Trying to squeeze in a quilt before we leave for the beach in 2 weeks. I just loved Rachel’s, and I’ve really been wanting one for our family too. I’ve been daydreaming of spreading out a color-filled quilt on the white sand beach and making memories with my fam.   Hoping I can get it done […]

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  • Andi

    That’s beautiful! How big will it be when it’s finished? I’ll be late night sewing, too. Finishing Project Modern, Kaufman Challenge is underway, and several commissioned projects. Sew happy!!ReplyCancel

    • I believe it’s 71 x 58. I’m going to try and make it one block bigger on width so It’s more square. I think I’ve lost my mind for attempting, but best case scenario, I’ll finish, right?! LOL.

      Sending sewing mojo your way too. Can’t wait to see your finished projects!ReplyCancel

  • keli hoskins

    oh wow!!! i am in awe of your skillz. AWE.ReplyCancel

  • I wanted to make my grandmother a quilt for her birthday… it’s Saturday. So, I am guessing that 4 days to make a quilt is a little unrealistic??? Can’t wait to see how your summer quilt turns out!ReplyCancel

    • Anything is possible as long as it’s okay to lose your mind in the process! LOL. How was the party last weekend?ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    Awesome Lindsey. Sending you sewing vibes and some caffeine. 🙂 Dr. Pepper right?
    We are at the beach right now and boy has it been a long day to get here. 3.5 hour trip took 5, forgot the bed board part of the pack n play and my bathing suit (I know-right, my bathing suit!) Thankfully we are at the beach in Charleston, SC not somewhere remote but still. I brought my dresden quilt to sew the binding on- had to have something to work on this week.
    Can’t wait to see your pinwheels all finished. Sew woman, sew! 🙂ReplyCancel

    • Yes, DP it is! Thank you Jennifer! Hope you have a relaxing and fun time at the beach. You’ll have to fill me in on Charleston, I’ve always wanted to visit the beaches there. Hopefully you found a new suit and the babe a place to sleep! Have fun!ReplyCancel

  • wickedwickedwitch

    Thanks for linking to the pattern. I like this one. I think your colors will look great with the ocean as a backdrop.ReplyCancel

  • Good for you! Crossing fingers you can complete it =) I made mine after our beach trip. Oops!ReplyCancel

Goodness, time has passed since my last post! I am for sure caught up in the laziness of summer.   It’s definitely a nice time to enjoy a slower pace. Regardless of my lack of writing, there is still sewing going on.  Relaxation for me can’t happen without some stitching!   Here’s a recap of the […]

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  • This makes me want to quilt, but then I would have to learn how first 🙂ReplyCancel

  • When we get together again, I’d love to see the book that last block came from. They’re all beautiful!ReplyCancel

    • Definitely! This block is the example quilt and the only finished quilt in the whole book. I love it!ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    Oh your block for Chelsea turned out super. Mine, not so much. I feel terrible so I am sending her some fabric pieces to do another. Hate it that the points did not align well on mine.

    LOVE your final block- so lovely and vibrant. Can’t wait to see that as a quilt!ReplyCancel

    • oh, no! I did have to pull mine apart the first time and ended up cutting out a paper block the finished size + seam allowances, cut it in half and than paper pieced it. It was a tricky one, so please know I had trouble too!ReplyCancel

  • Love these blocks, Lindsey, especially the Road to Fortune block. So pretty!ReplyCancel

  • Danielle's Dish

    I really like the Wheel of Fortune! so cool!ReplyCancel

  • i love those string bees! so unique!ReplyCancel

  • Wheel of fortune is very cool! Just happens to be the Flint Family past time at 7 p.m. every night (maybe I shouldn’t have admitted that). Everything looks fabulous as usual! You’re my hero… I don’t see how you have time to do all that you do!ReplyCancel

  • Jessica Ball

    I ADORE!!!! the Wheel of Fortune block! Love it!ReplyCancel

Hi there! I had a couple requests about how I printed my own quilt labels.  You ask, I try to deliver! 😉 If you have any questions or something is unclear, just let me know. —————————————– You will need: Good quality solid cotton fabric to print on (200+  thread count , i.e. Kona or Moda […]

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  • Thanks for the tut! I have two questions:
    1. What brand of printer do you use? Do you bother with special archival inks?
    2. Do you prewash the label fabric?ReplyCancel

    • Hi Dan!
      I have an HP 5610 all-in-one printer and I’m just using the regular ‘ole ink cartridge. I have not prewashed the label fabric.ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    This is great. Thanks Lindsey!ReplyCancel

  • You are amazing! Thanks for sharing this sweetie.ReplyCancel

  • Thank you – I’ll be trying this at the weekend xReplyCancel

  • Fabulous tutorial!! You’re amazing Lindsey!!ReplyCancel

  • nicole

    I’m getting ready to make my own label/tag for Lucy! Wish me luck!ReplyCancel

  • Connie Brown

    I used the freezer paper, ironed it to my fabric and using a quilt ruler and rotary blade, but it precisely the size of copy paper. On first attempt, the printer immediately jammed. Scared to try again. If I tear up our new printer, my husband will not be happy with my craftiness.ReplyCancel

    • Hey Connie,

      I’m sorry to hear that, I definitely don’t want you to mess up your printer! The times I’ve used freezer paper, I’ve triple layered it because it needs to have a bit of structure to feed through the printer correctly. In the original tutorial I used med. weight interfacing and double layered. I will go and update the suggestion of using extra layers for the freezer paper too.

      Thank you for letting me know you had an issue, I apologize for not having the correct layers listed for the freezer paper! Lindsey

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  • Lindy

    Can you use colored ink or can it only be black?ReplyCancel

  • Steph Quinn

    I have been doing this for years, if you Sellotape along the edge of the paper before feeding into the printer. I only use one sheet of freezer paper & no interfacing.ReplyCancel

  • Dona

    Thanks so much for this tutorial! Living in Australia, the freezer paper is hard to come by and can be expensive. I do have some but found it difficult to get through the printer, so it nice to know that I should use 3 layers with it, instead of only 1. But now that I know I can use simple iron on interfacing, I will try that when the freezer paper is gone. Have you reused your freezer paper? I read somewhere that it can be reused several times.
    DonaReplyCancel

  • Carol

    I’ve used this method for several years and have found that the best way to secure the edge of the fabric/freezer paper that feeds into the printer is to run a row of machine basting along the edge. I also wash the fabric first to remove the sizing so that the ink can bond better to the fabric.ReplyCancel

  • Boo Chura

    I also wonder about ability to use colors, instead of just black. Once I used colored gel pens on a baby quilt label. Much to my dismay, the entire label including my art work all washed out! No more gel pens, lesson learned. Now I have a Cannon ink jet printer that uses 5 cartridges.
    Secondly, how do you get those fancy fonts? I know they are somewhere on my computer, but how do I access them to design a label? Thank you for your consideration.ReplyCancel

  • […] it on. There are lots of ways of making a label. You can write a label by hand using a Micron pen, print one out, embroider one, […]ReplyCancel

  • Lin Miller

    I tried this but my print comes out backwards. Did I miss a step or is there a way to reverse the image in Word?
    Thanks for your help.ReplyCancel

  • EvelynByrne

    Thank you for the tutorial,very informativeReplyCancel

  • Another wonderful story. I am anxious to try this pie. Still debaitng whether to enter the American Pie contest in April in Orlando. Just not as clever as you are in &qnnt;iuvitiog" recipes. WHy don't you come down and enter? I have judged for 2 years.ReplyCancel

  • Marika Swanepoel

    I made a quilt with the middle part looking like a window. I want to print black cat silhouettes onto the material. I have no idea how to do that. Do you have a solution for me please?ReplyCancel

  • cathy

    Great tutorial and the label looks wonderful I used 505 spray and sprayed the fabric to card stock and it went thru the printer nicely. I have a Canon MX922 printer. Looks great, but I made three in case I mess up putting the label on the quilt.ReplyCancel

  • Julie

    We have a very small jet printer. I don’t think it will work for fabric. Do you think I can take it to a Office Depot or Kinkos and print it off there? How does that work since I can’t print from my computer? Any ideas?ReplyCancel

  • Barbara

    I just wanted to write to say a huge thank you. I have tried making my own labels via the printer 3 other times – only to have a jammed up mess in my printer! I read your instructions and thought I should try 1 more time. I had a very special quilt label to do. I followed your instructions – to the letter – and so thrilled. It turned out perfect. The label looked wonderful on the quilt. (Just cuz you might wonder, I have Canon MX452 printer.) I did a happy dance and my husband thought I was looney. No problem – I am so thrilled to finally know how to do this running fabric thru the printer thing! THANK YOU so much.
    Best regards, Barbara.ReplyCancel

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  • Jackie

    Why not just use photo fabric like the what we use for photo quilts?ReplyCancel

  • JoAnn Hill

    I am blown away! I ordered custom labels and they came in wrong and I didn’t have time to reorder so I started searching and found your post. I did not want to buy a whole box of freezer paper for a few labels, and the Photo fabric paper is a little pricy. I was very skeptical when I found your post. Had some Lt weight interfacing so I thought what the heck, might as well try it. I WAS AMAZED! I thought it will probably wash out so I put one in the sink with soap and water – nothing faded or smeared looked the same as before it was washed. THANK YOU, YOU SAVE CHRISTMAS!ReplyCancel

Hooray! I can hardly believe it, but I managed to have the quilt mostly done for show-n-tell.  The binding wasn’t stitched to the back until today, but my guild friends didn’t mind. It’s so fun to be able to share a project with people who love quilting as much as you. I ended up ditching […]

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  • How lovely! So lucky to be part of such a great reaction!ReplyCancel

  • Carla

    It’s gorgeous!! Wow! I love how it turned out! Your daughter is a very lucky little girl!! 🙂ReplyCancel

  • Just beautiful!!!!! Love the colors.ReplyCancel

  • Oh it is perfect, and the backing is just as fabulous as the front. Beautiful xReplyCancel

  • Danielle's Dish

    Lindsey, the quilt is so beautiful. 🙂ReplyCancel

  • jessica

    OMG Linds, this is such a treasure! Beautiful colors. Laikyn is so lucky to have such a creative momma! Great job!!ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    Oh I just love it and so happy Laikyn loves it too. Your quilting looks wonderful and I love how fun the back is. It’s beautiful Lindsey! You were sweet to put all of our names on the back as well. I’d love to know how you did your label.ReplyCancel

  • Andi

    I just can’t get over how breathtaking this quilt is. The pictures just don’t do it justice (sorry James!!). It’s just amazing in person. Your backing is so inspiring. I’m not really good at improvising yet!ReplyCancel

  • beautiful! this is a seriously amazing quilt!ReplyCancel

  • Congratulations – it’s lovely! And what a nice label.ReplyCancel

  • Oh my gosh, that is just beautiful. Congratulations!ReplyCancel

  • It’s beautiful! I loved the thin sashing photos that you “tested” but I do LOVE it like this! Great finish…ReplyCancel

  • Thanks for the sweet comment on my Sew Mama Sew giveaway post! Sorry, that not everone
    could win!
    I posted the winners on my blog and also emailed them …
    http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2011/05/winners.html

    If you would like to order some buttons I would be happy to custom-make some
    for you. Because the toadstools seemed to be the most popular I will include
    a free toadstool button or toadstool sewing pin (you can choose) with every
    order placed until the 15th of June 2011.

    Wishing you a great day and hope to “see” you again on my blog sometime!
    Love

    Ms MuffinReplyCancel

  • It is gorgeous! I can see why your daughter loves it! Great job. Thanks for sharing.ReplyCancel

  • I found your blog via SMS Giveaway- list and I have a quilting related question for you…I’ve been collecting and cutting squares to make a quilt for a few months now. I want to do a bedspread and sizewise it means 70 x 110 but I’ve started wondering if this is too much for a first time quilt? I’d be using just plain squares (someday I want to do a Dresden- quilt though) and for the quilting I thought to do just straight lines. I once saw quilting like that on Craftster and it looked pretty good with vintage-y fabrics. So am I crazy to attempting to make something so large?ReplyCancel

  • Orbit QAL Week 4 :: Backing + Basting | LRstitched :: a journal of stitches

    […] other idea was to do something similar to my Dresden quilt back and piece a single orbit, surrounded by my leftover […]ReplyCancel

How’s your weekend going?? I’ve been spending my free time stitching up this Dresden quilt.  I couldn’t resist sharing all the blocks sewn together and a test fit on the bed.   It’s coming together, woot! I’m shooting for having it completely finished this weekend.  I have a Modern Quilt Guild meeting Saturday and I’m determined […]

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  • Andi

    Fabulous! Congratulations on the Moda Bake Shop tutorial. That’s a huge deal! I love the sham, and I think it will compliment the quilt perfectly!ReplyCancel

  • Go you my dear. Your work is amazing!ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

    Woo Hoo! A Moda Bake Shop Tutorial is fabulous! Congrats Lindsey! So excited for you!
    The dresdens look lovely. I would love to know how you are quilting yours- around the blocks? What are you doing on the flowers themselves (if anything?) I have not started to quilt mine yet but hope to get to it soon…ReplyCancel

    • Thank you Jennifer! Sadly, I will probably just stipple. This is my first bed size quilt and I don’t think I’m up for anything fancy, LOL.ReplyCancel

      • Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts

        I am sure stippling will look great. I’ve not made a bed size quilt yet either- I am so impressed with yours!ReplyCancel

  • ooooh its beautiful. i love reds and pinks.xReplyCancel

  • Nissi

    Just gorgeous Lindsey! You make me wanna learn to quilt, but I seriously need another craft like I need another hole in my head. LOL!!ReplyCancel

  • Nicole

    It came out great! I so need to blog again. I have been bad. You inspire me.ReplyCancel

  • Leslie

    Wow! Very pretty!ReplyCancel

  • great quilt!ReplyCancel

  • So precious! I love the quilt! Good luck getting it finished for show-n-tell.ReplyCancel

  • Those look wonderful. Great job.ReplyCancel

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