My First Swoon

I completed my first swoon block tonight. I purchased the pattern months ago when it first came out from Camille of Simplify. I've been wanting to try one for awhile, so finally I got some time this week to put one together. I think I'm going to make a whole quilt eventually, I just love the look of this block. These are two Amy Butler prints from her Daisy Chain collection.

The Finished Baby Quilt

I finished this quilt on Christmas Eve for a gift for my sister Tracy and her husband because they are expecting their second child in February. It's going to be a boy, so I thought these fun cars, robots, owls and bright colors would work well.

I used this fun Cosmo Cricket alphabet print for the back.

Here's a closeup of the front with the overall stipple quilting. The finished size is approximately 50" x 60".

My goal this year is to start blogging more. Let's see if I can do it. We just had my son Troy's 6th birthday party yesterday. Between Christmas, New Year's and Birthday parties things have been busy. I'm ready to have more time to sew.

Quilt Top Finished and Basted

I finished putting together this quilt top a few days ago. I quickly put the back together and got it basted. Now I am ready to quilt, I just need to find the time. Hopefully soon.

A Quilted Stocking

I finished up this stocking earlier this week because we are going to making it as a class at the Viking Sewing Gallery in November. It was fun doing the stripes. I love the look. I quilted each stripe with a different style.

I'm going to try and make 2 more so the whole family will have new stockings this year. Scott and Troy will not be getting the pink fabric in their stockings.

I really love the Barbara Jones of Quilt Soup - Over the River Christmas fabrics. They are the stripe on the cuff, the green trees with snowflakes and the red with white snow flakes. I may need to pick up a few more from this collection. I found them at www.fabric.com.

Patchwork Progress

I'm making slow but steady progress on this quilt. I've been strip piecing rows of Kona Snow White with a color strip. Each one makes about 5 pairs of blocks. But every time I get to this point I keep seeing another color of fabric to add, so I make more strips. I think it's going to be really fun when it's done. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll get this top finished.

A New Start

When we got back from vacation I was ready to sew, so I decided to start a new quilt. Here's a glimpse of my Friday progress. It's going to be a fun baby quilt.

Vacation in Williamsburg, VA with some Quilt Shops

We just got home last night from our trip to Williamsburg, VA. My sister lives there so we were visiting and vacationing. We went to Busch Gardens and Water Country (felt the earth quake on Tuesday while at Water Country). We were also able to stop at 3 quilt shops on the trip. The first was Nancy's Calico Patch in Newport News, VA. I found the 3 fabrics above at that shop (the gray is Kona Ash). No pictures of the shop, we had my son Troy who is 5 and my niece Anna who is 4 with us. Hard to get pictures.

The second quilt shop was Love 2 Quilt in Williamsburg. It was located in the Village Shops close to Busch Gardens. I found some Amy Butler there that was 40-50% off. I also couldn't resist those Aunt Grace purple polka dots, so fun.

Our last stop was yesterday at Kelly Ann's Quilting in Warrenton, VA. We stopped there on our journey home. I found some great fabrics there (pictured below). It was a really nice shop, and we got to meet Kelly Ann while there. She recommended the Black Bear Bistro for lunch which was great. It was a nice stop on our way home.

And here is a picture of Anna and Troy. They were so excited to see each other they were like this the whole trip, very silly. (And don't you just love Troy's shirt, it's my favorite)