Comma Baby Quilt

Another little baby quilt. 

In Comma by Zen Chic for Moda.

I set aside many of the golds and greys in the line to create this concoction. 

 

In the shop.

The half square triangles in this quilt are the left overs from making the shared baby quilt for the twins. 

It only got a picture with Parker since he decided to mark his territory during this photo shoot.

Oddly enough (as seems to happen with most things I make) it's now being used by my older boy in place of his quilt that is still under construction.

So I did some "birthing" last night.

Lots of it.

Thankfully of the sewing variety and not the baby variety!!

Flipping little coasters right side out does remind one of childbirth though.

Disturbing.

It was time again to make the forty coasters for an annual retreat group with the theme "Stinky Feet Retreat" this year.

Hilarious, huh?

So I went with high heels and coordinates.

I hope they like them and that they have a great retreat.

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.

In the Summertime

It's hot. 

I realize this is a no-brainer, but every time I walk outside this is exactly the statement that comes to mind. 

RED hot and sweaty.

Yesterday we tried to go to an outdoor theatre to see a production of "The Little Mermaid."

We left after 10 minutes. 

The kids and I were sweaty messes.

Tumbler quilt in "Summertime" by Quilt Soup for Henry Glass Fabrics. 

I pulled out the reds and blacks from this fabric line (the greens and blues were used in other quilty things already.)

Baby size - 34" x 41"

This was actually a fabric line that I purchased a fat quarter bundle of at the International Quilt Festival here in Houston TWO years ago. 

The backing is the large flower/mushroom print on black. 

Very stunning.

The quilt is in the shop.

Pleated Skirt

This afternoon was a bit of a "I'll do this to pretend I don't have to do that" kinda things...

I should be packing.

We move THIS Saturday.

I have packed maybe 10ish boxes.

Instead, I sewed this little skirt for my little who.

I could pretend that I needed to use the materials up so I didn't have to pack them... but that would hardly justify the time.

This was a nice and quick little project though.

I'm working on an outfit for "the boy" right now too.

Baby sizes are VERY inaccurate.

This thing would fit an 18 mo. old easily.

Based on the weights in the pattern sizes it should have fit him now. Grrr...

Happy girl in her new skirt.

Note the high heel "clickity" shoes in the fabric!! (Red Essentials Studio E fabric)

My little who has an OBSESSION with these shoes.

She even managed to get me to buy her a pair of high heels. :)

Birdies Skirt

This post is for Grandma.

She called me all excited one day about some awesome new Studio E Essentials fabric that was for sale at my LQS and asked how many yards I needed to sew a skirt for my little who.

Nevermind the fact that she can sew... :o)

And I finally got pictures of her wearing it.

I convinced her by telling her she didn't HAVE to smile.

LOVE those ruffled shorts underneath!
No panty exposure!
I'll get a picture of the other skirt asap... "p" being the operative part of that.

Cappuccino

Cappuccino Quilt

I'm so excited to be able to post something new to the blog and shop!

Finally.

For it to take me a month to finish a lap-sized quilt is slow.

At least this one was pretty enough not to get sick of it in the interim.

I still love it.

Fabric is Hoffman bali batiks - Cappuccino - and it's listed in the shop if you would like to see more pictures.

I also plan on listing this as a pattern very soon too if you are interested in having one of your own.

Cherry on Top

A little quilting fun today with the happy cherries (Moda Mary Engelbreit Recipe for Friendship).
My adventure for the day entailed trying the technique I found here for the binding... FABULOUS!
The irony is that the binding was the "cherry on top" for me!
I seriously don't think I will ever do it any other way!
Thanks for the tutorial.

I have a bunch of WIP right now...
they are all screaming at me to get off the computer and give them a little TLC.

more coasters

More coasters... these are so addictive.

All in the shop too.

I'm currently in the debate on which project to start next... a quilt? large, medium, small? the christmas one? jelly roll? layer cake? Decisions, decisions...

It's a good thing - I'll never get bored with this hobby and it's limitless options.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hope you remembered to wear green today. I forgot, but I did quilt in green... does it count?

This was a church humanitarian quilt effort in which other people (non-quilters) bought the fabric, batting, and thread and the quilter's assembled them...

This is what I ended up making with all of it.

And I've learned a few things...

1 - Never ever use a black back with a white quilt top... for lots of reasons.

2 - Using a 1/2" seam allowance instead of a 1/4" seam allowance makes a HUGE difference on this wonky nine patch... not even close to lining up!

I about quit right when I realized this...

(The requirements for the quilt included a 1/2" seam allowance for durability reasons.)

3 - NEVER use a high loft polyester batting and try to quilt it...

I had to take breaks so I wouldn't sweat to death trying to hold and control the weight and poof!

What a nightmare.

4 - I never knew how happy I could be to see a project finished and ready to go away.

And did I mention it is queen-sized?

If I could redo it all over again with everything corrected, I think I would love it and never be able to let it go.
As is, I hope someone really likes it.

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)

Neutral feelings.

I almost forgot to post this one - and what a work load it was!

A queen-sized version of my squared away quilt pattern.

My mom picked out all the fabrics so I wasn't too excited about them personally.

However, it looks stunning on the black bed (large headboard, footboard, and siderails) it was designed for and I actually ended up really liking it.

Nothing better than a happy ending.

Happy decorating Mom!

Weekend Projects

I was feeling a little ambitious/curious about the possibility of making some pants for my little "who" and wanted to get crazy with the serger. The result: two pair of knit pants with double lettuce ruffled edge! I think they turned out nicely (not to mention quickly).

So after some fit throwing she finally let me get a few pics. She's 2 after all...

And a preview for my mom of the pincushion organizer I made for her as a late Christmas hostess present. Thanks for spoiling all of us! In case you just need to make one of these, a free pdf pattern for this organizer can be found here.

Happy projecting!