grommets!!

I want to put them everywhere...it's like my repressed Bedazzler fantasy is now manifesting itself in an obsession with grommets. Watch out Baby Girl, you may be getting all kinds of hardware in your little pink blankets.

small miracle

I guess that title could refer to the sweet new baby who inspired this final burst of productivity, or to the fact that I finally made something. For some reason my pictures are refusing to be organized tonight so here they are in their own choice of order.

The quilt: (oh how I hated this thing while I was sewing it together, but we are on better terms now)

The bibs: (my sister appreciates wacky fabric combos and reversibility as much as I do)

The swaddle blanket: (there just wasn't any rockin' flannel out there, so we went the 2-sided cotton route with a piece of flannel for batting, can't wait to hear how that works out...or doesn't...)

And the quilt again.

I REALLY like the back.

I am (was?) planning to do zig zag quilts for my boys' beds, but I barely survived this little guy so I'm thinking that in order to manage 2 twin-sizers I may have to do fewer zig zags and leave them some open space to roam in. I kinda like the floater.

Guess how much I love you...

Well sweet nephew-to-be of mine, I love you enough to break my 3-month-no-sewing streak. I love you enough NOT to give you this miserable attempt. I love you more than my orange and green echino fabric stash, and my recently acquired Kei dots stash.

AND I love you enough to square off half square triangle blocks for you. And THAT, folks, is love.

Alright but who are we kidding, I did all this diminutive trimming while watching the new BBC version of Emma (a real hardship).

And I can't wait to meet you!!

It's a dreary day in the neighborhood...

I've been wanting to make one of these charming house quilts for so long but I really haven't been feeling the sewing vibe for months now! An upcoming nephew finally got me motivated but I am thoroughly dissatisfied with this effort. Are they too big? Too wonky? Not wonky enough? Does the gray just make it too drab? I can't put my finger on it but I think maybe a few months in a closet may be all it needs.

craft hope for haiti

I think this is SO great:

I'm really tempted to just attack my basement and donate a bunch of charm packs...? We'll see what I come up with, or I may just go shopping!

the rest of it

Here's the final quilt in all it's wrinkly glory: it's been finished for a while but I didn't want to post it until it found it's new home at Christmas.

It's a cabin quilt for the new Logan Canyon cabin...I didn't get a picture of it in its spot but here is the view it enjoys:

I know, nice place to be a quilt, right?

uno mas

I seem to remember promising to leave Amy Butler alone for a while but a true attack on my scrap pile just won't allow for such forbearance. But it's just a little one, and I'm moving on now.