Foxy Strip Quilt and Pillowcase

Sometimes you just need a little sew time...


Most of the quilts I make are made to test the patterns I dream up. But this little quilt and matching pillowcase were made just for the sake of making.

I am seeking to use up some of the fabrics I have had lingering in my stash this year. And I still had a little bit of fabric left over from making the Fox among the Birches quilts and from selling quilt kits for those in my Etsy shop. You can see my first Fox among the Birches here and the second one here.

I have never made a strip quilt before. But have always wanted to. So this was the perfect time to take advantage of the fabrics I had left over. There was about 21" of Good Natured by Riley Blake Designs and about 18" of White Mandorla from Camelot Fabrics. I added in 6 strips of Kona Ash cut in 1.5" strips and 6 strips of Orange Dot from the Safari Collection by Northcott Fabrics.





For the backing, I had 47" of the Animal Toss in Pebble from the Forest Friends collection for MODA. The coordinating binding is Birch Trees, also in Pebble.






Because I still had a little of the binding fabric left over, and it was now looking so lonely, I decided to make a matching pillowcase. The pillowcase measures 14.5" x 26" and fits a 13" x 20" pillow form.

Of course the quilting was performed using my walking foot to create organic wavy lines with Light Grey Omni from Superior Threads on top and a slightly darker grey thread in the bobbin. The Omni has been used for a lot of quilting and is almost completely finished!

The "Foxy Strip" quilt finished at 42" x 46"

and was the 46th use of my 2nd edition of 100 labels

ordered from Ikaprint.

This set includes quilt, pillowcase and pillow insert and is now listed for sale in my shop here.

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

when she returns in September.

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WoW-E! {a custom quilt}

Custom WoW-E! quilt 51" x 61"

This quilt was truly a labour of love and is now on it's way to the new owner.  But it is not traveling alone. WoW-E! #3 is a custom order toddler quilt, ordered from my Etsy shop.

Custom WoW-E! quilt on the well house door

Plus this special little doll quilt made to match!  Wider borders were added to the top and bottom to bring this little quilt to an approximate 22" x 24" size.

And finally this matching Woodland Friends birdie flannel toddler pillow case size 14" x 19".  With envelope style closure on the back.

I just had to make the dolly a little pillow, too.  That was not part of the request.  But it just had to be.  Both pillowcases were made using the French seam method.  No fraying or stray threads.  This doll pillow is slightly larger than the one made using my doll pillowcase tutorial.

During all those hours spent piecing and pressing, I thought about how much I would like to make this quilt again.  No.  Really.  And when I do, these blocks are going to be in an on point setting.  And the quilt would be 57" x 71".  Maybe I should go larger?

WoW-E! in SOLIDS on point - 57" x 71"

This is my third time making a quilt using the WoW-E! pattern.  Well.... Three and a half if you count the doll quilt.  Hahaha!  And I am looking forward to making my fourth using the on point setting.  The on point setting was inspired by the photo of the original quilt below.



This custom order quilt was inspired by both of the WoW-E! quilts I made previously.  The same fabrics used in the original WoW-E! quilt, plus a few extras, were used to make the 30 main blocks.  And the 4 found in the matching doll quilt.

Original WoW-E! quilt 41" x 51"

The original quilt used only 20 blocks and finished at 41" x 51".  The 30 blocks used in this custom quilt allowed for an additional row and column, and brought the size up to 51" x 61".

Kona cotton solids in Aqua, Breakers, Cypress, Asparagus, Green Tea, Lemon, Daffodil, Sunny, Salmon, Mango, Melon, and Punch were used to make the main blocks.  Also included was one Coal block with Black center.  Snow was used for the background and Silver for the sashing and borders. Coal was used for the main block centers and for the cornerstones as well as the binding.


Among the requests inspired by the second WoW-E! {redo} quilt, was this adorable Woodland Friends flannel backing from Northcott Fabrics.  And the quilting style...  Spiral quilting!

WoW-E! {redo} quilt in Northcott ColorWorks

Here are a few close up shots showing the details of this custom order WoW-E! quilt.

These quilt finishes were the 27th, 28th and 29th use of my 100 labels ordered from

MyOwnQuiltLabels.

You can design your own labels, too!  Click here!

Linking up to Finish it up Friday with 

Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts

And TGIFF! hosted this week by

M-R of Quilt Matters.

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