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.

Blitzen.

The weather here has been rainy.

Well, that's an understatement. 

Houston has been experiencing some flooding and we've been stuck inside all week.

I'm happy to report that the sun finally made an appearance today and I have photos of my newest quilt! 

In Blitzen by BasicGrey for Moda.

I started thinking balls and ended up thinking wreaths and then needed snowflakes.

The design for this one was very organic.

Snowflake applique.

I chose the red binding and grey paisley large print for borders. 

I'm still wondering if I should have done red borders... these decisions always make me just want both. 

Houston is much too green today. 

Winter almost isn't fathomable. 

Whole quilt. 

See that little mushroom in the corner?

And all of the ones just above the quilt in the background? 

Houston has been attacked. 

There are more mushrooms than people right now!

It's in the shop. 

Fresh Cottons.

A little "Fresh Cottons" to share with you today.

(Fig Tree Quilts for Moda)

This one's actually pretty big - 60" x 72". 

I love stacked coin quilts because they remind me of the DNA gel images in the lab.

I went with the largest scale print in the line for the backing and the green binding.

I also opted for borders on this one.

My little who was SERIOUSLY envious of that red dot fabric. 

She wanted me to make a dress out of it. 

NOW!

If I were a nice mom, I would have made her a dress with it.

Obviously, I'm not that nice. ;)

I'll grab more for her when I go back to the store if she reminds me, but my bet is that she'll forget all about it.

This one is in the shop. 

Point in Time Quilt Pattern

This pattern is now available for purchase here.

Surf's Up Quilt Pattern

Pattern is now available here.

That's all I had the energy for today. 

I'm exhausted. 

So I'm going to bed. 

Here's to hoping two kids sleep in tomorrow.

zzzzzzzzz

Salt Air

Hello, 

It's been a while. 

I know most of you are enjoying spring but for us, summer is practically here. 

Houston only has Summer and Fall/Spring - no winter.

I spent half the day outside playing in the water. 

It's amazing how much fun they can have with a plastic box half full of water and a few boats. 

I should have just gotten out the blowup pool though. 

Pretty soon both kids were squished together in the box completely unable to move.

Then, they both were upset with me when I called it done.

Summer is so fun with kids and I can't wait for our first beach day.

Believe it or not, I used to surf. 

The Hawaii Northshore even (got my undergraduate degree out there). 

Lest you think I was good, let me clarify that it was not Pipeline or Waimea.

But it was still a lot of fun. 

I actually wore board shorts for almost 3 straight years.

So I have a serious soft spot for surfer and ocean anything - so naturally I needed some Salt Air!! 

So you can probably see how this next quilt happened.

Because these things do just happen.

All on their own.

I can't be held responsible.

The whole quilt. I only used the blues and greens from the line for this quilt though I love the reds and yellows too. 

I choose the large print paisley-ish water spout-ish print for the back.

I'd love to know what they called it.

They being Cosmo Cricket of course.

The fabrics close up.

I love my little painted quilt rack I found at the antique/consignment store by my house.

And now to dream of beach days with a little surfing in my near future :)

In the shop. 

Etchings

Good morning beautiful Sunday. 

I love taking photos in the morning with bright blue cloudless skies.

It makes it so much more enjoyable. 

Up for photos today was Etchings - a larger version of this runner.

Same pattern just more. 

Quilted in a loop-de-loop.

Binding looking a bit like a clam. :)

I love the blueprint fabrics in this line. 

Between those, the text fabrics, and the gray color, it really modernized the otherwise very traditional feel of the florals in the fabric line. 

I always like this type of juxtaposition. 

Anyway, it's lap sized - 51" x 53" and available for love in the shop.

Rainbow

So, the husband was doing dishes and casually mentions, "I'd get you a maid if I could afford it."

Me, "Really? That be great."

Husband: "Yeah. That way she could do all the quilting around here."

STINKER! Not such a subtle hint to stop sewing and clean the kitchen... ha!

So with all that time that I wasn't cleaning house, I finished the rainbow quilt. :)

This was soooo therapeutic! 

I really never knew why people made scrap quilts (not all from the same jelly roll/charm pack/layer cake/etc.). 

I have a very small stash of fabric compared to most quilters who sew from a stash of fabric that occupies a wall of shelves lined with beautiful fabric. 

But I'm getting there slowly. hehe.

I really enjoyed the process of making something cohesive and beautiful out of "random scraps" like this.

I recommend it!

Bound and backed with the cheerful rainbow stripe and big circles from the Celebrate Seuss fabric line. 

In the shop.

Beach House

Long time no post...

I thought I'd share this custom order lap quilt in Robyn Pandolph's Beach House that I recently did.

I'm now in LOVE with these fabrics. They are so cute and girly!!