Summer Zipper Quilt Top

I finished this quilt top a month ago, and thanks to the passing-around of a nasty sinus infection in the Blue House it has sat untouched. But, I love this quilt.

This is my happy Summer Zipper Quilt.

I used the lap quilt pattern from the wonderful Modern Quilt Workshop. I'm sure everyone has heard of this book (and if you haven't go buy it now!) and have probably seen variations of the popular zipper pattern. I wanted a fun, bright summer quilt instead of the calm blues and greens of the cover quilt, and I absolutely love how the top turned out. I used mostly yellows, with some oranges and pinks thrown in.


I am working on putting the back together now, which is going to be equally bright. I will definitely plan on taking pics in sunlight to better capture the colors, but unfortunately most of my craft time is limited to baby bedtime! I have been practicing my free motion quilting and and am excited to try it out on this quilt. I'm hoping that the bright colors and somewhat busy pattern will distract from any inevitable screwball quilting. :)

I highly recommend this pattern. The cutting is all rectangles and is relatively quick, and as a bonus it uses nearly all of the fabric requirements, which is nice if you're on a budget. Be warned though, all those zipper "teeth" can be a bit of a pain to keep organized. I used a super-technical Post-It methodology...hey, it works!

First Post & Start of 1 Year Birthday Quilt

Hello & welcome! This is my first official post, and I am very excited. My son is 11 months old today. After the first 3 months crawled by, the rest of the year has been a blur. Since I am a beginner quilter, I decided to start a new tradition of making him a birthday quilt every year. Lucky for me, he's so little that it shouldn't matter that I waited until T-minus 1 month to start.

I bought some fuzzy fish fabric in the remnant bin while I was pregnant, and it's been draped over the rocker in his room ever since. He loves it so I knew I definitely wanted to use it. I'm kind of winging this. So far I've put together a small pinwheel panel, 24" by 30" for the quilt top.

It seems a little small so I'm considering adding stacks of the bright colors to make a border, then using the fish fabric on the back. I really like the pinwheels with the bright colors, perfect for my hyper little buddy. Also, there's the added bonus of using only stash fabric (so far). Not sure about how quilting through all the fuzz is going to work out!