New Pillow :: A Finish

 I turned a mistake into a new pillow.

It measures 16" by 16" with an envelope back.

This star was originally made as the center for my Flannel Plaid Star Quilt. However, I seriously miscalculated and this star was way too small for the center of the quilt. I just threw into a bin and made a correct sized center star for the quilt. When I was cleaning my office recently I found this block and decided to turn it into a new pillow for my house. All that was required was a little simple quilting and making the envelope back from some scrap flannel.

We really needed a new pillow too!

Happy Flannel Day!

 Did you know that February 10th is Flannel Day? Ya, me either, but it is. We are celebrating all things flannel at Alamosa Quilt Company today. We made up a fun flannel scarf.

The pattern calls for forty 5" squares and you can use flannel, cotton, wool or any kind of fabric you got. If you have a charm pack laying around that you don't know what to do with, this is perfect.

We even kitted it up and it's on sale through midnight Friday February 11, 2022. Actually all of our flannel fabrics and kits are 15% off in celebration of Flannel Day.

Our kits include all of the fabric you need to make one just like ours (shown in first photo above) plus the pattern.

You can get the flannel scarf kit, regularly $19.99 but would be 15% off, or just the pattern: Savannah Jane. The pattern is $2.99 in store and $3.99 in our online shop. I added a dollar to the price in the online shop to cover the cost of shipping it because I removed the shipping charge for the single item. The minimum shipping charge in my online shop is $7 but nobody wants to pay $7 to get a $2.99 pattern mailed to them! This way you can get a single small pattern for a reasonable price.

And we have other flannel fabrics and kits in the online shop. To view all things flannel in the online shop click the following link: Flannel Items Use the coupon code FLANNEL15 at checkout to receive 15% off any flannel fabric or kit through midnight on Friday, February 11, 2022.

Flannel Plaid Star Quilt :: A Finish

 I received a bunch of new plaid flannels recently, Scrappenstance designed by Kim Deihl. They are so pretty that I felt I just had to design something using this collection. Here it is, Flannel Plaid Star.

The quilt finishes at 64" by 80". We made up a few kits if you want to make one too. The kits are $99.99 and include all the fabric for the front plus the binding and the pattern. Backing fabric is NOT included but you will need 4 yards of regular width fabric or 2 yards of wide back.

Flannel Plaid Star Kits

Originally I picked another one of the plaids from the collection for the backing, but then I saw this bolt of "animal portraits" I have from another collection. The animals were spaced out almost perfectly to fit on the back so I changed my mind and used it instead. My long arm quilter did a great job of getting the backing design centered.

This is the first completely flannel quilt I have made in a while. It is really warm! I had to keep moving it off of me as I was sewing the binding down on the back because I was roasting!

Sweet Meadow Quilt :: A Finish

This was a quick sew. The fabric arrived in my shop a week ago. We promptly cut kits and I got it pieced the same day.

The center is a panel which really speeds up the process. The quilting was also fast since I chose to do a simple all-over meander. 

The back looks great too.

The entire quilt is flannel and it is oh so soft! It measures about 41" by 48".

Raggy Squares and AQC Update

I made up a cute sample for some kits we will carry for Raggy Baby Quilts. I'm calling it Raggy Squares.

Here it is before washing.

And here it is after washing and drying.

Super simple since I cut the squares using the Accuquilt die that cut the fringes. Took about 3 hours to cut and sew. The washed quilt measures 34" by 41" which is a good baby quilt size.

Alamosa Quilt Company Update:

My shop opened last Monday! We had a good first week and reached the milestone of emptying the first bolt.

Flannel Scraps

I started this yesterday evening and finished it this morning. I usually put flannel on the back of my charity quilts. The hospital prefers flannel backed quilts and since it gets so cold here I just put it on the back of most charity quilts I make. I usually make my charity quilts about 40" by 48" so that they only require 1 1/2 yards of backing fabric, without piecing the backing. This means that there usually isn't much left over of backing fabric, but I have been collecting some scraps from backings in a drawer. My drawer is now full so I decided to do something with these scraps of flannel. This is my "boy" version. I have enough to do a "girl" version too but that will have to wait for another day. I plan to use that "what was I thinking" fabric for the back of this. The flannel will be on the front of this one, but so what.