Blue Brick Baby Quilt

October 21st, 2009 | Posted by Michelle in Quilts | Sewing - (Comments Off on Blue Brick Baby Quilt)

I finally finished by baby quilt. I tried something different this time, I used cotton batting instead of my normal poly-blend. Its not as fluffy but I like the little bit of weight to it.

BlueBaby Front

I kept the quilting simple, which I think was much easier than trying to do something new, like stippling.

BlueBaby Back

The backing is actually darker than how it looks in the picture, but the sun was bleaching everything out a little bit.

I probably will try stippling soon on a project. I’m getting a bit bored with just doing stitch-in-ditch, but I’m almost afraid to start doing something new and ruining my hard work. Maybe some mini quilts or something just to try it on. Not to mention I need a darning foot.

Waiting and Watching

October 12th, 2009 | Posted by Michelle in Quilts | Sewing - (Comments Off on Waiting and Watching)

For the longest time I haven’t had the urge to sew. I go into fits of inspiration and of nothingness, where I just don’t have any desire whatsoever to go to my machine and see what comes out.

But luckily that seems to have changed for the time being.

Blue Bricked Baby

Baby quilts! I love making them, mostly because they are pretty small in the quilting world and can be as frilly or boy-ish as you want them. But I think I love them mostly because they are small and don’t take long.

I have a short attention span. AKA “shiny ball” syndrome. As in “my train of thought is ver….ooh shiny ball!” So a smaller project really is the best thing for me.

I’ve done this pattern once before in the same fabrics, but it’s definitely not the same quilt as before. The first time I made this was for a friend when she told me she was pregnant, I got the idea in my head that she was going to have a little boy as soon as she hung up the phone, and a day later I had a quilt. And I was right about the boy by the way.

Good grief it feels good to be back in the swing of things.

My World

October 7th, 2009 | Posted by Michelle in Sewing - (Comments Off on My World)

There are days when there is nothing that is more comforting than the feeling of creation. To know that with my own two hands I have made something. Usually that something will hold meaning, maybe not to anyone else but me, but at least there’s something.

Sewing Spot

It’s not just a hobby, its like a religion.