When I tucked my 4 year old daughter in bed after she received her rainbow puppy, she in her preschool like way demanded a pony sea horse. I thought that was an interesting idea. Seahorses are such bizarre and magical creatures. They are truly out of a faerie tale. So the other night, I sat down and sketched out some…
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Sketch
Rainbow Plus {a finish}
I’m so pleased to show you my first quilt finish of 2013. So prepare yourselves; there are a lot of pictures! I have always loved rainbows. And this quilt packs a rainbow punch. Rainbow Plus, finished! On the back I added a rainbow strip. The gray is Kona Coal. You can really see the quilting on the back. I quilted…
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On my table {WIP}
While working on finishing this quilt, Sunshine! It’s been so long! I rewarded myself by taking breaks to work on other projects. One project I started was a quilt using a jelly roll of Chicopee by Denyse Schmidt. I tried to resist this line, but then my momma took me shopping to her quilt shop in St. Louis. 16 Patch…
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Respite
Tuesdays. My busiest mommying day. On Tuesdays we do school at home. Which means we have a curriculum we need to work through before the two older girls go back to school on Wednesday.* I also have all four children at home. And a load of laundry to do. And dinner to prepare. Ok, it’s usually pizza. But still. Around here…
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Friday Finish ~ Pillows
Amid the tedium of quilting quilting and more quilting (but I’m almost finished quilting this quilt!), I’ve taken breaks to finish some small things. It’s so refreshing to just get a project done in a relatively short time! One thing I’ve done is learn how to make pillows using invisible zippers (using this tutorial). On my first try I made…
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