Tangerine Tango WIP
I don’t think I’ll meet the March deadline for the Tangerine Tango Challenge, but I’m having fun working with these paper pieced bits. I wasn’t sure I’d like it, because basting isn’t super fun, but I’ve got a bunch basted now, and I like whip stitching them together, and I LOVE taking out the basting […]
Beach School baby blanket
Here’s another item up for auction(made at retreat). The fabric is most of a Remix charm pack, (arranged so helpfully by Lori), bordered in Kona White, and again with backing supplied by the always wonderful Liberty. (It’s a Riley Blake dot print), bound in a pretty Kona aqua color… I quilted it in double diagonal […]
a little lawyer blanket
My college roommate/bff and her hubs just had their first baby. OBVI I was gonna make him a baby blanket… about 4 months before he was born, I realized that as the son of 2 lawyers, nephew of 3 lawyers, and grandchild of 4 lawyers, there was only 1 thing to make. I grabbed some […]
Drunk Practice
I just made a bunch of fabric squares and some slipcovers for Robert Kaufman, and (BEST perk ever) I got to keep all the scraps… I’m also supposed to make a baby-sized Drunkards Path quilt top this weekend, and I decided I needed to practice. Luckily, now I have lots of scraps of cute fabric… […]
Laminate. Ick.
Ok, so I LOVE the finished product, but working with laminated cotton isn’t all that much fun. Tonight, instead of quilts, I got to make some really cute bags and bibs from some REALLY cute fabrics… These bibs were made with the pattern in “Simple Sewing for Baby” by Lotta Jansdotter (I’m SO proud of […]
embroidered doll quilt
So I made these 2 blocks a while back (shh, don’t tell, but the yellow flannel-bush flower isn’t actually done), but I really didn’t like the black background, so I turned them into this little doll quilt. I used… um, a light green kona that was in the backing fabric. and the backing fabric […]
a million dirty* bags….
or maybe just 39? My kids are lucky enough to go to school here, in Abalone Cove, at thePortuguese Bend Nursery School (Beach School). It is a parent participation school, (aka co-op), and its IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH. crazy cool. Anyway, we try to be green, and this year we’re eradicating our snack trash […]
current projects…
last night and tonight: A birthday dress (with navy blue leggings), for a little girl… I cut into some REALLY pretty yellow (and blue and red) fabric from Sew Modern, and made the Bean a little pleated jumper… She’s about to be a Yellow Bird! I’m super proud of the way I lined up the […]
…and one for the Bean
She got all excited about it, until she realized it was an L for her real name, instead of a B for Beanie (which, to be fair, was what she asked for; I made the executive decision to overrule her request, and use her real initial) I DID use her fabric choices though, even though I […]
Uh oh, I’m spoiling the baby!
(not mine, they’re already spoiled) My awesome friend Jon (one of the Bean’s godfathers) and his LOVELY wife Catey, just had a baby boy. We’re planning to visit them soon, but I can’t wait (mostly because I want more pretty pictures (ie, the ones C takes for me) to “feature” on the home page. also […]