Nicey Jane Quilt - Finished for Bloggers Quilt Festival

I finally finished my Nicey Jane queen size quilt this evening.  I had to hurry up so I could enter it in the fall Blogger's Quilt Festival.  It's been over a 2 year process.  The quilt measures 96" x 102", it's giant.  I had it professionally quilted by Priscilla Jane.  Priscilla is local to western PA, but she does not have a website.  She did an awesome job.  She let me pick a pantograph design online and then I just let her know which one and she ordered it and quilted it.  The pattern that I used for the front of this quilt is Cherry House Quilts "The Sand Pebbles".  I loved the pattern because it looked so random.  

Here is the back of my quilt.  I used all Heather Bailey Nicey Jane prints on the back.  I fell in love with the Nicey Jane prints years ago and started stashing them.   I just love how they all flow together.

Here's a close up of the awesome quilting Priscilla did on this quilt.  As soon as I get a chance to wash and dry it, it's new home will be on our bed.

More Nicey Jane Progress

I started my Nicey Jane quilt last year. I'm making slow but steady progress. It's going to be a queen size quilt for our bed, so this will be the biggest quilt I've ever made.

I've started making the pieces in assembly line fashion. Here you can see a pile with the pinwheels.

I have 5 of these large blocks completed, only 4 more to go. I think I may need to add a band of some sort at the top or bottom to make sure the quilt is big enough. I think I'm going to piece the back too so it will be reversible. Hopefully the next time I show this one I'll have the whole top together.

Back to Nicey Jane

I've pulled the Nicey Jane (Sand and Pebbles Pattern) quilt back out to work on. I'm trying to assembly line the pieces now to make a little faster progress.

Here's the 1st main block that I have done. Now it just making another 8 of these. I'm working on the pinwheels above. And below I have a few of the first section ready to go (I'm mixing up some of the patterns just to make it more interesting).

Slow Progress with Nicey Jane

Well I've only made slow progress this week. It seems like I haven't had much time to sew, and even the evenings when I had time, I was too tired to get much done. Our dishwasher broke last Sunday, I spent Monday shopping for a new one and today was consumed with installing it. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I can get some solid sew time.

I like how these blocks are coming together. I'm not using all of the Nicey Jane patterns that I've collected. I thought the Swing Toss in Pink was just too much pink when I added it to the mix. I really like more of the blue/green feel. And I think my 2 new favorites in this collection are the Lindy Leaf in blue and the Welcome Road in Slate, I love how the blues and grays mix.

A Finish and a Start

My "Love" quilt is finished. I think it turned out pretty well. It's about 41"x41", before washing.

Here is a close up of the quilting.

And here is the back. I used the Love selvage and embroidered 2011 along with the little blocks.

Here is my new project. I purchase the Sand and Pebbles quilt pattern from Cherry House Quilts. I'm going to be using my Nicey Jane stash on this one. I've been collecting pieces of Nicey Jane for over 6 months and have 29 of the 40 fabrics. I choose this pattern because it had some large squares where I could feature some of the large prints.

And today I started sewing and got my first section together. A lot more to go since I'm going to make this a queen sized quilt 96"x96".

And if you haven't commented on my fat quarter giveaway, checkout the post below.

When Fabric.com sends a coupon...

I had to use it to pick up these fun fabrics. I have been wanting some Nicey Jane for awhile now, so I picked these up, along with some Barbara Jones Summertime (I love that aqua dot), and a Dream On Flower Power, and some Meadowsweet Henna Garden.

Myrtle Beach area Quilt Shops - People, Places and Quilts

Our last quilt shop on the trip was People, Places and Quilts. This shop is located in Charleston, SC. I thought it was only an hour drive from Myrtle, but it's actually about 90 miles, so we had a bit of driving on Thursday. My husband, Scott, and son, Troy came along for the trip. This shop was so cute, and I was so excited to find a Nicey Jane charm pack and an Amy Butler charm pack. After the quilt shop we had lunch at Jestine's, it seems like a famous restaurant, they had magazine articles all around on the walls that featured Jestine's. Even Rachael Ray had been there on her 40 Dollars a Day show. Overall it was a really fun trip to Charleston.