winner

and the winner is Alisa who said, 

"Cute shop. I really like the Yellow White Stripes pillow. So bright and cheerful."  

I've sent you an email.  Thanks everyone for entering.

I'm not sure if it's summer or what, but I just haven't been feeling the quilting bug lately.  I am working on a baby quilt for a friend of mine, but I feel like I have to force my self to work on it.  I'll post it soon, it's just about there.

My daughter started school last week (my first), and I knew she wanted to wear a skirt the first day, I offered to buy her one or make one, and she actually chose a handmade one!  I was thrilled, and think it turned out really cute. 

I used the tutorial found here (really, really easy!)

be still shop and a giveaway--closed

--giveaway closed--

i am in love with the simpleness of this pillow!

my new friend sarah contacted me and offered some fabric to giveaway on this here blog.  Of course I was excited, who doesn't love a giveaway.    She has the most beautiful cushion covers for sale in her shop.  I really had a hard time picking a favorite, but I think I narrowed it down to this silver one.  It's lovely, and I really like the shape.

and I think this cotton tail one would be perfect in a baby or child's room.  It reminds me of peter rabbit and all of beatrix potter's books.

So, the giveaway.  Sarah has offered this lot of fabric (there's even some flea market fancy to win!).  Just leave a comment telling me which item in Sarah's shop is your favorite.  I'll pick the winner on Monday, August 23rd.  one entry per person please. 

market square!

I finished my flea market fancy quilt, and I LOVE it a lot.  Just simple squares, 3 inches each, randomly sewed together--I literally drew each square out of a bag, the only adjusting I did was to make sure that nothing exactly the same was next to each other.

It's a good lap size, measuring 52 x 66 inches.

I quilted straight lines about 1/4 inch from each seam.

I almost pieced together more of my hoarded flea market fancy stash for the back, but decided to save it instead.  I used some cake rock beach and sandi henderson in green instead.  

 I'm pretty sure green is my favorite color, it seems to be my go to color in a colorful quilt-- when I'm not sure what to use.

 for now we'll use it as a picnic blanket, it's just too hot to sit under it. I'm so happy to finally have all these prints in a quilt.

caught up!

i am caught up on amandajean's quilt-along.  phew!  i really don't love falling behind.

and now looking at this I see I messed up in the middle, bummer.  oh well, there is no way i am fixing it, it's not that noticeable, right???

another

I have definitely been bitten by the hexagon bug, and I couldn't resist turning them into this bib.  I love it.  

and this bib might have convinced me to make a hexagon quilt. 

I hope I don't go crazy.  

1.5 inch hexagons

bib pattern found here.

turns out

I might actually enjoy applique and hexagons.   I held off for as long as I could, but I just couldn't resist how cute these little hexagons are.  I don't know that I will ever make a quilt with them, but they are so fun to add to projects.  

These hexagons made their way to a bib.

Now that my baby is 8(!) months and eating solid food, I'm finding that our bibs from the older kids are pretty much worn out.  I made couple of these several months ago as an easy quick project.  I just think they are adorable, so I whipped up a few more for the babe and a few for my shop. 

and I always love a stack of quilts, so of course I love a stack of bibs...it's like a bib sandwich.

pattern can be found here.

the calvin quilt

with the help of my block party friends, my little boy now has a quilt for his big bed...I LOVE this quilt.  

I wasn't sure about the quilting when I first pulled it out of the dryer, but on the bed, I absolutely love it.

currently my kids are playing musical beds (not sleeping in their own beds), so the quilt is actually on my daughters bed.  She loves the horse stuff on the back.  I chose this print because the fabric is so, so soft. 

 thanks to the great ladies who contributed to this quilt, I love every square..