Scrappy Purple Baby Quilt

  A baby quilt for my cousin, who requested purples when I asked about making the new baby a quilt. 

All the prints were from my scrap bins, except for the few fat quarters of Castle Peeps I pulled from my shop.

The backing is minky light purple dot, my favorite backing especially for children.

The quilting was just done in random zig-zag lines following the piecing.

A quilt for Christopher

Hi everyone! Since the fall I've gone back to work and use all of my free time to work on our new house, so my postings are few and far between, but look I actually sewed something!

 I recently made this quilt for my sister who  is expecting a baby boy in March.  All the pieces were already cut from when I started this project 2 yrs ago.

 I loved the colors and patterns of these squares, mostly geometric, but some organic lines as well.  I wanted to be as random as possible, so I just threw all the squares together and randomly grabbed them as I sewed the strips.

This is my first time rounding the corners of a quilt and I LOVED it!  I used yellow minky for the backing and quilted it in straight lines.  I left it unwashed figuring she would use Dreft on it once it was received, but can't wait to see how it crinkles up!

I used up the first set of blocks from my square stash over here and now have a few dozen squares left in pinks, purples, reds.  Hopefully I'll find something to use them for and than can call this UFO complete, even if it turned into three different projects =)

Pink Princess

 October is fast approaching, so I wanted to get started on my daughter's Halloween costume.  She picked out the pattern (Simplicity 2569)...but than started asking every half hour if it was finished, ha!  So I sewed it up Saturday, minus the embellishments and accessories...

 The bodice and underskirt are made of satin.  I haven't sewn with these types of materials in so long I forgot I needed special pins and needles and had to run to the store because I had none on hand, lol.

 The skirt is 3 layers of different shades of pink. (not sure why the bodice looks bunched like that in this pic, it lies much more flat normally)

The pink wings are from the party section in Target ($2.00), they have elastic straps that go around the arms.  I was going to take them apart to sew into the back of the dress, but she was too anxious to wear it, so I'll do it later.  But now she's got a whole month to play dress-up in it while I decide what I want to add to the dress.  She is asking for the belt and hat pictured on the pattern =)

Two Aprons and a Table Runner

My destash shop is currently in vacation mode while I sew up a few things I've been wanting to get to.  Like these two girls aprons below...

 

 This is my own pattern and I've been pulling fabric combinations from my destash pile.

  I like to use every little bit of fabric, and I seam and piece where I can, like the ruffles.  Trying to make the most of what's available.

I also pulled out this long forgotten project...

 ...and turned my first (and only) row completed into a table runner.

 I had one lone completed block and that was used with some 1001 Peeps fabric for the backing.

  I quilted the whole thing with straight lines, following the small squares.

I'm really happy with how this came out.  A super simple, modern design and its something completed out of the UFO pile!

I'd also like to mention that I've destashed almost my entire stash at this point and would like to THANK everyone who's made a purchase from my Etsy shop!  When I entered the online quilting world I think I got a bit wrapped up in the excitement of all the new collections and purchased way more than I'd ever use.  I'm happy that a lot of my stash has found new homes.  It's sort of freeing to start from scratch and maybe build a 'new' stash based more on what I actually want to sew instead of just fabric I like?  Does that make sense?  lol  I have HUGE piles of scraps and need to plan something with those.  After I get a few things organized and a few UFOs completed I'll be able to list the rest of whats still lingering in the stash =)

Rocking Chair Redo

 I found this great little rocking chair at the thrift store...

 I painted it using my daughter's bedroom wall color, aqua...

And made up these piped cushions.

I made simple ties to keep them in place on the rocker.

The back cushion measures approx. 17x14" and the seat cushion measures approx. 14x14".

 The top panel on both cushions are quilted using a pebble pattern through the white sections.  All the printed fabrics are from Heather Ross' Far Far Away II collection.  The aqua piping and ties are made from very fine corduroy, that I've had in my stash.  Each cushion also has a zipper so they are removable for washing.  I followed this tutorial for their construction (except for the piping, which I did in my usual way).

The chair itself was sanded, primed with Kilz2, painted with semi and sealed with clear gloss.

Heather Ross FFA Blocks

 WIP....

These are in the process of becoming seat cushions.

First time pebble quilting, it's a fun design!

Laney has been busy painting ...

Anna Maria Horner Velveteen

 I've had this chair since 2009 (wow, I had to look that up) and redid it originally in Denyse Schmidt posies. But ever since than I've been dying to paint the wood and update it...

             I LOVE the new version SO MUCH!  EVERYTHING is better with fabric from Anna Maria Horner!

 

The fabric is from Anna Maria Horner's Loulouthi Velveteen collection.  It's super soft and the colors are just so vibrant, even in profile.

The edges are lined in double piping with the same fabric.  I lost my zipper foot (which is what I use to make piping) and had to order a new one, and it arrived yesterday.  So I jumped right into finishing this chair first thing this morning.

 

I'M IN LOVE!

Note: For anyone who's interested the wood has 1 coat of 'Kilz 2', 3 coats of white semi and 3 coats of Varathane gloss.