for finn

i can finally share the quilt i made for finn.
it is not what i had in mind when i found out
i would have a nephew, but i think its just perfect.
perfect for a little boy who was born in the wild state of alaska.

a room of my own

wellies for addy

this is the custom quilt
i have been working on
i named it "wellies for addy"
i think that it is by far
my most favorite quilt i have made
ever.

addy's mom  picked out the
donkeys wearing wellies fabric
and let me choose the rest of
the fabric from my stash.

i decided to try my hand
at wonky blocks.
this was outside of my comfort zone.
but i had great fun.
before i knew it,
all the blocks were made.

it is so happy
fun
and full of wonkiness.
i just love it so.

thank you addy
for allowing me to create
this special quilt for you.
i hope it brings you lots
of happiness over the years.

modern baby quilt

i finished this quilt a while ago.

but i just got around to sending it

to christina for the quilting.

she did three others for me too.

i just love it.

this color combo is my favorite 

these days.

the size is perfect for the 

stroller, travel, and just 

good old fashioned cuddling

with your baby.

it is for sale in the shop.

i hope it goes to someone

who loves it as much as i do.

handmade holiday (aka holiday bazaar)

week in photos

wrapping up

i have been working away at getting caught up on some projects  before we leave for vacation next week.  i don't like to come home to unfinished projects and i need to focus on creating for the holiday bazaar when we return. i have lots of sewing to do!

last night i finished attaching the binding on riley's cowboy quilt. i am very pleased with how it turned out. i am giving it to riley's momma tonight ( we are having a girls dinner out, no kids, no husbands, just us).

bean thinks that the quilt is really swell and knows that his buddy riley will love it.

a close up of the center blocks.

so, athena and i were a little obsessive and driven about finishing the blocks for our friendship quilt. i am   not sure who was pushing whom, but all 20 blocks are complete. the goal is to have them sewn together by the time she and stella arrive in NY at the end of september and we are going to quilt them while she is here. now, this may be ambitious on our part, we will have a 7 month old and a 9 month old. but hey, a girl has to have some goals. all of the blocks are pictured below. blocks 1-10 are the ones i made and 11-20 are the ones athena made. this is going to be one  amazing quilt.

my two favorite blocks. block 1 and 10. both are athena's nod to my cooper. the very reason that we are friends and making this quilt. xoxo

week in photos

far far away

this is the beginning of a new quilt
using heather ross' far far away 2 fabric.
i love it.

i love it because athena and i
are having a quilting bee
between the two of us.

the basic idea is that we each make two blocks
keep one and send the other.
at the end will have enough blocks
to have the exact same quilt.

well, the same components.
i am sure we will lay them out differently
and use different colors for the sashing.
or maybe we wont.

we are also writing a little diddy
about why we chose each block.
this one is called southern belle.

we are calling the quilt
the friendship quilt.
athena is my gift from cooper.
and i thank him every day
for sending her my way.

though we live far far away
from each other.
and have never met.
i feel like i have known
her my whole life.
i can not wait until her
visit to NY in the fall.


stay tuned.
this quilt is going
to be AMAZING.

meet liberty

its finished! my liberty of london quilt. and i love it so. it is 100% girl. it should be noted that i did not like the color pink until i was well into my thirties. it is currently living on the bed in our guest room. this bed belonged to my great grandparents. my mom had it refinished and gave it to me, there is also a matching dresser. my great grandmother was quite the seamstress, so i think she would be quite proud of me. ( she was a wallace, the same wallace's that chace was named after).

i actually assembled and attached the binding on this quilt. it was not nearly as difficult as i thought it would be and it only took me two days to do. doing this step myself saves me lots of money, which means i can make more quilts. christina did a fabulous job with the quilting. she is so fast with her turn around. i hope to meet her someday.

speaking of new quilts, i received fabric yesterday for a new project. i think it is going to be a good one. i will give you a hint, it involves breathing new life into something 37 years old.

a quilt for riley

bean has a friend named riley.
they are 3 months apart.
riley's momma paints pet portraits.
we have two of them in our house.
but we don't have one of sabre.

she asked me if we could do a swap.
a quilt for a painting.
perfect!
she picked out the fabric.
and i did the rest.

since riley is a good southern baby,
it has a cowboy theme.
i sure hope he likes it.

thank you bean for letting me get this
finished last week.
feel free to return to your napping schedule
so i can work some more.


it is off to the quilter tomorrow.

liberty of london quilt

in honor of our country's independence from great britain, i think it is only appropriate that i share with you my liberty of london quilt top. i recently developed an obsession with fabric from the famed liberty of london fabric maker. and then they came out with a line for target and well....i was in deep by then.

i am really happy with the result of this quilt. from a technical standpoint, it may be my best yet. all my squares line up. this small detail makes me very happy. i think that the colors work well together and using the white for the sashing and borders makes the fabric stand out and pop. after all this quilt was designed to showcase the fabric.

so now i have to make the back and then send it off to christina to have it quilted. this time around i am going to assemble and attach the binding. should be an adventure. stay tuned.

oh and i hope you are having a lovely independence day!