Binding

This quilt is still in progress. Slowly, steadily, all year.



It may get finished this weekend if there are copious ammounts of football watching...

Sandwiched

and ready to quilt!



This one is mostly Sweetwater's Pure line of fabrics in a pinwheel design. I "cheated" and used pre-cuts for this one. I'll be honest, it didn't help it go together any faster. This quilt has been set aside time and time again for other projects. But! will be completed this year. Making that a not-so-record-setting three quilts in two years.

Ps. I l.o.v.e. this line of fabric. I have loved everything Sweetwater has put out and was sooooo disappointed not to get my hands on their Make Life line. I have Sunkissed and Hometown waiting in my stash though!

Introducing...

Blake Gerard Bemis



And what his momma said was his new favorite blanket. :)

I think this one is going to be just as well loved as I had hoped. (The blanket, that is. Of COURSE the baby is going to be well loved!!)

Baby Bemis' quilt

I posted earlier how I had finally jinxed one of my girlfriends into getting pregnant. Yay! And thankfully, it was a married one. In fact, her little man is due very near to she and her husband's second anniversary.

Anyway, I ordered some adorable Michael Miller fabric that I think is going to be just perfect for a little boy. It has titles like "Honk, Honk" and "Beep, Beep". I also ordered some super soft minky fabric to go on the back.

This weekend I was able to get started cutting and piecing the quilt top.





I'm about two-thirds into the quilting and hopefully will be able to wrap it up tonight. Its amazing how fast a crib size quilt goes together. I'm only about 4 hours into it, taking my sweet time, and I've probably only got another 2 hours before its ready for hand binding.

On the quilting front

A little fabric goodness showed up on my doorstep yesterday.



Two more charm packs in Pure by Sweetwater, a Whimsy jellyroll, and a Bliss jellyroll. Oh, and a yard of one of the colorways from the Pure line for sashing.

I didn't waste any time cutting into the two charm packs. ;)

And so these...

>

Became these...



Which will be added to these...



And hopefully very shortly I'll have another finished quilt!

I'm learning to love precuts. The last quilt took nearly 7 months of dragging out all the cutting. This one may just come together in a matter of weeks! After this... no more blue and brown for a little while. I need some color in my life! I think the two jellyrolls are going to be just right for that... :)

I'm on the lookout...

For white/off white fabric with blue or brown or blue and brown polka dots. I think I've decided to turn the Pure by Sweetwater charmpacks that showed up in my mailbox into a pinwheel quilt.

After this, I'm staying away from brown and blue for a while. What happened to the red in my life?

Basted!

My Disappearing Nine Patch is basted and ready for quilting and binding this weekend! I love love love how it looks with the sashing. AND the back is pieced too! Can't wait to show off the finished product. This is the first quilt I've done since I was 12!



And in more fabric news, this yummy goodness arrived in the mail:







The scrap bag was on clearance sale and I'm hoping to get some fun little Christmas projects out of it.

The candy bar I'm super excited about! These are four new Moda lines that will be available soon... this is just a tease. And the first time I've bought designer quilt fabric! I can hardly wait to get my hands on this. But... I'm holding until the Disappearing Nine Patch is finished. Well, I'm trying to anyway.

Butterick 5331

I have been sewing up a storm! This is the first item I've had a chance to wear. More to come. And better, non-crappy-blackberry pictures to come. This was all I had time for this morning.

And so... I made Butterick 5331, view B without the belt.


Here's the finished product.

(Please excuse the dirty mirror, I'll be cleaning that as soon as possible... eww)

I cut a size 12 out of medium weight Italian linen from denverfabrics.com. Although I really love this, if I make it again I'll probably cut and 8 or 10. Its just not as fitted as I would like for a light weight, unlined jacket. But, it is super cute and I was really impressed with how easily this went together. Thank goodness for ruffler and rolled hem feet! I used Amanda's, from Amanda's Adventures in Sewing, technique for finishing the insides with bias tape. I love how nice and professional this makes your handmade garments for those of us without sergers. More pics of that to come...

I need a diet.

A fabric diet that is. I have boxes of fabric that are screaming to be made up into something fabulous and here I am purchasing more. But... they were on sale!

First up, a medium black linen that I'm picturing being made into Butterick 5331:




Next, a navy blue linen that I'm hoping will make a fabulous little dress. Maybe out of a Built by Wendy pattern.



Then, a green linen that I'm seeing a cute little safari style dress with pockets made out of.



And last, a turquoise matte jersey. I have got to find a sun dress pattern. I keep collecting these jersey knits for sundresses and I need to start making a few. This will be so pretty for my trip to the Dominican in June.



Who wants to think about unpacking and studying for grad school when you can start planning summer wardrobe additions?