new quilts

In my head, I had just recently shared quilts I have been working on a few weeks ago. Turns out, a few weeks ago is actually about 6 months ago.

In that 6 months, we have had SO. MUCH. CHANGE.

My oldest two moved out. First Kaiti, and then Tyler. It has been quite an adjustment. They both moved out within a few weeks of each other, and their absence has left a void. Ugh. I knew this was day would happen, but man does it change the dynamics of a family when it does. I was not prepared. Thankfully, they are still very close, so we see them fairly often -- but there is nothing like having all your babies in your home, under your roof. Sigh. I could write a book on this, but suffice to say, it has been a big adjustment and has me wishing the days had gone a little slower, wishing I had savored more. 

The logistical result of the two big kids moving out is that we suddenly freed up to spaces. So we had some shifting. Declan went to Kaiti's room, which freed up the room we converted to make a sewing space for me a couple years ago. So I am back to having a dedicated space to sew which is glorious (but for the record, I'd trade it in a heart beat if my kids wanted to move back home.)

Once I settled back into my sewing room, I started making. I churned out quite a few quilts, but I will share just a couple today -- my two most favorite quilts I made within the past 6 months!

One of my favorite spring quilts was this yellow wonky star quilt!

I alternated wonky stars with squares framed by low volume patchwork in sunny yellow and warm pinks and it was just a sunny, sweet little delightful quilt.

The pink checkerboard binding was the perfect frame for this!! And check out the warm yellow backing by Ruby Star Society! SO GOOD!!!

10/10 would make again!

Despite the terrible pictures because it was stormy for dats when I took these, this quilt sold fairly quickly. 

I am a sucker for wonky stars and patchwork low volume backgrounds.

But my VERY FAVORITE quilt of the past 6 months was this 16 patch quilt. 

I LOVE A 16 PATCH QUILT. I have made so many and I will make many more. This one, and the ones below, and a few more I cannot seem to find the links to.

But this one I made at the end of spring- MY FAVORITE!!!!

Packed with color. It features my favorite fabric designers -- Ruby Star Society, Heather Ross, Annabel Wrigley-- it is a blend of my favorites!

This quilt single-handedly reminded me of the beauty of GREEN.

I just really loved this one. I gave it a week in my shop to sit, and then it would be mine. But it did not last a week, so I may just have to make another.

16 patches are just soooo good, I think they are a great way to blend color and order, traditional and modern. I could make a hundred of them, because they come together fairly quickly and always give me just what I am looking for!!

Do you have a quilt pattern that you revisit again and again?