I love quilt stacks, they make me feel accomplished!

Variegated thread for both quilt tops, but you can only really tell on my pink and green one. The backing for this one is a lovely garden scene that picked up all the colors from the front.

I went a little crazy on tight quilting lines, but I think the pattern helped make the top a little fancier.

Super simple squares on this one. All those bright colors didn’t need much else. I really love the striped backing on this one! I chose to do this fold over binding as these quilts will be getting a lot of washing and binding is always the first thing to loosen up.

Leaving for a fantastic vacation this weekend where I will deliver some of my homemade goodies! see you in June!

I have two boyfriends. In the past I have sewn them quilts and pillowcase backpacks. They are 6 and 3 and I am here to tell you that I am out of things to sew for them that they might appreciate. Well, out of things to sew now that I have sewn them these capes. 

Which they loved. ‘Cause my boyfriends don’t lie, they tell you how it is.

The new best place to take pictures of my sewing on my daughter is the funhouse mirrors at the Please Touch Museum.

I finally got her into the dress I made her weeks ago. It will fit much better next summer, but for a little smock dress I still love it this summer.

She insisted on red socks and who am I to argue? I myself have a red and aqua project coming along that I hope to share next week.

I will be very curious to see who picks each one.

In the past I have been very loyal to the idea of piping on pillows. But this time I wanted to skip that step on some of these and I sewed a border around the outside of 3 of the pillows and it made a very decent trim, very close to piping, and much easier!

I spent the time I saved on my trim on the quilting. I love to top stitch like this on the pillow size. Lots of tight lines are so easy at this size but when it comes to anything larger than a baby quilt it is agonizing.

And the backs, I think the backs are just as important! I made these as pillow covers to travel easier and I think I will hand stitch some snaps for closure.

and this picture is for grandma; my assistant saying CHEESE!

Husband tried to take a few pictures but they were not-s0-good. Here is a fuzzy mirror picture that shows how nice it hangs,  you get the idea.  The fabric is oh-so-flowy and I love the prints all mixed up, this is my new favorite skirt!

I had tried to sew jersey with a regular zig zag stitch and was not so pleased. I don’t know what this stitch is called but it is magic! It worked great and will only cause me further delay in getting to learn the serger. Although this skirt does still need a hem, so if the serger mice would like to work on that tonight when I sleep I would be ever so grateful!

I pulled from my scrap bag for the first 3 blocks.

I am pleasantly surprised that I found a good variety.

although the teal supply hit rock bottom after this block.

I tried out my new 60 degree triangle on this one and I am very pleased with the result.

I still have a few more to make, and then I will reveal the secret project.

I managed to get mini-me into one of the two new dresses I made for her, but only with the bribery of her nap-time-only pacifier. I recycled a long sleeve onesie into this cutie dress by trimming the sleeves and adding one big ruffle.

and she picked out the boots.

I have become “that sewing girl” to a lot of my friends and I got a big box of hand-me-down sewing supplies recently and in the box was 3 of these embroidery projects. Punch point? I don’t know. But they remind me very much of Anna Maria Horner and her recent embroideries.

The best indication of what decade these were done is the hot pink unicorn that screams 1980′s to me (and makes me giggle too).

I have made 2 new summer dresses this past week and mini-me REFUSES to wear them. And so it has begun. I fear her tastes will be different than I in the next years. So, just imagine lots of pictures of a toddler in cute homemade dresses here, I am sure she has her own ideas about what those dresses really should be. More disney princesses than my own taste I think.

We took a day trip this past weekend to Annapolis and I was lucky enough to stop into a fabulous quilt shop; Cottonseed Glory Quilts.

I practiced some restraint and got just a medium sized stack while toddler and husband played a gentle game of hide and seek in between the bolts.

And there were oh-so-many bolts. Huge amounts of fabric always make me happy. I always feel a little disappointed in the new style of boutique fabric shops, vast amounts of space with only a few bolts are a waste on me. Not so at this little gem, when you are in Annapolis, make some time for this nice place.

A llama pocket (to fill with buttons) on one side, 4 fabric stripes on the other…

I used an idea on  pinterest and made oscar and elmo veggie trays- which I am ridiculously proud of…

We shared the party with some friends who have a little boy who turned 2 this month, I redid his banner with dark letters this time-

I started this banner earlier with  light letters with bad results. Everyone loved the banners and home-made gift bags. Huge success all around!

my most loyal blog follower asked how my trundle bed project looked finished. And as a good blogger I staged a clean room picture and I now I realize this picture shows a few projects in their finished state. The tree mural from before my daughter was born with furniture in the room. The Dot Tree quilt to match the mural, at home on her bed. And my creative solution to missing a drawer to this hand-me-down trundle bed. I made a plywood piece the same size as a drawer face and hinges make it a quick cabinet door. I covered them in quilting cotton with some pockets to hold treasures. I check that the treasures aren’t food ever since I watched her shimmy a popsicle in one a few weeks ago.

I originally had picked out some blue glass knobs for the drawers, but when I found these pendant knobs (also at anthropologie), I knew they were a better, low profile option.

A real artist would find some time to paint that toddler bed gate white to match the bed, but I am far more interested in British mysteries on Netflix these days.