Perry Moffitt » bento box quilt

Wedding Quilt- Blue Bento Box

perrymoffitt — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:44:28 +0000

I kinda love the bento box pattern. I don’t know if you can tell from my other quilts here here and here. Oh wait- here too.

I have never made one for myself, but I think that will be coming soon. I am having trouble giving this one away. But I did tell the bride it was coming, so I don’t have much choice. I was trying to keep it a secret, but the wedding is tomorrow so the chances she is checking my wee website today are pretty slim.

I am so relieved to have this quilt done! So many projects to get working on, family arriving soon and our annual huge July 4th party next weekend. July 5th I will be hiding out for a while to prepare for my “Artist of the Week” table at the Lansdowne Farmers Market, July 25th. I am planning to relax in August!

White Baby Quilt

perrymoffitt — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:19:32 +0000

After a few annoying days of thinking my sewing machine was broken, I changed the needle and vowed not to use the zig zag stich for a while. That will solve it! I managed to crank out another bento box quilt, I really do love this pattern, as evidenced by the 3 other quilts I made with it!

I had every chance in the world to take a lot of great pictures of this quilt outside this weekend, but instead I took some mediocre pictures in natural sunlight and then some more mediocre pictures inside on the bed, which is why this quilt looks like it is a trapezoid. Which it isn’t, although I fear it is a little wonky- The satin binding and I had some words and a few curses before we came to the end, where I swore I would never use it again. Which I have sworn before…

and some more minkee on back! I am forever grateful I figured out to put “heat -n-bond lite” between the batting and minkee. It makes quilting minkee so much easier. Now, if anyone has any tricks to make satin binding work better, I am all ears! Now for sale in my etsy shop, the first link on the right… Donated to a silent auction for Theatre Exile here in Philly. It sold- but they never told me how much it made them

White Baby Quilt, WIP

perrymoffitt — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:42:41 +0000

I was left with a small stack of white and cream leftovers after the wedding quilt a few weeks ago. I had some advice early on that I would have great success if I made white quilts for babies, I think I might have rolled my eyes. But I decided to use up the leftovers and throw in this lovely ducky fabric (that seems to match nothing else in the universe) and see what happens. The sad truth is I have baby quilts in 2 different stores and etsy right now, and none of them selling. So what harm would one more be, right?

UPDATED *** finished quilt here***

Yellow and Green, Bento Box Variation for Baby

perrymoffitt — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:16:22 +0000

I finished the commissioned quilt last night and just finished the indoor photo shoot because it is raining. Too bad the world series can’t move inside! There is a lot of excitement in Philly is about the possible rain cancellation today. Anyway, the quilt->

What is that white ribbon doing in the middle two squares? I ran so disastrously low on that bird fabric that the ribbon fudged me the extra inch I needed. I should have added some more on the border to make it look a little more involved, such is the problem with 20/20 hindsight.

I love the minke on the back. I should say I love the minke now that I learned how to use it. I used some Heat -n- Bond lite to baste the minke to the batting. I made a disaster of a couple other projects with minke because it has a terrible tendency to stretch and bunch and this eliminated the problem completely. I had some early moments of anxiety because it felt like there was a sheet of crinkly newspaper in the quilt before I washed it. But a hot wash and a tumble in the dryer has it feeling like a soft cozy quilt.

Bento Box Variation Squares

perrymoffitt — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:31:26 +0000

From what I can tell, a true bento box square would be 8 fabrics per square but I made a variation for my baby quilts with only 5 prints . Above is the start for the commissioned yellow and green baby quilt. I feel like I have searched everywhere for yellow and green prints that are not flowers (or gingham, I kinda hate gingham) and come up with the above, which are still pretty floral, Hopefully they are abstract enough that the recipient will not think it girly…

***UPDATED**** see finished quilt here****

Bento Box for baby

perrymoffitt — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:03:59 +0000

Bento Box Variation, for some lucky Baby

This is my first quilt I am selling online. It can be found in my esty store, the first link on the list on the right. It is really bright but I love it and I think it will make someone out there a very nice baby quilt! Update! This quilt is sold and has a loving home!

Orange and Purple- Quilts and Flowers

perrymoffitt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:24:39 +0000

I joined quilting bloggers more than a week ago and haven’t written anything about quilts since joining. So lets see some works in progress, shall we?

Orange and Red for a baby quilt…

And some purple- for a secret project…

and my garden is agreeing with my new color choices.

Bento Box Quilt done

perrymoffitt — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:27:51 +0000

Someday someone will tell me to stop sticking pins into my siding, but until then, it makes the perfect quilt board.

I finished the baby quilt for Rendal. I will get to meet him in a few hours. Hopefully he likes green!

Bento Box Baby Quilt

perrymoffitt — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:38 +0000

What did I say about full size quilts? More of them? no, no, I must have meant more baby quilts. This one is the start for a baby boy born in March. We did the baby shower for mom but only now am I working on the present. Never before have I known the name of a quilt pattern. I tend to create patterns to accommodate the scraps I have, this time I looked around the quilt group on flikr.com for a while to find something I liked.

At least he won’t have to wait until he is 3 like his older brother who only got his quilt last summer.

***Update*** finished quilt here