{lou bee} wrap up

we finished our gift giving this spring. sticking with the theme of pillows, i have two more to share.

inspiration was easy to find after perusing kristy's pinterest board and finding this fabric bundle of sarah watson's Dem Bones. i drafted a paper pieced skull pattern imitating the fabric that is on the back {and not actually shown here}. 

lynne's pinterest board revealed her love of the plus pattern. combined with her known love for solids, this pillow came together in another low volume project. 

i'm so pleased with the way all of these pillows turned out, specific to each of these special ladies. i'm looking forward to another year, another round!

{H.P.}

another sweet baby to be celebrated, whose parents are HUGE harry potter fans. they made the decisions for this quilt easy.

it started with a few screen printed blocks from amanda at the craft junky. she was delightful to work with.

searching online for free paper pieced harry potter blocks led me to this site, rounding me out with the crest, wands, and the deathly hallows symbol.

improv-ing {yes, a word} my way along, with some solid advice from friends, i added some color with the low volume background. this quilt, then, is my first official dive into the 'low volume' aesthetic. it's also my first REAL attempt at free motion quilting, and while it's not perfect by any means, i feel confident about gifting it away to this special babe.

{you can see his mom's post about it here}

quilt stats

size: 43"x43"

pieced & quilted by me

{baby} quilts

i'm catching this space up with a few more quilts from the end of 2013. here are 3 baby quilts i made this fall.
the first is the pattern busy city by teaginny. i have been adoring this pattern since i first found her quilt. i was ecstatic to be the winner of the pattern and would recommend it to anyone. it's a fabulous pattern, with all of the paper pieced vehicles on cd. i'm happy to call this quilt a scrap quilt {even the background}. this was a lot of fun to make and i'm sure there will be more little trucks in my future.

the quilting is a mimic of the plaid print that is on the back.

pattern: busy city 

size: 36"x36"

pieced quilted by me

fabrics: random kona solid scraps

the next 2 are the same block. it's the modern maple block that has been all over the internet. i thought i'd try it on a small scale first. i ended up with enough blocks for two quilts.

size: 36"x36"

fabric: julianna horner, rosette, for Joanns

pattern: modern maples

pieced & quilted by me

bzzz

this is a catch-up of {lou} bee blocks i've been working on.

jessica asked for blocks with ruffles and a punch of color scrap. i mAAaay have gotten a little carried away with the ruffles. they were such fun!

mary claire designed this awesome block. it was lots of fun to make and surprisingly large. it will finish at 19.5".


we had a secret project going over the last couple of months, making house blocks for mc. her and her daughter love 'kung fu panda', which is where this block was inspired from.

the last block was made as a (late) birthday present for a friend. the paper pieced pattern was from here. it was a challenge, but super fun to do.