I love Kona colors….
Nightfall, Buttercup, Bahama, Azure, Aqua, Peacock, Turquoise, and Jade… I’m soooo thrilled that I have the new Kona color yard. Just looking at it gets me inspired… I’ve decided my favorite color is Lagoon. And my bedroom is the exact color of Pacific. I cut up a bunch o strips of the aforementioned colors, and came up with this throw-sized (60-ish inches, square) quilt (BTW, the Bean helped with the basting: she loves smoothing.) And then I was so excited by Angela’s book, after straightline (diagonal) quilting the center, I went a little crazy in the...
Read Morebaby sewing…
Another version of my next pattern, (woven cotton sleep sack with swaddle wings)… this time in Kona Modern Quilts (merlot colorway), and the inside is Kona Cerise: I was able to try it on a 5 week old yesterday to test sizing, placement, and it was SO perfect. LOVE it. (This version is going to be a gift for a friend’s little girl) The 5 week old (Alissa’s baby Gabe) needed a little outfit, right? So I made the outfit on the left for him, and my friend Rosanna had a baby last week (a little girl), so I whipped out a girlier version for her: these might be my new go-to...
Read MoreCrockett has dropped….
…so, I’m starting to panic about getting things done. The kiddos wanted to know why I didn’t make a blanket for Crockett’s basket, and I tried to explain a sleep sack to them. THey didn’t get it. So tonight I made one to show them how he’d sleep. I saw that the new Halo ones have swaddle wings. BRILLIANT. so here’s my version, but much nicer than the ployester fleece Halo sacks, as mine is 100% cotton (flannel on the outside, quilting cotton on the inside). Step 1, put the Baby in the sack: step 2, zip it up and snap the top: step 3, wrap the...
Read MoreCrockett better be a good sleeper….
I amde my kiddos a new boat! and the Bean a new place to play her current favorite game: lost Baby Hug Monster! can you guess what it’s really going to be? It’s a Moses basket for Baby Crockett! I used this pattern, which I had used before to make this Dr Seuss basket for market…. The outside is Robert Kaufman Hampton Twill in Navy (also featured regularly in D pants), and the inside is all either Kona Solids, or the new modern “cheater cloth” called Kona Modern Quilts (The red is Merlot dots, and the other two prints are part of the Pacific color story). I...
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