vintage nursery quilt

We had a lovely holiday week-end and had more fun times with Tasha's family.   With all the kiddos enjoying their time with cousins, and the guys having fun with their toys; Tasha and I were able to squeeze in a little sewing again.   :)

I was able to finish up the sweet life blocks that I started the other week.  I'm heading out of town tomorrow and am so excited I'll get to hand deliver it to my sister.

These pictures I took are in Ava's cute nursery (thanks Tasha!).  Doesn't it looks so sweet hanging on her adorable crib!

And you have to get a walking quilted picture!  :)

A close up of the quilting and the binding.   I used Tanya Whelans, Sugar Hill, Plaid in Ivory that I just got in for the shop a couple weeks ago!  I love Tanya's sweet Sugar Hill collection!!

Again I used a sweet vintage sheet for the back.  I think this one was a perfect match for the quilt!

I better get to some packing and quick clean up before I head out of town.  I'll be taking my two little ones to Iowa to see some family for a couple weeks. We'll still have the shop open and my hubby and sil will keep up with the orders and shipping.  I'll try to get on everyday to answer convos and relist things.   Hopefully I can get on once for an update on my blog too, as I know I'll miss my sweet online friends!  :) 

See ya soon,

vintage granny square quilt!

This week-end while my hubby and boys were off camping with Tasha's hubby and boys we had a fun and relaxing time with us girls. I sure love my boys, but it is also nice to have some girly time. Shopping, eating out, watching pride and prejudice and of course sewing!! It was a lovely week-end, and am so excited I was able to finish my vintage granny square quilt!! I love how it turned out, and is a new favorite, for sure! I think I say that almost every time I finish a quilt! :)

One of my favorite places is the marina just down the road from our house.  It is a place I go often with my boys while the other kiddos are in school, so this morning I took my quilt along with me.  :)

I used a lovely vintage sheet for the back that I found a couple weeks ago at a thrift store.  I just love the pure softness and you don't have to piece the back to get it begin enough.  It is also much more cost effective which is a plus!

For the binding I used one of the Old New 30's, Floral Hearts in Red.

Here are a couple pictures from the other week of the boys at the marina!  I think they looks so sweet!

I hope you are having a lovely day and enjoy your week! 

xoxo,

petite petal pocket pillow

Thanks so much for all your sweet comments on my petal pocket pillow! Reading all your kind words really does brighten my days! :) Yesterday we had a fun little birthday party for my sweet adorable niece that is turning 2. I get to see her a couple times a week so we are quite attached to this little one! She is the cutest! Here is a post when she turned one. On Saturday I whipped up a mini petal pocket pillow so it would be a perfect size for her to carry around. It is a 16 inch pillow instead of 20 inches like my other one. I photo copied the pattern and reduced it by 20%.

I love the pretty blanket of petals that cover the ground this time of year.  It only lasts for a short time, so it is fun to see it with the petal pocket pillow. 

The sweet matryoshka doll is one I've had for some time from Emily of Ravenhill.  Her shop was a favorite, and sure do miss it!! 

All the fabrics are Lecien except the background fabric is Essex Linen in Natural (I have more on order that should be here later this month).  The petals are the Old New 30's, and the center pocket is Folk Heart.

I did some simple hand stitching for the quilting with some bright turquoise DMC floss, and the binding is a Lecien pink and red polka dot.

It was a fun one to whip up and loved working with the Old New 30's again!!  Definitely a new favorite!! I hope you had a lovely week-end too, and enjoy your week.  Hugs!

pretty petal pocket pillow & old new 30's has arrived!!

Today has been such a lovely day already!!  It is a beautiful spring day with the sun shining!!  We've been having the most delightful spring weather and it sure makes me happy!!  This morning I was able to finish up a pillow I started last week, Nova's Petal Pocket Pillow!  I bought the pattern when she first came out with it and have had it on my list since.  I'm so happy to have it done, and of course it is the perfect Spring pillow to go along with all the lovely days we've been having!!  :)

The cute little mushroom softies I made a few years ago so had to test out the pocket.  On my list is to make some new little felt softies.  Hopefully this week.  :)

I received a fun little package last week for my stash of some reproduction prints so I had fun using some of these.  Aren't they pretty!?!

 

 

Then right after I finished taking some pictures of the pillow, guess what arrived?!?  Yep, Leciens Old New 30's!!  Oh, that made my already lovely day into a fabulously fantastic day!!   The fabrics are all gorgeous and it is so fun to see them on bolts!!  

I've made them into bundles, and since there has been so much anticipation for this collection I'm going to keep them in the bundles for now and not do yardage so I have plenty to go around (unless otherwise discussed previously).  :)

Mini Flowers

Deers in a Meadow

Tulip Bouquets

Floral Hearts

Petite Rose Buds and Pin Dots

Spring Meadow

Strawberries and Cherries with Polka Dots

Aren't they so pretty!!  There are 3 different fabric weights in the collection with some of them being 100% cotton and then some of them are a linen cotton blend.  I just love all of them!!   They will be popping up in my shop as bundles today!  :)

Hope you are having a fabulous Spring day too!!

sweet life quilt blocks

Last Friday I received some more Atsuko Matsuyama fabrics and they are the sweetest!!  One of the fabric is from Astuko's Sweet Life Collection, and it super A D O R A B L E!!  The other ones are from her 30's collection including a couple nursery prints! 

I simply had to cut into them right away as I knew they would make the cutest little baby quilt. I've been meaning to start a quilt for my little niece that is 4 1/2 months old.  What a great excuse to start...new sweet fabric!! 

My sister and I both have a love for all things vintagey so these sweet fabrics are ones I knew she would love and adore just as much as I do.  That makes it even that much more fun when you're making something for someone else.  :)

Monday...Wash Day

Sunday...Gardening Day

Sweet little Lambie

For making the blocks I did foundation paper piecing. It had been quite some time since I'd done this type of paper piecing and a YouTube tutorial helped give me some tips I didn't know, which made it even easier. For the block, Tamiko has a printable pattern, and I enlarged it to be an 8 inch block size.  This block is perfect for beginners too, or if you'd like to make a bunch for a pillow or quilt. :)

Here is the YouTube video if you'd like to learn how to foundation paper piece. It is the best I've seen on explaining it. By Karen Johnson, of Connecting Thread.

It is such a fun and simple method that makes it so you can get perfect points easily!  I first did a couple blocks the traditional way and got really frustrated.  The first one I did with a 1/4 inch seam allowance and the block below I did with a 1/4 inch scant. 

They both had the cut off points which really bugged me...so foundation paper piecing was they way to go.  And, surprisingly it didn't take any more time than the other way, but much better results that equaled happier sewing!  :)

Hope you have a lovely week!!

granny squares quilt top!

eek!! I am beyond excited that my granny square quilt top is done!! I think it may be my favorite quilt thus far. It was such a fun quilt to make and really like how the Essex linen makes the fabrics so soft and pretty!! It was a bit harder working with the linen rather than Kona that I'm use to with this size of quilt. The seams are a bit bulkier so the blocks are a little under 9 inches. It also made the ironing a bit more of a task but I think it was well worth it. :)

I love quilts blowing in the wind!  There was just a slight breeze.  

Last week I had two more to finish up so I thought I'd take a close-up of them.  I was needing a little more blue and green to balance the quilt out a little.   I really like how the blue and pink one turned out!

Bunny on a line!

Hedgie and Squirrel!

And a couple more of the finished quilt top!! 

This week-end my girls had a camp-out with their Girl Scouts troop so we took the boys up to the Tulip Festival, and they sure had a lovely day!  It was so fun seeing them run up and down the isles enjoying the beauty of nature!

And me matching with the red tulips.  :)

Now to decide whether I should start sandwiching and quilting the granny squares quilt top or maybe put together another quilt top.  Maybe this one, or this one?? It is always so fulfilling to get a quilt top put together.   hmmm, what do you think?