WOOHOO!

have you been following the “celebrate the boy” posts over at Dana-Made-It and Made-By-Rae? they had a guest post today and my boy underpants were featured! so now I get to sport this awesome button! see it, over on the right!?!?!?

Loving thrift stores!

I really wantto make more wool soaker for the bean, so headed to the thrift store today (1/2 off apparel! $3/extra large cashmere sweater! What baby wouldn't want to wear cashmere pants! (with enough left over for a matching jumper!!!!)I also found this awesome fabric. 16 yards for $16! The two pink ones clearly coordinate, […]

WIP Wednesdays

ummm, so I’m making some large swaddling blankets for a friend, and C is out of town, and the kiddos are both sick (snotty, runny noses/hacking cough… I can’t WAIT till they’re old enough to take cold medicine!!!) so I’m not getting all that much done… I was inspired by the Made by Rae tutorial […]

Virtual Quilting Bee?

so many blogs I read seem to be involved in Bees…. So, I’ve decided to join in (Carol?, Debbie? would either of you like to join?)… I’m participating in a 16-month international one that starts next month, and I think I’m going to host my own… perhaps starting in April? if you read this blog, […]

the world’s ugliest muslin

I know I’ve kvetched enough about how hideous this fabric is. and I should totally stop, since I’m the one who ASKED for it (my grandmother thought it was so ugly she was embarrased to offer it to me, but I said, no, ugly sheets make great muslins… but this is beyond ugly, isn’t it?)anyway, […]

Boy baby quilt

This one’s going to our church-y place for the anniversary auctionAgain with the saturation gradationagain with the double diagonal quilting(I don’t know if it was the wind or the print or if I jiggled, but this is a trippy photo!)close up of some of the prints. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it!(btw, I suggested an opening bid of $60, […]

Bees Knees/Square Dance

I made this quilt before I had a blog… It was from a kit, purchased because a) I love the fabric, b) I wanted to try my hand at circles, c) it was small enought to not be intimidating. Anyway, D still LOVES it, as do I, so as I was outside photo-ing the new […]

Valentines day hint

The outlines of the kiddos (d on the left, bean on the right) are the starting point for an AWESOME V-day decoration (I hope). So excited to start it tomorrow.The "boy" quilt (top and back) is totally done. I stitched the binding on while watching the Grammys. (Taylor Swift is so friggin' adorable! So glad […]