It occurred to me one day as I was perusing some nursery inspiration that I was going to need a mobile for the room. It was like a light bulb went off in my head “oh my god another project!!!!”. And I probably spent the rest of the afternoon researching what to do. Luckily I [...]
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We’re finally getting somewhere! Last May I bought these chairs as part of a great thrift store pickup: I finally decided on a fabric and bought the supplies and got this far before Mr. M decided to show up: I still need to put the piping around the bottom to hide some staples and recover [...]
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**Big Disclaimer: The photos below are pretty darn bad. I took them with my cell phone and while some people can get art quality photos from their cell phone, I haven’t quite figured that out. In short, I’m lazy. If I had to take a photo with my camera, upload, resize, upload to the blog [...]
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For awhile now (like, longer than my friends have been having babies) I’ve really wanted to do a chevron quilt inspired by this zig zag quilt on the Purl Bee. I love it’s simplicity and bright colors so when I found there was a new baby joining the mix I jumped on the opportunity. (Again, [...]
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2012 is going to be the year of the baby! I am so lucky to have all sorts of little ones joining my friends and family this year which is a great excuse to do a bit of quilting! Sewing baby quilts is wonderful because they are small projects so I usually can finish before [...]
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Do you remember back in May I scored these chairs from a local thrift store for $7 each? Well, A moved them down into the basement for me and I proceeded to tear one of them to pieces… only to come to a complete halt. I can’t find a fabric that I want to use! [...]
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About a year ago I had a wave of inspiration… I was coordinating a trade show exhibit for my client at the AAHOA conference (Asian American Hotel Owners Association) and admiring the saris that the women were wearing for the formal dinner that evening. I had a thought, that I think most people don’t have [...]
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My feelings on houndstooth are much like my feelings on faux bois: if it’s used correctly it’s awesome. If it’s used incorrectly… it might look a little retro-in-the-bad-way. I picked up a light green houndstooth almost a year ago to reupholster one of my dining room chairs, but quickly realized the green was all off [...]
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Towards the end of college I became infatuated with quilts from Gee’s Bend. That link will have tons of info, but the short history is that Gee’s Bend was a teeny-tiny town in Alabama that was created from freed slave families. Over time the town remained very isolated from the rest of the state and [...]
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I’ve been sharing some of my past and current quilting adventures with you lately (here and here). When I was 20 years old I was ready to take on a more challenging quilt element: TRIANGLES. Every quilt I had done before had some room for me to “cheat” the squares if necessary. Triangles don’t give [...]
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