not much exciting happening over here. we’ve had the girls a lot, which limits our ability to get out and about. and drains us for our days off, so that we wind up just lounging around a lot. needless to say, our to do list hasn’t even been dented. here’s some noteworthy (sort of) pictures […]
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little apples for baby three.

when we decided to go for baby number three, i knew that i wanted to make a quilt with little apples. for one, it’s mostly gender neutral. and i loved it. and a fat quarter bundle was on super good sale on etsy. so, here we are, anticipating baby number three in four months or […]
when we aren’t on vacation…

we’ve been on vacation for a good chunk of the summer so far. well. just the beach and batavia. but it seems like a lot. anyhow… here’s what’s been going on when we haven’t been traveling… we signed up for free weekday bowling with amf. we’ve only been once, with our pals, the pattisalls, but […]
post sewsouth swap – what i made.

after returning from sew south in march, still feeling the emotional sewing high, an online swap was quickly organized, and we all got to work making fun stuff for each other. i made this pillow for my partner. i used interfacing that was marked with a grid, which was a bit tedious but made for […]
kindergarten quilt

isaac’s kindergarten year is winding down. this week, they have a spring carnival, accompanied by a silent auction. his class is auctioning a quilt… his teachers had the kids all draw a self portrait onto fabric and i took over from there…. sorry. the lighting wasn’t great. i waited until the last minute (this morning) […]
jude’s quilt.

thanks to a sew-in for our modern quilt guild (hosted by sewingly yours) this weekend, i was finally able to finish up this quilt for my pal jude…. she picked out all of the fabrics on her very own, except for a few that i threw in that i knew she’d been ogling. we settled […]
baby girl quilt.

my friend kerry is having her third baby. but her first girl. and long awaited girl. 😉 so, i wasn’t sure what to get or make her, given the little amount of time i’ve had lately, but i decided at the very last minute (thursday. the shower was friday) that i could make a baby […]
challenge quilt

so, our quilt guild participated in the big modern quilt guild’s michael miller challenge. we received some madrona road fabrics in the blue/yellow/black colors and we were allowed to use any solid or any other madrona road fabric. furthermore, to kick off our guild’s new relationship with senior services, we decided to make wheelchair quilts […]
twenty twelve review.

thought i would take a few minutes to look back at what went down in 2012, in terms of quilting and sewing and cakery. it’s always fun to see it all laid out in a nice little grid format. it makes me feel like i actually accomplished some things… anyhoooo… here’s the quilts. 1. Front […]
merry christmas julie!!!!!!!!!

dear jiji, i tried really hard to get this finished up and in the mail to you for your christmas present (technically from derek) this year. i didn’t make it. so, i’ll send it back with mom when she comes down to visit. i tried to use your boring colors and i hope you like […]