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her weekender

02 Tuesday Aug 2011

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This is lulu’s weekender bag.

When it was all done, she threw it over her shoulder and told me it’s her favorite of all the things I have a made for her.

I really don’t think you can receive a better compliment.

It’s made with Ty Pennigton’s home dec fabric (Moorish) and the pattern is Amy Butler’s Weekender.  And, I had no intention of having the fabric line up like it did.  I didn’t even notice how nicely it matched up until I was looking at these pictures.  I know, I’m pathetic.

Now I can get started on mine.

party for 7

04 Monday Jul 2011

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Turning seven that is…

I spent an evening last week knotting strips of scrap fabric on to a piece of twine.

Lulu wanted a camp theme so we set a plan for an afternoon in the backyard with a tent full of balloons and games like bocce and basketball.  Then it turned out to be the hottest and most humid day we’ve had this year.  We still had the tent, but went with a water fight to try to cool off.
Then they painted birdhouses.

They decorated bangle bracelets made from popsicle sticks. (here they are undecorated)

They made paper fortune tellers and signs for their rooms.

We had a sundae bar with all the fixin’s along with cupcakes.

After all of that, they each went home with their own hobo bindle filled with goodies…

…and I slumped into a chair and didn’t move for hours.

broken fence quilt

10 Sunday Apr 2011

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I just love this Freebird line from MoMo.  I also used it for the spots quilt that now lives with my mom.  The colors are rich, the patterns are bold, and what’s not to love about all of those different polka dots?

I based the block design on a traditional rail fence pattern, although those are usually more unified in color and made of staight lines.  That’s why I decided this is more of a “broken” fence for me.

The back has some more of the pieced blocks along the right side.  These block are next to a band of print that is one of my favorite pieces of fabric around.  I just love those big blue trees.

Inspired by the some the sashiko embroidery that’s been popping up around the interweb, I quilted it with chocolate brown thread in a ripple pattern, wider ripples at the top that get closer together as they spread out across the quilt.  I’m really pleased with the how well the wave effect turned out.

It’s listed at etsy and big cartel.

If you would like it to come live with you, just let me know.

 

happy trails

13 Tuesday Jul 2010

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Here’s a full view of the spouse’s new quilt.

It’s made from the Happy Trails line by Benartex.  I took my cue for the design from the name and created lines from all different sized strips of fabric.  The quilted the center of the top with horizontals in various widths.  I quilted all the seams as well.

The back is also from the Happy Trails line – I used a strip each of pistols and barbed wire along with the orange plaid.

Here it is on it’s first test drive.