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. 

Much Requested

It's finally available after many, many, many, many requests. :)

You can find it in the shop. 

P.S. I went to Quilt Festival this weekend, drug two (actually well-behaved) children in a double stroller through it, spent more than I should have, and definitely want to quilt my brains out now. Prepare yourselves for coming posts... hehe.

Halloween 2011 Costumes

After much sewing, more sewing, shopping, sewing, painting, and more sewing...

The costumes for this year's Halloween:

Jolly Holiday Mary Poppins and Bert.

The dress with added ruffled lace trim and satin ribbon. Dreamy.

(oh yes, I used bridal lace. I thought the lady cutting it was going to die when she heard I was making a Halloween costume out of it.)

The hat with flowers and tulle.

The 4 layers of skirt with ruffled lace trim and lots of little satin bows.

Bert with straw hat, painted (by me) suit coat, and bright blue bow tie.

The bamboo cane, of course. 

Little suit pants and the all important blue socks. 

My husband thought the socks were too much. 

I thought he should have thanked me for not getting him white shoes. 

HAHA!

And one last walking photo, just for good measure.

That kid is so happy it makes me happy just to think about him. :)

Rapunzel Costume

Made a Rapunzel costume.

"My flower" is modelling it for me.

Used eyelets for the lacing holes in the faux corset.

 The back with invisible zipper closure. 

The front lacing, lace, and ribbon embellished sleeves. 

I think the sleeves were the biggest "pain" to making this costume.

The whole front.

I love the light and dark purple combo. 

I also need to convince my daughter that purple is her color. 

I like her in it better than pink. 

Unfortunately, the current order of her favorite colors goes: 

1 - pink

2 - purple

3 - purple-y pink

Wow, I would never have guessed that my girl would, well, be a girly girl. 

Too bad for her that this costume is for one of her best friends (who I made Minnie Mouse last year). 

She's been wearing it all morning and quoting scenes from Tangled and making me be the wicked Mother (why do i have to be the bad one?) and dad be Eugene. :)

Some beautiful Terrain

This fabric line - Terrain by Kate Spain for Moda- was instant love. 

I could gush about the colors for days. 

I mean, look at that orange. 

I'm not sure I've ever met an orange I didn't like. 

And with the perfect purples, pinks, and teals... 

A recipe for quilting happiness for sure.

You should try to get this joyous fabric while you can! 

I hear it's going fast. 

A while back I got this lovely from a wonderfully nice man and then bought some more to make this very pokey zigzag quilt:

It's in the shop.

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.

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.