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A Quilt for Sedona
There is a very special little girl that just moved into a new house and a new big girl bed. How could I not make a quilt to celebrate such exciting developments? Sedona has all of these beautiful quilts decorating her walls so my goal was to incorporate all of the different colors without competing with the other quilts or making the room too busy. I decided on a color palate and went with a Plain Spoken inspired design. Instead of doing all solids, which just felt a little too mature for a three year old, I added some Birch Storyboek prints. I added some Wildflowers and Seahorses to make it a little more fun and to...
Read MoreBaby Bedding
I just finished up making some super cute custom baby bedding for a new friend. We weren’t friends before she asked me to make the bedding but I quickly decided to include friendship in the order, whether she liked it or not. I am full service that way. The pleated bed skirt is made with Oliver + S fabric Artisan Aqua and the bumpers are made with Birch Fabrics Seahorses Sun. As you can see, the nursery is looking pretty ready. All it needs is a little baby!
Read MoreMy first picnic
We have been enjoying outdoor concerts this summer, especially in the evenings. It is a great time to spend with friends and family and a little extra playground time is always a plus. It is also a great excuse to use my new picnic quilt. I cut the striped print on the bias for the binding and then sewed it with my machine instead of by hand. It makes me a little crazy to do it now that I am hooked on hand sewn bindings but I needed the binding to go on fast and to be nice and secure. And here are some close ups of the quilting, which I did on my new-to-me long arm machine! This is my first quilt that I quilted on the long arm so there is some extra special excitement...
Read MoreA Picnic Quilt
I have been collecting vintage sheets for a while now, with the idea that I could use them to make simple picnic quilts. I wanted to keep the piecing of the quilt tops simple enough that it wouldn’t make me too anxious to actually use them. This quilt is big – 75″ x 75″, made up of 25 15″ blocks. This quilt is perfect for lying on the beach and has plenty of room for a lot of friends, but it is really big. Next time, I will definitely make the blocks smaller so the finished quilt is closer to 60″ square. That seems a more manageable size.After I bind it, I am going to play around with making a carrier for it that involves velcro...
Read MoreA Market Bag Tutorial
Happy Memorial Day! I hope everyone is enjoying themselves as summer kicks off. I have a tutorial over at Fabricworm on how to make this bag of you are interested. Here is the link. Happy...
Read MoreTwo For the Road
Some good friends had twins two months ago so it was my pleasure to make them two little quilts. I had one finished before they were born but I got busy sewing up samples for Birch’s booth at Quilt Market, so the other one had to wait a bit. I finally finished the second one up and then it only took me ten days to get in the mail. Yikes! This one is made with my favorite scraps and a lovely pale pink solid.The back is a vintage sheet I found the day before I was going to quilt this with a solid cream. I have nothing against a solid background but the stripes and the pink worked perfectly.This quilt is made up of a candy bar of City Weekend prints. My local...
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