A Mini Rag Quilt for Baby M

So many babies are being welcomed to the world right now. That means lots of baby showers, and some fun crafting projects. Here is the first rag quilt I've done. I made it with quilting cotton on the front, and flannel on the back. It was made for one adorable baby girl- Baby M. 

I had some left over scraps, so I added them to some cloth diapers to make a few matching burp cloths. 

She follows 2 brothers, so we were all eager to spoil her and her momma with everything girly and pink.

Welcome to the world beautiful M!

Ready to Set Sail

After finding out that we were having a boy, the search for the perfect crib bedding began. Since big sister and little brother will be sharing a room in this apartment, my options were limited- I didn't want to combine too many colors and patterns so that the room would not be too crazy. I'm pretty picky and was having no luck. So my obvious solution was: make it myself. If you remember, big sister's new bedding is made using the pink and green prints from Tanya Whelan's Darla collection. So I decided to use two of the green prints (the ticking stripe and ditty) to make little brother's bedding. It was actually much cheaper than buying, and much easier than I was expecting. Here is the finished bumper.

A while back, when dreaming of how to decorate for a boy, I had great visions of doing a vintage nautical style. Since the two are in the same room, I have to limit this style a bit. Instead, I made this little pillow to go in his crib as the start to nautical decor. I'm thinking that now I want to get one of those rustic buoys to put somewhere in the room... I'm on the hunt for one with the perfect colors.
Here it is all together.
I love the way it turned out. Not to overbearing- simple and clean.

It looks great alongside big sister's bedding. I'll be sure to take pictures of the whole room once all the little details are added. Now all we need is little brother to arrive.

Not Too Shabby... or is it?!

I was going for a cheery shabby chic look for K's big girl bed/room and I am SO happy with the results. That's right, I finally finished her quilt and sham. You can see more progress here and here.

My mom and I hand quilted the quilt and then I sewed the binding by hand as well. All the hand quilting and sewing took a long time, but I'm glad I did it that way, because the result is lovely! (Thought I will say that I probably won't be hand quilting for a while, my fingers are still red!)

The sham is exactly as I pictured it to be in my head. I even machine quilted the front to add a bit more detail.

Before I go, here is one of the tricks I came up with as I dreampt up this quilt. I saved images of each of the 7 fabrics onto my computer. Then I created a photo document which allowed me to move around the fabrics into different combinations and positions. This way I could move it all around digitally before cutting and ruining my precious fabric. I could also see it all in one place rather than having to clear a big floor space in order to picture the future result. Check it out, this digital image is the exact placement of the final project pictured up above!

Now we are working on setting up her bed and room. I'll be sure to post pictures of it all put together!

I'm In Love

If it's possible to be in love with an inanimate object, then I am in love with this:

Can't show the whole thing until the whole ensemble is completed, though I'm sure you can get the idea... but it's coming along amazing and turning out better than I imagined!

Quilt Progress #2

More progress! All 175 pieces have been cut for the front of the quilt (minus two simple borders.) The worst part is done, now onto sewing!

Quilt Progress #1

As I mentioned in my last post, progress is being made on K's quilt. I bought the fabric forever ago, and finally got to it. I sketched out the final draft after thinking about it in my head and sketchpad for a while now. That required some math and some phone calls to the quilt tips expert that is my momma. Have you ever been so scared to cut your precious fabric that you delay a project or second guess your measuring and math a few times before you just dive in? That was me, but the excitement got the better of me and I cut away! I have almost all of the little squares cut, but I still have 150+ little pieces to cut before sewing can begin. I must admit, that I hate this cutting part and wish I could pay someone to do it so that I could just sew!

(I was enjoying the lovely natural light in the room as I cut, that's why the pic is a bit dark.)

I'll keep you updated on any big transforming progress- I can't wait for it to be done. K get's her big girl bed once this is done. Let's hope I'm speedy because she practically face dives out of her crib!

Quilting for Ki-Ki

Just bought these fabrics to make K's big girl bed quilt. They are even prettier in person than on the computer screen, plus they are so soft! Wish me luck. I'll definately post a picture of the finished product!

K's Patchwork Quilt

I finally finished K's patchwork quilt! For my first patchwork quilt, it turned out pretty cute.

Flannel Blankets

I love these snuggly blankets. They are soft and have a touch of satin on the binding. The corners are mitered and they are double thinkness of flannel making them so warm in the winter. Graphic floral pattern.
Funky zebra print.
After yards upon yards of pink, pastel, and girly fabric I finally made my first boy blanket. It is so cute and has different fabrics on each side!

Fuzzy & Satin Blanket

This is K's favorite blanket- she cuddles it every night to sleep. It is so soft on the flowered side, and smooth on the satin side.Luckily, I bought enough fabric to make another in case this one ever got lost.

Crochet Blanket

I started this blanket once I found out that I was having a girl and it took forever. I think I finally finished it a few weeks before K was born!

Bunny Pillow

This is a little pillow that is in K's crib. Babies like simple graphic shapes and I thought a bunny was a cute and fun animal to do.

This was made before I had my sewing machine, so it was appliqued on, and the pillow sewn around my hand- so tedious!