We’re celebrating in our little world! We’re expecting another baby girl in September!
To share the excitement, I’m offering 10% off EVERYTHING in the shop! Just enter the code: BABYGIRL at checkout!
I can’t wait to pick out fabric and a pattern for this baby quilt. <3
Greetings, friends!
I have a quick share with you. I finally finished the Square Off quilt top – (The pattern is from Brown Bird Designs Quilts).
I’m really pleased with the way it has come out so far. I love the way the colors pop against the charcoal background. I would definitely make this one again.
I’ll have another quilt top to share in the next day or so, which will put me up to 6 finished tops! I seriously need to get basting and quilting these quilts!
Have a blessed day! Thanks for stopping by!
Hello friends!
I’ve had a fun project to work on recently and wanted to share. This is one of those projects you don’t get very often.
My mama made these 9-patch blocks almost 30 years ago! They are her only attempt at quilting (she often made us clothes), but I am finishing her 3 decade long UFO!
My job is pretty simple. I’m adding sashing, cornerstones, and a pretty border. I’ll also quilt and bind it, so she can get right to enjoying it. It will end up around 78″ square. Here’s what I have done so far.
Isn’t it pretty? It’s fun working with fabric that I would never have chosen myself and doing something new. It was a little bit of a challenge to find coordinating fabrics for country themed fabrics from the ’80′s. But thanks to Denyse Schmidt and her vintage inspired fabrics at Joanns! Look at these adorable little cornerstones. The fabric is just perfect.
Today, I’ll be working on getting the border cut and hopefully will have time to start attaching it. I’ll show you more as I go!
I’m slow going this week with my Square Off Quilt. I’ve planned my color placement so carefully that I’m working very carefully, so I don’t accidentally switch them up. (Which I do so easily in almost every quilt, if I’m not careful!)
I’ve gotten another row finished, and despite the slow sewing, I’m so glad I chose to do the color planned blocks instead of straight scrappy (which I may do this one scrappy in other fabric…it’s so cute!).
I think the next time I make this I’ll take the time to square my HST’s before making the blocks. I’ve been trying to square up the blocks, but I’m losing some points. Sew and learn!
Thanks for stopping by!
I’m linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!
In the quilting world there are a lot of jokes made about balancing life while quilting. Some of my favorites are:
Housework only comes before quilting in the dictionary.
Quilting forever…housework never!
A messy house is the sign of a happy quilter.
I’d rather be stitchin’ than in the kitchen.
I am a quilter and my house is in pieces.
Funny, right?
I wish. The truth is that taking on a hobby (let alone a business!), like quilting, can take a toll not only on the housework but the whole household. And that is not a joking matter.
During the last several months of 2012, I didn’t do any blogging. I want to feel guilty about it but I’m not going to. 
But the truth is that something had to give. Sewing everyday (which I LOVE) was taking a toll on my home. I just couldn’t fit it all in, especially with starting preschool with Evie (and teaching 6th grade for Reagan).
I often felt like a chicken running around with my head cut off. I felt like I had to fix everything but couldn’t focus on one thing long enough to get anything done. I had to give something up and let the blog go. And that’s okay (right?).
My lack of blogging last year is not where I want to take this post, so we’ll stop that here.
So I was super stressed and trying to figure out how to manage it all and still be a good mommy.
And then I found The Day’s Draft from Ann Voskamp of A Holy Experience. It’s a daily planner that breaks down the various areas of a mother’s life. It has revolutionized my life!
I started using it several months ago, and immediately saw a difference in my focus, quality of time spent during school and play with the kids, and I was getting WAY more housework done. And I was still sewing! Yay!
Then, I ran out of sheets and forgot to print more out and I started slipping, and I’d find myself on FB longer than I should have been, and I’d spend 3 days sewing and realize there was a mountain of laundry and no plates in the cabinet, and oh, what I failure I was! Or at least that’s the way I felt. You know that mommy guilt, right?
Well, I’ve remembered the gift of using these lovely planners, and my days are in order again. And I’m centered on what’s important and I’m getting done what really needs getting done. And I’m blessed.
I know this isn’t my usual kind of post on here, but I have this feeling that if I have these struggles…I’m not the only one who has them. And since I have found a wonderful help, I hope to bless you with it.
Btw, even if you’re super organized and aren’t interested in having the planner (which is free), I highly encourage you to check out A Holy Experience. It is a beautiful blog and I’m moved and inspired from it on a daily basis.
