Quilt-As-You-Go Tutorial!

Happy Sunday! I'm over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict today sharing a tutorial for a quilt-as-you-go quilt as part of Sarah's Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge.

I made my first version of this quilt (using the same fabric!) for a guild charity event a while back. I'd always intended to use the remaining fabric to make a second charity quilt, and when Sarah put the call out for guest bloggers, I knew it was time! I made this quilt in one day, and you can too!

Head over to Confessions of a Fabric Addict to learn more about the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge and how you can participate (plus, there are prizes!). You'll also find an ongoing series of tutorials for making easy charity quilts, including mine--perfect for anyone who is intimidated by machine quilting!

Dino Baby Quilt

June is the service project month for the Kalamazoo Log Cabin Quilt Guild, and the project was baby quilts. I'd known about the deadline for quite a while, but due to a few out-of-town long weekends in May/June and my general habit of last-minute-ness, I started my quilt the day before the meeting. 

So it needed to be quick! I went with simple strips--I'd purchased this dinosaur fabric (Oh Boy! from Free spirit, several years ago) and coordinating prints back in 2011, and this seemed like the perfect time to finally use it! 

I pieced the top on Monday and spent a few hours on Tuesday quilting it. I decided to stitch a different motif on each type of strip. You can see a few of them close up here:

And then you can see them even better on the back.

A great quilt to practice on, and I think it turned out cute. Plus...I still have enough fabric left to make a second one! Now I just need a deadline, preferably a tight one, for motivation! :)

I machine stitched the binding on one hour before the meeting started. The group collected something like 130 quilts for two organizations in Kalamazoo: Nurse Family Partnership and the Healthy Babies, Healthy Start Program. Here's hoping the recipients enjoy them!

Linking up with Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict's Can I get a whoop whoop Friday, and Crazy Mom Quilts' Finish it up Friday!