Warm Cool Quilt

I have loved this quilt idea from afar for too long and wanted to whip out a quilt, if that is even possible for me. It went from an idea to quilting so fast...about 3 weeks! ;) I am shooting to do a quilt a month and haven't even started February's yet. Here is the tute from one of my fave blogs, In Color Order.

It took ALOT of HST squares to trim...I think I reactivated my carpel tunnel and wished for one of these spinning rotary mats:)

But they are so lovely when done. I can't believe how much trimming my squares has improving my piecing accuracy. It is an essential step. 

Here she is on the design wall. I loved the diamond look but you can rearrange all the squares for a few other effects, such as a zig zag.

Here she is a gettin basted. I was pretty casual about basting; I didn't use millions of pins-mainly because most of my pins are in a sampler king quilt I did last year that needs quilting;)

Its a twin sized quilt (63" x 90").

I decided to use a flannel fabric to back it up and found the cutest Amy Butler print. I washed it right up (washes beautifully) and have been quilting already.

See it? I LOVE it. I'd recommend if you are using it ( and actually anytime you quilt a quilt) to roll or fold the ends in and pin so the batting doesn't shed everywhere; it really helps on the fuzz factor.

Lots more projects to come! Thanks for stoppin in:)