quilt pattern is simple and quick and speaks to my simple, plenty of negative space loving heart!! This is the second pattern of Nicole's I have made - you can see the Peak Quilt I made here - and I love how simple they are. This coming from a girl who rarely makes from a pattern, or at least, sticks to a pattern. 

Look at that gorgeous backing!! 

Quilting this was super fun!! It is also listed in my shop!! 

I have a few more quilts I have recently finished, along with some in progress, and my GLORIOUS #pinkquiltbee2018 blocks that have been arriving!! So much to share.