Sloops

Sloop /slüp/ noun : a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib.

About a year ago I started this project for my biggest little man. I designed and constructed it just for him from one of my all-time favorite fabric lines - Salt Air (by Cosmo Cricket for Moda). It fits his personality perfectly and he LOVES it. In fact, he's been loving it almost a year now. 

And it took a LOT of love for me to let him have it once it was complete. A queen-sized paper-pieced quilt in lovely fabrics... and he still occasionally has bedtime accidents. It's a good thing he's cute.

And it's about time I shared it on the blog. This seems to be the two hardest parts of quilting for me lately. Photos and journaling. Oh, and I'm sure you'll notice the fish pillow with clamshell pattern I made for him too. He jumps on it. Yes, I love him very much and he's very very cute. HA!

But back to the sloops. 

The paper-pieced little boats are offset to emphasize the equilateral triangle design and create continuous visual lines on the diagonal across the quilt.

And you can have one too if you like. Pattern here and here.

Christmas Treetopia

tree·to·pi·a

trē/ˈtōpēə/

noun

1. a state of things in which every tree is perfect. 

It finished at 62" x 62" of Christmas tree happiness. 

Available here and here. 

Striped Diamonds

See, I had a LOT of fun with that fabric.

Strip heaven.

I made paper pieced diamond strip blocks out of them.

And I used the same fabric for the backing as the giraffe applique quilt. 

Look at all those happy strips. :)

It is also in the shop.

Home Sweet Home

Pathetic at sewing and blogging lately. 

I have lots of excuses as usual. Ear infections, messy house, laundry, gymnastics classes, etc. 

Maybe I'll get around to correcting some of those "problems" later... maybe.

On to the good stuff.

It's "Hometown" good!

Some raw edge applique letters... always a favorite of mine.

Plus, it 

Some little paper pieced houses... a new favorite. 

Always fun to try something different. 

I actually enjoyed it. 

What am I saying? 

Of course I enjoyed it. :)

In the shop. (as usual.)

I have more to show you soon. 

A lap quilt, coasters, a charity quilt, advent calendars, baby quilt... the list is forEVER long so we'll see how long it takes to get them all done. 

I know I can't be the only one who does this. 

And it's an endless game too. 

I bought another jelly roll, bali pop, and some other fun stuff yesterday at my LQS. 

Never a dull quilting moment. :)