WIPs

A few Works in Progress from this weekend...

 Pieced a baby quilt

 

 Began a quilted Union Jack tea cozy for mum-in-law

 

Binding Pete's St. Louis 16-patch

 

Another shot of his quilt, before it was quilted



Robot and bubbly beaker

On April 29 a group of us saw the Professor Blastoff podcast crew perform. Kyle Dunnigan, David Huntsberger and Tig Notaro were awesome and we had a great time. Intern Aaron was funny, as well as special guest Doug Benson.  I made this quilted robot holding a bubbly beaker for Tig:

Beep boop boop boop

 

Quilts for Boston

These are the blocks I made for the Quilts for Boston projects coordinated by the Boston Modern Quilt Guild. Quilts for Boston is a relief effort by the Boston Modern Quilt guild to make quilts for those who were directly affected by the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent events.

Check out their Flickr page for more awesome blocks photos.

 

 

Easter dress

I haven't made clothes since I was a teenager! It was so fun to get back into it and make this dress for my cousin Claire. I gave it to her at her 2nd birthday party and she wore it on Easter Sunday! So sweet!

Claire on Easter Sunday

X and Plus

Another quilt along has gone crazy on Instagram. These X and Plus blocks are quick and fun to make and they're using up my old scraps - hooray. I try to make a few of these 8-inch blocks at a time and eventually I'll have a huge, scrappy quilt. Check out more awesome blocks on Flickr.

Mom's Christmas quilt

I made this full size quilt for mom as a Christmas gift. She saw this Moda Origins fabric at my house one day and casually mentioned that if she was to get a quilt, she'd want it in these colors. That was over a year ago and I finally got it done. For her birthday in early December I gave her two 16-inch quilted pillows with a granny square (this block pattern) on each, and then gave her the quilt a couple weeks later at Christmas.

 

 

 It's hard to take a picture of a quilt when the wind is blowing!

 

 

Circle quilting by Diane Selman in Buda

Fall baby

Another coworker of mine is having a baby so I decided to make a baby quilt for him. This is his and his wife's first child -- and it's a girl! The baby will be bornNovember 15. I had lots of green, red, pink and teal scraps from quilts I made for grandma, Cerys, and the Christmas quilt I'm making for myself. I bought approx one yard of fabric to finish this 50x50" baby blanket:

Gifts for bridal shower hostesses

This past Saturday my lovely family and friends hosted a bridal shower in my honor. The shower was wonderful, super fun, beautiful, fabulous, delicioius... the adjectives could go on and on. I made some quilted table toppers, napkins and quilted Kindle/Nook cases for the hostesses.

 Kindle case on the left for Jenn, and a Nook case on the right for Jessica -

the floral pins are removable so you can pin them on your blouse or purse!

 Table topper and four napkins for my sister Judith

 Table topper and four napkins for my sister-in-law Mauri

Thank you to these talented and generous ladies.

They mean so much to me and I'm lucky to have them in my life.

A surprise, and a quilt, for Kristi

My friend Kristi is (surprise!) expecting a baby girl in March. Not only is she shocked about baby Eliza's arrival, she is overwhelmed by the amount of pink pouring in by the way of gifts! I added to this sea of pink by using vintage floral fabric to make this disappearing 9-patch quilt.  

A few more things for Kristi - a baby wipe carrying case and some fun, reversible bibs:

Gesundheit!

I used fabric scraps to make these adorable tissue cases that I gave to family and friends for Christmas. They are quick & easy to make, and I will add a tutorial to the blog the next time I make some.

Sewing and quilting firsts

While looking through old photographs I found pictures of some of my very first sewing and quilting projects. The first picture is of my little brothers and sister around 1992, making me 15 years old at the time. I made this floral dress for my sister Judith and I made our Easter outfits each year until she decided she no longer wanted to wear dresses. I also have a photo of Judith in a nightgown I made for her. Unfortunately I'm also in the picture so I will not be posting that one!

Aaron, Judith and Jacob

The second photo is of the very first quilt I made. My cousin Jessica of Splendid Calm Textiles taught me how to quilt and with her constant and much appreciated guidance, I made this simple 9-patch baby quilt.  I made this for my friend Julia's baby, Tyler, who was born September 10, 2010.

Christmas table runner for mom

I made this Christmas table runner and matching napkins for my mother for Christmas. I used Christmas fabric that was on sale at Hobby Lobby, pieced together batting scraps leftover from longarming (new word) and fabric from my stash for the backing. This was a nice gift for under $10! 



 Pinwheel

Runner

Napkins



Public Thank You Note

Thank you to my cousin Jessica Pierre'auguste for this pin cushion and thread waste basket combo. What a clever idea! She says this part my gift, part Pete's. Pete hated that I just dropped threads and scraps directly onto the floor or onto the dogs' heads (because it's funnier).  And now I don't have to sweep!

Pink and green - my favorites!

Jessica gave this to me Saturday and two days later,

I've already put it to good use!

Jay McCarroll Habitat Challenge

I made these quilt blocks using Jay McCarroll's jewel-tone Habitat fabric. My cousin Jessica and I are taking the blocks to the Austin Modern Quilt Guild meeting Thursday, in hopes the group will want to participate in the Habitat Challenge.

Two blocks from CrazyMomQuilts:

Modern Plaid from BlockPartyQuilting:

Disappearing 9-patch