Last minute gifts for the dude.
I’m waiting on little bits and pieces to be shipped before I can finish his bday present, so I just painted this blue jay (his self-proclaimed favorite bird) on a black t-shirt. Part stencil (I designed it using this tutorial from a photograph of a jay found on google images), part freehand painting. I’m super-psyched […]
LAMQG miniquilt
My guild had a mini-quilt blind-swap last night, so here’s the one I made… sneaky of me, but I used leftover squares from another quilt to whip this one up in one day… I forgot to measure it, but I’d guess it was about 16″x20″… I decided to try “utility quilting” with perle cotton ala […]
MIL stationary set
I have this idea in my head for making the perfect little notepad holder/wallet-y thing for myself… so I bought some patterns that have interesting/helpful elements, and set to work… Of course, I didn’t want to use up the fabric that I bought just for me, so I used fabric my MIL would like, and […]
a busy bee
that’s me! I’ve been a MANIAC over the past 4-5 days… here’s the list so far: Letter-sized padfolio (for MIL’s birthday) stationary-sized notebook (ditto) SECRET SURPRISE for C’s birthday a Mini-quilt for a swap at the LAMQG meeting tomorrow a baby blanket for an upcoming baby shower a secret surprise birthday present for my mom […]