I made this quilt seven years ago. At that time I had no children, but I was really wanting them! These ducklings were kind-of my hope for the future family. You know… kind of an “If you build it they will come” strategy. SO now I have two cute kids who do follow me everywhere (sometimes too much). I pulled this quilt out and realized it has still never been washed. It just sits in my cedar chest waiting to be used. 
I have always LOVED the color yellow and so one day I decided I wanted to make a yellow and white quilt. At the time I had not seen chevrons done on a quilt and so my design of half square triangles creating chevrons was, I thought, ingenious. 
My mother had traced a duck 25 years ago out of a coloring book. I used that as my inspiration for the applique. It was my first time doing applique and I learned a whole lot! I wanted them all to be fun and unique and I wanted more boys than girls. 🙂
Maybe the next child will get it. Happy Wednesday! 
Archive for 2015
3 Little Ducks – Quilt
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015Mom’s Blue-Green Baby Quilt
Thursday, June 4th, 2015I love fabric. I love jelly rolls. And I love blue and yellow. Put them all together and you have one of my favorite quilts–my sunshine Jacob’s Ladder baby quilt–thanks to Jenny Doan and her Jacob’s ladder tutorial! I saw this tutorial, and I had to try it. I’m a simple quilter and I love it when someone dreams up a simple way to do a complicated pattern!
I have grandchildren standing in line to get this quilt, but I decided that it was MY baby quilt–the one my mom never got to make for me! I love it, and luckily I’m short enough that it’s almost a lap quilt on me.
I have to say I’m not really much of a “blue” girl. I like other colors better. But just put yellow with blue, and I love it. It makes me feel all sunshine-y and summer-y. Even though it’s cloudy today and I just heard thunder, now is the time to celebrate sunshine here in Arizona!
Have a great, sunshine-y day today, and remember that yellow plus blue means summer!
HAPPY NATIONAL QUILT DAY!!!!
Saturday, March 21st, 2015 Yay for quilting! It is wonderfully addicting, magically calming and creative. We love it! 
Charming Chavo
Friday, February 27th, 2015I can’t believe it is already the end of February 2015! Happy Christmas, Merry Thanksgiving, Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to four of the gals here at Triangles Gone Mad! (Jaime, Hilaree, Jessica and Me (Stephanie)… TIME FLIES!!! We have gone a long time with no blogging and I have gone a long time with even no quilting… Instead there were holidays, birthdays, a funeral, buying a new house, moving, and normal every day life happenings. And now here I am getting back on the horse. 
I always wanted to make a charm quilt (a charm quilt is a quilt where each fabric is different and never repeated). I liked the idea of using hundreds of different fabrics to create something truly unique and never replicable. Because of the sashing and borders this is not a true charm quilt but it was inspired by them. I named this quilt “Charming Chavo” because it’s colorful and festive.
This quilt was a long time coming! I spent YEARS collecting the fabric and MONTHS cutting each piece, WEEKS sewing it together and mere DAYS to quilt and bind it. The closer I got to finishing this charm quilt, the faster and more diligently I wanted to work on it. The pieces came from old fabrics my mother used for our clothing as children, fabrics we had quilts made out of and scraps from my own quilting. I was somewhat un-scrutinizing in the way I selected the different fabrics. If it was colorful or interesting, I would cut a piece and add it to the pile. I just wanted enough to make the quilt. 🙂
Choosing the sashing was a bit of a conundrum for me. I thought since it was such a big part of the quilt that I had to get it right! I imagined it originally with plain white sashing. However, after laying some of the completed blocks onto the sashing material, I realized that it was boring and too predictable, so I found a fabric that I felt gave the quilt my desired vibe. I was hesitant because sometimes a small print on a large area can get crazy, but I think on this one it was a win!
The quilt deets:
485 different fabrics used in this quilt
120 rectangles (each made of 4 fabrics)
1″ finished sashing between each rectangle
Finished quilt measures 60″ X 78″
One accidental repeat of fabric… oops!
Happy Saturday!
