Blue Consider the Lillies

Love is blue. Every little piece of it.

This is proof! Just look at it! And these scraps  make it so. If you are hating on your scraps and are calling them little stinkers for moving in and taking over your sewing room; keep this in mind: Scraps are a quilter's deepest and best kept secret. Her best friend. An irreplaceable sewing tool in your belt. They prove to be lifesavers time and time again--for that appliqué quilt that you need just the right red fabric for that you no longer own...but, wait! You have just enough of a single scrap to help you out. Voila! Or paper piecing, when you don't want to cut into a whole new fat quarter or yardage(no one want's to do that). Scraps to the rescue! They are there for us. They wait patiently and don't complain. They are good like that. So don’t give up on them. After a long, difficult quilt that has drug you through the dreary trenches for months or years (yikes!). These little scrap quilts can pull you up and rejuvenate! They have the magical ability to make quilting fun again! Scraps are pals. 

To fully appreciate this quilt, you'd need to see it in person. Just seeing the photo you may be thinking; 'meh'.  

Trust me. 

It's cute.

A few things about blue:

I am drawn to blue like a crazy moth to a flame.

I own more blue clothes than any other color. 

I don't know why, but blue clothes always win and end up in my shopping basket.

My eyes weren't sure if they wanted to be hazel or blue. So they decided on a little bit of both. My eyes have a little inner ring of hazel and then all blue. Like an Aggie.

I love singing to "Never Saw Blue Like That" by Shawn Colvin and "When the Stars go Blue" by The Corrs and Bono. Love those songs!

This quilt is for my dear friend, Linda Hayes. She is a fun lady that I have gotten to know though my sewing group. One of the things that captivates me about her is her detest for technology. I get a kick out of it! She will complain about kids these days not knowing how to use a phone book and things like that. She is a cliche. It makes me laugh. I really like her.

Quilted and bound by:
Amy Christensen

Consider the Lillies

Here lies the first quilt that is the beginning of what I call "Consider the Lillies Series". There's going be four Consider the Lillies quilts all exactly the same. Except all will be with different color families, one will be a twin, two will have two color families and one will not be called Consider the Lillies. Other than that, exact same. 

A simple scrap quilt. It's what every gal needs! If she knows it or not. I was thrilled to have such a fun and easy quilt to make. Quilts like this make the world go round! Mainly because now I can move around. In my sew room. Because now there is room. With all the scraps gone. 

A few fabulous facts about purple:

First, when someone asks me what my favorite color is, I always say purple.
The book Purplicious is a must read. Pinkalicious is better.
My people are purple people. My paternal grandma, maternal aunt, Mom, Dad, and oldest sister all claim it as their fave color. I was bred to be this way.
In my closet, you'll find no purple dress, skirt or pants and only one purple shirt. It's not fancy or cute--I should have put it into this quilt.
I own only a tiny pile of purple fabric. 
Purple eggplant is disgusting. Any color of eggplant is disgusting. And when you tell me you like eggplant, I don't believe you. I think you are lying. Don't lie. Nobody likes that.

Cropping this photo made it blurry. 

Gifted to Deleyne Wentz

Quilted and bound by:

Amy Christensen

Lindsey's mother, Claudia, gifted me some beautiful fabric that I was very excited to receive. Part of the fabric she gave me was some really fun girly flannels. I could see that there was probably enough to get at least four lap quits out of it. As I thought of who I could make a quilt for, a family of four young girls came to mind. I thought that I could secretly make these warm blankets for Christmas for them. This project was very dear to me. It reminded me that as a young girl someone secretly gave my family a pile of warm fleece blankets. I remember being so grateful for my blanket that year and for a long time after that. When I go home to my parent's house, I still find those blankets that have lasted all these years. 

I am grateful to Claudia for this very kind gift. It was her generosity that sparked the idea in the first place and then made it possible.

Cambria was today's photographer!

Damon gracing us. 

I love the puppy dog backing! I had enough of it to use for two of the backings. 

This one is my favorite color combination. I like the blue. The only problem was that the backing on this one was not long enough for Lainey to quilt it! I have never had that happen before. Damon and I double check the backs. Lainey sent me a text asking what I wanted her to do about it. She said she could just add some of her own flannel. I thought that would be a good solution. I told her to go for it and to just charge me for her extra time and fabric. I think it's amazing that she just had this flannel in her stash that matched perfectly to my backing.

Also, Lainey did all the binding. She is the best!

The placement of the squares always turns out different from what I plan. When I had the colors all laid out before I sewed them they were more evenly placed. 

I had ran out of flannel by the time I got to this backing and so I used cotton fabric, which was also given to me by Claudia. I love this backing and think it's so fun!

I love making quits for girls. I don't get to do it as often as I would like to, so to get to make these was a real treat for me.

Lindsey's annual Halloween stitchery!

You can see Lainey's quilting a little bit better on this one. She always does an awesome job.

Brenda's annual Halloween gift. 

I didn't make a stitchery for her this year.

This little, single square is what I gave her and she seemed to like it.

Simple Kindness

Gifted to Kaitlyn Wangsgard. 
Quilted and Bound by Lainey Anthony.

2019 Row by Row

I almost won this year! If I have been a few weeks faster I would have won.

The pig is my favorite block.

I really like the hamburger too.

Bradley gets this one! His first twin quilt.

Quilted and bound by the Lovely Lainey Anthony.

Just Play

Made for Gary Stevens 
Quilted by Lainey