Farmer's Wife in Reunion

SERIOUSLY!?!?

I last posted at the end of August... I'll bet everyone who reads this knows exactly what happened.
Yep.
The HOLIDAYS with four kids.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, two birthdays (hubs and son) and Valentine's Day.

Sometimes I think we should get rid of half the holidays just because of the chaos they introduce in my life... but really, I do love them all.

Well, quilts.

There have been some made during this last HUGE absence of blog entries... so I'll slowly start sharing them, or quickly. I never really know.

Up first... the project that made me feel productive while I was tied up with twin babies of the leeching variety - the Farmer's Wife!

Every little block felt like I had completed a whole quilt.

And eventually I did actually complete a whole quilt. :)

In the shop.

Easter Quilt

What's better than a table runner for Easter?

An entire quilt.

In granny squares no less. :)

Easter for you too.

Also now available for you too. :)

here. and here.

Easter! For me!

So the hubs and I were having a discussion about decorating seasonally around the house and I mentioned that after Valentine's it's pretty much time to decorate for Easter, then there's the flag decor holidays... blah, blah, blah... 

His response was that people don't decorate for Easter until April... 

What? 

Sometimes Easter is in March! 

Seriously, I don't know why he vocalizes his ideas. 

And sure enough, Easter comes March 31st this year.

HA! I win. 

And that's the most important thing in a marriage.

;) hehe.

Back to the point of this post.

I have some Easter decor for my house now!!!

Yay!

And that's where it's supposed to be... only on top of a table. 

The table has been ordered and is (hopefully) going to arrive in a week or so. 

Oh the joys of an empty new house and a serious deficiency of furniture... 

Hexagram Quilt Pattern

Another pattern here and here.

Happy Stitching!

Mama Said Sew

I feel like each quilt takes longer... and longer... and longer to finish these days.

But at least they do eventually find their way to the finish line. 

Today I get to share my fabric expedition in "Mama Said Sew" (Sweetwater for Moda).

I may or may not have needed to stitch that many lines in the quilting... ;)

My helper was a little bit small today.

At least she was enthusiastic about it.

I had to have the zigzag binding.

And one more picture... for good measure.

In the shop.

Kid's Clothes

This week was "clothes week." 

Not that anyone needed any clothes per se, but once the serger is running it's hard to stop it.

Both of my machines have a mind and a will power all their own!

A onsie and skirt for my niece, Claire. She doesn't know it's coming and neither does her mom. :)

This is an older and favorite fabric line of her mother's - Sorbet by Sentimental Studios for Moda. 

Plus, she likes blue for girls. 

Perfection.

A skirt for my little girl from Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille. 

The loveliest aquas and reds in their lines.

Some pants for my little man in the bike print of Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater and in the cars and buildings print of Summersville by Lu Summers.

I can't even begin to explain how much he LOVES seeing these fabrics. 

I'm not sure if he's fully settled with the idea that he gets to wear them and touch them. 

Usually mommy's fabric is such a big no-no. :)

Overall, total success this week in the sewing department. 

Now the quilting department... 

I have a MILLION works in progress. 

Something needs to get finished to save my sanity.

Hope everyone has a good week. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Lucy's Crab Shack

Saturday always seems to bring at least one finished quilt. 

Today I have lots. :)

This baby quilt is in Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater for Moda.

This backing fabric with swimwear on a clothesline just may be in my top 3 all time favorites for a quilt back. 

And don't get me started on those cute kite tail prints.

Or the bicycles! 

My little guy LOVES that fabric. 

I bought some more to make him something from it too. :)

In the shop.

Point in Time Quilt Pattern

This pattern is now available for purchase here.

Reunion

This quilt has been waiting awhile for completion. 

I kept debating. 

Borders? No borders? Borders? No borders? 

Well, obviously I went sans borders. 

This is my own pattern though I haven't tried to write one up for it. Yet. 

It follows nicely in my recent obsession with plus sign, cross, "x's" quilt designs. 

I went for a scrappy binding. 

So, I settled on a gingham Michael Miller print for the back. 

It's in the shop.

Quilt Therapy

I think people sew for a variety of reasons. 

Mostly because it's awesome!

It also makes for some really good therapy.

Really, really good therapy.

For some reason, unknown to us, we really stink at making babies.

Of course, the ones we have are perfect ;)

Just sayin'.

But the "getting them" just hasn't been easy.

I actually REALLY started quilting like a crazy person after we realized we were going to have to deal with fertility problems back in 2009. 

I needed a lot of quilt therapy to get me through it.

After rounds of crazy hormone injections for months and months and months we finally had a baby boy to show for it. 

This last week I had another miscarriage (#4) and D&C. :(

So there was more quilt therapy to the rescue.

Bricks baby quilt in Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda.

Half Square Triangle Quilt in Make Life by Sweetwater for Moda.

Strips baby quilt in Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda.

Another strip baby quilt in Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda.

And the cute little man that reminds me it's all worth it and everything is going to be okay. :)

All better.

Hometown 2 (my titles are so creative)

Pictures as promised, a lap quilt in Hometown by Sweetwater for Moda.

I went for the off centered square in a square in a square block and enjoyed reading each and every "hometown" on those awesome fabrics. 

I found soooo many I had been to, a few that I would like to go to, and some that I had no idea where they were.

I've never had to read and quilt at the same time before. 

Oh, and Houston was on there TWICE.  :)

Available in the shop.

Giveaway Day!!

Happy Monday!
It's "Giveaway Day" at SewMamaSew and I've decided to play along and giveaway a little something to you:
This little table topper in Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda.
It's about 17" x 23".

To enter just leave a comment (with contact information if you are a "no-reply" blogger) and if you want, tell me what you like to do Sunday nights before the week gets started and crazy!
Happy sewing!!

Sunkissed Nine Patch

This nine patch has been staring me down from across the room on the design wall... and it won the staring contest. It's about 49" x 43" and 100% Sunkissed fabric - saturated in spring. Love. More pics here.

Spring without allergies

Table Topper in Sunkissed by Sweetwater for Moda.

This is one of the only way I enjoy spring without getting the full allergy attack.

Just beautiful spring colored fabrics all over the design wall.

More coming in this line too... hopefully later this week.

Also, it's in the shop.