This is the second of three charm quilts I’ve been working on using the “Pure” line from Moda. You can see the other two quilts here and here.

I wanted to do a simple non-free motion design through the squares. I thought this would be easier and more decorative than just stitching in the ditch.

I have a “serpentine” stitch on my Bernina that’s really fun to use. It looks like wavy lines and I can set how wide and long they are. I didn’t even have to mark the squares – I just eyeballed it across all the squares since they weren’t that big.

I’m pleased with the results!

The ironic thing about stitching these quilts is that even though I loved how they turned out and wanted to use them as a marketing example of what to do with charm squares, I’ve now sold out of all the Pure charm packs and can’t get anymore!

Oh well, at least the mom I gave this quilt to was thrilled with her new baby blankie!!

I’ve been making lots of baby quilts from charm packs lately because they go together very quickly.

One bundle of charms I’ve been using a lot of is from the “Pure” collection by Moda. I took three charm packs and made three different quilts from them, to see how the same fabric could be used in different ways.

This is the first quilt I made with the Pure charms:

It was set 6 x 7 with skinny sashing between the blocks and the same fabric for the borders.

Here’s a closeup of the free-motion machine quilting. I wanted to try a free-motion spiral design. They aren’t all exactly perfect, but it made for fun practice!

A couple of weeks ago I helped a couple of girlfriends sew up some fun aprons. My first love is quilting but I’m starting to try some “other” types of sewing projects.

We had fun picking out cute fashion prints that coordinated with some trendy kitchen towels we found on clearance. Each gal sewed her own apron and I think they turned out quite well!