another one!

another new quilt in the shop!

new in the shop(s)!!

i managed to finish up my little kawaii quilt last night, i seriously can't stand how cute the fabrics are! and i love the wonderland fabric for the backing <3 the quilt is for sale in my littlelegwarmers shop.




meanwhile, there are a few new listings over at my destash shop:

i almost forgot!

just a few pics of some new things around the apartment...
cleaned up sewing corner in the second bedroom:

new quilt (from LLBean!) in the bedroom <3

finally hung the artwork in the upstairs hallway:

the new washer/dryer in the bathroom:

and FINALLY found a home for my favorite lamp!

lovin' it!

omg. someday i would love to have a fun little girly room like this.. LOVE the quilt with all of the amy butler fabrics!

onesie quilt, finished!

a couple of months ago i started working on this custom order for christine in california.. a quilt made from fabrics from a collection of her baby's old onesies. i alternated the onesie fabrics with some great designer fabrics (amy butler, denyse schmidt), and bordered/backed the quilt with some sunny yellow fabrics! the knits of the onesie fabrics gave me a bit of trouble with stretching, but i did my best. i'm hoping christine loves it, and now she will have something to last forever to remind her of the days when her baby boy was itty-bitty!

summertime sunshine quilt.

new in the shop! :)


i also spent the afternoon working on my custom order, and the top is finally done.. now to add the borders and backing, and to figure out how i want to top stitch it! since the onesies are stretchy, i don't want to shift it all out of whack. hmmm....

can't believe the weekend is almost over! :(

onesies quilt..

sneak peek of the custom quilt i am making from onesies and great modern designer fabrics! i got all of the squares laid out this week, ready to start sewing! still deciding on border, backing, and binding fabrics. i chose to do just simple square blocks since the onesies' fabrics are stretchy knit and can be a bit more difficult to work with... but i think in the end its going to be perfect!

log cabin.

i am about to start a new project.. a log cabin quilt for my shop. even though i have like four or five projects already started, the motivation has hit, and i'm in the mood. (in my defense, some of the projects i've already started are waiting for their backing fabrics to arrive in the mail...) here are a couple of inspiration pics of log cabins in the style i hope to accomplish (using mostly scraps!)--- wish me luck! i'll post pics as i get some progress made ;)



i also have a custom quilt to work on starting this week, christine in california sent me a great box of her baby's outgrown onesies and a couple of blankies, to be made into a quilt for the nursery! i'm pairing those fabrics with some awesome modern designer fabrics, and am really excited to get started! i've cut the squares out of the onesies, and am excited to see the other fabrics paired with all of the cute soft fabrics! i'll be sure to get some pics of that as well :)

busybusy.

i had a three day weekend this week (second in a row! i lucked out!), but you'd never know it with how busy i've been. went and looked at 3 apartments yesterday and today, two were most likely a no, and one was a maybe. i liked the one, but P is not sold on it. we'll just have to see what this week brings on craigslist as far as apartments go. we're putting in our 30day notice this week! ahh! then the hunt will really be on!

i did manage to get some sewing done, though.. finished up my Neptune pinwheel quilt, and it is in the shop...

also did the unimaginable! i started work on our bed quilt!! ahh! no photos as of yet, but i hope to work on it a bit this week after work or next weekend. once i've made a bit more progress i will get some photos. its going to be so funky and bright and i love it!!

P is sick this evening with a migraine, holed up in our dark bedroom with the fan on him... its been in the 70s+ all weekend! having the windows open has definitely been nice and we did get outside for a tiny bit.. hate that he has to be all tucked in bed for the rest of the night, though. boo to that. not sure what the rest of my night has in store for me, but i know it will be something quiet. which is okay.

oh! i almost forgot. i spent most of the nights this weekend watching HGTV or CSI Miami marathons.. and needless to stay i was dreaming about florida apartments ;) haha.. but seriously -- how great are these??!?! LOVE the multi lampshades!

work in progress...

still working on my Neptune pinwheel quilt. click the photo to see it larger! just waiting on my border fabrics to get here! i had lots of triangles leftover, so i will be working on the next one (see previous post for details) ASAP! :)

neptune.

working on my first pinwheel quilt today.. with Tula Pink's Neptune line.. should be a fun project! any leftover blocks will be going into my next project, which will be a flying geese quilt.
(click to see larger photo...)

new in the shop!

blossoming spring trees quilt!

work in progress.

custom quilt (baby boy)...

new in the shop!

wool, linen, cotton, birdies, applique circles, buttons, organic batting!
"bird watching with papa" quilt -- new in the shop!

new in the shop!

"easter egg hunt by the lake"


xo

what i should have been doing today:

finishing the top quilting on this quilt for my shop:


i worked on it all last night with intentions of finishing it today, but instead we reupholstered our living room chair. more on that in our next post ;)

new!

just put up in the shop today, the 'round and round' quilt.. partially hand sewn, partially sewn by machine. this is a very modern, special and unique little quilt, and i lovelovelove it! :)

spring, amy butler style.

over at decor8, she posted a whole bunch of amazing spring-time amy butler photos, which i had to re-post and share with you! especially considering we're supposed to get more snow this weekend... SIGH.
[click to see each larger..]