I finished two baby quilts! My WIP pile is shrinking so fast!
Minkee backing on the elephant and bicycle quilt. Not for a Florida baby maybe, but any other baby would love it!
you can find these for sale here; www.cybeleperry.etsy.com
January 29, 2012
January 25, 2012
Kaleidoscope quilt in red and pink
I thought that the gorgeous morning light would show my newly finished kaleidoscope quilt beautifully. And so did this little girl. She is turning into quite the ham, not that I mind.
This poor quilt just needed it’s binding for weeks. I dropped in on unfinished projects night at Cloth and Bobbin last night and managed to finish it up before bedtime. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I am ignoring that it doesn’t match my bedroom at all. It might just be time to repaint so this quilt looks even better.
Admittedly I got distracted by my cutie girl and didn’t get any really good pictures. There some pictures of this quilt in progress here with more detail.
January 13, 2012
kindle case
I whipped up a quick kindle case for my sis in law. I did some internet searching to see how big to sew it and found this pattern. Which it didn’t really follow, but did notice she was using laminated fabric so I jumped right in and pulled from the very bottom of my stash some gorgeous laminated Amy Butler and lined it with some blue fleece…
gonna spend some time finishing my THREE in progress quilts this weekend…
January 8, 2012
Two baby quilts started
Christmas has me feeling a little broke, so I am working on some quilts to sell on etsy. Two tops done so far.
I always find baby quilts to be so refreshing to make after working on big quilts. This diamond quilt was the exception. What a beast to sew! I am glad I tried this smaller size before making this pattern in a larger size. That 60 degree angle changes everything somehow, the grain of the fabric or something. The diamonds warp and wiggle, what a pain!
This is basically the end of my blue and green in my stash. Going to have to make a few purple quilts next.
I love the pink and grey combo. It has been a long time since I have done a quilt with only 3 fabrics. But these elephants kind of called for it. I have a great binding picked out, so technically it will be 4 fabrics… Still a rarity for me.
I am also loving my new photo spot on the playhouse! Purple looks quite nice with this one 
January 1, 2012
Show and tell…
Christmas was a blur of family and travel and food. I haven’t done any sewing lately. These matching doll dresses are from a few months ago and just started getting lots of use from the little girl.
I got a generous gift certificate from santa and hit Intown Quilters in Atlanta. They have a huge amount of fabric. They also have a lovely deal on fat quarters, 10 for $25! Perfect for fat quarter addicts like me.
These three are jersey knits which will become the first project with the fancy serger I got on my birthday (and have been too scared to take out of the box)
And just a little more show and tell; this print was one of my very favorite Christmas presents. This dog looks so very much like our sweet dog Petunia and my love of a glass of red wine is *ahm* well known amongst my familiars. I am totally unaffiliated with this artist, I just happen to think he is great. Anyway, check out this guy’s etsy site, so much fun! SCHMETZPETZ
December 25, 2011
Scrabble Pillows
Hope everyone had a nice holiday! I am excited I can reveal some Christmas sewing! An Auntie pillow for my sis-in-law, who is loves being an Auntie.
I used a scrap wheel on the backside…
And these two green ones are based on family jokes for my mother-in-law and aunt-in-law. All 3 women are scrabble addicts which makes the scrabble letters perfect for them! equilter still has scrabble fabric here.
December 18, 2011
Baby clothes quilt
A truly wonderful friend has been giving us hand me down clothes from her daughter to our daughter. She mentioned she wanted some super cozy pajamas back to make into a quilt. I mentioned I had been quilting recently. So here we are, with a baby clothes quilt from all her favorite clothes.
I cut the patttern pieces out of lightweight interfacing and ironed on the pieces onto any of the baby clothes that were jersey fabric. Here are the green pajamas with as many pattern pieces as I could manage to squeeze on.
I am using the kaleidescope pattern from Don’t Call Me Betsy
Just laying out the pieces to see what else we need. Hopefully I can make this into a full size quilt.
And now to take some time off to spend the holidays with family… see you in the new year!
December 11, 2011
Sock Monkey Quilt
My best girlfriend is getting a new nephew for Christmas. So, I made this one as fast as I could!
A stacked coin quilt with sock monkey fabric, to match the nursery.
I appliqued a few more from a scrap to make sure no one missed the monkey theme.
My favorite color combo is blue and yellow, I didn’t notice until it was pieced how much yellow I managed to sneak in. Hopefully auntie won’t mind…
Flannel on back with more sock monkeys.
December 2, 2011
Scrap fabric wreath, quick and easy
I finally made something I found on Pinterest!
The pinterest website is a fantastic way to waste time. I started a “board” of all the crafty amazing things that I want to try. This is the first one I have actually done since joining many, many months ago. Super easy. I used 6″ or 8″ fabric strips knotted on my old (and rather sparse over the years) red berry wreath.
I also started a board of quilts that are jaw dropping awesome. I almost can’t look at all the amazing quilt ideas together like that because I fear I don’t have enough decades to try them all…
November 26, 2011
quick toddler dress
On girls sewing night I cut the skirt pieces from a pattern (simplicity2825 size 3) and with our low key thanksgiving weekend I found the time to piece them to this Old Navy shirt that has been sitting in the dresser unworn. The shirt is a ribbed jersey which was really each to stitch to. Then I took a zillion pictures of a rather uncooperative model this afternoon.
I got some smiles from her but what I really wanted was her to hold her baby doll with the matching outfit that I made from the scraps. I would do a closeup of the baby outfit, but trust me when I tell you this; without the little girl in the matching dress, it is ugly! This is as close as I got to a picture of them together.
