Red Dirt Girl Designs

Monday, October 11, 2010

I fell in love...

with this mini quilt...

so when I saw the quilt along I was so pumped....and couldn't wait to jump in...

so I started cutting....and cutting...and cutting some more....it's a lot of 2 in squares...

here's my first completed block...

I made one minor change in my blocks...I have the black "stop" squares in the subway lines instead of off to the side like the original mini and the quilt along blocks...

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Quiltin Around

Circle Around Plume
Originally uploaded by reddirtgirldesigns

So sorry to have been missing for so long...but my laptop decided to stop functioning....and work has been busy....and I have been doing a lot of sewing and quilting...

so the blogging got neglected....sorry...but now I'm back!!

I finished this quilt a little while ago...and I'm so in love with it....I'm using the cooler weather as an excuse to snuggle under this is every chance I get...

it's Julie's Circle Around quilt pattern...done in Plume by the fabulous Tula Pink with Bella Solid in Snow...and it's binding is Crossweave in Flamingo...

and let me tell you I love how smooth and soft the Crossweave is...and I'll be using it for binding on quilts in the future...

I had a hard time deciding how to quilt this one and decided on meandering outside the circles...gives it just enought crinkle and makes the back super cute with unquilted circles...

did I mention how much I love love love this quilt????

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Winners

So the winners of the FQs of Love are Jennifer, Chelly, and Blacksheep Bliss (Amber)!!!!

Congrats ladies....send me your addresses and i'll get these sent out to ya'll!!

and thanks for following!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

It's a celebration!!

I couldn't be more excited....it's been a little over a year since I started blogging!!

and as if that isn't exciting enough...

LilFriend has decided to join me here at Red Dirt Girl Designs....so let me introduce ya'll to Amber....she's super talented, fun, and a great friend....she's decided to become a blogger....and after chatting about it a little we thought she should start here...that means more posts and a little more variety....and an easy way for her to get her bearings here in blogland....

she'll be doin' a little get-to-know-me post so ya'll can get to know her a little better...

to celebrate my blogiversary and Amber joining the fun it's giveaway time....

to show some LOVE I'm giving away a fat quarter each of these Amy Butler Love prints...

betcha want to know how to win right??

you'll have 3 chances to enter...

1. Leave us a comment...just a hello is fine or what you'll make with these beautiful FQs!!

2. Follow us...and leave us a comment letting us know you are!!

3. Blog about our giveaway...and come on back and leave a comment about it!!

the giveaway will be open til Friday September 3rd at Midnight CST....I'll announce the 2 lucky winners picked randomly on Saturday September 4th....please make sure you include an email address if you are a no-reply I'd hate for you to miss out because I can't contact you!!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

American Harbor

As promised here is a finished quilt...

I showed off these blocks a while back....

LilFriend asked if I would make a quilt for her mom's birthday....her mom's most favorite color palette is red, white, and blue...

so what better fabric line to use than Bar Harbor....and then I found the perfect pattern...that I only adapted slightly....I've misplace the magazine...so I'll add a reference to it as soon as it's been located...

so here is American Harbor...

it's the biggest quilt I've quilted to date....its about 63 x 58....

a closer look....

the back...originally I was going to back in only in the blue....but it was just not quite right...it need the red, white, and blue...it was super windy when I was trying to get these photos...

it's quilted in loops...it is so super crinkly....lots of texture...