Space quilt

Like most people, December is the busiest month of all. Between the holidays and end-of-year activities, time is tight. In our house, D...

Quilting Mod : Galaxy Quilt Secrets Revealed: Invisible Machine Appliqué

Last year I made this paper-pieced rocket quilt block for Joy. I was so excited to design the pattern myself. [source] Joy received all kinds of fun space blocks from the Long Distance Quilting Bee and made this quilt for her nephew. My favorite block is the one directly below mine - so unique and very modern! Zoom in and check out the cute quilting in orange thread. I wonder if she did it herself? [source] Here's a closer look before it was quilted. So, this reminds me that I have two years…

Rosie's outer space quilt

Find out how the idea of my astronaut quilt pattern came to life and find loads of inspiration on how to make your own version one-of-a-kind!

Volare is the Italian for 'to fly' (or soar) and is the name of the current European Space Agency mission being conducted by Luca Parmitano on the International Space Station. And now it's the name of my latest quilt: It's now in the possession of the young boy I made it for, so here are a lot of photos... (closest to the sun, Mercury, then Venus) I explained in earlier posts about piecing the background. It came together really well, and with a bit of care at the sandwiching and quilting…

I had promised my friend Amber a basket for do-dads on her changing table and finally got around to it this weekend. (Baby Liam is almost 2 month old...yikes!) And , here it is with my new baby, a garage sale find, works great... can you see me smiling? Also, I had quilted a signature into the Stars and Moon quilt... Have a great week!

Solar System Quilt

Sabrina on Instagram: “I got a new niece this year! And while I met her more than 3 months ago, I just now finished her baby quilt and mailed it to her (yep, I…”

I made some FPP rockets and UFOs for Y's space quilt! #foundationpaperpiecing #quiltblock

Blast off! Outer Space by Makower UK is a fun collection of rockets, stars, planets, astronauts and quirky aliens! These fabrics are perfect for little star gazers and space enthusiasts everywhere! Outer Space Panel is great for baby/kids quilts. The size in this tutorial is more on the 'baby' side, but add another bor

As promised, here’s my construction process of the galaxy quilt from start to finish. (I’m still referring to it as ‘the galaxy quilt’ because I haven’t decided on a …

I’m making a northern stars constellation quilt to match my southern stars one! This one has started quite a bit differently from the last one - so I’ve shared my process in case it helps you with a similar project!