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.

Windows Patchwork Pillow

So now that Christmas is long gone I can show you one of the things I made for my little brother who works for Microsoft. 

He's a programmer. 

Total geek.

So he needed some geekery.

Have you noticed the new Windows logo?

It looks a little something like this pillow. 

:) 

These scrappy log cabin blocks could be a really really really addictive way to use up scraps too. 

My goodness they were fun. 

Preschool Gear

My little who just started preschool. 

At my husband's request. ahem. 

This entitled me to do a little sewing spoiling. 

She needed a little lunch sack.

Fabric is Moda's Santorini by Tula Pink and pattern is here but instead of interfacing I did batting and insul-bright.

She needed a little pillow to rest her head during nap time.

She needed a Princess and the Pea nap mat!

Fabric is Moda's Soiree by Tula Pink and pattern is here but we did modify a few things.

 

I also used doubled low loft polyester batting to give it extra padding... it is a nap mat after all. 

However, it was the biggest pain ever. 

Skipped stitches, broken thread, bulkiness... 

I'll stick to the dreamy cotton batting.

 

I embroidered her name. 

Everything's better with your name prefaced by Princess, right?

 And of course the little green button "pea."

The version of "The Princess and the Pea" we have explicitly states that there were 10 mattresses, 10 more mattresses and 20 blankets on top of that pea! 

One perfect honey bun with 40 strips made my little who love it even more! 

Oh the fabric "spoilage" is so fun! 

Modern Swirly Pillows

Okay, still a pathetic title.
But I have brain fog.
I got the boy's ear infections too.
Not complaining though because it means that dad has to take care of me and the kiddos and I get to sew. HAHAHAHA!
So, where was I?
Oh yes, those pillows.
Made these out of scraps from this quilt.
Swirly quilting and straight quilting.
Very fun, modern, and cheerful.

In the shop.

Modern Workshop

I also finished these little guys!

They are sooo saturated with color!

I had no idea how awesome they were until I had them up on the design wall.

Even hubby called them "vibrant."

It's Oliver and S's line Modern Workshop for Moda.

Pillow and table topper are also in the shop.

Max and Whiskers

The finish of Max and Whiskers - whew that was a LOT of outline stitching!

Even quilted in the ditch.

41" x 34" of happiness.

And the pillow "inspired" by my child's disaster of a play area (a.k.a. my whole house) but I can't be too hypocritical. I won't even take a picture of MY play area right now. :o) Both are in the shop.

A finished product I actually get to see!

Ahahaha! I actually get to see something I made in it's totally finished form since it went to my mom!

I made the tree quilt that's hanging (accidentally)... see previous post here.

And I did the bed quilt, and the brown and paisley accent pillows.

Of course, I'm a huge fan of color (my couch is red!) but for one that HAD to be brown, cream, and black...

I like the result.

And I have a super cute mom too! :o)

Bright Boy Quilt and Pillow

All done and ready for viewing!!

My adventure in solids is finished... temporarily.

I love how the colors turned out with the prairie points and the little pillow...

The straight line quilting kept it nice and boyish too I think.

Very fun to make!

Check out the shop if you want to see more pics.