Once upon a time

a long time ago in 2009? maybe. yes. 2009, we had a baby shower for Camille with a Dr. Suess theme. Miraculously I had a couple pieces of Dr. Suess fabric from a quilting project when I was a senior in high school. Score for being a fabric hoarder! Anyway, I was thinking about it just now as I sit here thinking about different quilts I've done and I realized I never put it up and I really don't even have a picture of it except this one where you can only kind of see it on her lap.

Now it would be a piece of cake to find Dr. Suess fabric, but at the time I was one lucky girl. Go me!

Update

I LOVE running. I get great inspiration while I run. I'm so SO excited about this Chevron quilt that I made. The idea came to me while I was running and I finished the top yesterday and it is SO adorable. I'd show you pics, but it's a surprise. But seriously, it's so awesome and was pretty simple.

April

April has been a very productive month for me. I made this cute Easter/Spring table runner.

When I was home for Easter my mom and I tied this quilt to put in my car. My great-aunt and my great grandma made the top and since I'm the quilter in the family, mom thought I'd appreciate it the most.

I also finished this Valentine's quilt from . . . last year?

I did give in and start on the Chevron quilt, but I'm waiting for my walking foot to come before I go any further with it. It will involve minky . . . and I'm a little nervous. The lady at the fabric store said to pin a lot and that a walking foot is helpful. In the meantime I've been working on other long forgotten projects trying to get things done. Go me.

Chevron

On my list of quilts I'd like to make is a Chevron Quilt. I think they are ADORABLE and I don't think they look too difficult. There is a big debate going on in my head. It goes something like this. side 1 "Don't start a new project you have 15 that aren't finished" side 2 "BUT THEY'RE SO CUTE AND EASY YOU'D TOTALLY FINISH IT!!"

I have a feeling a happy medium can be found. Maybe I'll make a deal with myself. Finish 2 (putting me a head for my one a month) and then you can start a new one.
I'm really in a go through all my fabric mood. I guess it's better than a "let's go to the fabric store" mood.
This week is looking very open maybe I'll get stuff done. Run and quilt. Sounds like great Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night plans.

Here are the two Chevrons I just love. Which to do first . . .

I love the colors in this one here and it's very summery

And this one is very . . . peaceful?

p.s. remember how I was never really engaged and it was just an April Fool's joke? I remember that. :)

As of late

As of late, I'm a slacker. It happens when you get engaged. I saw it in my friends and now I see it in myself. Oh well.

I did manage to get a couple things done though while Jordan was working on a group project.

My new year's resolution for this year was to finish one quilt a month. I failed in February so we'll see if I can make it up in March. I finished the binding on this quilt which is actually one of the very first quilts I ever pieced. There's a lot of pink going on. :/ Oh well it's nice and cozy.

And here's my table runner for March. We won't talk about the fact that I finished it on St. Patrick's day. It still works for the entire month of March it will have 2 weeks of glory on the table. I think I don't like how I quilted it, but what can you do?

Now to try and get another quilt finished and maybe an Easter table runner done. Do I think it will happen? Depends on how often Jordan has school and work. ;)

Holiday projects

Our "dining room" always looks so awfully empty so i make these table runners to try and help it out. I don't know if it really works, but I like them.


This is what I do with my Thursday nights. Make a new table runner and watch 6 episodes of Merlin. My life is awesome. Don't be jealous.

New Year's Resolution

I have quite a few quilts in various stages of being done. So one of my New Year's resolutions is to finish one quilt a month. I think it sounds manageable. :)