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! 

Curio

I have a LONG list of various quilting things I'd like to try. 

Call it my fabric "bucket list" if you will.

On it? 

A tumbler quilt... among other things.

One day I should make a list.

But I might get intimidated by the length of it and give up. 

Yes, so back to the tumbler quilt. 

A little something in Curio. 

This one is from a single charm pack - super quick and super easy.

Two charm packs and you've got a quick and easy baby quilt.

I feel my brain saying, "hint, hint."

Note to self: put this one in the arsenal.

Go figure, I have ANOTHER baby shower to go to this week. 

What is with the babies?!?! 

It's fair, I get to squish their little cheeks later... :)

I love the mix of colors and the texture in the prints. 

BasicGrey has such a way with these... 

A little loopy quilting and voila! 

In the shop! 

In good use :)

I just saw this on my friend's blog...

Always makes you feel good when your present (especially a quilt) is getting good use. :) 

Happy day!
Now back to sewing.

Leftovers on the Table

Leftovers in the form of fabric of course!

Flora by Lauren and Jessi Jung for Moda even.

A close up of the pretty fabrics.

This line is sooooo dang cheerful!

Lots of straight quilting.

Oh, and this could be your mailbox... 

Hahahaha! 

I laugh at my own jokes. 

Yes, I am that person.

In my defense, my husband doesn't laugh at my jokes. 

No matter how funny! 

He just says, "Mmm, that's funny."

It's 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.

Clementine

I had some more Clementine in the stash and thought it was about time it made it into a finished quilt. 

You know, that fabric that sits in the little bin all by itself waiting. 

For what? It doesn't know yet, because you don't know.

But it sits there.

Incubating.

And then one day it magically turns into a quilt! 

Well, something like that anyway. 

The binding is a purple stripe and the backing is a large flowers on pink print from the Amelia by Me and My Sister Designs.

That's what happens when you wait too long after a fabric line is released to get the backing/binding. 

And Clementine was actually one of my very first purchases as a new quilter. 

I think it was the third fabric line I ever sewed with... that seems like a long time ago. 

I actually made this with it. 

Well, two of those.

I gave one away to my mother-in-law... I think.

It predates the blog. 

But this project was actually leftovers from this. 

Anyway, I ramble. 

Oh, and it's 37" x 37" and in the shop.

A Stitch in Color

I don't know how many of you are readers of Malka Dubrawsky's blog, but I've been enjoying for quite a while. 

Long before she ever was designing fabric for Moda. 

So, I was thrilled to get my hands on her first line, A Stitch in Color, and have some fun with it! 

I also took my inspiration for the quilting directly from some of her quilting projects and wow, that was fun.

It made me want to quilt like that all the time. 

A little nature to match!

Maybe you can see my quilting better in this one? 

Oh, and the backing. 

It looks like another quilt. 

It's the cheater fabric in the line - the "panel" of sorts. 

It ended up at 37" x 42" and is in the shop.