Finished Quilt!

I absolutely love the way this quilt turned out. I am so happy with the colors and the overall feel of it.

My favorite part has to be this fun and colorful binding which really tied the whole quilt together.

Sunday Night Show N Tell

So this quilt began as a simple blanket (at least that's how it started in my head!) and somehow evolved into this very cute quilt! My goal was to only use fabrics from my stash, and I needed to do something quick - fast! Hence the original quick blanket idea. But, the fabrics that inspired me I didn't have enough of to make a blanket with, so I started adding and cutting fabrics, and somehow ended up with this:

To try to make up for some time, simple quilting - simple lines spaced far enough to keep the batting happy. I loved all the fun little boy prints - fun dinosaurs, dogs, polka dots, and stripes.

Oh gosh, forgot to mention. The manager at my daycare is having a boy next month and I wanted to make her a handmade gift...always my goal. In one of my typical rants, it is SO difficult to find boy fabrics. I don't think any of these are super spectacular fabrics, mostly stuff from JoAnns, Walmart, and Hobby Lobby, but cute nonetheless and they ended up working out very nicely together.

And for the backing, I was lucky enough to have a yard of this super cute dark brown large polka dot fabric. I think it provides a nice contrast.

The only thing left is the binding, which I didn't find anything in my stash that really spoke to me, and I am thinking some sort of orange would be really nice. I don't have enough of the orange polka dot used in the quilt, plus I didn't know how the orange polka dots would work with the brown polka dot backing, so maybe an orange stripe?! If you know me, you know I LIVE FOR stripes and polka dots! My two favorites.

So I will be back to the quilt store tomorrow (oh bummer!) to try to find something fun to finish this quilt off with a pop of WOW and FUN.

Although my corners aren't perfect...for me they are pretty darn good!

Tumbling Into Another Project

Yes, I started ANOTHER project! Somebody please send help! I was inspired by this tumbler quilt by Cluck Cluck Sew. I picked out a dozen fat quarters that just spoke to me. When I came across these fabrics, I was instantly reminded of my grandparents house and the wallpaper they had put in throughout their house. No doubt if they were alive today, I would see some of these on their walls!

I forgot to take a picture before I started cutting - I just got so excited! But here they are cut out...

I have sewed the rows together, but haven't had a chance to sew them together quite yet. I can't wait to see how this all comes together. These photos were taken downstairs in my quilt room where the light is off, so the pictures are never very accurate of the actual colors.

Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls

I made this Halloween quilt top last year, but (shockingly) have yet to finish it. Alas, it is still not completed, but steps have been made. I believe these are Riley Blake fabrics from a couple years ago...still my favorite Halloween prints of all time!

I decided to piece the backing with the left over fabric. I really like how it turned out.

I got it pinned together, and I have some great ideas for the actualy quilting part - now I just need to make the time!

The pattern from Crazy Old Ladies showcases this fabric perfectly! I just love this quilt.

Can't wait to finish this one up just in time for Halloween this year!

Crochet Flower Headband

These are so easy to make and I think they turned out super cute! I made some minor adjustments to this pattern.

These are wonderful spring and summer accessories...and they are great for bad hair days too!

Boy Quilt Top

This is probably my most favoritist (yes, I'm making up words again) project I have done in a long time! I love the way this quilt is turning out!

It is SOOOOO difficult to find fabrics that are for boys/men, especially if you aren't a fan of the baseball and football fabrics. This quilt is for one of my sister-in-laws who is expecting a boy this fall. She has a little bit of an edge to her (in a totally awesome way!), so I kind of went with it.

The pattern is from Moda Bake Shop, Building Blocks Baby Quilt, which I just made a bit larger than the recipe called for.

I basically just decided to go around the fabric store and pick out fat quarters that I liked, that weren't completely girlish. I found about 4 fabrics that reminded me of a skater/80-90s era, and I decided to just go with it. I ended up with 8 fat quarters that went together pretty well. There are a couple of Ty Pennington designs, a few Sugar Pop from Moda, as well as some others mixed in there. Can you spot them?

And I loved the herringbone-ish sashing fabric! One of the girls at the quilt store helped me pick it out - thanks Emily!

I will be going back to the fabric store on Friday to try to pick out the border fabrics. I really hope she likes it! I kind of want to keep it for myself!

My Chickies!

We decided to jump on the bandwagon and adopt some chickens this year. We got six, and we now have five. My favorite chicken, who I (very unfortunately) named Lady, turned out to be not much of a lady, but rather a rooster! Luckily, I was able to find her - I mean him! a good home (Lady has been renamed Lord Lady).

Just in the last week, we have started getting eggs. How much fun is this!?

Today we got two eggs - and the first brown one! Can't wait to enjoy these for breakfast tomorrow.

And speaking of chickies, how can I not share this photo of my favorite little chicky of them all...Pookie post double-stuffed Oreo.

Minkie Blanket

I was perusing Etsy for some ideas, and it seems these blankets are all the rage so I made one for a gift to a girlfriend who just had a baby girl.

Once I figured out how to properly work with the Minkie fabric, it was quite easy. This is the perfect size for a car seat or stroller, and I think they are so cute and cuddly! I want a big one for myself :)