awhile back, i made this quilt for derek’s mom: when she put it on her bed, it was obvious that some new throw pillows were in order. the old ones were green, and not a green that matched this quilt’s green in any way. so, i picked up some pillow forms from ikea and hacked […]
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scrappy granny.

whenever i think “scrappy granny”, i picture a little old lady, with a cane and a purse, who gets in fights on the street. anyhoooo… i finished my scrappy granny squares quilt. that is, my first scrappy granny squares quilt. because i still have enough 2.5 inch squares to make 28 more granny squares. i […]
a quilt for a friend

so, i’m constantly making quilts for my family. or for baby gifts. but, for my little group of friends, i’ve not been much of a bearer of quilts. now that i’m getting better and faster and my house is filling up with quilts, i decided it was high time to start making quilts for my […]
you make me happy, when skies are gray…

my go-to song for annababy is “you are my sunshine”. i’ve pinned a few things here and there to maybe put in her room to reflect this time in her life when i get to rock her and sing songs (ps. it’s almost over). but, when i happened upon this mini-quilt, i knew i would […]
two tops.

i have finished two quilt tops in two days. crazy. i was waiting on gray fabric to finish my granny square top, so i started working on a pave the way quilt kit that i’d picked up at karen gray design before it became little general design. then, the gray came, and i was able […]
soul blossom quilt. done. :)

last JULY, i strolled into karen gray’s (now the little general) looking for some inspiration for my next quilt. i wanted to make a king quilt for our bedroom. even though i had no kids with me, i still made an impulse purchase of a fat quarter bundle of amy butler’s soul blossom line. 33 […]
doll quilt swap…

despite having the kids home everyday, all day, i have found a few moments here and there to sew just a little bit. our quilt guild had a doll quilt swap (although i prefer mini quilt, since doll quilt makes us sound like weird old women who play with dolls), and i managed to finish […]
the week in review…

we had a pretty uneventful week this week. we started off with memorial day, as did the rest of the country, i suppose. derek made a bucket of guacamole and we headed over to our pals the p-salls for a little cookout. the buddies. derek took this picture of his burger, and thanks to apple’s […]
granny progress.

so far, i’ve made eight squares for the granny square quilt. or quilts. who knows. #1-4… #5-8… all 8…
granny square quilt.

since i can’t crochet, and i’m really coveting a granny square afghan, i figured the next best thing is to make a granny square quilt. i was recently in a rainbow charm swap at sweet diesel designs and had a pretty stack of 5 inch square rainbow fabrics. i added a few of my own […]