Pretty Flowers

I don't have much of anything else to show you right now, but I thought I'd share these instead. Actually, I have been doing some work and will take pictures in a day or two to post.

I've done nothing, but. . .

I haven't done a single thing since the last time I posted. I mailed off the baby quilt I just finished, but that is the extent of my accomplishments in this arena. I intend to baste and start quilting that chocolate & ivory one today though.

BUT. I've said it before, but it must be repeated. You must visit Heather Bailey. She's teasing with her luscious photos and I for one am impatient to see the whole thing. She's got quilt tops pieced from the new fabric line, but you only get a peek.

Another One Down

I had a fit of productivity in the quilting department and basted, quilted and bound this little guy yesterday. Didn't get anything else done, but ya know.

What a Square

And today we have, yes, another Square quilt! This is another one that I'm making by request for someone else. Its actually one of three that I'm making for her.

Little Quilts

I started another little quilt early this afternoon and of course, wound up getting obsessed with finishing it today! What's wrong with me? Just finished the top a bit ago.

Just another in the same series I've been doing for a few months. This is for someone else though, not for me. Its cute, I think.

I'm going to go make myself a pumpkin latte and then I've got to sit my butt down and get busy on my real job.

Lovely things

While I'm thinking about it, if you haven't seen Heather Bailey's blog, you need to check it out. Every picture posted is a treat. She's got a sneak peak of her new fabric line at Free Spirit posted today as well. Go.

*I bet she's got a better camera than me!

I hate my camera

I finished the blue and chocolate quilt for myself a week or so ago and I just now managed to get the thing washed up (I live in apartment and use the laundry when scheduled - I'm not just lazy!).

I tried taking pictures and they're pitiful. They're dark and I can't get the colors to show up right for the life of me. This apartment is perpetually dark, even with one side being completely window. That and my camera sucks. I'm lusting after this one.

Anyway, here are the pics.

Should be a sound effect for this one

I finished the blocks for the zebra stripe quilt top. I'm resisting the urge to make it bigger, since who needs a bazillion full size quilts anyway? This one can be throw size. I'm playing with the arrangement of the blocks, but I think this looks okay. I'll have to leave it on the living room floor for a few days to eyeball it anyway, cuz that's what I do! I have some extra fabric, so I will probably have to piece up the back a bit and make the rest into pillows or something.

Flowers and Quilts

I started another quilt top last night. I think I have a sickness. I have no purpose for this quilt. I just wanted to make it. It is, of course, based on Denyse Schmidt. I sorta think it looks like a zebra or something. This is all I got out of the 2 yards that I had. I layered the fabric so that I could cut out 4 blocks at a time and it was ridiculously simple. There's no reason for pattern pieces. Seems to me that you could just as easily cut a rectangle and slice it up, swap pieces to mix up the fabrics and sew them into blocks. Nothing to it. I think I like it!

All mine, all mine!

I finally made one for myself. I was so bored on Labor Day - my husband had to work that evening and he was in the Labor Day parade in the morning, so I spent the whole day in the apartment with nothing to do. So. This is what I did all day. I do mean all day.

I can't wait to get it all quilted and washed up. I love how quilts get soft and wrinkly after their washed and a bit broken in.

More bags and more monograms

Today I was inspired to use up the rest of the burlap that I had here and amazingly enough, I had enough for a whole new bag and lining. So this is it. Now I need to figure out straps. I want to use the grommets and I have leash clips. I just have no idea what to use for handles and where to find rings big enough. I never did figure that out with the last bag.

Sky Blue & Chocolate

This is my new favorite quilt! I'm making a bed-sized one for me, if I can find enough of the chocolate fabric for it! I finished this one a couple days ago. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get these pictures to show the blue up right. Darn camera. I'm holding out for the Canon Digital Rebel. The closest approximation I can find is the Sky Blue kona cotton fabric.

Labels??

I was visiting another blog today and found a link for instructions for custom labels. This isn't exactly what I had in mind, but for my purposes, it might be just fine. Basically you design your labels and print on iron-on paper and iron the design on to ribbon. Ah ha. Not a bad idea.

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=40044.0

One Year Anniversary

Hey hey hey! It was my blog's one year anniversary yesterday. Good for me, I actually posted. Of course, I forgot that its been a year. I was so shocked that I got a comment when I came back today, that it jolted me out of my stupor. After I was distracted by checking out her blog. Thanks Heather!

I finished up the little blue & brown quilt top and promptly made another, because, well, there was more fabric. I really think I need a large one for myself. Now I need batting and more fabric.

On another note, check out Autum's site, Creative Little Daisy. Her poor little puppy died. I'm so wishing I could hug that little guy. I have been wanting a puppy, specifically a chihuahua forever and ever. I'd been enjoying her pictures and wishing he was mine.

My apartment charges $30 a month for pet rent. Sheesh. I'm too cheap and the elevator ride down is too long for a puppy. We've been house hunting, though, and a puppy is going to be my first splurge after I get over the shock of all the money we'll shell out for a house with a semi-private yard.

Its Been Awhile

I know how much it stinks to visit a blog and never get any new postings, but its been busy. Not that anyone is actually reading my blog, but still....

July is just a busy month. We always seem to go to my parents or on vacation over the 4th. This year, since he's low man on the totem pole at work, we weren't able to get off that week, but we did go to my parents for the day. Our anniversary is a few days later - our 5th - and a few days after that, we took vacation. We went to WV for a few days. Not terribly exciting, but it was pretty and something to do. Then my little brother got married. Last weekend, our company had its summer picnic, so I went back home for that. So.

I have been doing things, but not much. I sold a quilt on Etsy! YEAH! I was very excited about that. I'm always concerned that people won't like my quilts as much as I do, so that was exciting. I made another one to replace it. This time, I found the perfect size embroidery design to applique the stars on with. I've just about finished it. I ran out of navy thread, but I just need to finish hand-sewing the binding.

Then I found this quilt on eBay the other day that was apparently an antique made out of Goose in the Pond Blocks done in chocolate and pink. Rather cute. So I've decided to experiment a bit with different colors like that. So I started this blue and chocolate quilt. I've only got a few squares done, but I really like it! My husband, surprisingly, likes it as well. I'm thinking about making a full-size one for myself. I guess I'll finish this up first and see how I feel about it. This one may just make it into the shop. I think that its the perfect solution for a little boy quilt, but it would be great for a girl too - like I said, I think I might want one for me!

Quilting Podcasts

Anyone else listening to podcasts? I think that I first heard about Alex Anderson's on someone else's blog, but I can't for the life of me think whose it was. Anyway, I've been listening to a few. Here's some links so that you can check them out for yourself. Sometimes corny, sometimes pointless, but I work at home and they are perfect for keeping me from going crazy spending so much time alone in a two-bedroom apartment. I figure I must be learning along the way, right?

Alex Anderson's Quilt Connection
Nadine Ruggle's Driven To Quilt
Annie Smith's Simple Arts

Etsy Shop

I've jumped on the bandwagon and added an Etsy shop for my excess craftiness!

Pillows!

I decided to use up some of my scraps and make a few pillows. I am so pleased with how they turned out. Even though they really have no place in my house. I'll have to find a home for them. I really like these, though. I may have to try some other colors.

Square Spirals part two

Its finished!! It turned out cuter than I thought. Now I just have to get it to her.

Square Spirals

I started quilting this little baby quilt today. It turned out alright, I guess. I just need to decide exactly what to do with the border and put on the binding. Enough for one week, right?