Every once in a while, I see a stuffed animal online somewhere that gives me the itch to make it. Then, I wait until there’s a child or two who is the right age to appreciate it, and then I go about making it! Last year, it was these cute Forest Folk, pattern by Ann… Continue Reading
I got the cutest picture from my cousin a couple of weeks ago! Here’s Lucy at her 2 month birthday: Oh my goodness, that smile! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! If you remember, I made some things for her nursery: We got to visit her just a week ago, and I was happy to hear that a couple… Continue Reading
I wanted to share a few more pictures of all the presents I made for my cousin’s new baby Lucy, as well as share some thoughts on working with a limited color palette. Folks who have followed me for awhile will know that even though as a fabric dyer I can dye ANY color I… Continue Reading
Every nursery needs a mobile, right? So I decided to make a bunch of birds just like I make for Christmas ornaments (pattern is in my e-book) Then I described in really general terms what I wanted and he built the mobile scaffolding. The birds were tied at different heights off each arm and voila!… Continue Reading
Tadah! Here’s the first of the two quilts I made for my cousin’s baby: I based this quilt on the canvas quilt pattern developed by she can quilt. It allows me to celebrate the colors they picked for the nursery and emphasize the complementary-ness of the gold and purple! It’s 39″ x 48″, the back… Continue Reading
If you’ve been following along the past couple weeks, I’ve been making a couple of quilts for my cousins baby. I used a leftover quilt block to try out my quilting ideas: I’m so glad I did because it made me change my quilted grid on the large quilt, but it still was cute, so I… Continue Reading
After all my careful planning of the block layout for this quilt, I went and sewed the columns together BACKWARDS! Argh! Luckily I noticed before I added the last column, LOL. I then pieced together the back and extended the extension of my cutting table so I could easily baste the quilt using fusible batting… Continue Reading
I’ve been making a couple of baby quilts for my cousin in a purple, grey and gold palette she and her husband chose. Once I had the tops pieced, I made a divided basket, pattern by Anna Graham of Noodlehead, it is PERFECT for holding diapers in one half, all the other supplies in the… Continue Reading