Surprises and Skirts.

I love my job(s).

I get to be a mom.

I get to make things.

And many times I get to make things for other moms.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

My latest project was for a couple who aren't finding out their baby's gender until THE day!

Oh, how I wish I had that kind of patience/self-control...

I HAD to know.

Both times :)

They went with bright greens and yellows with a little bit of navy and aqua thrown in for fun.

I think it's perfect to snuggle up either a little boy or girl, don't you think?

They really liked the style of the quilt in this nursery set, so that's what we did!

Here's the fabrics used throughout:

Bumper: Dandelion in Lime and Glass Tiles in Lemon

Bumper ties: Quarter Dot in Navy and Leaves in Blue

Crib sheet: Painter's Canvas in Lime

Crib skirt: Ta Dot in Apple w/ Quarter Dot in Navy border

The quilt used all the above fabrics and then we added in:

Honeycomb in Green

and

Large Leafy Stripe in Lime

Measures 45x55" ish, machine quilted, machine stitched binding.

The quilt back was pieced, and binding was Glass Tiles in Lemon.

Heather (and Hubby)- I hope you love your new crib bedding!

I, of course, would LOVE to know if you ended up with a boy or girl when the time comes :)

(because I'm nosy like that.)

And I would obviously also LOVE some pictures of your little lovey all wrapped up...

when you have time.

Of course.

Enjoy!

I've also been busy making clothes for my girlies...

I'm trying to do a lot more handmade this year than I did last year.

And I realized

(while uncovering, sorting, washing, organizing, folding, and kissing, and putting away all of Willow's old clothes for Baby #2)

that Big Sister has absolutely NO clothes.

None.

Well, none that are acceptable for public viewing, anyway.

So I went to work:

I had lots of fun.

No patterns, no plans really, just started sewing and embellishing :)

I used a mix of fabrics: some from stash, some from the scrap bins, some from Hobby Lobby...

(which had some surprisingly good quality fabrics, I might add).

And my favorite part was adding all the little details.

Vintage trims, funky trims, ribbons, jumbo ric-rac, decorative stitching, you name it!

I got a little carried away.

But that's ok, because they're for my little love-bucket :)

I think this one's my favorite:

And I've also been sewing like crazy for the nursery and the baby...

but it's been quite rainy/gloomy these last few days and I haven't been able to take any good pictures so far.

Stay tuned...

Weekend Plans.

This weekend is the Hubby's birthday weekend.

He's so anti-birthday it's not even funny.

But, since he married me, we celebrate birthdays anyway!

Whether you like it or not.

Seriously, who doesn't love a reason to celebrate?

Happy Birthday Babe!!

I'm planning on making him some delish homemade brownies to take to work with him on Monday.

Yeah, I'm sure he'll just love that.

Besides all the birthday hullabaloo (or lack thereof), I've actually been getting some quality sewing time in.

I'm really not sure how.

And to top it all off, my house is clean AND I've been making amazing dinners

every. single. night.

I blame it all on the latest Cooking Light magazine.

I picked it up during last week's Story Time at the bookstore.

(I suggest you go out and grab a copy.)

I honestly don't even know why we still go to Story Time.

Willow just turns around the opposite way of all the other kids on the bench and reads her own story.

For real.

She won't sing the songs.

She won't play the games.

I'm pretty sure she's only in it for the craft projects and the blueberry muffin.

That's my girl...

Anyway.

Sewing.

I've been completing projects and that feels good.

Shipping:

Binding:

Basting stitches:

(more on this later...)

And some other stuff that I can't quite show you yet...

And to all the people who helped me out with the String Quilt/9-patch Quilt situation, Thanks!

I'll show you which one I went with tomorrow....

(isn't that sneaky?)

And, speaking of tomorrows...

Tomorrow is Sunday and I think I'm going to do some

Lazy Sunday Giveaways

for the next couple of weeks or so, just to see how it goes.

If you people like it, it might just stick around for a while.

What is Lazy Sunday you ask?

It's a title I made up for Sunday, duh.

So come back tomorrow to see if being lazy wins you anything, k?

Ok.

Finally! Some Good Picture-Taking Weather!

I just wanted to get some pictures with a little better lighting and a shot of the bumper. The bumper is reversible with Joel Dewberry damask in green/pink and Rose in green. The crib ties are amy butler's wallflower in pink. I must say, it's quite charming :) (Click on the pictures to make them larger...after all, it is all in the details)

Pretty Things...

I made this one for my mom to give as a gift. I love the colors. She wants this to have teal backing fabric and binding...I think that's a great idea. I'll get right on that :)