Baby Quilt for Us

Having the plague over the holidays — once I had the energy to do more than move between bed to sofa — provided the time I’d been craving to get some sewing projects under my belt. I’d been meaning to get a quilt started for myself (or rather my baby) for months. Once I decided…

Baby Burrito Quilt

This post is a bit late in coming. I call it Baby Burrito Quilt because it was a gift for my friend Angie Griffith, who was referred to her baby belly as a baby burrito. Baby burrito was born a little over a month ago now, but I’ve just gotten around to publishing these photos….

Baby Boom

There’s been a veritable baby boom among our friends lately, so I’ve put together a couple quilts as gifts. I don’t feel these are my best work — I’m not totally thrilled with the colour and print choices, but I was trying to make due with the fabric I had on hand to try to work…

Totally addicted

So I know I posted a while back about a finished quilt top, but not the actual finished quilt. I did finish it months ago, but it’s waiting for a special someone to arrive into the world, and that special someone is due to arrive TOMORROW! So stay tuned! In the meantime, I’ve finished a…

The sewing machine goddess finally smiled my way

Ugh. I was about to give up completely. Throw in the towel for good, my brief life as a quilter over and done before it barely began. First I had those thread breakage problems while I was at the cottage that were incredibly upsetting. When I got back to the city I bought special quilting…