New Finish

I have been keeping busy finishing the Harry Potter quilt my daughter requested for her SIL's baby. Katie is a Harry Potter fan. I, on the other hand, do not know much about Harry Potter so my daughter had to feed me some ideas. She wanted me to use this quote from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."

I pieced together the 6 1/2" letters from scrap fabrics to make the top but wasn't sure what to do for the back.

 

Harry Potter licensed fabric was a bit too expensive so I needed to do something different. I came across a Hogwart's Seal cross stitch pattern. Since it was made of all squares, I knew that I could translate it into a fabric pattern. 

I determined what size each square would need to be in order to fit the front of the quilt. 

Here is the finished back.

This quilt is a 2-sided quilt. Either side could be used as the front. I kept the quilting simple sewing straight lines down the length of the quilt about 1" apart. 

It finishes at 36" x 45"

I'm linking up to Finish or Not at Busy Hands Quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Midweek Makers at quilt fabrication.

Full Steam Ahead!

My friend Joy is a quilter (no blog) and she creates beautiful quilts! Her colors are blues and purples. Another love of hers is Kaffe Fassett and batiks! We were together for a charity flea market (you may remember that I made repurposed jeans items) and she had made some mug rugs and other small things. BUT she also brought her scrap bin and baggies for people to fill a bag. 

I looked through her bin for blue and white fabrics for my scrappy little houses quilt (here and here). I will give an update on the neighborhood soon!  While rummaging through I found a string of 30 HST. I thought for sure that she accidentally put them in there but when I attempted to give them to her, she shrugged me off and said that they were left overs.  So I rescued them and made them into this little Mini KF quilt! 

I arrange them into pinwheel and square in a square blocks. The remaining 6 HST are on the back.

I used some batiks from my stash that were left over from the quilt I made after we went to Hawaii. Simple straight line quilting with a FMQ braid in the borders. Yay! Another finish even though it is a small one!

My son-in-law's sister is expecting a baby in October and my daughter asked me to make her a quilt. She said that she is really into Harry Potter 

(which I know very little about) and started to text me some ideas. 

This is the one that was her favorite.

So using letters from Lori Holt's book Spelling Bee,

I pieced together this quilt.

I used the 6 1/2" blocks to make the quilt bigger. Although I don't know the context and meaning of this quote, taken by itself, I think it makes a cute saying for a baby quilt. I kept it light and colorful using scraps from my stash. The background is Kona Ash. 

In keeping with the theme, I pieced the back but it is a secret I can't reveal yet. 

It is now waiting to be sandwiched and quilted!

But this one comes first and this happened today!

Sandwiched and pin basted! 

We leave for vacay in a few days. Not sure if I'll be back here until I get back in a couple of weeks 

(except to maybe reveal the graduation T-shirt quilt as the party is this weekend.) 

Hope you are enjoying your summer!

Linking to Can I Get a Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Midweek Makers @quiltfabrication