For our baby!
I have spent a long time on this quilt, partly because my big belly makes sewing a little tougher, but partly because I wanted it to be awesome. I think it ended up pretty awesome. 
I used some scraps for the back, not really what I had imagined in the beginning, but I am pretty pleased with it. The minty green stripes are minkee, I think maybe I should have made the whole back minkee, but the pinwheel squares were too hard to resist.
One of the Christmas presents I requested this year had our new baby in mind. A ruffle foot for my sewing machine seemed like a must have for all the upcoming girl things in our world. I have not quite mastered it yet. *ahem*. Breaking two needles in one sitting is not my usual style. But I am getting the hang of it. Although, if anyone out there had a ah-hah moment they would like to share about the Janome ruffle foot I would be happy to listen!
My mother is a notorious bargain hunter, her voice squeaking when she sees a sign for church rummage sale or thrift shop. She picked up a load of various baby clothes at some moment and I am slowly transforming them, as I did my own clothes when I was a girl and she brought home “vintage” treasures. This long sleeve tee won’t fit baby for more than a year but when it does I am so excited to see her twirl in it.
The nursery is coming right along, there are a couple glaring absences, like a mattress for the gorgeous hand-me-down crib but I am filling in some of the list with things I can make, like this dust ruffle.
I wish you could see the fabric better in the picture, the animals have names like gustav, alfonze and mona which for some reason tickles me to no end. For trim I used a precious few scraps of the red and pink farmers market fabric I found on ebay for a handsome sum that-shall-not-be -mentioned-here-but-I-do-not-regret-for-a-second. I have plans for a red and pink crib quilt for this baby. Which I guess I should get a start on seeing as I have reached my 32 week! Yikes! where did the time go?
It is not often that I smack my head and say “why didn’t I think of that”.
But I just did. 
Look what I found on the martha stewart website-
click the picture for instructions…
They tell me I only have 10 weeks to go until baby arrives. So I am trying to get a few creations finished in the next 6 weeks. I have tons of inspiration, but not much time. These are (some of) my favorite Christmas presents, they are now a fixture on my bedside table and have me dreaming of beautiful new creations;
I have 2 baby quilts planned, this one finally pulled together after a trip to Cloth and Bobbin last week. Some of the fabric was in my stash from the summer but together they look amazing! A peek;
Yeah yeah, it’s January 3rd and I just finished this Christmas present yesterday but , hey- at least it is still quilt season! She did have this to open on Christmas morning, so I am not a complete slacker. I did a quick photograph before rushing to the post office. I was in such a rush I didn’t even measure it’s final size to make sure it was big enough for a queen bed! fingers crossed!
I used my new labels for the first time. I got them from Mel on etsy and have been itching to use one.
The back is the 2nd half of an Ikea duvet cover that I also used for Lauren’s quilt. Slowly busting my fabric stash!
23 inches of snow on Saturday that looks like it will last till the big day-
and a little sabatoge by my husband and we are sailing into the holiday. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I find so much inspiration on other quilter’s websites, but this time the inspiration was not for a quilt. I had been looking for cute lamps for the nursery at Target and the various baby stores but not liking the plastic-made-in-china stuff I was finding. Made by Rae gave me a designer name that let me search ebay to find the cutest lamp ever! So, when looking for darling lamps, check ebay with the name Irmi. I snagged this one for $20, but I have seen them go for as much as $60. About the same price as the Target lamps, but the quality is far superior.
Well, the skirt was a success! Many twirls were had, and thankfully it wasn’t too huge. Just big enough for wearing over winter clothes. Fingers crossed it will fit in summer. Stop growing little one! 
And just because there are never enough pictures of Petunia, the world’s best dog. Petunia is seen here with Delilah, one of the world’s more annoying cats.
Oh wait, did you actually google “key west nude” and end up here? Because I took a glance at my stats today and not one, but 2 google searches for the above phrase ended up at my site. So weird! So now that I have that out of the way- my sort of quilted Christmas tablecloth. I used the Alexander Henry Christmas cowboy fabric and some pinwheels and well, you can see the results…
Now maybe I can finish some Christmas presents… nah, more sewing for baby!
I used to make a dozen dresses in a weekend for selling, but maybe it is a little stage fright, this is the first one I have made for our baby. Simplicity Pattern 9784 .The pattern says this is a 6 month size but comparing it to other clothes in the baby’s closet I am thinking it is more like 12 months.
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