Archive for March, 2009

So I made a pillow…

…and stitched an orange binding!

I don’t think it will stop being my favorite color for a very long time.  If you’d like some orange, both of these are for sale in my shop!

I want to teach you!  If you live in Los Angeles, I’m teaching a quilting class! Sign up here.
I’ll be teaching at Reform School through the Home Ec. classes that Jenny Ryan organizes with Billie & Tootie, the owners of Reform School.  It’s been a blast getting to know them and getting the class organized.  [...]

Getting there with some commissioned pillows based on the one I made a bit ago.
The fronts are all made…

… and quilted.

Now the backs!
Hope that you all had great weekends filled with sewing!

Thank you all so much for all of your wonderful comments on the sewing notions that my mother passed along to me.  They were all so nice!

Consensus on the mystery tool, in the photo above, seems to be that it’s either a turning point or a finger press. Based on the fact that it [...]

My mother is visiting right now and brought me a wonderful gift.  Let me explain…
When my great-aunt (on my father’s side) learned that my mother loved to sew, she was thrilled.  She had someone to whom she could give all of the many sewing notions from the family.  So many wonderful tools and items!  Now [...]

Here in Southern California, there are no weather complains, but it’s officially now spring. That, combined with the fact that I HAD to take a break from the baby quilts lead me to a couple of bright vibrant pillow sleeves!

These are quick and fun to whip up. Remember how I mentioned I needed [...]

and 3 more of this pattern to go. Hope you don’t get sick of seeing the same quilt, with different fabrics over and over… Some are for friends and some to sell!
These two are both now in the shop.

I hadn’t worked with strictly yellow and pink before… I kinda love [...]

Squares and squares and some more squares!

Three more of the same style tops finished.

Hoping to get them all finished for the shop sooner rather than later! That means less blogging and more sewing! Off to keep at it…

I’ve opened an etsy shop.  Only these couple of quilts in there for now, but more will be listed  the next week or so!

That’s what I feel like these days!
Two more tops finished:

Will I ever tire of really colorful baby quilts filled with whimsical fabrics?  I don’t think so!

I don’t think I’ve yet mentioned how much this new broke my heart.  No more new Heather Ross fabrics??  The preciousness of every bit I own just increased.

While it’s fast [...]