I hate magenta.
I made this super awesome dress for the Bean, using a vintage pattern…. (sorta. I mean, I copied a vintage pattern but used her sloper) anyway, to make the grey a little more girlie, I embroidered some flowers. And the old magenta floss I used bled all...
Read MoreA boy doll for the Bean’s boy…
My daughter’s love is a little boy called Pickle (fate, right?). For his birthday she and I decided he needed a boy doll so he didn’t always have to play with the girl dolls. She chose the Eddie doll from Wee Wonderfuls, and we made it yesterday and today. I used the scraps from the t-shirt I made for D to make Eddie’s shirt. The Bean chose everything...
Read MoreA bag.
as part of passing on a board position at the kiddos’ preschool, I made a bag to hold the 1st VP binder…. I used some stash gaberdine, some lovely circa 1934 dots (won during the White Elephant at the LAMQG retreat), and some Quilters Linen (LOOOOOVE) I put pockets inside for pens, keys, etc, and embroidered the outside pocket with a simple flower, just for fun…. it wound up being a really handy size, I might need to make more… I started with rectangles, 17×19″, and I think the bottom triangles were...
Read MoreHangover
I’m recovering from my all-nighter last night (3 hours counts as zero hours, according to my friend Jenny), but last night and today were TOTALLY worth it. Thus afternoon was the monthly weekend sew for my guild, which is always a good time. I got all the blocks cut and pieced for the Drunkards Path baby quilt. (I’ll piece the blocks together tomorrow), but this morning was the coolest class ever. The lovely ladies behind Prints Charming (and the book Sew Charming) flew in from Australia to introduce their new fabric line with Kokka, and they taught an AMAZING embroidery workshop...
Read Morerandom bits and bobs
This post could also be acurately labeled as “Things that make me happy:” I got a new planner last week (well, I picked it up last week, but I ordered it several weeks ago) It’s the LIFE planner by Erin Condren, and I chose to put my own picture on the cover (free option!), so I put my cathedral windows quilt on it. LOVE IT. It makes me SO happy. and it’s useful, and I used a coupon, so it’s basically a win all the way around. I just received the Pirate Bunnies pattern, and am working on making D a matching sweater (useful) before making him the...
Read Moreembroidered doll quilt
So I made these 2 blocks a while back (shh, don’t tell, but the yellow flannel-bush flower isn’t actually done), but I really didn’t like the black background, so I turned them into this little doll quilt. I used… um, a light green kona that was in the backing fabric. and the backing fabric was this really pretty, but also sort of odd, fat quarter I’d bought at Momen+ a long time ago and never used…. Here’s a close up of the block I never posted: (see the unfinished bit in the upper left corner?I just stopped.) I hand quilted the whole...
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