slowly but surely

It's finally quilted: straight lines close together. I just haven't been able to commit to a binding. I had my heart set on pink Kei honeycomb dots but a. they seem to be out of stock everywhere b. I've never actually seen them so I don't know if they'll match. I have a million suitable greens in my stash, should I just go green?

we interrupt our previously scheduled baby quilt...

...to bring you some emergency projects.

Hot pads for my friend's birthday...

and a quilt for Andy's boss.

It's turning out more modern than I thought it would...I'm not sure it will be to her taste. Or maybe I'm just saying that because it matches my living room really well.

mac and cheese for dinner again?

How do people sew AND get dinner on the table? I tell ya lately every step of the way seems to come at such a high price (not that foregoing my cooking is a very high price to pay...) but I did manage to get all my blocks made and sewn together while neglecting all other duties and encouraging Henry in his mad Star Wars Wii playing skills.

I decided my first stack of blocks were heinously busy when put together, and not wanting to dilute the stew with sashing I just made some really simple square in a square blocks. I think...I like it. Yup, I'm easing right into this girl thing. I may even make the back...PINK!

I love General Conference for so many reasons, one of which is the hand sewing time!! I've been working on these flowers for 6 years now. Not that it should have taken me that long, just that's it's kind of been my take-along-project for a long long time. I always said I would sew it together for my daughter and that's the size it would be. Little did I know how large an undertaking putting it together would be. Am I missing something? Is there an easy way to do this? It is like a wrestling match trying to get these rows together!!

About halfway there...

back to blue...but only for a minute

My neighbor just birthed the CUTEST little piece of humanity ever....alright I'm still a little partial to my nephew but seriously this new specimen is top notch. He's a second boy so I had envisioned something different than just blue but when I found out the nursery was blue and gray it seemed like the perfect chance to get out the scrap drawer again. Man this was fun.

This time the quilting (a la my aunt june) showed up quite a bit better...in the pictures I mean. Not that I'm getting any better AT it, but the overexposure helps it show up a bit. I know the thread looks black, it really matches I promise, I'm just still working on getting the hang of the new camera. Alright and I confess, Photoshop Elements is still in the box. I'll work on that too.

This is what the quilt was meant to be. I wasn't ready to give up the color scheme entirely so it became the burp cloth.

I know, it REALLY needs a grommet, it just does. But I couldn't wait another second to see the little bug and I couldn't show up empty handed (these people don't like chocolate so it was a quilt or nothing). I'll just have to make another one.

let there be pink!! (green and turquoise allowed also)

At first I was having a hard time wrapping my head around pink...I was leaning more toward yellow and brown and cream, or maybe green and gray? But once I started pulling fabrics out I warmed right up to the idea. After all, this may be my only chance. Let's do this baby girl thing right.

Now I'm trying to decide though, should I go ahead and mix all the colors in all the blocks? Or do green blocks, turquoise blocks, and pink blocks? Oh this is such uncharted territory for me, I am at a loss.

One thing is for sure though, LOVE those green elephants. Mmmmmm.

This was a custom order and it was nice to have an excuse to just sew some big blocks together, especially these ones...I really really love this fabric.

I took the liberty of piecing the back...hope she likes it...I just couldn't help myself.