Since I haven't been posting anything other than finished projects, I guess it's appropriate to be introducing you to Juliet so late. She is almost five months old now, and such a wonderful part of our little family! Here she is posing with her crib quilt. It will live on the end of her bed (or as a playmat on the floor) until she is old enough to snuggle with it!



Juliet Jeanne was born December 4th. She is much smaller than her big brother was (25th percentile vs his 95+) and it is still a surprise to me that I have a baby girl.



Though we didn't know if she was a boy or girl until she was born, we didn't finish her room until after she arrived, so I was able to include a decent amount of pink in the fabrics. I tried not to go overboard!



It is hard to imagine our lives without her.

Labels: 2012 Quilts, family, quilting, sewing

My husband's cousin recently welcomed Baby Abbie into her family! She is the new little sister to Charlie. I made her a little blankie in browns, greys, and oranges. Not traditional girl colors, but I love how it turned out!



It is quilted to brown minky with light bamboo batting, with just a free motion meandering pattern. The blocks were originally inspired by the quilt in one of these rooms on Apartment Therapy, but it ended up only a loose interpretation.



The fabric is High Society in Safari with my own polka dots thrown in for the block borders.



And of course an in-binding label. I hope little Miss Abbie enjoys her blankie!

Labels: 2012 Quilts, quilting, sewing

I needed a quick shower gift for a baby boy, and put together this little bin. A rainbow bin with some useful goodies, a little outfit, a super soft horse lovey, and some embellished burp rags.



It was fun picking boy-ish novelty fabrics from my stash!

Labels: sewing

My cousin welcomed a second sweet baby girl (sister to Avery) and I wanted to send a gift right away! I pulled these fabrics and some white terrycloth from my stash for a set of burprags.



I find I can never have enough burprags, so I hope Megan finds them as useful for new baby Brooke!

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This is the third Christmas gift quilt I'd planned for this year, and I am proud to say that I got them all done and in the mail by the first of December. Being due with baby #2 in early December proved to be great motivation!



All three quilts ended up using mostly Riley Blake fabrics. This one is mostly Feeling Groovy, since the recipient loves peace signs and pink. Perfect!



I absolutely love the rainbow binding. Definitely my favorite part of the quilt. The design is inspired by this quilt on Ashley's site. I get so much inspiration from her! I do hope all three of these quilts get a lot of use and are well-loved...

Labels: 2011 Quilts, quilting, sewing

Why do I have so much more trouble designing masculine quilts?



In the end, I am quite happy with this one. Most of the fabric is Riley Blake, All Star 2, and I kept the design really simple.



I just did straight-line quilting for the first time in a while. I love how it compliments the simplicity of the quilt design. It is backed in chocolate fleece.



This is the 2nd of three Christmas gifts, and I hope it is well loved!

Labels: 2011 Quilts, quilting, sewing

My niece Maggie needed a homemade Christmas present, so I pulled out Alicia's wonderful book and made a little doll.



Maggie is more of a stuffed animal girl right now, but hopefully someday she likes her little dolly!

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Just a quick picture of the tree skirt I sent my sister and her family as an early Christmas present. The main skirt is green wool felt, with Alexander Henry Christmas owls as a border. The lining is a striped home dec fabric, though if I had it to do over again I would choose something that wasn't directional. I started out following this tutorial from Amy Butler, but since the owl fabric was also directional, I had to improvise. Overall I'm quite pleased with the final product!

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