Grey Skies + Sunshine Quilt!

Its finished!!! Jack's baby quilt is quilted, bound and being put to good use!

The backing is 3 pillow cases by Alexander Girard I got from a thrift store in Birmingham last May. They retail for like $40 for 2 (RIDICULOUS!) and I got them for like 7 and I still have a ton left over.. since I bought all they had since I didnt have plans for it at the time. The binding is the back of the pillow cases and its like my favorite fabric ever. Just my style.



I used Made- By- Rae storytime square quilt pattern. I really liked it and i think it would be super easy with a charm pack. I still have some Nicey Jane charm packs I need to use..perhaps it will be a future project

Ive been wanting to do a yellow + grey quilt for a while. But... I didnt want to give it away. I got pregnant and voila! BAM! I could keep it and it was gender neutral so it would be for my girl or my boy.

Im just glad its done! Wootie Woot!

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Most AWESOME quilt ever

Well, Id just like to say. I am blessed with a pretty awesome mother in law. Were pretty alike which makes me laugh since supposedly "you marry your mother" or father or whatever. I was always nervous Id end up married to a dead beat.. or Id be a single mom cause thats how my mom raised me and I never knew my dad.. so there wasnt much to base it on. Anyway, my mother in law is great. :) She also quilts and knits and crochets and all that fun crafty stuff. When she found out I was pregnant I think she sent this kiddo a present once a week! So this is the first blanket Ive received Im just behind on blogging it all. Anyway, this one was too AMAZING to not blog. 

She asked me a while back what sort of fabrics I wanted in a quilt she was going to make. I already knew weather it was a boy or a girl I wanted a Dr Seuss quilt. I was ecstatic when the new Seuss line launched. Im a pretty big fan of the Dr. She mixed together fat quarters from the Celebrate Suess line and and Cat in the Hat line Kaufman made and it turned out AWESOME.

This is the best view of the whole quilt I could get by myself. Isnt is awesome and lovely and bright?

The back looks just as cool.

<3 Horton

Gotta have some of the Grinch in there.

She bound it with black and white polka dots which I really think set everything perfectly.

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Charlie's Quilt | Finshed!

Man o Man. Where has the time gone? I feel like I am not living up to my craft goals here. I am catching up though. But the thing is I'm making a lot of quilts and those take a whole heck of a longer time then other crafts do. Since something sad is happening next month oh! this month I took some leave from work(sorta) and have been able to go on vacation with Neil and just stop stressing so much. Ive also been able to sew! Hoooooooray! I finished a baby quilt for my friend Bentley. She's due to have a baby girl at the beginning of September, although I think were hoping shes goes sooner than that so baby and daddy can meet. She requested no pink but I think she trusted me that I wasn't going to make something with "baby puke colors" as I like to refer to them. I'm not really a fan of light colors when it comes to anything except maybe the paint color.. and even then.. probably not.


I tried the zigzag pattern again using the tutorial at A Quilt is Nice. Its the same pattern from baby Christopher's quilt I just followed the directions this time. Except I messed up a little can you tell where? I think it works still.

It was a lot of fun and the fabric cutting went relatively quickly. I used some of my favorite fabrics and some of my more random stuff but I love the color combos and the fabrics and how they work together. I even used some of my Nicey Jane stash. I love me some Nicey Jane.



For all my binding instructions and help I have used Crazy Mom Quilts tutorial. Its pretty much the best I have found. So very helpful. I had the easiest time with the binding here. I think after.. 5 quilts I'm finally starting to get it. YAY!



I was also able to finish and start my blocks for May, June and July for the Fresh Comfort Bee. Just in time for August! I feel horrible for being so late on them. But they are done now.




This last block was my absolute favorite pattern I have done with the bee so far. I think I might make a quilt doing these squares too!

I also loved her fabric choices. These are for her daughter. What a lucky little girl she is!!


Last night after I was done with my bee blocks I started my very own Christmas quilt. Ill be using this pattern from Crazy Mom quilts(I like her, have you noticed?) Im using 12 Days of Christmas by Moda. Ill end up needing 4 more charm packs. Its going to be quite a pricey quilt but it IS for me so its worth it. :) I don't think Ill quilt it because I dont think my machine can handle it so that saves in timing. :)

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Complete: Blingerbrewster Quilt

While visiting Wilmington last week I finished another quilt too. Its the one my machine stopped on and is one of my favorites so far. I used a mix of fabrics including Amy Butler, Michael Miller and some freespirit fabrics. I pieced random fabrics for the binding and I kinda like the miss-matchyness of it! I love the way I quilted it! I think it worked with the white but im not sure it would work with everything.

The backing is a fabric I really loved at Joanns. Typically I dont like to mix designer fabrics with Joanns but they went with the "bird" theme and I liked it!

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Complete: Bulser Quilt

I finished the grey quilt I posted about last. I'm going to name it Bulser Quilt. Because the last name of the new baby getting it is Sulser and its a baby. :) And in my group of friends we like to do that for some reason. It works. How was Bercer sound? ehhh I'm not too fond of it. Anyway, here it is:

I ended up not particularly caring for this. Im not a fan of the way I quilted it but oh well, im experimenting.

Its also WAY too tiny for my liking

My favorite thing about it is the backing which is from an Amy Butler line... I think Midwest Modern. They main fabric line was the Deer Valley and the sashing color was a grey from Kona Cotton. Its my new favorite and I loved it as soon as I saw it.

I didn't follow a pattern per say but I used this photo as inspiration.

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2 quilts and a birdy

Goodness. At the beginning of this year I did not anticipate being as busy as I have been. I am blessed to have found something I'm good at. I think the best part is that other people agree! Its a little crazy. Anyway, because of that my whole 365 crafts in a year most likely wont happen. Especially if I keep making all these quilts for other people! Now that my sewing machine is fixed and beautiful again Ive been working a bit here and there at some super cute quilts.

This first quilt is obviously not done yet. Just the top. Im trying to decide if I want to add a grey sash around the edges to make it a little bigger. Its a bit smaller than I would like but hey, its for a baby its supposed to be tiny. What do you think? I think I need to start working on piecing in more straight lines so in the end the quilt will look more put together. I'm getting better but I think in the end I just need to be a more precise cutter and im not.

Also, said baby doesn't know if shes a boy or a girl so that's why its gender neutral. I'm not a fan of yellows and greens and stuff but I figured this works.

This next one was the quilt my machine broke on. :( Well its finally quilted and I think I might bind it tonight so its not quite finished yet. Also, I know this is a terrible photo but I waited until late to take a photo of it.



Today I was outside. Wow! Right there I should stop. It sure is hot out there. I miss being in Pensacola. That way on the humid days you can go to the beach but here.. there isnt much to get away from the humidity. Anyway, I was taking out the trash (Oh! That makes more sense) and I saw the cutest little birdy on a weed. Yes that thing its sitting in is a weed growing in my flower garden that desperately needs to be weeded. Oh well.  This little guy was awesome and oh so still. I shot all these with my 50mm, he let me get that close!

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Bzzzzzzzzz the bee is still going

Terrible news. My sewing machine is broken. Of course it broke when I actually had time to sew too. Doesn't the sewing gods know that I have a nephew popping out in August! And friends are having babies all summer! BAH! Ive also been a terrible blogger and crafter lately. I have done a few things here and there but its mainly been for the quilting bee Im participating in. But even that has been rough to keep up with. Its crazy how busy I have been with my photography business. I am really blessed to be able to do something that I love. It is am amazing feeling that I can imagine some people never even get to experience. I already have an idea for my nephews quilt I just need to get a few more "manly" fabrics for it. I think Im going to go with a brown blue and green theme and keep it simple and just randomly piece it square like. Here is are a few of my most recent blocks for the bee that I have done.

This was my first time working with batiks and I kinda like them. Perhaps one day Ill do something for me with them.





Lets hope my sewing machine is an easy fix and fixed soon.  :) Im itching to get crafty.

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Baby Christopher's Quilt

Oh man has it been a while. That's not to say I haven't been crafting. I have been just barely here and there. Wedding/busy season is now in full swing but Ive managed to crank out a few things so far. February was my month in the quilting bee and Ive received all my blocks and i'm excited about putting them all together. Ive pieced one quilt top and I just need to quilt it now. Its a present so I can post it yet. But I have finished one quilt for my friend Ashley. She's having a baby boy in late May and I wanted to make her something. She's a crafty person too so I was a bit nervous especially trying this new pattern. It was ok. I wasn't really a fan of it but I think the quilt turned out alright. Maybe Ill try it again. Ive been collecting the Mendocino line and I love all the zigzag quilts i've seen from that so far. What do you think?

My favorite was the binding. I love it!

Obviously I took this in a hurry and needed some way of holding it up. It worked.

I used two fabric lines here but they are both by David Harry for Freespirit. One was Robots and the other was the jungle animals and transportation. As soon as I saw this fabric I thought of Phillip mainly and I figured Ashley would like it as well.

Isnt this fabric the cutest thing you've ever seen? Its from IKEA. I love that place!

Yay. Ill try and update more often.

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busy busy busy

Ive been busy making Christmas presents.


What! Making Christmas presents. I know.. im a little early but hey! might as well be done more quick than hurrying the last few weeks. Im not done with any of them yet. I need to take a trip to Joanns for a few more finishing goodies. Since they are presents I cant take any photos yet.. :(


I did finally finish my 2 blocks for the quilting bee though. Im happy with one and not so much with the other.

Happy


Not so happy

I ran out of the blue to finish edging it in. I think perhaps if I could have finished it maybe I would like it more.

Next on the cutting board is this fun Valentines fabric!

Its going to be a table runner. My problem is.. I want to include this fabric in with it.



But I think its too red.. and not poppy in color. hmmmm. ideas?

These are my favorite 3 fabrics from the Valentines day line I have.

They remind me of my best friend Alex. This is something she would draw. :)

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