Baby quilt for Zoe in the works

So a friend of mine just commissioned me to make a baby quilt for a little girl named Zoe who lives in Switzerland with her family. Her mother is a good friend of my friend and we talked about themes and colors and stuff and now I will begin putting together fabrics.

This is fun - I actually dreamed about quilting last night come to think of it, what kind of blocks I would use - and one of the most creative parts of the whole process.

I will photos as I go along hopefully to document the process better than I have in the past!


I will also be attempting my first placemats and napkins for my friend's sister and husband and will post my progress on those as well.

Sewing for Christmas

Christmas? We haven't even hit Halloween!!!

I know, I know. But I'm trying to get a head start on some goods for Christmas presents. And since I like to do my Christmas shopping way in advance I thought it wasn't too early to get some stuff online.

Here's a little sample of stuff I'm working on. Much, much more to come.

Happy Fall!











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A not-so teaser.

I am SO excited about projects I have coming up. Somehow on Sunday (after a late night of partying) I managed to pull my neck out very badly. So I have spent almost three days trying to recuperate with my cats on the couch.

I'm currently on valium on the couch with a chocolate bar watching "Knocked Up" which is freaking awesome. Someone just said on screen, "It just freaks me out, when I know that they're pregnant... everything's so wet."

Hee hee!

But part of what I'm doing here is selecting my next projects and I'm really excited. I might even try one that's super easy if my neck works and the valium doesn't make me sew my hand to my face.

Trala!

I made this today.

Remmy got to it first.





I guess I'll have to make more.

Twin Baby Quilts are done!

I hope Heidi and Harry Quinn enjoy them.

I have a helper.

I brought out the baby boy quilt that I am almost done with and took a break to check email and stuff and stood up to return to the project table and found that I had a helper.



Yoda.




Is my biggest and shyest cat. He was born in our backyard and was feral. Not stray - feral. He wouldn't let me touch him for three months when we brought him and his siblings into our apartment as 6 week-old kittens. He wouldn't let my husband touch him for an entire year.




Now he is a snuggle maniac. He will jump on a quilt if I turn around for the shortest amount of time.




I think I know what my next quilting project will be.



He needs his own quilt.

But it is nice to have help.

Sew what?

Baby quilts, that's what! Hardy har har.

(Jazz joke. I'm a dork.)

Heidi's quilt is almost done. I just have to finish the hand binding and add a label and it's finished! I am very pleased with the progress my free-motion quilting has taken. It's definitely not perfect - there are points on this quilt that I would re-do if I thought it wouldn't make it worse - but in general, this quilting is the best I've done so far. It's exciting to see the progress.

I also used Baby Goth Pink for the backing but in flannel this time and it is THICKER than cotton! Duh. I know... you knew that already, as did I, but it really adds thickness and makes sewing the binding on the front of it tricky. Sew and learn, right?

Harry Quinn's quilt is ready to be quilted now - the "quilt sandwich" is done - and then I can proceed with the hanging sleeve and binding that I just did for Heidi's. I'm gonna be brief so I can keep sewing, but here are the photos of the progress.