Sew.Quilt.Give June blocks: Roundtrip

  Directions for making 8×8″ unfinished blocks If desired, start by improving some side panels. Side panels will be 8 x 3.75, so make something bigger than that that can be trimmed down.   cut the pieces 2 green side panels that measure 8 x 3.75, and one black or dark grey Road strip that […]

Sneak Preview

The price will be rising after the weekend, but here’s the sneak peak if you want to get it early! Source: BouncyFlouncy Dress via RamonaRose on Craftsy

Snow White (aka: My Crowning Achievement as a Mother)

I dunno if I’ll ever be able to top this. I’m bouncing off the walls with self-pride and anticipation of The Bean’s excitement in the morning.   Look at the perfect pointy waist bit!!!   I put a big red ribbon bow in the back, because…. why not?   it’s a little long, at her […]

Another Robot Dress

  I’m working on getting another dress pattern up and running, and so I have been testing my pattern frantically. One of The Bean’s friends recently had a birthday, and since they’re the same size, I decided to make a dress for her.   Since they’re besties, I thought they might like to have similar […]

Dress testing

Last week we were at Disneyland, and TheBean asked for one of the (overly-priced, nasty-polyester) dresses in the BibbityBobbityBoutique. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Disneyland. But… ICK. She’s never seen any of the princess movies (her choice! Darren has, and I’m fine with them)… But the dresses.. I see these kids at D-lamd, tottering […]

Funbot Dress!

  I had a little bit of Funbot fabric left over after making all the stuffed robots, so I decided my Bean needed a dress. She LOVES robots.   she couldn’t hold still, she was so excited.   I used my HennyPenny dress pattern, modified a little bit to have a back opening and a […]

Trading Funbots

  It’s Quilt Market prep time around here, hence the radio silence. I was asked to design some stuffed robots based on Ann Kelle’s new Funbots… (click over to see the line, then check out D and my robot:   pipe-cleaners for hands means he can hold things!   this 6 year old boy is […]

Funbots!

I’m making some robot toys for the Robert Kaufman spring quilt market booth. They’re completely inspired by Ann Kelle’s Funbot fabric. And BOY ARE THEY FUN! This boy gets bonkers everything he gets to help play with them as I make them. They completely bring out his inner silly. (His #amineko, Green, is in for […]