Birthdays, Births & Swaps

Now that my partner in the June mini quilt swap got her quilt, I can post pictures here now. The first is the quilt I got from Taylynnsbean, and the second is the quilt I sent her. Both are for June's EPP swap.

My best friend had a baby in May and I made her older daughter a doll. I figured the baby was getting lots of presents and she needed one, too. I also made a little carrying bag for her.


Here are my gifts for my daughter's 5th birthday. The pattern for both dolls I made are from here. I love this pattern. The pillow pattern is from BH&G's Summer 2008 Quilts & More magazine.

Sneak Peek

Here is a peek at June's mini quilt. I haven't backed this yet. My favorite hexagon is the grey one with the leaves on it.

Mother's Day Gifts

I finally got around to blogging these Mother's Day gifts.

The bear quilt was for my SIL, and the center row, 4th square down is the block I was working on when I sewed my finger.

The table runner & blue mini patchfolio was for my MIL. The table runner was from a pattern purchased at The Fat Quarter Shop. The Mini Patchfolio is from CraftApple.

The 2 other mini patchfolios were for my daughter's pre-school teachers at her graduation.

More Pictures of My Little Monster

I found these on my camera and they remind me of his recent mess.

This time he got into the powder from his diaper bag. He was very quiet about it and I didn't realize he had made the mess until he came up to me and grabbed my napkin. You can see him using it in the second picture trying to clean up.

Fabric Identification

Does anyone know who made this fabric, or what it is called, or where I can find some more?

I got a fat quarter of it in red at my LQS, but they can't tell me anything about it (?), I found this pic of it in yellow on a blog, but the blog owner didn't reply to my question, so I am at a loss.

I have googled "Alice in Wonderland" fabric, "queen of hearts" fabric and many other queries to no avail.

Any ideas?

Baby Quilt

My girlfriend had her baby on Thursday. Maddin Denise. I love that name! She weighed in at 9lbs 2 oz & 19 1/2" long.

Here is what I made her.

It is some Alexander Henry 2-D Zoo on the front, Amy Butler Lotus Dots in orange on the back, and some red ginham binding I got here. I hand quilted circles ranging from 2" to 10" all over it.

My First Night of Un-Interupted Sleep

I did a bad-bad thing. I did what you are not, under any circumstances, supposed to do with your child. I gave in.

(But I slept through the night for the first time in a week! - oh sweet bliss!)

So life around here has been like having a newborn all over again. My son gets up every couple of hours, my DH sleeps right through it (or at least pretends to) and I end up getting up to put him back to sleep.

I gave up last night and just went to bed with my toddler. I took books and a little book lamp with me and once he fell asleep, so did I. I woke up at 8am! My DH had to take my oldest to the bus stop - I even slept through that!

Oh Well.