Today, I trimmed dog ears off on 174 flying geese blocks. Glad that’s over! I did have a cute little helper though. 🙂
Process: Trimming dog ears
Dresses for my dollies
I love making dresses for my girls. Mostly I think because they love to wear them and twirl. They are very girly girls. Cora’s dress was made following a pattern/tutorial found here. For Amalie’s dress I think I just made up it up as I went. It’s pretty straight forward: three gathered tiers a la Hanna Anderson sewn on to…
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A new person to make things for!
He needs a formal introduction, no? Blog, meet Shepherd. He joined us September 11th. Shep is looking forward to being loved on and having things made for him. He already has made good use of this “I Spy” quilt my mom made for me before I had my first daughter. Love him!
Quilt-a-beast
So how does a pregnant lady get a workout? By basting a (large) twin size quilt on the floor. I know. You don’t want to. But let’s face it, your not getting any less pregnant soon. So let’s get it out of the way. Step 1: Put toddler down for nap. Move furniture and rug to find a place large…
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Finished: Owl Shoo-Fly
Wowsers, I am terrible at publishing pictures of the quilts I finish. So I am writing this in September of 2011 but I finished it in July 2010. So I am postdating it to July 2010. I still love this quilt and I’m glad I finished it before my baby boy, Shepherd, was born. Because for a while there? I…
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