A gift and another advent calendar

My very wonderful awesome friend had a baby boy about a month ago and it took me (sadly) this long to get her a present... 

and of course I had to make it. :) 

I was thinking of the Thimble blossoms "Swoon" block but my internet was down and I couldn't get it... 

Never to be slowed in the groove, this is what I came up with in the heat of the moment. 

I found it surprisingly similar from memory. 

But this minkee fabric for the backing!! 

I about died when I spotted this at quilt market and HAD to have it just for this purpose. 

Quilting it was dreamy too. 

Love. 

It very much made me want to keep it.

I hope she liked it just as much!

I also had a request for a custom advent calendar with loops and buttons. 

I really liked how it turned out so I thought I'd share. 

I love it when others give me more ideas!! 

And I HAD to post this photo of my darling husband who was ever so willing to help me take a picture of it tonight.

You'd never know from the picture that he really didn't act how his expression implies he should have!

You definitely can't think of having a merry Christmas with that Scrooge face looking at you. 

Countdown to Christmas

So, a little bit of a funny story which may or may not make you think I'm nuts.

I am, by the way.

I've had this quilt done since Friday.

I had the pillow done.

Well, almost.

I just needed a little more binding fabric.

The quilt shop that carries it was (of course) an hour away.

With two kids and people in town over the weekend that was impossible to accomplish.

Plus, my hubs works across the street from it 3 days/week so I couldn't justify the drive.

Well, I was nagging, nagging, whining, and nagging some more at my hubs.

It was driving me up the wall!

Finally (miraculously), he said he'd pick it up on his way home from work yesterday.

He didn't work there yesterday, so he actually drove 45 minutes out of his way to make his commute almost 2 hours just to get me ONE EIGHTH yard of the red dots fabric I needed one day sooner.

MAJOR brownie points.

In the world of quilting husbands - that makes him the BEST!

I really do love him. :)

It's 53" x 53" and the pillow is 18" x 18" - the quilt, pillow, and PATTERN (I know, seriously on top of this one) are in the shop!

I adore these fabrics. I am going to have to get some more and redo my stockings this year.

So, you'll probably see the ones I made last year and hung for a couple days listed in the shop too. :)

The matching pillow.

The whole stack.