WIP: Coral+Turqoise

Coral+Turquoise: Mitten to Apple inspired by In Color Order

 I have a new work in process: Coral+Turquoise.

Coral+Turquoise: Mitten to Apple inspired by In Color Order

I've finished the inner portion of the lap quilt, but I've yet to add the borders and other accents I have in mind.

Coral+Turquoise: Mitten to Apple inspired by In Color Order

So far, I'm loving the look of this little project! I've admired Jeni Baker's In Color Order Arithmetic Quilt for quite some time, and when I received a bunch of eighth yards for my birthday in various tones of coral and turquoise, I immediately wanted to create my own version of her popular design.

Coral+Turquoise: Mitten to Apple inspired by In Color Order

So I paired those beautiful colors with some beautiful Robert Kaufman Quilter's Linen- swoon! Then, using some math (to figure out how best to utilize those eighths) and graph paper, I figured out exactly how many squares I could make out of my gifted fabric, and I filled in the missing "pluses" with the quilter's linen... so simple!

Coral+Turquoise: Mitten to Apple inspired by In Color Order

I can't wait to finish this baby up - won't be long I now (<famous last words, eh?)!

*I'm linking up to Freshly Pieced's WIP Wednesday!!

Finished: My first quilt

In Color Order's Patchwork Chevron

Yes, I finally finished my first quilt! I got it back from the quilter recently and finally found the time to hand stitch the binding... can you believe it?

Thanks to In Color Order's Patchwork Chevron tutorial, my first quilt was actually successful... the tutorial was amazing - it never ceases to amaze me what can be learned on the internet these days!

So I have my first quilt down... and hopefully many more to go! :)

Something new...

I love to create! And thanks to the unwavering support of my family, the past few years I've enjoyed all sorts of creative endeavors. So I've begun this simple blog as a record of the things I'm up to these days.

To start things off, here's my first quilt: In Color Order's Patchwork Chevron Quilt. Of course, I didn't think my first "real" sewing project would be a quilt (I could have made something a little smaller, right?), but while visiting a fabric store with my mom recently I fell in love with the Paradise Blooms collection by Hoffman Fabrics. So I purchased what I needed according to In Color Order's super helpful tutorial, and set out to finish my first quilt top.

To be honest, I didn't think I'd ever finish it, but wouldn't you know it... I did!

In Color Order's Patchwork Chevron Quilt - process photos

As you can see from the cell phone photos above, the steps to creating the top were really simple and the top is finally finished. A family friend is taking care of the quilting for me (thank goodness - I definitely wasn't ready to tackle that yet), and I can't wait to get it back... once the quilting is complete and I sew on the binding, I'll be back with a final reveal, because I'm very proud of my first quilt!

Quilt top and backing