Archive for June, 2010

So cool!

Jane the amazing graphic designer for The Modern Quilt Guild has done it again!   She has designed a logo for our LA guild and we immediately set up a Cafepress shop. Just a tote for me for now… but soon a t-shirt, and a mug and a water bottle and a… Ok I’ll stop. [...]

Yellow Pop

I got this quilt top finished up! So simple and quick to make baby quilts! Happy weekend to you all!!

Options!

I now have most of my blocks from the 12 Squared Bee. I’m not sure how I’m going to put them together… With sashing? No sashing? “Reassembled” blocks? Some of both? Or I might go in a completely different direction all together! We’ll see! In other news, we just found out that we’re moving. To [...]

Starting something new…

I always love when you first see the quilt in your head. For me it then gets quickly drawn and I pull loads of fabrics. Usually I instantly want to get started… … and make some progress! I’m auditioning this green as the background but I’m thinking it’s not right. We’ll see. Hope that you [...]

Why is everything cuter when tiny?

We all love Bonne Maman jars. But have you seen these teeny tiny ones before??  A hotel I was at recently had ‘em.  Now I don’t THINK you’re supposed to take…oh… six or so… but I did.  I couldn’t help it. I love them. Love. But I’m at a loss as to what I can [...]

The latest Block Party block

It’s finally up! Click on over to check it out!

A finish!

It’s been awhile since I’ve finished a quilt that wasn’t on a deadline.  It was nice. Some friends who are having a baby girl are getting this one! This quilt confirmed for me that I am not as much of a fan of the washed crinkled look when the quilt isn’t stippled. Stippling leads to [...]

Whip Up Mini Quilts winner!

Thanks for all your mini quilts comments.  They are a great time, right?? Getting down to business… the ol’ random number generator picked… #32: Megan! Who said “What a great little book! I’ve been thinking about doing some mini-quilts lately for just those reasons you mention: you can try out new techniques and ideas without [...]

Whip Up Mini Quilts

Today’s the day that I’m part of the Whip Up Mini Quilt book blog tour! Hurray! It’s such a great book. It starts with a very thorough run down of quilting – how to and loads of tips and tricks. All the info you need in one place. Then you get to the quilts… oh [...]

Catching up

On Friday my job ended and so I’m back to having much more time to sew! Needless to say, I’m happy about it. I took the weekend to catch up on some things including one of the bees I’m in, Bee Imaginative. Some drunk love style blocks for Ashley. And some flying geese for Amanda! [...]