A quilt for Levi

“Cousin Sarah” as she’s known on this blog had a baby.  A while ago.  Her second little boy is named Levi and he’s as precious as could be.  Not that I’ve ever met him in real life… but I feel like you get to know kids by looking at their photos and videos on Facebook.  [...]

Jacob and Morgan’s wedding quilt

My brother and his wife Morgan got married on July 2nd of this year.  They conceived a child approximately 7 to 10 days later, but that is beside the point (of this post)!  As a quilter, I see milestones such as weddings (and pregnancy announcements/births) as opportunities… for myself!  I can be pretty self-centered [...]

Color Splash quilt – Block B

Hey, kids!  Do you remember this quilt?  To catch up on this project, check out the intro and Block A.

Today we’ll be tackling Block B.  Here she is:

This block consists of three different units:

  

So, the first black square should be cut at 3 1/2” x 3 1/2”.  That’s the [...]

Color splash in real life

Here’s the quilt I made recently for our cousins who had a baby earlier this year.  This baby boy, Daniel, has such blue eyes, that I took those baby blues as my inspiration for this quilt.

The white fabric is all the same and it has a subtle white-on-white, loop-de-loop print, [...]

Color Splash quilt blocks

I’ve named the quilt pattern.   It shall be now and forevermore be known as the Color Splash pattern.

Today I’m going to explain how to make Block A for the quilt.  But first, let’s have a refresher.  This is the quilt we’re making:

And this is Block A:

The blocks for this quilt all [...]

Scrap quilt project

Any quilters out there?  Hello?

Today I wanted to share a quilt I recently completed (actual pictures of the finished quilt are coming soon) that was fun, easy to make, and allowed me to use up a lot of different fabrics left over from other projects. 

It seems as though in a down economy [...]

Ziggy’s quilt

I’ve been playing catch-up in making quilts for family members and friends who’ve had babies recently (or not so recently now).  Ideally, I’d like to give a quilt immediately upon a birth or even before.  BUT, as I’m juggling this full and happy, if not a little chaotic household, quilts are getting turned out 6+ [...]

Great first quilt project

Here is the quilt I’m currently working on and will be showing you step by step how to make.  I don’t have a name for it yet, but it will be a quilt for a baby boy eventually.

A little background: several months ago before I had my youngest son, I was readying his [...]

Coincidence, I’m sure

In yesterday’s mail, I received a Connecting Threads catalog.  I love this catalog, although I haven’t ordered anything from it yet.  I just like to look at the quilts, fabrics, books, accessories, etc.  Right before bed I was leafing through the pages, and gasped when I saw this quilt:

I gasped because it looked [...]

The Wooden Bear

I have to tell you, friends, about my super-awesome new quilt designer friend.  Her name is Kelly and she is the owner of The Wooden Bear – a pattern design company she started in 2002.  I met Kelly at the Ladies of the Lake retreat at the end of October; she gave a presentation on [...]