I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here, but one thing I really love is a good sampler containing the alphabet. And I rend not to mention it because traditional alphabet samplers are generally needlepoint or cross-stitch, not quilts at all.
Thankfully, there are quilters who want to change all that. First up: one of the many projects to be found at Orange Flower’s lovely patterns and tutorials blog.
Don’t you love this??? The size is just perfect, and there are so many possible variation to match any decor: boy/girl, adult/child, home/school/office, Christmas/Easter, fall/spring.
This would look great in redwork. Or blackwork. Imagine blackwork on colored linen! Or framed instead of bound, if that’s your thing….
Okay, at this point, I’m pretty much just taking up your time. And you need your time to make alphabet samplers. Find out how here.
Andover has several really cute lines of kid-friendly fabric, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar collection that weepereas used for this quilt:
How sweet is that?
I’d love to see this trend continue to include even more of my childhood favorites. The obvious downside is the sheer number of childhood favorites I have!
Happy Presidents’ Day! Are you still in your pajamas, too?
All hexagons quilts look cheerful to me, but this one from ReannaLily Designs seems to have a little extra sunshine. I think it’s the size of the hexes, combined with the wonderful use of white space. The springtime palette certainly isn’t hurting, either 
The quilter used a half-hex method of piecing, which can be done on the machine – great if you’re feeling gun-shy about attempting English paper piecing.
If you’re feeling gun-shy about making this quilt altogether, but absolutely have to have one, Handmade by Alissa has a queen-sized one for sale here.
And, finally, half-hexing doesn’t always involve lots of white space. Check out the photos from ComfortStitching’s Half-Hex Quilt-along!
I hate to plug my own products (ok, that’s sort of a lie), but when someone flickr-faved on of my quilted bibs today, I wanted to share it, if for no other reason than to talk about the pattern I used to make it.
jcasa.etsy.com not only make the easiest-to-follow bib tutorial I’ve tried yet, but generously allows people to sell products made from her patterns. Awesome!
For more on her quilty and non-quilty, for-sale – and FOR FREE(!) patterns, visit her blog.
Picking a favorite tutorial from the Moda Bake Shop blog is too tough, so I’ll just remind you to head over there any time you have too much fabric and not quite enough inspiration.
Didn’t win the cute giveaway at comfortstitching?
Aw, don’t be sad! Make this quilt instead!
I can’t say “WANT!” in enough languages to express my love for this quilt. Big thanks to Aneela for making it available.