London Calling quilt….
Robert Kaufman is making some AMAZINGLY soft fabric, (lawn) with BEAUTIFUL floral prints (London Calling). When I felt it pre-spring-market, I asked if I could design a quilt with it, because it’s SO soft and nice… I finally got the chance, and even got to hand quilt it. I’ve NEVER felt such a cuddly quilt before. It’s as soft as the viole that everyone raves about, but stronger. The weave of the fabric is tighter. It’s amazing. like working with silk. SO AWESOME. All the solids I used in the quilt were lawn (white, pink and raffia) The back is a lawn solid,...
Read Moreusing up scraps/experimenting
So, as mentioned before, I have a million scraps leftover from market… so I’ve been playing… A long long time ago, I pinned a gorgeous quilt on pintrest, but the poster didn’t know the name of her pattern, it was a family heirloom… I finally tracked down the name, maybe (Missouri Starflower, maybe?) but still couldn’t find a pattern or tute, so I experimented, and made it! It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty darn close, so I’m happy. If I do a whole quilt, I’d enlarge it, but I wanted to try it small first. it’s more coaster...
Read MoreMagical Rainbows quilt (finished!)
Another WIP crossed off my list! After I made the Kona banner for the We Love Color market booth, I had a yummy stack of all the new Kona colors, so I quickly cut them up and whipped this out. It’s a mildly wonky log cabin, measuring in at 57×74″, so it’s awesome for the sofa… because of all the bright, fun colors, I’m also fine taking it to the park, etc (it was heavily used yesterday at the windiest baseball game ever). D immediately named it the Magical Rainbows Quilt, and told me to quilt a tornado all over it… so, since he’s the birthday...
Read MoreDr. Seuss Sweet Pea Sleep Pod
Moses basket made for the RK market booth, pattern called the Sweet Pea Sleep Pod… probably the most involved thing I’ve ever made, but LOOK how cool! It came out pretty perfectly, considering I made it (hurriedly) in a day and a night… the insides were all cotton prints, and the outside was SLICKER (RK laminated cotton)! easy to wipe clean! It’s pretty darn big…. Here it is filled with a quilt top and 2 bags (and maybe more, underneath) and for scale, here it is on the adult sized rocking chair on my porch at 2am, awaiting early morning...
Read MoreWith a Twist.
The pattern is called With a Twist… can’t remember the name of the fabrics, but they were all batiks, in a roll-up. I used the scraps to make this dress for the Bean. she loves it because it has pockets, (obvi), but also because the batik is a GREAT weight for summer dresses. what is it about cats and quilts, btw? the cats will be sleeping in the house, but if I sneak out to take a pic on the lawn, they wake and race out to walk across/plop-on the quilt...
Read MoreKMQ playtime
Here’s a really cute teddy bear made with the KMQ (pacific) fabrics…. he’s a simplicity pattern (without vest, hat, etc) He was a total hit with my kiddos for the 2 hours we had him (finished) he got dressed as a cowboy, and covered with coordinating blankets (/mug rugs) here’s the blanket/mugrug: I was just playing with random lines connecting the dots… walking foot setting practice… here’s the other side: I also used some scraps (don’t remember which KMQ project it was) to whip out this pillow for C…. just fun and fast…....
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